We almost allowed homophobia to drive a 26-year old creator to end their life……
When just a week ago, I watched grown men run to defend a 40+ year-old man who openly admitted to inappropriately texting minors…
Don’t know what times we’re in, just not it man 🤨
This coming from a content creator who’s community motto is “Peace and Love”
Reminder most of these creators don’t mean anything with their words. Fake positivity to hide the hatred they have for marginalized groups in this space. 👎🏽
@JakeSucky
Notice Ice never once checked him for using slurs during those exchanges though.
Starting to realize majority of these content creators are weird racists and homophobes
@NICKMERCS
I encourage you to actually talk to people within the LGBTQ+ community about what the goal is with education and kids.
You using your platform by only commenting on rage baiting accounts is very dangerous.
Teaching acceptance ≠ Indoctrination
Media literacy is key Nick.
Genuinely scary and dystopian to me how Donald Trump can sit on this stage and blatantly lie and avoid prompts, but it’s overshadowed by our geezer leader who can’t form a coherent thought.
Scary times fr.
#Debates2024
@Pocahontas_X33
@famousdashja
You can create a player in 2k and you start out with a basically low rating which means your character is trash. You can put a lot of hours in to make your character better. Getting your character to a 92 takes a LONG time.
@envyglick
@BigVinny69
@Ninja
mental health is used as a scapegoat to romanticize and make these shooters out to be good people in a bad mindset. Going into a mall and killing Hispanic people based on your political beliefs isn’t just a mental health issue
@Maadx2x
I didn’t think it was okay then either, neither was Isaiah Rashad for example.
Dont know why we’re even comparing the situations in the first place instead of just agreeing it’s all weird.
Esports will never be a safe space for women if we can't condemn and hold big players/personalities accountable for actions like what Sinatraa has done.
If you're refusing to "believe" the story even with definitive audio proof, you're a part of the problem!
I might catch flack for this...
But steering students to major in an industry that (along with the general gaming industry) is experiencing record layoffs and turnover is a predatory practice.
Esports degrees could be a thing of the future, but not right now.
🎓 Bachelor degrees aren't the only choice anymore.
With esports education on the rise in the UK, more students should be considering a Higher National Diploma in esports, argues Iain Earle of Salford Business School (
@salfordbizsch
).
@blaypoicart
@NICKMERCS
Exactly what I’m talking about.
Interacting with accounts literally dedicated to spreading hate while also preaching a tone of “peace and love” is objectively hypocritical.
Just wish we’d actually be willing to have those conversations instead of giving grifters more 💵💵
You do not support women in esports if you support “that” Valorant player.
You are not a SA ally if you support “that” Valorant player.
You are an enabler and part of the problem if you support “that” Valorant player.
My next chapter...
Incredibly excited to be the new Director of Esports at
@UofMaryland
!
I've dreamed of leading the charge in developing Power 5 esports since I was in high school, time to get to work.
#GoTerps
//
@TerpsEsports
I’ve had to watch people that look like me be gunned down repeatedly for years on the internet.
Stop putting that Buffalo video on my timeline. Stop spewing White Replacement Theory. Stop harming people of color for existing.
@NICKMERCS
@BentleySayer
I think we’ve all seen the original tweet genius.
I know media literacy is hard again, but the person is the video is pleaing for acceptance from the younger generation.
But I get it, having an actual conversation w/o slurs doesn’t feed the homophobic community you foster!
Found an esports job that requires:
- a college degree
- 4+ years of experience
- full-time dedication
The job is volunteer based and completely unpaid....
@ULEET
@sonofpaint
Uli, I know you’re just defending your favorite creator so I won’t test your intelligence.
Instead, I’ll tell you that if you watched that video and got anything but, “We want your kids to be educated enough to accept us people that exist”, you need to rewatch, many times….
Honored to announce (finally) my new role as the Director of Esports
@esports_ottawa
! World-class collegiate program with world-class talent behind it!
Not a lot of people that look like me in roles like this...time to get to work! 💪🏾
#BraveNation
College COD LAN is officially in the works. I have eight team slots open for the best/first CCL programs that reach out to me and confirm attendance.
- Big prize pool
- Esports Stadium Arlington - Sept. 10-11
- No Team Passes Required
- Hotel Deals Available
Get at me. 🔥
Wanted to take some time to process it all, but I lost Brock to his battle with cancer.
Abused and battered for 7 years of his life and still had the most love ever for humans..
He fought cancer until he had literally nothing left. I love you so much buddy. 💔
Today was my last day
@esports_ottawa
.
Forever grateful for the students, parents, administration, and friends I got to meet within this journey here and I hope I made a lasting impression on the university as a whole.
Onto the next adventure, stay tuned tomorrow....
In esports, nobody cares what opportunities you think you deserve or should be getting.
Go and get it, regardless of circumstance, regardless of obstacle, regardless of external doubt.
Go and get it.
Me: Hey, we should stop using rage bait accounts to formulate our opinions on social issues.
MFAM: BRO GO LOOK AT LIBS OF TIK TOK THEY HAVE TRANS PEOPLE READING TO KIDS 😡😡😡
Being a collegiate director after being IN collegiate can make you so jealous of your students sometimes...
My Valorant team is getting flown out to a LAN by RedBull.
When I was in collegiate, we were happy to receive our Tespa care package for our makeshift community events..
The older I'm getting the more I'm becoming more of an advocate for work/life balance within esports to tarnish the "24/7" myth that we've come to uphold.
Those emails, those discord messages, and those phone calls will always be there. The time you're losing won't.
Enjoy it!
If you’re a man who’s offended or angered by the fact that spaces like
#VCTGameChangers
are about to be more normalized, you have no place in the future of esports.
