FaZe drops Call of Duty Challengers player after homophobic slurs Call of Duty Challengers \/ Katy Eyre\/ESPAT MediaCall of Duty League organization Atlanta FaZe has released Daunte \u2018Sibilants\u2019 Gray from its Academy roster after a homophobic outburst from the Challengers player during online scrims against Chicago Huntsmen. AF Academy has been one of the most successful North American Challengers teams throughout 2020. The roster has finished first in five Open events during the Modern Warfare cycle, most recently winning the London event on July 19. The team will have to find a new fifth moving forward, however, as Sibilants has been removed from the organization as a whole. This shakeup comes following a controversial July 23 Twitch stream from the 18-year-old player. Not only did this broadcast result in a ban on Twitch, but it also led to his removal from the Challengers roster. Sibilants was streaming practice against the Chicago Huntsmen when the Academy team won a map of Domination. Before they made it back to the menu, as he gloated, Sibilants let out a homophobic slur directed towards Huntsmen fans. While the organization is yet to publicly address the matter, Sibilants was swiftly released from the team just hours later. \u201cF*** everybody who is against me,\u201d he followed up on Twitter. \u201cYou really only got yourself in this s***. I\u2019m not in FaZe anymore this gaming s*** was a waste anyway.\u201d Many Call of Duty League players responded to the issue. Some were surprised by the slur, while others offered support. \u201cMind blown right now,\u201d Simp, of the Atlanta FaZe, said. Huntsmen star Prestinni told Sibilants he was \u201cway too good to be doing all this,\u201d and suggested he \u201clearn from it and better yourself.\u201d A few hours passed before Sibilants apologized for his actions in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m not going to sugar coat it,\u201d he stated. \u201cI messed up. I shouldn\u2019t have said what I said and I lost everything because of it. I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have offended today with what I said. My intention wasn\u2019t to offend any members of the LGBTQ community.\u201d Read more: 6 players to watch during CDL Toronto – Despite originally implying that his time spent competing in Call of Duty might have been a waste, he appears eager to continue grinding. \u201cI hope to move past this and learn from the experience. I\u2019m sorry again to FaZe, the community, and for letting everyone who supported me down. I\u2019ll be back.\u201d The final Challengers event of the year prior to playoffs is set to kick off this weekend. AF Academy has a short window to find a suitable replacement ahead of the Toronto Open on July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FaZe drops Call of Duty Challengers player after homophobic slurs Call of Duty Challengers \/ Katy Eyre\/ESPAT MediaCall of Duty League organization Atlanta FaZe has released Daunte \u2018Sibilants\u2019 Gray from its Academy roster after a homophobic outburst from the Challengers player during online scrims against Chicago Huntsmen. AF Academy has been one of the most […]<\/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-26338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26338","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=26338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}