Esportsman Yilang “Doublelift” Peng is an exceptional appearance in the North American League of Legends. But the time around his 30th birthday was a tumultuous one for the LoL pro: he botched a game, turned 30, gave an interview saying age didn’t matter, and was hospitalized with internal bleeding.
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What was his worst match? Doublelift was having a rough time now:
He played a lousy LoL match 11 days ago. His team 100 Thieves lost 4-19 to the worst team in the league, Immortal (via reddit). The Immortals are even at risk of losing their league spot because they’ve lost the league so many times that an exception rule could allow Riot Games to strip them of their league spot (via dotesports).
Doublelift played a terrible 2-6-1 on Kai’Sa in the match.
After the match, he apologized on Twitter:
Doublelift celebrates 30th birthday, says in an interview: “Age doesn’t matter”
How did he deal with it? After the match, Doublelift turned 30 and that was celebrated extensively by the league.
He cheekily reported, “Who wants to lose to a 30-year-old in LoL?”
He even gave an interview that age doesn’t matter in LoL: he could compensate for the weaker reflexes with a better understanding of the game. It’s all overrated.
At most, it could be that with increasing age, the distractions of real life would increase and other things would become more important (via dexerto).
And what about the hospital? The “dizziness” and the lousy match apparently had deeper reasons.
On July 23, pictures of Doublelift suddenly appeared in a clinic with the comment “Hard week.”
According to his girlfriend, Leena Xu, he was diagnosed with gastrointestinal bleeding: “Unfortunately, a debuff,” she says. For about a week, the professional has apparently been suffering from the problems that have remained undetected until then.
A Twitch streamer says in the comments: He himself had been drinking energy drinks on an empty stomach for months – they would have done it. It hurts like hell.
Since then, the community has been waiting for new news about his state of health.
Esports athletes and Twitch streamers should take care of their health, even if they are relatively young. The lifestyle with so much time in front of the PC seems to be taking its toll.
This was also noticed by a Twitch streamer who suffered a heart attack live in front of the camera, and the chat found it hilarious:
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