Seeing women and other marginalized genders broadcasted on an international stage should invigorate ALL of us! 🔥
@thedigitaldash_
While I agree, I think this election is too important to not get this point across to people on the fence.
Nobody should EVER quantify violence as a competition, but the people using this as the only ammo to not vote for Kamala will hurt this country if this point isn’t made.
Absolutely unreal....
I watched the very first Esports Awards in 2016 as a FRESHMAN in college and thought I'd never have the opportunity to be on a list like this.
To be on a list of STACKED nominees like this is insane. THANK YOU!!!! 😭
You do not have to work 60+ hour weeks for your collegiate program to be successful.
Being in charge of an entire program with multiple teams and no full-time help is NOT easy. Don't let people in the space flexing their work hours make you feel inadequate!
Got an email a few weeks back from one of my future players family inviting me to be apart of his signing day event at his school.
He'll be the FIRST black esports signee within his school district.
Sometimes I need these reminders of why I love what I do!
Day 1 on campus at UMD ✅
Haven’t felt this at home this early at an institution since the Ole Miss days!
Excited to serve hungry students on a thriving campus 🔥
🚨 PROSPECTIVE COLLEGIATE STUDENTS!!🚨
PLEASE be mindful of what you're putting in your Discord bios if you're reaching out to coaches and directors....
This is just ONE incident but I'm sure other directors will tell you this can be a dealbreaker...
Maybe I’m just getting older and bitter…
But why are students not learning interview/email etiquette anywhere anymore?
The amount of students I have cursing in a JOB interview regularly is so alarming to me???
Are any other higher ed staff/educators seeing this?
@BentleySayer
@NICKMERCS
Please share these videos that you’ve seen.
Also, have you ever looked into your local pride demonstrations? Or do you only care about the ones with video clips to fit your narrative?
Collegiate will continue to lose some of the best leaders in the space if majority of the aspects of our job doesn’t change!
The era of “passion” carrying our work has to end at some point when people are barely able to make ends meet while also autonomously carrying a program..
Go ahead and block me, unfollow me, or whatever you have to do if you still support this person or this ideology in the slightest.
Amazing to me how a group of people that preaches the sensitivity of this generation gets so pressed over PRONOUNS!
I had no idea I would fall in love with collegiate esports when I started at Ole Miss but here we are...
And now it's time for my exit! Thank you
@olemissesports
, thank you
@CollegeCoD
, and thank YOU all for following me on this journey for four years.
Let's reminisce!
Monthly tweet to remind the COD community that:
CCL > Challengers
Whether you want to get your education on campus or online, you’re cheating yourself out of an opportunity if you’re “waiting to see how this season goes”!
Just got word that my baby has bone cancer and his time with me is coming to a close soon.
If you know me, you know Brock has been my one constant for the past three years since I adopted him.
Don’t even know what to feel right now…
Want to thank EVERYONE that reached out to me or spoke out in unison against hate yesterday. We showed empathy in gaming is alive and well. ❤️
There’s still so much work to do to make sure this space is equitable and safe for ALL!
We have to do more.
This is a directly discriminatory policy against a demographic of students that are present at every single one of our institutions….
Are we not playing in Campus Clutch until this is fixed or are we only going to be Twitter outraged again though?
> spend the last 2 years building a Val team
> can’t compete in red bull
congrats to Northwood on winning RedBull Campus Clutch 2023, no international students is the most insane rule I’ve ever seen in college esports.
If you are not actively calling out or combating sexism, racism, ableism, etc. IN your games, you ARE apart of the problem.
I'm tired of women and people of color not even being able to exist IN-GAME without harassment.
SPEAK UP, REPORT, STOP SHRUGGING IT OFF! 🗣️
One of the things I’ve always sought to do is give more women opportunities within any program I’ve been involved in!
Seeing this room tonight filled with female casters, observers, technical directors, and analysts makes my work feel worth it! 🐢
#GoTerps
Special thank you to the
@100Thieves
staff for helping us launch Part 1 of the
@Cxmmunity
Career Readiness Program Series!
Great conversation and makes me excited to see such young people eager to create esports/gaming centered content! 🔥
(Peep our special guest!)
🧪 My first batch of apparel drops April 10, 2020. 🧪
Thank you to
@Akquire
for allowing me to be the first collegiate esports personality to represent their brand!
Really want collegiate hopefuls to get rid of the practice of sending coaches/directors clip dumps to try and entice us. 🚮
We (most of us) want to see the intangibles you bring.
Composure? Leadership? Coachability? 🔥
All things we want to see, not clip dumps!
Going to need TOs to understand that if you're planning a COLLEGIATE LAN event, 90% of programs still need more than one month's advance to make accommodations happen depending on program structure!
If I get one more email about a LAN event that's weeks away I'm gonna lose it...
Women in esports:
*Get their own circuit to compete in because of the toxic spaces and situations that men create in the industry.*
Men in esports (in response):
Yearly reminder for all fans of gaming and esports related content to be careful who you prop up as a leader.
Responding like this with a young audience like Nick’s is incredibly harmful and contributes to the mistreatment of LGBTQIA+ individuals across our space…
Still surreal and one of my favorite moments of the entire weekend. Special thanks to
@CODWorldLeague
for allowing us to talk about collegiate esports and
@CollegeCoD
in particular!
@drewreed03
@Maadx2x
He unfortunately had a tape leak very recently a few years back. Luckily was one of the first times I saw a community really get behind someone going through it!
Creating content has always been something I love doing in my leisure.
I don’t speak on it often on here, but things like this make it the best hobby in the world! ❤️🙏🏽
This week has reassured me in my efforts to keep to myself in terms of the collegiate space…
You don’t see me interact with a lot of coaches/directors because a lot of you I’m convinced genuinely crave drama.