Fortnite Streamer NICKMERCS Responds to Criticism of Twitch Sub Tournament
By Nicholas Barth ·
100 Thieves Fortnite Twitch streamer NICKMERCS recently responded to criticism directed at the Fortnite tournament he is organizing for his subscribers.
NICKMERCS is currently one of the top Fortnite Battle Royale streamers on Twitch, as the former Gears of War and Call of Duty competitor has seen massive growth with his switch to streaming Fortnite full-time. The 100 Thieves sponsored streamer averages thousands of viewers per stream, as fans tune in to watch the talented Fortnite player and Week 1 Champion of the highly successful KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament compete in competitive tournaments for the popular battle royale title.
NICKMERCS' success has seen his Twitch subscriber base grow to 20,000, and in order to give back to his community, NICKMERCS has planned a $5,000 Fortnite tournament for his fanbase. However, with the logistics of trying to organize a tournament for 20,000 players being close to impossible, the NICKMERCS Twitch subscriber tournament will be featuring 243 competitors. Unfortunately, one subscriber of NICKMERCS felt that only having 243 subscribers participate out of the Fortnite streamer's community was not right.
The 100 Thieves streamer took to Twitter to respond to the criticism of the tournament format stating, "We’re throwing a tournament, that’s gonna last the whole day, with 5K, for the community, 243 people... and somehow you connect that to the word “wack”. Lmfao, some people man."
We’re throwing a tournament, that’s gonna last the whole day, with 5K, for the community, 243 people... and somehow you connect that to the word “wack”. Lmfao, some people man.
— 100T Nickmercs (@NICKMERCS) June 2, 2018
FaZe Clan Call of Duty player Thomas "ZooMaa" Paparatto also chimed in on the matter by giving his support to NICKMERCS.
Ignore these people, you’re THE man.
— FaZe ZooMaa (@ZooMaa) June 2, 2018
The subscriber of NICKMERCS that offered the criticism of the Twitch streamer's Fortnite Tournament format later responded stating that his original statement was taken the wrong way and that he had believed that every subscriber would get a chance to compete in the tournament and apologized. However, many members of NICKMERCS' Twitch community responded by stating how organizing a tournament on that large of a scale would not be possible for a single person.
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(cover photo courtesy of NICKMERCS)