Ninja, Dakotaz & more slam Fortnite ban of 9-year-old player Zenon YouTube: ZenonA young Brazilian Fortnite player, Zenon, burst into tears during a stream after his account was banned by Epic Games, supposedly because he is only nine years old, and therefore not allowed to compete in the in-game tournaments. The young competitive player is part of Brazilian organization DETONA Gaming, but has been handed a 1500-day ban from Fortnite. He had been playing \u201cArena mode,\u201d the competitive playlist in the game, which requires players to be at least 13 years old. Zenon was handed the suspension due to his age, but it has caused uproar, especially in the Brazilian competitive scene, with the hashtag #FreeZenon trending on Twitter. The clip of Zenon\u2019s ban went viral on social media, as he burst into tears with his father watching on. que isso pelo amor de deus??? a crian\u00e7a joga com o pai do lado, tr\u00e1s sustenta pra fam\u00edlia jogando. pra epic games t\u00e1 tudo bem destruir o sonho de uma crian\u00e7a? nem conhe\u00e7o o cen\u00e1rio mas me sensibilizei pelas l\u00e1grimas escorrendo desse menino \ud83d\ude41 #FreeZenon https:\/\/t.co\/utQMSbHltn \u2014 thateus (@thateuss) May 5, 2020 Even Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins stepped in to defend the player, arguing that although rules are rules, the punishment is too harsh, and that Zenon shouldn\u2019t be banned from playing regular modes in Fortnite. Unless Arenas start offering money for placements there is no reason for #FreeZenon to be banned from them until he turns 13. That being said the age requirement to compete in Fortnite is 13 and he is 9. He shouldn\u2019t be banned from any other aspect of Fortnite 100% @FortniteGame \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) May 5, 2020 Top esport players from Zenon\u2019s home country also spoke out in his defense, including professional CS:GO players Fernando \u201cfer\u201d Alvarenga and Vito \u2018kNgV\u2019 Guiseppe. kNgV wrote \u201cno one should have the right to ban someone because of age, this is the esports revolution, there are more children with these dreams.\u201d #FreeZenon ningu\u00e9m deve ter o direito de banir algu\u00e9m por causa de idade.. essa \u00e9 a revolu\u00e7\u00e3o do esports, v\u00e3o vim mais crian\u00e7as com esses sonhos.. igual a mesma crian\u00e7a que sonha em ser jogador de futebol.. n\u00e3o tira isso de uma crian\u00e7a. \u2014 Vito Giuseppe (@kngvito) May 5, 2020 Professional League of Legends player Leonardo \u2018Robo\u2019 Souza said, \u201cIt is totally wrong to prevent the development of a talent within esports. The boy is 100% accompanied and supported by his father. You can\u2019t do that to a child! He just wants to have fun!\u201d \u00c9 totalmente errado impedir o desenvolvimento de um talento dentro do esporte eletr\u00f4nico. O garoto \u00e9 100% acompanhado e apoiado pelo pai. N\u00e3o podem fazer isso com uma crian\u00e7a! Ele s\u00f3 quer se divertir! #FreeZenon \u2014 LOUD Robo (@robolol1) May 5, 2020 Fortnite streamer Dakotaz spoke about the issue on Twitch, arguing \u201c[Epic] shouldn\u2019t have banned you like that! If you\u2019re going to hand out a four-year ban, and they\u2019re nine years old, they should have handled that a little differently in my opinion.\u201d Algu\u00e9m fluente por favor traduz para mim. Obrigado @dakotaz \u2665 pic.twitter.com\/REzeEJ18Mc\u2014 Zenon (@Of_Zenon) May 5, 2020 Epic Games has not commented publicly on the player\u2019s ban, but Zenon himself is determined to see it overturned. Fortnite is one of the most lucrative esports if a player can make it to the professional level, with Fortnite World Cup 2019 winner Kyle \u2018Bugha\u2019 Giersdorf winning the biggest individual prize ever of $3 million. Even just at the semi-professional level, players can earn money playing in-game, online tournaments, such as the Cash Cup. However, to compete, Epic enforces a strict 13+ minimum age, which they clearly take very seriously, given the severity of Zenon\u2019s punishment. Playing alongside his father, Zenon has a popular YouTube channel with over 130,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja, Dakotaz & more slam Fortnite ban of 9-year-old player Zenon YouTube: ZenonA young Brazilian Fortnite player, Zenon, burst into tears during a stream after his account was banned by Epic Games, supposedly because he is only nine years old, and therefore not allowed to compete in the in-game tournaments. The young competitive player is […]<\/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-76695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76695","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=76695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}