Call of Duty community furious as Scump & others not given creator codes Infinity Ward \/ Instagram, @scumpabner \/ Instagram, @nadeshot[jwplayer br5AuoVJ]A new \u201cSupport a Creator\u201d code beta is being rolled out across Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, but the game\u2019s fans and biggest community members are reacting very strongly to the creators selected. Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner and Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag are Call of Duty icons and considered two of the game\u2019s most prominent figures. Now, as the former plays for the Call of Duty League\u2019s Chicago Huntsmen and the latter helms 100 Thieves, neither has been selected for Modern Warfare\u2019s creator code beta. This has led to huge Call of Duty figures like Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez lambasting the beta\u2019s selections. The fact that neither @scump or @Nadeshot or @Pamaj got codes is FUCKED UP. (I don\u2019t use the f word ever on twitter, but just needed to say it) \u2014 OpTic HecZ (@H3CZ) August 28, 2020 In general, it appears that the community\u2019s surprise and anger surrounds the fact that notable streamers were selected for the creator program instead of players who have been grinding the game long before the surge in popularity brought about by Warzone. Instead of rewarding longtime CoD content creators and players like Scump, Nadeshot, and FaZe Pamaj, a variety of streamers who are newer to the game, or dabbled in other titles, were chosen. Those creators include the likes of TimTheTatman, NICKMERCS, Vikkstar, Symfuhny, Swagg, and NuFo. While most of the community isn\u2019t specifically mad at these creators for taking the opportunity given to them, that hasn\u2019t prevented players like the Seattle Surge\u2019s Sam \u2018Octane\u2019 Larew from pointing out some of the seemingly undeserved selections. Glad we got Mel a code I was worried for a second https:\/\/t.co\/HWB1kTdSJZ \u2014 Sam \u201cOctane\u201d Larew (@OctaneSam) August 28, 2020 Again, it should be reiterated that the community\u2019s ire is not directed at creators chosen, but instead at the marketing decision to partner with some of those creators instead of players who have been grinding Call of Duty titles for years upon years. While some have pointed out that it makes sense to partner with streamers who have creator code experience from Fortnite, such as TimTheTatman, NICKMERCS, and Symfuhny, the overwhelming consensus has maintained that longtime CoD players still should have been rewarded as well. The \u201cSupport a Creator\u201d is still in beta, so it is very likely that more and more players are added to it soon, but that hasn\u2019t stopped some of the game\u2019s most loyal proponents from being amazed that they were not selected. Most notably, Scump and Pamaj were quick to express their surprise on Twitter. 10 years of COD and countless hours logged in Do I deserve a code or did I just torch half of my life \u2014 OpTic Pamaj (@Pamaj) August 28, 2020 As of yet, Activision has not clarified how creators were selected for the beta or what the beta\u2019s timeline will look like before it is opened up to include more. Although it\u2019s a nice opportunity to support the game\u2019s content players, that hasn\u2019t stopped the community from being disappointed in the seeming recency bias toward selections. It seems only right that Infinity Ward responds by adding a new Scump operator to the game, with crown, cape, and all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Call of Duty community furious as Scump & others not given creator codes Infinity Ward \/ Instagram, @scumpabner \/ Instagram, @nadeshot[jwplayer br5AuoVJ]A new \u201cSupport a Creator\u201d code beta is being rolled out across Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, but the game\u2019s fans and biggest community members are reacting very strongly to the creators […]<\/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-23953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23953","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=23953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}