The other day an eSports organization 100 thieves announced that she was forced to postpone the start of her charity tournament Gamers for equality, which was conceived in support of the BLM movement. And as a reason for the transfer was denied Activision.
For a four-week tournament, the organizers chose a game Call of duty: warzone. However, the publisher did not allow its use. Now they will have to look for other options, but so far no new championship dates have been announced.
Activision did not explain its decision in any way, even in response to the rising indignation. And then the tournament organizer spoke about the reasons. According to him, the stumbling block was not the support of blacks, but the participation of the sponsor.
The company agreed to provide access to Call of Duty: Warzone, provided that the charity tournament is exclusively charitable. However, its organizers decided to resort to the support of sponsors, and as such they chose the service Cash app and company UBL.
Arguments that even having a sponsor does not mean that the tournament will generate revenue were not affected by Activision. In addition, Warzone, as a tournament discipline, announced 100 Thieves before contacting copyright holders. Probably in the hope that the company would not dare to excite the public with a refusal.
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