Hear the tales of these tails.
Updated on June 7, 5:04 p.m. (GMT+8): Improved relevance.
Behind the esports spotlight, numerous expert gamers delight in pastimes beyond video gaming.
Some gamers prepare scrumptious meals, some travel the world, and some practice musical instruments on their off days. For others, they spend their time off with their adorable and cuddly family pets.
Esports gamers by day, cat and dog fathers by night — here are the 5 most cute family pets owned by a few of the most significant names in the market.
5 of the most cute furry family pets and their owners in esports
- Meepo Babaev (Arteezy)
- Denver (nitr0)
- Makta (Peanut)
- Wutong (Lwx)
- Daigo (UmeCat)
Meepo Babaev
Breed: Yorkshire Terrier
Parents: Artour “Arteezy” Babaev and Zhang “Dove” Tiange
We all understand that he’s a famous gamer in the Dota 2 scene, however what a lot of fans don’t see is Arteezy’s love for family pets! He and his sweetheart Dove in fact own a brown and black Yorkshire Terrier called Meepo, influenced by among Dota 2’s most differentiated heroes.
He even brought Meepo as soon as along to the photoshoot for his merchandise launch, #2EZ4RTZ.
Dove likewise gowns up Meepo in adorable little clothing and collar devices. At one point, Meepo and Dove’s family pet cat, Yoda, shared a matching outfit together!
Denver
Breed: Goldendoodle
Parents: Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella and Harper Cannella
Former CS:GO star and now expert Valorant gamer, nitr0 is a happy owner of 6 house family pets — 5 dogs and a cat. One of his oldest dogs is Denver, a Goldendoodle that he’s had because 2017. The rest of his furry team consists of Auggie, Taylor, Bren, and Roux.
It was his other half, Harper, who made the call to end up being family pet owners.
“It can be pretty hectic,” revealed nitr0 in an interview with Team Liquid. “It feels like I have two kids. They’re pretty chill, though. They basically do whatever I’m doing.”
After circumnavigating the world and completing versus the most difficult gamers in the FPS world, nitr0 anticipates laying down and sleeping with his pets one of the most.
Makta
Breed: Scottish Fold
Parent: Han “Peanut” Wang-ho
Iconic League of Legends jungler Peanut is a proud owner of at least five fluffy cats.
One of them is called Makta, a Scottish Fold cat with the prettiest eyes we have actually ever seen. Peanut typically gowns Makta in cute clothing like a pink bunny onesie, a pom-pom string beanie, and a crab headgear.
He likewise posts about his other feline pals too, with photos of them consuming or simply looking exceptionally adorable.
Peanut’s cats were likewise among the reasons that he formerly signed with League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) group Nongshim RedForce (previous Team Dynamics) after the organization purchased materials and presents for his cats.
Wutong
Breed: Domestic
Parent: Lin “Lwx” Wei-Xiang
The roaming cat Wutong is thought about Lwx’s extremely own Yuumi in reality. Wutong ended up being seriously ill one day, so Lwx and the entire FunPlus Phoenix organization chose to take her in as FPX’s little package of happiness.
If you own the Vayne skin from FPX’s Worlds 2019 Championship skin line, you’ll see Wutong’s cameo look throughout the champ’s recall animation.
Wutong’s name was offered to her by FPX’s fans, “regarded as the tree par excellence, favored by the phoenix when it wishes to alight” which is based upon Chinese poetry, according to FunPlus Phoenix’s Instagram post.
The League of Legends Pro League (LPL) group has actually been devoting time to assisting roaming cats. They even held numerous charity sales for the advantage of the Capital Animal Welfare Association (CAWA) previously in 2021.
UmeCat
Breed: Scottish Fold
Parent: Umehara Daigo
The combating video game neighborhood’s “The Beast” Umehara Daigo has his own little monster called UmeCat, who handles Daigo’s surname. However, Daigo likes to streamline things which is why he calls his family pet “neko“, the Japanese word for cat.
Daigo likewise used this calling convention to among his earlier family pets called Poko, which he simply clearly calls “inu“ or dog the majority of the time.
Here is UmeCat’s quick look throughout among Daigo’s live streams.
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