In an interview with eSports News UK back in September, UK League of Legends streamer Ali “Gross Gore” Larsen said he was ‘leaving drama behind’.
He was banned from Twitch back in April following accusations he made against caster Mitch “Krepo” Voorspoels, while Riot banned him from their events for one year.
This led him to make an effort to improve his reputation and avoid drama. In the meantime, he was diagnosed with bipolar earlier in the year, got a nose job and announced YouTube streaming plans.
There was a bit of drama involving some of his former girlfriends, such as arguments on Twitter, and he did get some backlash from the community after parting ways with his manager (and close friend) Ryan, but other than that he had generally tried to leave drama behind and move on.
However, a few days ago, he admitted he’s returning to his old ways. And it seems that more views are already coming in.
Oh before I sleep…
Call me cringe Coz I’m not a pussy to open up & be honest. Fuck you. Keep laughing & ill keep going. pic.twitter.com/abiIux2tMO— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) November 13, 2016
Since making those statements on Snapchat/Twitter, he’s managed to generate over a million YouTube views in 24 hours.
So how did it all happen?
Yeah grossie… you’re kinda fucked pic.twitter.com/mdkPsbrZtg
— Raihnbowkidz (@Raihnbowkidz) November 13, 2016
Streamer Raihnbowkidz (whom Gross Gore had argued with in the past, earning him a warning from Twitch) tweeted the above.
The chat appears to show that Grossie is planning on sending nude imagery of a former girlfriend – Celestia Vega – to her mum.
Gross Gore later said the images and videos he sent to Celestia’s mum weren’t private nudes, but public ones, in a bid to let her mum know what her daughter gets up to online.
Raihnbowkidz’ tweet was picked up by the Livestream Fail Reddit page, with Reddit user SpaceOfAids writing the headline ‘Grossie Gore using nude pics as blackmail’.
Grossie then responded with this outburst on Twitter, which received 250+ retweets:
Fucking people on the Internet are so dumb pic.twitter.com/Vk0Yo060nh
— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) November 14, 2016
That was the kicker that caught the attention of popular YouTube drama channel Drama Alert and Scarce, who mentioned him in their news roundups.
Keemstar’s Drama Alert video has since been viewed 313,000 times and Scarce’s has been seen 743,000 times – more than one million combined views.
The drama also caught the attention of popular streamer Zoie Burgher.
grossgore is a little bitch who wants to snitch to Cel’s parents… salty much? Ur gonna b more pissed when I help ur ex make more $ than u
— Zoie Burgher (@zoieburgher) November 14, 2016
Grossie then responded to Zoie and the drama channels:
@KEEMSTAR & @JohnScarce you bunch of dumb cunts, if your gonna do the news, report the legit stories & do research not this dumb shit.
— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) November 14, 2016
@zoieburgher What is this? E-whores unite.
— Gross Gore (@GrossieGore) November 14, 2016
While it may be true that Grossie isn’t generating the same livestreaming views today than he previously did on Twitch, his YouTube account still has over 338,000 subscribers, plus his videos get hundreds of thousands of views.
Before his Twitch ban, last year he accused Riot Games of kicking him out of the Wembley Hilton Hotel during the League of Legends World Championship quarter finals.
He’s now working on giving his car a makeover with Twisted Fate livery – the champion he plays as the most on League of Legends.
But can he maintain his old image and get back into the good books of Riot and Twitch at the same time?
League of Legends’ bad boy is back – for now.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.
