Fortnite pro leaves organization after being accused of racism Esports organization Eleven Gaming (E11) have confirmed that Fortnite pro player Erik \u2018Bloodx\u2019 Guttormsen has \u2018parted ways\u2019 the organization, amid allegations that he used a racial slur. The Fortnite competitive scene was shocked on July 2 when an argument over the aim assist abuse topic boiled over into a serious allegation of racism. Ghost Gaming\u2019s controller pro Issa \u2018Issa\u2019 Rahim posted a video on Twitter playing without aim assist to demonstrate his skill without the mechanic which many PC players feel is \u2018broken\u2019. His comments sparked a massive argument in his mentions, including the opinion of Bloodx, but Issa hit back with a screenshot accusing showing his fellow pro player use the racial slur. Despite denying the allegation, Bloodx revealed in a statement on Twitter that he would no longer be representing E11 after they mutually agreed to split. \u201cI am sorry to my fans, friends, family and Eleven Gaming for the events that have transpired over the last three days,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is simply too much for anyone to take and because of the comments that were made against me, I have decided to mutually part ways with Eleven Gaming.\u201d The Norwegian maintained his innocence stating that he \u201cis not a racist\u201d and that anyone who knows him anyone close to him would know that. Effective immediately, we have parted ways with @BloodxEU. https:\/\/t.co\/thI9qpz6aw \u2014 Eleven Gaming (@E11Gaming) July 5, 2019 As the proof was a screenshot from a Discord message, players in the competitive community were quick to point out that such a response could have easily been faked. However, others claimed that Issa had no reason to create a fake message just to win an argument over aim assist, with Issa himself revealing he created a folder for \u2018if they switch up\u2019. im so fucking done HAHAHAHH the amount of times he said it in a call, ive got so many pros that can back this ahhahahaahahah do i rlly have to expose him more? \u2014 issa (@ghostissa7) July 2, 2019 Bloodx vowed to do everything in his power to regain respect in the community, after facing criticism on social media. It wouldn\u2019t be the first time that a player has recovered from serious allegations against them after Danny \u2018Dubs\u2019 Walsh was accused of cheating during World Cup qualifiers, only to prove himself innocent and later join FaZe Clan as a favorite for the tournament itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pro leaves organization after being accused of racism Esports organization Eleven Gaming (E11) have confirmed that Fortnite pro player Erik \u2018Bloodx\u2019 Guttormsen has \u2018parted ways\u2019 the organization, amid allegations that he used a racial slur. The Fortnite competitive scene was shocked on July 2 when an argument over the aim assist abuse topic boiled […]<\/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-74149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74149","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=74149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}