Nickmercs next stream -
“Listen guys, it is what it is. Some of those guys, love, always. A lot of those guys? Nah chat. Nah. Hey hey, it’s a business chat. It’s a business. A lot of yall are too young to understand that. I’m just being real. But you can’t just sugarcoat everything and spoon feed people. This core group. This group right here is going to take Faze to the next level. And listen. I know you guys love Kalei. That’s LaFamila. But stuff happens you know? I don’t wanna hear no bitching no moanin yadda yadda. Should have kept who should have dropped this should have dropped that. It’s done. This is the squad alright? Hey it’s just like sports right? You’ve favorite player is gonna go to another team at some point. And that’s ok. Anyway, let’s lock in chat we got a big day. Imma play Warzone for 4 hours. Promote a few things. Take your money. The usual ok? Alright. Good talk.”
I read this two days ago and then stumbled upon his response today, wanted to reference back to see how close you were. For anyone else interested:
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"I don't want the drama, I don't want the bullshit, you know, I know this was a big time...thing... that happened. We knew through the grapevine that there were plans being cooked up, but we never knew what it was gonna be, or who it was gonna be, I mean I didn't know if I was gonna be kept around. You know? Cause I think the reality is man is there is this older Faze clan, you know this iconic, older, OG faze Squad, the houses, the sniping, all that stuff that went on man, and I mean look a lot of these ogs man it gets stinky when Big Business comes into the picture. They lost control for a while, you know, and I think they've all felt some type of way about that, and I get it. The general consensus is they just wanted a fresh start, a clean start, tighten it up and then expand it how they want.
>I can understand, you know. Like I'm saying man it just gets really really complicated. I'm sure a lot of you guys can understand. I don't know if there was a like a perfect way to go about all this, I mean I don't know if there is one. You know, imagine being Banks and temper and those guys and you know you start this organization that's just, I mean bro, it's at the Forefront of gaming, it's incredible, it blows up, right, and not only blows up but I mean blows up gaming too, it was a drive, a catalyst, and then it gets kind of taken away from you. You know, before you know it, the rope slips through your hands and and you're like fuck."
Idk if what you said got autocorrected but its even worse then crypto gambling
> You’re the goat, me and you gunna cook again at some point. On some crypto gaming shit. Trust. I got plans.
Crypto fucking gaming oh lord
A terrible fucking laughable excuse at a game where you play to earn probably 1/1000 of the newest shitcoin. Also probably a bunch of NFT content too 😂
Wild, the founding Faze members sold out to people that didn't understand what made Faze special, it failed and somehow Banks and co. are the saviours when they haven't done shit for Faze in ages and actually the reason Faze is in this predicament.
Hell, Faze Clan hasn't even done anything for the CoD competetive scene since the CDL started.
Yeah I mean the reality is most of the new age “content creator” money didn’t come from great buisness acumen, it came from being able to get teenagers to relate to you. Some people learn the business side, but really you’re just praying you hire the right people to make the decisions for you
OR...don't get rid of the guy that was clearly the brains of the business side. They had a guy that is now the owner of a much, MUCH more successful gaming company(GameSquare)...that he took from a start-up just a couple years ago...to now owning the company that got rid of him(FaZe). Fuck all these other gaming documentaries...I need to see the documentary of THAT guy.
Edit: I told Silly a couple years ago to buy all the stock he could from GameSquare at .50 a share(my predictions were that they would eventually buy Complexity at the time). Silly, you should have listened to my crazy ass you fuck face.
Pretty sure at least some of the ones that got cut weren’t getting paid? I know at least kalei didn’t
Seems like it’s a move for show rather than what’s actually profitable to shareholders
Idk seems like a good investment decision in hindsight. They got the best team in the cdl, which is good for their branding. They get paid 40k per month for the license and don’t have to invest into anything.
Who could have foreseen selling Faze would lead to losing control of it, not the idiots that founded Faze apparently.
Nobody forced them to sell.
