Nadeshot On Activision Rejecting 100 Thieves’ Call of Duty tournament

100 Thieves planned on organizing a $100,000 Gamers for Equality tournament. Things got shot down when Activision denied their request to use Call of Duty: Warzone for their tournament. Founder and CEO of 100 Thieves Matthew ‘Nadeshot’ Haag took it to Twitter to explain what happened. 

Nadeshot on the Call of Duty: Warzone tournament

The tournament was originally set to take place from June 18, 2020, and was planned for a four-week run. CashApp and JBL were also announced as sponsors of the tournament.

Nadeshot, who is fond of Call of Duty and its tournaments, wanted to organize one of their own. They approached their partnership team to arrange funds for the prize money. They found CashApp who proposed another idea. CashApp was willing to fund the money but they wanted to do it for charity and social justice, mainly for the BLM movement. 

100 Thieves apparently made the announcements without consulting Activision. Activision reached out to them stating they can’t run the tournament with sponsors or to monetize. Nadeshot makes it clear that they weren’t planning the tournament for the money. Activision asked 100 Thieves to cut off the money, but they refused. 

In search of an alternative

Nadeshot has promised the fans that they would be finding another game and another publisher that would allow them to run the tournament. He also assures that the funding will reach the hands of people they were meant for. 

There is no clue on which game the organization might host the tournament. Activision denying the request is a bit of a downer, but Nadeshot has mentioned how he understands the developers’ stance. They are unwilling to let others come in and host sponsored tournaments. However, given the cause, they could have been permitted.

Nadeshot and co will probably find a new alternative and inform the fans soon. The BLM movement has urged many to come forward and it’s heartwarming to see eSports organizations come in with support.