A gamer who has passed by the identify Squid Sport for the final decade has been inundated with ‘hate’ from followers of the Netflix present.
Lydia Ellery, 32, selected the identify for her on-line gaming channel due to her nickname ‘Squid’.
However she has since misplaced presenting work and had her varied social media accounts hacked by enraged followers who suppose she stole the identify from the Korean sequence.
The streamer, who lives in Bristol, arrange her Twitch and Instagram profiles with the deal with Squid Sport 11 years in the past. On Twitter, she goes by SquidGaming.
She has 42,300 followers on Twitch – the place her followers can watch her play varied video video games – and is a member of Yogscast, which has greater than seven million YouTube subscribers.
Ms Ellery informed the BBC it was ‘only a silly identify’ she made up ‘on the spot’ – however she now has to contemplate altering it. She added: ‘My buddies referred to as me squid as a result of it rhymes with lid, and my identify is Lydia.’

Lydia Ellery (pictured), 32, selected the identify for her on-line gaming channel due to her nickname ‘Squid’


The streamer, who lives in Bristol, arrange her Twitch and Instagram profiles with the deal with Squid Sport 11 years in the past. On Twitter, she goes by SquidGaming
This yr the identify took on a brand new which means when a Korean TV sequence turned a Netflix smash hit.
The sequence tells the story of a gaggle of debt-ridden individuals who join a programme that guarantees to resolve their issues, earlier than occurring to power them to play lethal kids’s video games.
It was watched by 142 million households all over the world in its first 4 weeks.
The present itself would not have an Instagram account, and Netflix makes use of its personal account to promote it, so Ms Ellery was inundated by messages.
She mentioned: ‘I used to be flooded with folks tagging me or sending me messages considering I used to be the present.’

This yr the identify took on a brand new which means when a Korean TV sequence turned a Netflix smash hit

The sequence tells the story of a gaggle of debt-ridden individuals who join a programme that guarantees to resolve their issues, earlier than occurring to power them to play lethal kids’s video games
And a few social media customers have been livid with the gamer for taking the account identify, regardless that it had been reside for a decade.
Ms Ellery has been kicked out of her account a number of occasions, forcing her to reset passwords, and she or he has misplaced job alternatives as a result of firms suppose she is related to the present.
As an alternative of the model she spent 11 years constructing, Google searches now solely present outcomes referring to the sequence.
‘I really feel down about the entire state of affairs and extremely fed up,’ she mentioned.
It comes after Squid Sport was blamed for a spike within the variety of kids needing pores and skin grafts for critical burns after they tried to copy one of many video games.
The second problem within the vastly in style Netflix programme sees contestants try to snap the perimeters of a honeycomb biscuit off till only a form within the center is left. Those that fail are executed.

Ms Ellery has been kicked out of her account a number of occasions, forcing her to reset passwords, and she or he has misplaced job alternatives as a result of firms suppose she is related to the present

Pictured: Squid Sport protagonist Seong Gi-hun makes an attempt to take away the umbrella form from a honeycomb biscuit
The viral ‘honeycomb problem’ sees followers make the candy treats from scratch at house, which entails melting down sugar at 150C to create the gooey combination, which sticks to pores and skin like glue.
Specialist burns items throughout the nation have been hit with a spate of kids aged between 11 and 15 struggling critical accidents because the present’s launch.
The British Burn Affiliation (BBA) posted a picture of a burnt hand on Twitter, writing: ‘Burns companies are seeing a spike in burn accidents following #squidgame and social media #honeycomb pattern. Many are requiring surgical procedure to deal with.’
BBA Deputy Chair Professor Kayvan Shokrollahi is worried the growing variety of kids injured after copying the pattern may very well be the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
Google searches for ‘honeycomb recipe’ have rocketed within the UK because the present launched final month.
MailOnline has contacted Ms Ellery, Twitch and Netflix for remark.