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The competitive scene of Rainbow Six: Siege is in mourning, after the tragic death of Arif “Next1” Keskin, a 24-year-old German player, was revealed after being hospitalized for several weeks in a tough battle against COVID.<\/p>\n

According to the tweets published by the player, Arif was under observation since the middle of April, having presented a picture of serious symptoms, where he also took the opportunity to thank his fans for their support and words of encouragement.<\/p>\n

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This was the last message the player would share with the world since just over a month later, Fatih “CCcaaNaVaR” Yavuz, player for PENTA, confirmed Next1’s passing with an emotional message on his personal Twitter account.<\/p>\n

ccc PENTA 🇹🇷🇩🇪 on Twitter<\/span>@Next1r6 Du bist heute von uns gegangen, ich kann es immer noch nicht glauben.. Allah rahmet eylesin canim Kardesim, Mekanin cennet olsun in shaa allahamin ya rab❤️☝🏼 Wir werden dich niemals vergessen mein Bruderherz❤️ liest El- Fatiha für meinen Bruder.☝🏼— ccc PENTA 🇹🇷🇩🇪 (@cCcaaNaVaRR6) May 23, 2021<\/span>ccc PENTA 🇹🇷🇩🇪<\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Next1’s fans, friends, and people from the R6 community are showing their appreciation to the young player, who had his promising career cut short because of this pandemic.<\/p>\n

Ville Palola on Twitter<\/span>I am loss at words, some while ago i heard Next1 is in hospital due to COVID and and now we lost our dear friend this morning. All my prayers and thoughts go to his family and friends. He was always friendly and it was a pleasure to get to know him. Rest in peace friend ❤️— Ville Palola (@sha77e_r6) May 23, 2021<\/span>Ville Palola<\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Geo on Twitter<\/span>This is heartbreaking. Next1’s last tweets were about his struggles suffering with Covid too. What a fucking awful thing to have happened. Rest in peace ❤️ https:\/\/t.co\/NOvNh2FCb7— Geo (@geometric) May 23, 2021<\/span>Geo<\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Chaos EC on Twitter<\/span>We’re very saddened to hear our former player @Next1r6 has tragically passed away. He was a great personality and we were honored to have him play under the Chaos banner.Our thoughts are with his family at this time.— Chaos EC (@ChaosEC) May 23, 2021<\/span>Chaos EC<\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Arif “Next1” Keskin played for many teams on the European scene throughout his competitive career, taking a great step through the semi-professional circuits and reaching the top by winning the Benelux League Season 5 as part of LowLandLions, and the 2020 Nordic Championship with Chaos Esports Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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