The charity event “Gamers for Equality”, hosted by the 100Thieves, has been postponed to a later date than planned. Fans learned about this one day before the event started because publisher Activision does not allow 100Thieves to use CoD: Warzone as a game for the tournament.
The 100Thieves, along with sponsors CashApp and JBL Audio, wanted to launch a four-week Call of Duty: Warzone tournament. The purpose of this was to support organizations that fight against the inequality of different population groups.
Yesterday, the team announced that Activision had declined their request to host the tournament.
Sources: 100 Thieves was told by Activision that they could run a CoD charity tournament without a sponsor (CashApp) and 100T refused. sources tell me 100T made the original announcement without consulting Activision, likely to get the public on their side https://t.co/1BJwIbRM11
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) June 17, 2020
Esport journalist Rod “Slasher” Wroclaw reported that according to his sources, holding the tournaments would be unproblematic as long as the sponsor CashApp was not involved. 100Thieves did not accept this and announced the tournament anyway
Wanted to take a minute to clear up what happened with 100 Thieves, CashApp and Activision earlier today in regards to our $100,000 Gamers for Equality tournament. pic.twitter.com/d51EgZwFiM
— 100T Nadeshot (@Nadeshot) June 17, 2020
100Thieves CEO Matt “Nadeshot” Haag has posted an explanation video on Twitter. He said that Activision is against CashApp as the tournament sponsor, but since they provide the prize money, that would not be an option. Therefore the tournament had to be postponed.
Nadeshot apologized for the situation and said he accepted Activision’s decision. Now he wants to get another game and a different publisher for the tournament.