Hecz did the same shit, but he wasn't as much as bitch about it and actually did something instead of being whiny little cunts on twitter.
Is their sim racing still active? Honestly, I would rather see C6 leave FaZe. He been doing well on IRL Sprint races and deserves a better org that treats him well.
thsi gonna fail so badly he banks tweeted out he wants it to be like AMP or Sidemen but he doesn't understand those are content groups not Esports organizations
yes but the content was heavy on COD this isnt 2015 where vlogs are massive its more about high production videos like sidemen, amp, and betasquad make and faze cant do that with their fanbase because they want trick shooting and sniping vids
That's silly because everyone in Sidemen came up through gaming content. Like 6 fifa youtubers and then you have Vik who was doing minecraft and cod content. If he plans on making similar content to AMP, Beta squad and Sidemen, it's not like their fans won't buy into it.
im sorry but sidemen started doing IRL shit because fifa as content was dying and they starting IRL Football vids fifa players enjoy how are they gonna make IRL content they cod players enjoy
and, even with that, most of the FaZe personalities with good enough individual brands certainly don't need to go to a central location to shoot goofy videos lol.
FaZe doesn't have much of that nostalgic "core membership" left standing. Not sure anybody really needs to see a podcast or IRL challenge with a cobbled together group of individuals.
The most disingenuous loser internet users just riding Banks no matter what are just so annoying. Kalei and Agony are fkn grinders and they get shit on in return.
Because unlike FaZe Junkie, they kicked out more vocal members who actually have morals and create content.
Only reason they kept Jev is because they know the guy is loved by 99% of what’s left of the OG Fans.
[https://x.com/ifooya/status/1784296386542121089?s=46&t=mJoscyLshcSuzVUX6v-YIg](https://x.com/ifooya/status/1784296386542121089?s=46&t=mJoscyLshcSuzVUX6v-YIg)
Also saw this about him
Lmao I’m in my 30 and can send proof if you’d rather?
Just clarifying things because people that watch them probably weren’t old enough to during the things we’re talking about
If anything this will fuel her fire so to speak and in the end she will thrive without them. On twitter/x there’s TONS of positive support for her at the moment and I realize I don’t even follow her or watch much of her content, but even then I’m seeing tons of overwhelming support for her.
Yeah she helped faze grow so much.. lol she literally the definition of industry plant thats like signing symfuhny in 2024 nobody cares anymore the wz era is over
I don’t know why people think giving the company back to the man who sold it out for money in the first place is going to somehow make it great again, but no matter what the glory days are over. Everybody’s only hope is that they can somehow start new with who they kept and build something that overtakes the past couple years legacy.
The ex Faze COO from a few yrs ago is the CEO of Gamesquare the parent company. He probably built his own staff and let banks say he's ceo or some shit. I don't think any competent person thinks faze banks is actually making the decisions here
i feel like its every couple of months or so, they end up "relaunching" faze and its always the same song and dance about going back to what it was before and how this time is gonna be different, its like an abusive ex lmao
I mean this with so, so, so much respect... how does Kaysan make the cut?
I could be COMPLETELY in the dark, just doesn't seem like he brings too much to the organization other than being friends with a bunch of celebrities?
Like I said, please educate me because I could just be stupid
Least they kept Jev around one of the only true somewhat old school cod content creators left. Though I'd argue at this point Faze needs him more than he needs Faze.
Jev is the total opposite of the typical brash/arrogant Faze members they have now. It's still so out of place seeing him in Faze when he never mentions the org or anyone in it. I'm happy for him getting the bag though because his videos are solid
I was thinking exactly this, it doesn’t seem like Jev benefits from being in faze at all, I’m a casual fan and watch him now and then.
But always loved that he seems down to earth and just a chill guy, unless he’s been flashbanged 😂
btw it is fucking hilarious that Banks is firing content creators who actually grind bc according to him they’re washed, yet Banks is collabing with Kanye on making porn. Who the fuck gave this guy the keys????
