CS: GO pro leaves team after suffering traumatic injuries in Maltese nightclub fight

pcgamer.com:

The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke, a Danish national, has left esports organisation Astralis by mutual consent after an unpleasant incident in Malta. He was playing in the ESL Pro League before, on September 20, Astralis said he would miss upcoming matches due to a «complicated ankle fracture.»

Rumours quickly began swirling around the CS: GO community that things were even worse than that, before esports site Jaxon reported, based on an eyewitness to the incident, that Wieneke had been "involved in a quarrel that turned into a fist fight."

Wienecke initially played down this report but, a few days later, eyewitness Michiel de Jong gave a fuller version of events. According to this account, reported by Jaxon, the promoter spat in Wienecke's face, kicked him, and then went back into the nightclub as bouncers got involved. Shortly afterwards the promoter re-emerged, Wienecke ran after him and, per de Jong: «They went into a fight with fists and kicks and went to the ground when k0nfig shouted that he broke his leg.»

Wienecke has now released a lengthy statement that is broadly in-line with this account (thanks, The Loadout) but goes into much more detail. He opens by calling the last few weeks «the hardest time of my life» where «I've been scared, broken, and completely lost». Thanking people for their support, Wienecke goes on to explain that, following a disappointing loss, he and others went out to drown their sorrows before leaving Malta the next day.

As the night wore on they ended up at a nightclub in Paceville. Wienecke went off to get something to eat while his teammates went in, then returned around 30 minutes later and walked up a staircase to the club's entrance

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