{"id":32471,"date":"2022-06-11T19:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-legend-chillindude-suffers-stroke"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:47:12","slug":"smash-legend-chillindude-suffers-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/smash-legend-chillindude-suffers-stroke","title":{"rendered":"Smash legend ChillinDude suffers stroke, community fundraises for heart surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Smash community has rallied behind Kashan “ChillinDude” Khan after his brother Burhan stated that the Liquid-sponsored Melee player and commentator had suffered a stroke and will require open-heart surgery.<\/p>\n
32-year-old ChillinDude has been a staple of the Melee community for more than 15 years, inspiring generations of players to pick up the fighting game, particularly with his involvement in the acclaimed Smash Bros documentary, released in 2013.<\/p>\n
According to a statement by ChillinDude’s brother on GoFundMe<\/a>, which was set up to help cover the hefty expenses of the surgery and recovery process, after days of being unable to contact Chillin, he reached out to his friends, who found him unresponsive in his bedroom in Southern California.<\/p>\n “His knee had an infection that spread to his heart, [and] the resulting blockage causing a medium-sized stroke which had incapacitated him for a long time before getting any help.”<\/p>\n Chillin’s brother confirmed that he’s had massive speech and movement improvements these past few days, inspiring some hope that he’ll recover fully. “He will take some time to heal from, but we’re hopeful that with the proper care, he will make an almost complete recovery.”<\/p>\n Almost every pillar of the Smash community has shared ChillinDude’s GoFundMe page and donated themselves. Ludwig Ahgren, one of the most recognizable North American content creators, helped by donating $10,000. Team Liquid, Chillin’s sponsor, also pledged $6,000.<\/p>\n Joseph “Mang0” Marquez confirmed<\/a> he’ll be doing a fundraiser after returning from this weekend’s Melee major, Battle of BC 4: “One of my favorite people I’ve ever met thru (sic)<\/em> Smash.” Even William “Leffen” Hjelte, who had a now-infamous beef with ChillinDude (which conjured the iconic “Respect Your Elders” diss track), also showed his support via social media.<\/p>\n Please consider supporting Chillindude’s Stroke Recovery fund. He’s a great dude and friend who’s done so much for the smash community!<\/p>\n This weekend at Battle of BC, I’m going to not play white Fox to put some Respect on my Elders :’)https:\/\/t.co\/P1grObh1hk<\/a><\/p>\n — TSM FTX Leffen (@TSM_Leffen) June 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \nSmash community rallies behind ChillinDude after stroke<\/h2>\n
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