TSM punish ZexRow for outburst in Ninja Fortnite tournament TSMTeam SoloMid (TSM) have responded to the controversy surrounding one of their Fortnite pros, Anthony \u2018ZexRow\u2019 Colandro, that led to him seemingly being prohibited from playing in Ninja\u2019s future Fortnite events. Ninja Battles featuring Fortnite was announced on May 28 with the brand new event spanning six weeks and giving players the chance to win a slice of the $80,000 prize pool each time around. However, despite winning the first week of the tournament, TSM pro ZexRow has seemingly been banned from all future events. This followed an explicit post-tournament interview, in which, the 19-year-old hit out at his fellow competitors, commenting: \u201cEveryone that didn\u2019t place in top 10 can suck my d***. They\u2019re f***ing s****ers. I don\u2019t know why they talk s***, they\u2019re actually also dogs*** and braindead.\u201d Following the announcement that he would be prohibited from participating in Ninja\u2019s future tournaments, ZexRow\u2019s organization have now produced a lengthy statement condemning his actions. \u201cWe are extremely disappointed in the comments made by Anthony \u2018ZexRow\u2019 Colandro and take this matter very seriously,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cEffective immediately, he has been fined one month\u2019s salary. His behavior was absolutely inappropriate, and does not represent the values of TSM or our brand partners.\u201d They also confirm that the fine will be donated to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, a charity that works with young people across the United States. \u201cTSM echoes his apology to fans and the community, and he has expressed his sincere regret to us as well,\u201d the response continued. \u201cWe will be providing ZexRow with professional counseling and training, helping him to work on how he conducts himself \u2013 both publicly and privately.\u201d ZexRow joined TSM in December of 2018, at the height of Fortnite\u2019s dominance in the world of video games. While he remains a member of the organization, the statement confirmed that another similar incident would result in him being removed from TSM. \u201cThat said, we have informed him that we have a no tolerance policy for this kind of behavior,\u201d the org concluded, \u201cand that we will be forced to part ways if something like this should occur again in the future.\u201d However, they noted that they \u201cbelieve in Zex\u201d and \u201chave faith that with serious personal reflection and focus, he can move forward from this.\u201d Responses to TSM\u2019s statement were largely positive, agreeing that the action taken is reflective of ZexRow\u2019s mistake. The organization has been clouded in controversy of late, surrounding the relationship between DoubleLift and Leena and a potential conflict of interest. The response to this particular issue, however, has been widely praised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TSM punish ZexRow for outburst in Ninja Fortnite tournament TSMTeam SoloMid (TSM) have responded to the controversy surrounding one of their Fortnite pros, Anthony \u2018ZexRow\u2019 Colandro, that led to him seemingly being prohibited from playing in Ninja\u2019s future Fortnite events. Ninja Battles featuring Fortnite was announced on May 28 with the brand new event spanning […]<\/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-77571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77571","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=77571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}