The Flank drama explained: ZooMaa & Ben clash over CDL show\u2019s future Twitter: TheFlankThe Flank hosts Ben J Nissim and Thomas \u2018ZooMaa\u2019 Paparatto have clashed after Ben complained on stream about lack of show progression. The competitive CoD community has been enjoying The Flank for a number of seasons now, with its blend of elite-level CoD insights with pro-player banter. It seems as though things may have hit the rocks though, as Ben spoke out about some issues he has with The Flank, and it came to blows on-stream as ZooMaa and Ben clashed. The Flank beef explained Nissim let fans know his frustrations on stream during a Halo tournament watch party, implying a lack of ambition from his Flank co-hosts. Ben expressed his disappointment with the lack of future planning for the show, saying: \u201cI\u2019ve been frustrated recently with the Flank. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m the only one that wants to take this show to the next level. I feel like I\u2019m just screaming into a brick wall these days. And when we go to events I feel like I have to do literally everything. I\u2019m really hoping it changes.\u201d He went on to say that while he\u2019s focusing on the bigger picture, he feels like \u201cpeople are stuck in the moment too often\u201d and he\u2019s the only one who wants to do it. ZooMaa and Ben clash on stream ZooMaa responded to Ben\u2019s criticisms live on stream when the two were in a voice call, saying \u201cyou made me look bad, you tried to make me seem like I don\u2019t give a f**k.\u201d Following the stream where Ben talked about his frustrations, ZooMaa said that fans had been calling him \u201cimmature,\u201d and accusing him of \u201cnot caring about the show.\u201d Ben did admit that he regretted what he said, stating \u201cI misconstrued it in that clip, that\u2019s not at all what I was trying to say.\u201d The two appeared to agree on certain topics, with ZooMaa letting Ben know that \u201cI\u2019m on your side\u201d regarding the issues. But Nissim still didn\u2019t seem reassured, saying that \u201cmy issue is that I\u2019ve been talking about it for eight months, and it still hasn\u2019t got done.\u201d Fans of The Flank will hope that the two can put aside their differences to keep The Flank growing, especially with more pros retiring, and Scump and Methodz\u2019s show \u201cThe Breakdown\u201d also contesting them for viewers during the CDL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Flank drama explained: ZooMaa & Ben clash over CDL show\u2019s future Twitter: TheFlankThe Flank hosts Ben J Nissim and Thomas \u2018ZooMaa\u2019 Paparatto have clashed after Ben complained on stream about lack of show progression. The competitive CoD community has been enjoying The Flank for a number of seasons now, with its blend of elite-level […]<\/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-25085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25085","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=25085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}