Fortnite pro denies mocking deaf player Ewok following ban from tournament Fortnite pro player Jonathan \u2018yung calculator\u2019 Weber has denied accusations that he mocked popular deaf streamer \u2018Ewok\u2019 which led to a ban from future NerdOut tournaments. With Epic Games making trio arena custom games available, NerdOut hosted a $25,000 tournament, featuring some of the world\u2019s best players including Turner \u2018Tfue\u2019 Tunney and Dennis \u2018Cloak\u2019 Lepore. After qualifying for the upcoming Fortnite World Cup, yung calculator was invited to compete alongside Team SoloMid star Anthony \u2018Zexrow\u2019 Colandro and complexity Gaming pro Mack \u2018Mackwood\u2019 Aesoph. The trio ended the contest in 18 place, but it was revealed on Twitter that yung calculator would not be invited to any future NerdOut events. The hosts confirmed that he would no longer be welcome in any of their summer series tournaments, reminding their participants to \u201cbe respectful to your hosts and fellow players.\u201d For the rest of the summer series, @calc1x is no longer welcome in our tournaments. Be respectful to your hosts and fellow players.\u2014 NerdOut! (@NerdOutMusic) July 20, 2019 It was then claimed that Weber\u2019s ban was a result of a making an inappropriate joke towards deaf Twitch streamer \u2018Ewok\u2019, mocking her disability in a Discord message. However, the World Cup qualifier was quick to deny the accusation, stating \u201cI didn\u2019t say this at all.\u201d Despite his denial, the 14-year-old was heavily criticized by the Fortnite competitive community, with some believing that Epic Games should stamp out such abuse by banning him from the World Cup event. This incident isn\u2019t the first time that calculator has been criticized by the competitive community, after he came under fire for mocking players who would be attending the World Cup as alternates. 600It remains to be seen whether Epic Games will choose to take action against the player, should the allegations prove to be true. We\u2019ll keep you updated on the situation when any developments arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pro denies mocking deaf player Ewok following ban from tournament Fortnite pro player Jonathan \u2018yung calculator\u2019 Weber has denied accusations that he mocked popular deaf streamer \u2018Ewok\u2019 which led to a ban from future NerdOut tournaments. With Epic Games making trio arena custom games available, NerdOut hosted a $25,000 tournament, featuring some of the […]<\/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-74136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74136","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=74136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}