Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar follows his wish. Activision will remove the streamer’s cosmetic package Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II And war zone, confirmed a spokesman for the publisher. Betar said he didn’t want the package to remain after his friend and fellow streamer Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff received his in-game skins banned from the games for his recent anti-LGBTQ comments.
“Nickmercs has been my friend for years – we got our products cod operators together”, Betar tweeted
The announcement comes after Kolcheff, a co-owner of FaZe Clan and one of the most popular call of Duty Streamers around the world responded to an anti-LGBTQ+ protest at a school board meeting orchestrated by the right-wing culture war machine by tweeting, “You should leave little kids alone.” Instead of apologizing, he hardened his sentiments during one live streams, and he did subsequently corrected by a ton of other video game streamers and online personalities.
A moral panic being fomented by Republicans like the 2024 presidential nominee Ron Desantis has led to attacks on gay and transgender rights in a number of states, even leading to the banning of books and the vilification of critics as “groomers” and “paedophiles”. Kolcheff happens to reside in Florida, where Desantis used his governorship to “don’t say gayLegislation. “You mean the goat,” he tweeted on June 3, defending Desantis.
FaZe Clan did not respond to a request for comment on whether it would also take action against Kolcheff. When the influencer group attempted to make a pro-LGBTQ+ statement to kick off Pride Month 2022, it was attacked by its own members and fans. This year, FaZe Clan has been completely silent on the subject, essentially just a few weeks after its members and fan base molested his latest female recruit from the group.
“It’s insane that blatant homophobia is the only thing that ties it all together cod content creators, tweeted Minecraft Modder Nick Young. “It’s really sad to see this from some of my favorite creators over the past few years, and equally disappointing to see the amount of support they’re getting for their views.”