Trainwrecks slams EA for banning him from NICKMERCS tourney over \u201cgambling\u201d concerns Twitter, @Trainwreckstv \/ EAPopular Twitch streamer Trainwrecks has apparently been banned from NICKMERCS\u2019 $50,000 Apex Legends tournament due to \u201cgambling\u201d content. In response, he slammed EA for \u201cvirtue signaling.\u201d NICKMERCS is hosting a $50k Apex Legends tournament in coordination with the game\u2019s developers at Respawn Entertainment and EA Games. With a number of streamers being among the competitors, many wondered why Trainwrecks wasn\u2019t invited. And, as Nick revealed on stream, it\u2019s because EA allegedly told his manager that \u201cthey don\u2019t want [Trainwrecks] involved. Point blank, period.\u201d Now, Train has caught wind of the situation and elaborated on Twitter. With colorful language galore, the streamer flamed EA for the decision while calling their own microtransactions and business practices into question. Trainwrecks banned from NICKMERCS\u2019 Apex Legends tournament As Nick explained during a November 1 stream, his management was allegedly told that Trainwrecks couldn\u2019t be involved in the sponsored event. While, at the moment, Nick didn\u2019t expand on precisely why his fellow streamer was banned \u2014 Train set the record straight just a couple hours later. Trainwrecks slams EA for hypocritically \u201cvirtue signaling\u201d against gambling \u2026 @EA just told nickmercs i can\u2019t play in his EA sponsored apex tournament because of my gambling streams \u2014 Trainwreck (@Trainwreckstv) November 1, 2021 hey @EA you corrupt shady fucks, the real gamble was done by you when you paid me 150K for 4 hours of apex, a game no one gives a fuck about me playing, I\u2019ll sponsor nicks tourney for double what you offer you virtue signaling fifa pack gambling fucks \u2014 Trainwreck (@Trainwreckstv) November 1, 2021 In two tweets from Train, he was apparently blocked from participating in the tournament due to his controversial \u201cgambling\u201d streams. Obviously dissatisfied with that explanation, he proceeded to call out EA for being \u201ccorrupt shady f**ks.\u201d In the flame session, Trainwrecks bashed EA for paying him $150,000 to stream Apex for four hours in the past. And, going further, he took aim at the company\u2019s microtransaction practices with FIFA \u2014 which have been the subject of backlash and lawsuits in the past. Calling EA \u201cvirtue signaling FIFA pack-gambling f**ks,\u201d he directly called out the company for their decision to ban him for something they\u2019ve been accused of propagating. He also noted that he would sponsor Nick\u2019s tournament, which takes place on November 1, for $100,000 instead. In replies to his tweets, many have agreed with criticism of EA\u2019s choice in light of their FIFA system. So far, there has been no public response from the game developers and we will update this story once more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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