Pro gamer S1mple (pictured) got into a fight with a hotel in Malta over complaints he made via his Twitter account. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
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A professional gamer has infuriated a Maltese hotel by criticizing the property’s cleanliness standards to his more than 700,000 followers on Twitter.
Ukrainian player Oleksandr Kostylev, better known in gaming circles as S1mple, was recently in Malta for the 16th season of the Electronic Professional League (ESL) matches. Last week, he took to Twitter to express his disapproval of the league’s connections and residence, which he deemed “sh*t:”
Among his list of complaints about the four-star property, S1mple claims he woke up with ants in his bed, found mold on the walls, and had to move rooms. He added, “I’m just asking ESL to tell their staff who are communicating with this hotel to wake up this hotel and fix all those problems.”
The player refused to let the cleaning staff into his room
But the hotel does not collapse without a fight. Its management team told a local news source lovin malta That there is little truth to S1mple’s claims. In fact, they alleged that the player refused to allow cleaning staff to enter his room during his three-week stay.
Two sides of the story
S1mple and the hotel both stick to two very different narratives. S1mple provided evidence for its own claims, sharing an image on Twitter showing mold near the ventilation system on the hotel wall. He also claims that he refrained from complaining until the situation in which he changed room enraged him:
In response, hotel management said the room had no mold or ants before S1mple arrived. They also explained that the player initially had two rooms – one for games and one for living. He eventually had to get out of one because another player had booked it.
Keep the Do Not Disturb sign on his door
During his stay, hotel staff claimed that S1mple kept a “Do Not Disturb” sign on his door to prevent cleaning, meaning they had to resort to leaving fresh linen outside his room. When the staff finally asked to clean the room, S1mple supposedly told them not to come in under any circumstances.
Back to Twitter
After the hotel’s reaction to S1mple made headlines on MondayS1mple returned to Twitter to give his response. On Tuesday, he wrote: “Tomorrow all your lies will come out,” adding, “If this bothers you so much, you should finally understand that not everyone will be silent about your suspicious actions.” Later that day he shared his simple summary of the situation:
Ulrich ‘TheFlyingDJ’ Schulze, ESL’s senior vice president of game ecosystems, took to social media to try to shed some light on the situation. On Reddit, he explained that while S1mple was moved to a new hotel room upon request, he also announced his complaints before contacting ESL staff.
In the face of S1mple’s allegations of a lack of communication, Schulz confirmed that ESL has had an “active, fair dialogue” with all of its teams and players and has not received any complaints from anyone else staying at the hotel about mold. He has not proven whether he believes the allegations, but he confirmed that ESL staff are working with a “high-level” hotel to assess how the problem might have occurred.
VegasSlotsOnline News I reached out to both S1mple and hotel management for additional comment on the situation.
