The American organization FaZe Clan was accused of the fact that it’s Fortnite player H1ghsky1 is actually younger than the club claims. Judging by the investigation of journalists at upcomer.com, FaZe Clan managers overestimated the age of the boy to sign a contract with him, and this is a violation of the labor code.
According to the report, H1ghsky1 recently turned 12, not 13, as the club claims. The reason to doubt the age of the player was the fact that in 2012 his mother congratulated him on social networks on his fifth birthday. If she did not confuse the age of her son, then it turns out that H1ghsky1 signed a contract with FaZe when he was only 11 years old.
FaZe Clan is interested in H1ghsky1 as the creator of Fortnite content. He has more than 800 thousand followers on YouTube and 400 thousand followers on Twitch. During his career, he earned about $ 5 thousand in tournaments in the battle royale of Epic Games. According to the rules of YouTube and Twitch, children under 13 cannot stream and create content on these platforms, and Epic Games only allows players who have turned 13 to compete in its tournaments.
In mid-May, player and streamer FaZe Clan Turner Tfue Tenney filed a lawsuit against his organization in order to break an unfair contract. In the statement, Tenney mentioned the fact that the club had signed an illegal contract with an 11-year-old player. For this, managers put pressure on his parents to lie about their son’s age. Tfue did not name the player, but journalists at upcomer.com are confident that he is H1ghsky1. FaZe Clan representatives are yet to comment on the situation.
Ninja claims it is not easy to setup an organizations
Meanwhile, a few hours ago, Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins said that If Tfue really wants to create his own organization, then he is hardly aware of how much time and hard work it will take. To be a part of all this from the first day and participate in all decisions, meetings, attracting investors will take a lot of time. He will have to invest in all this with the earning of streams.
Ninja further says that, he knows that setting up an organization expensive and that will require investors. He will have to pay for a team house, and will also have to invest in contracts and lawyers, salary, transportation costs. It is difficult and not necessarily immediately beneficial. Ninja once thought thought about it and could do it in the future.
The possible desire of Tfue to create his own organization, was reveled on May 25. Video blogger Daniel Keemstar Kim reported this with reference to brother Tenney and an unnamed professional player in Fortnite. Before that Tenney sued on Faze Clan, to terminate the contract with unfavorable conditions.
Let’s see how another controversy will harm FaZe’s endevours in the eSports industry.
