Charlie Yang: “Instead of asking why Envy is so tryhard, we should be asking ourselves why are we not?”

Esports manager Charlie Yang springs to Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao’s defense. The reaction was prompted by an honest inquiry on the ask.fm platform: “Why do you think Envy is such a tryhard?” Let he who hasn’t asked himself this very question cast the first stone. Yang’s answer puts things into perspective, highlighting the community’s constant obsession of labeling players who are simply focusing on their goals.

Yang, one of the aces up team Dignitas and, most recently, EG’s sleeve, admits to picking on EternaLEnVy in the past, adding that Envy’s attitude is “refreshing in a scene full of smokescreens and shadows”.

Charlie Yang’s statement, in full: