The Austrian David “Aqua” Wang (22) was able to fulfill a dream at the age of 17, which many teenagers had: he won the World Cup in Fortnite in the duo and broke out a huge prize money of 1.5 million euros. Today he is 22 years old and his life doesn’t seem quite as shiny. He has apparently entered into a deal with a betting side of Counter-Strike 2 (Steam) and has been kidnapped as a PR campaign.
That was the highlight of Aqua’s career: In 2019, Fortnite organized a large World Cup in the United States. Since Epic had previously reduced the minimum age for participants, teenagers dominated the event.
The Austrian David “Aqua” Wang and his partner won the World Cup in the duo and, at the age of 17, became the most successful e-athlete through this victory that Austria has ever produced. With Fortnite, he has now earned a total of $ 2.2 million prize money. The second -placed Austrian, Klaus Konstanzer, “only” made it to $ 635,000 with Fortnite.
But in recent years the prize money for Aqua has become. Epic Games has significantly reduced e-sport in Fortnite. There was never a live event like the Worlds. In retrospect, the World Cup was viewed critically, because there could have been agreement between the professionals. Almost all winners had the same “coach”. He could have coordinated the walking paths of the most successful players in such a way that the players avoided for a long time in order to increase their chances of winning.
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Austrians disappear from social media for 2 months
This is the action now: Wang is now a streamer on kick. As the Dotesports page reports, the former champion suddenly disappeared from social media in December. He was gone for two months, but nobody really noticed. Players treat themselves to such breaks.
But shortly after Valentine’s Day, a controversial betting side of Counter-Strike 2, CSGoempire, published a photo (via X) in which they claimed to have “kidnapped” someone. They showed a photo of someone who was tied to a chair.
A short time later, on February 20, Wang published a video (via X) that shows him as a kidnapping victim of CSGO-empire.
Apparently under coercion, he said that with CSGO empire he had an “exclusive partnership forever”. That is very, really great.
He says he feels comfortable and officially stopped with Fortnite. People should continue to play gambling.
By constellation, expression and visual language, it was indicated that CSGOEMPIRE has kidnapped him and forces the text to recite the text with a weapon. But this is recognizable for everyone, an advertising gag that plays as a “Bad Boy” with the image of CSGOEMMERE.
Controversial advertising campaign with a controversial betting page
This is how it is seen: A user condemns this action that Aqua either makes himself part of a miserable social media campaign by CSGO Empire or just be stupid.
Another user writes: “Just when CSGOEMPIRE could not be more embarrassing and no longer embarrassing yourself in the Counter-Strike community, contact Fortnite.”
Other people speak of an “incredible crash”
But there are also people who believe: “He made the deal of his life there.”
The Dotesports page calls the campaign “tasteless, insensitive and simply offensive”, but apparently both sides stick to the partnership. Dotespoerts also notes that Aqua replied with a racist swear word as part of the advertising campaign for a post from CSGOEMPIRE. It is the “n” word (via X).
Counter-Strike has a large betting scene that deals with a lot of money. This is highly controversial, but is apparently largely run by Steam operator Valve. There are always controversial actions: Steam: E-Sport team advertises with a professional who became 18, for gambling in CS: GO-is sharply criticized