A gamer who has gone by the name Squid Game for the last decade has been inundated with 'hate' from fans of the Netflix show.
Lydia Ellery, 32, chose the name for her online gaming channel because of her nickname 'Squid'.
But she has since lost presenting work and had her various social media accounts hacked by enraged fans who think she stole the name from the Korean series.
The streamer, who lives in Bristol, set up her Twitch and Instagram profiles with the handle Squid Game 11 years ago. On Twitter, she goes by SquidGaming.
She has 42,300 followers on Twitch - where her fans can watch her play various video games - and is a member of Yogscast, which has more than seven million YouTube subscribers.
Ms Ellery told the BBC it was 'just a stupid name' she made up 'on the spot' - but she now has to consider changing it. She added: 'My friends called me squid because it rhymes with lid, and my name is Lydia.'
Lydia Ellery (pictured), 32, chose the name for her online gaming channel because of her nickname 'Squid'
The streamer, who lives in Bristol, set up her Twitch and Instagram profiles with the handle Squid Game 11 years ago. On Twitter, she goes by SquidGaming
This year the name took on a new meaning when a Korean TV series became a Netflix smash hit.
The series tells the story of a group of debt-ridden people who sign up for a programme that promises to solve their problems, before going on to force them to play deadly children's games.
It was watched by 142 million households around the world in its first four weeks.
The show itself doesn't have an Instagram account, and Netflix uses its own account to advertise it, so Ms Ellery was inundated by messages.
She said: 'I was flooded with people tagging me or sending me messages thinking I was the show.'
