Pro athletes have had to deal with negativity, since the beginning of their sports. Under constant criticism from the media, it’s no surprise that they can get a little agitated by reporters on occasion.

It’s no different in eSports. However, the criticism isn’t coming from just reported, it’s coming from a whole community. Players are constantly harped on for poor performances on reddit and twitter, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Sure they can avert there eyes, but that’s almost impossible. If you play videogames, your almost guaranteed to frequent reddit. And it’s even harder to ignore your twitter mentions.

You could make the argument that they shouldn’t let it get to their head. Sure athletes don’t let it bother them, but then again they don’t see the thousands upon thousands of angry fans relentlessly abusing them on social media. They only hear it from a select few in the media. Sure they have twitters, but are they really looking through millions of comments from followers?

The point is eSport players are under constant scrutiny. And most of these guys (and gals) are younger than 25, and may not have the maturity to handle the criticism. It’s a shame that one of the fastest growing industries in the world, is marred by online internet trolls. To the players that don’t let things like this get to their head, I salute you.