Activision removes NICKMERCS Call of Duty bundle after controversial Pride Month comments YouTube: NICKMERCSNick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff\u2019s very own Call of Duty bundle has been removed from the in-game store just one day after his controversial Pride Month comments caught fire on social media. NICKMERCS drew the ire of thousands of Twitter users on June 8 upon sharing a controversial Pride Month comment. After claiming that children should be \u2018left alone\u2019 in schools and not educated on LGBTQIA+ topics, the streamer became the focal point amid a wave of backlash. The next morning, the content creator took to Twitch and stood by his comments, assuring that he \u201cdidn\u2019t mean to upset anybody,\u201d but nonetheless reiterating that he believes school is no \u201cplace to speak about things like that. \u201cIt\u2019s not that I think it shouldn\u2019t be spoken about. If that\u2019s what you got from that tweet, then you\u2019re just wrong.\u201d Now just hours after this stream, Activision has taken a stance on the matter. Weeks after the arrival of NICKMERCS\u2019 very own custom cosmetic pack in the CoD store, the first of its kind streamer skin alongside TimTheTatman, his bundle has now been removed. \u201cDue to recent events, we have removed the NICKMERCS Operator bundle from the Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone store,\u201d Activision confirmed on June 8. \u201cWe are focused on celebrating Pride with our employees and our community.\u201d For the time being, a few things remain unclear. Firstly, there\u2019s no telling if this is a temporary decision by the CoD publisher or a permanent move. Second, it\u2019s also yet unclear if this consequence will soon extend to existing owners of the bundle. In a similar instance under the Activision Blizzard umbrella in recent years, the Overwatch League designed unique MVP skins for the year\u2019s standout player. 2019\u2019s MVP was Jay \u2018Sinatraa\u2019 Won, an OW-turned-Valorant pro that was later shrouded in controversy of his own. Following abuse allegations, the custom in-game Zarya skin was manually changed by the developers to distance from the player. Furthermore, anyone who purchased the skin could remove it from their collection and even claim a refund too. We\u2019re yet to hear if CoD will be following suit with the NICKMERCS bundle. Obviously the two situations are vastly different. NICKMERCS is yet to respond to the news of his bundle\u2019s removal. We\u2019ll be sure to keep you updated here as any further details emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Activision removes NICKMERCS Call of Duty bundle after controversial Pride Month comments YouTube: NICKMERCSNick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff\u2019s very own Call of Duty bundle has been removed from the in-game store just one day after his controversial Pride Month comments caught fire on social media. NICKMERCS drew the ire of thousands of Twitter users on June 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}