The livestreaming and gaming community on Twitter went berserk earlier today when Sin, a professional Fortnite player, said the N-word in a small 12-second long clip while showing off his gun collection.
The Fortnite player was being openly racist in the short clip and has since gone viral on the social media platform. The clip received close to 200k views within a few hours of being posted.
Due to immense backlash from the community, he has allegedly disabled his Twitter account. His controversial tweets have since been removed from the social media platform.
On May 23, a Twitter post by esports journalist and commentator Jake "JakeSucky" Lucky went viral after he shared a short clip featuring the Fortnite player. In the clip, the gamer can be heard saying the following:
After his clip went viral, the Fortnite player confirmed that it was him in the clip and doubled down on his take by providing a more offensive stance while trying to justify his racist tone in the 12-second long clip. The tweet has since been deleted as his Twitter account is no longer available.
Fortnite pro and Twitch streamer Av stated that Epic Games already knows about the accused player and has not taken any action against him.
Some Twitter users stated that racist players like him are the reason why the mainstream media dislikes the Fortnite community.
Fans mentioned how the Fortnite player ruined his gaming career through the short clip.
The gaming community celebrated after they came to know that his account had been disabled.
A few Twitter users pointed out controversial YouTubers Daniel "Keemstar" and IShowSpeed and stated how their respective fans were absent from the conversation thread.
Twitter user zack (@zarrs1x) mentioned the way the gamer had
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