FIFA pro Kurt0411 hits back after being banned for spitting on EA logo Professional FIFA player Kurt \u2018Kurt0411\u2019 Fenech has hit back at EA following their decision to ban him from all FIFA 20 tournaments, after a clip surfaced of him insulting the company and spitting on their logo. Followers of the competitive FIFA community will probably know of Kurt0411; an inherently talented individual, with a passion and temper that shines through, sometimes too strongly. Fenech has been on the receiving end of bans from EA in the past, being suspended for two months in October 2018. He was again banned in March 2019, and received a \u2018Final Warning\u2019 for frequent infringements of EA\u2019s Code of Conduct. Kurt has been a well-known FIFA pro for a number of years. However, it appears Fenech failed to register these regular warnings from EA. A couple of clips surfaced over the course of October \u2013 first on 10th and then on the 19th \u2013 which show the Malta-born pro being verbally abusive towards EA and its members of staff. In one clip, he can be seen spitting on an EA logo, after vocalizing his anger towards the latest FIFA installment. In the clip, Kurt equalizes late on against an opponent, which causes him to launch into an expletive-filled rant. \u201cSon of a b*tch,\u201d he says. \u201dYou can\u2019t beat me, even on this piece of trash game. F**k you EA.\u201d He then picks up a scarf with an EA logo on it and spits on it. The clip was tweeted out on November 1 by \u2018DrJarba\u2019. This prompted Kurt to respond on Twitter, stating that the 50-second clip is \u201cbetter than your whole streaming career\u201d. Those 50 seconds are better than your whole streaming career \u2014 Kurt (@Kurt0411Fifa) November 1, 2019 Following the clips surfacing, EA released a statement confirming that Kurt has been banned from all future FIFA 20 competitions. The clips are described as \u201cvulgar\u201d by EA, who also state that Fenech\u2019s behavior goes \u201cbeyond acceptable \u201csmack talk\u201d as the consistent harassment targeting fellow competitors, EA employees and a previous on air-talent during the live broadcast, are unacceptable.\u201d EA\u2019s statement in full. Following the announcement of the ban, Kurt responded on Twitter to convey his \u201cshock\u201d at EA\u2019s decision. \u201cThe only way for me to not get banned was to not make any videos and to never stream again,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a pretty emotional guy, I will say the first thing that comes to my mind and in today\u2019s world that is deemed a crime.\u201d He also hardens his stance against FIFA and states that EA \u201cshould be ashamed of the product you put out.\u201d He concludes his response by stating that: \u201cI have no idea what\u2019s going to happen moving forward, all I know is this \u201cesport\u201d has officially died.\u201d It remains unclear what Fenech will do in the future, but EA are not giving any further \u2018warnings\u2019 for his infringements of the community\u2019s Code of Conduct. There was a mixed response on social media, with some arguing that EA are failing to allow players to express their opinions fully, while others condemned his actions and sided with the developers for banning him. Regardless of the community\u2019s response, it seems impossible to imagine we\u2019ll see Fenech competing until at least FIFA 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIFA pro Kurt0411 hits back after being banned for spitting on EA logo Professional FIFA player Kurt \u2018Kurt0411\u2019 Fenech has hit back at EA following their decision to ban him from all FIFA 20 tournaments, after a clip surfaced of him insulting the company and spitting on their logo. Followers of the competitive FIFA community […]<\/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-68754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68754","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=68754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}