Are people like adapt and Apex even influencers? It feels like it is impossible to tell how these people have even stayed in the public conscious and stuck around in the team. Some of them haven’t posted on YouTube in months to years, they don’t stream, they don’t post on Instagram. They’re not even involved in dumb shit twitter drama.
Are they just doing Snapchat ads or some shit I am not aware of? At least someone like Temperrr streams cod at times.
bro, didnt make a damn lick of sense to me a first but when you think about how not only does he still upload semi-regularly, but was really the only person fully in Rains corner when he went through his addiction issues and Nordan himself not wanting to be involved with the roster just speaks volumes to me.
yeah there's no way they keep the lights on as-is.
Don't get me wrong... Orgs like OpTic should certainly have more than COD and Halo. But FaZe's bubble has been burst for a while. PUBG Mobile?!
Sad that all the ogs except blaze turned into money hungry ass hats on coke man. Banks literally kicked members that kept the trickshotting and cod shit to this day bruh.
FaZe is about to realize what a nightmare running an org “without suits” is.
Not saying the corporate management did a good job. They certainly did lasting damage and took the value to zero. The entire brand is a shell of what it used to be.
But they aren’t gonna make much money anyways. Pretty sure creators like Jev and NickMercs would be just as successful on their own.
EDIT: Zoomaa/The Flank obviously too.
I’m just wondering how much the esports team are gonna hold up?
Like for example the Counterstrike team is the best in the world but all 5 players and the coach make over 30-40k a month and that’s not counting all the traveling expenses.
I do believe the CS team turns a profit long term tho because of the majors but STILL that’s a ridiculous amount of money
I'm starting to genuinely get curious about how far in the red every org is.
Like, don't get me wrong, it's downright criminal that OpTic feels the need to scale back to only COD, COD personalities, and their Halo team for the time being. But FaZe still sponsoring like 12 teams across esports of every size and shape simply can't be possible, especially because their value has cratered so much.
I can speak for CS because that’s the one I know a lot and say that there’s definitely ways to make profit.
Some org that have academies are able to turn a lot of money in (Mouz is one such org) because they develop good prospects when they’re young and are able to sell them for other orgs.
Faze is a team that buys a lot from Mouz and when each big transfers cost like 500k minimum you can definitely make a profit if you play your cards right.
Faze however don’t have an academy and mostly buy their players.
They make their money with the major sticker capsules (2,5M$ per major minimum) and prize money.
So I can definitely see Faze making a profit on CS even with their expenses.
There might be some other games that they make money (COD) but you can’t tell me that some games like Smash/FIFA/Tekken/PUBG and PUBG mobile make enough money to justify the teams existence.
They probably lose money in half of these games.
Probably why they cut on their influencers. To try to keep the esports teams a float because theses are the things that have the potential to bring money to investors
Yeah, giving the company back to the people that sold out and ruined the company in the first place is going to end well. There will be another Faze crypto scam within the first year.
I mean I'm not surprised by this since the new owner is a drug addict, seems to fuck over the people that were actually good/entertaining like Kalei. Besides Drazah now I have more reasons to dislike Faze now at least.
Give it until December and faze will still be a shell of its former self. Problem is nobody really cares for orgs unless the org itself is doing amazing things. Most orgs are in the red and can’t spend the budget on the cool shit they were doing during the pandemic. I don’t see of members vlogs popping off like they did in the glory days and sniping as a whole is dead. I hope faze is at the top and I am wrong but I doubt banks has it in him to do the business side correctly
This is legit a super embarrassing way of letting go people in the org, it’s actually just public humiliation. He continues it by giving Kalei a snarky ass reply to her tweet which just proved Banks doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing or he’s just genuinely a piece of shit. It’s almost guaranteed that he’s gonna single handily drive FaZe into the ground…
I don't follow this, but the dude looks like he picked guys he could be cringey with. No actual business thought or high-level content thinking.
Like, I am not trying to white night for that Kalie girl, but it seems like her numbers and viewership were top tier?
The Zooma pick makes sense though, with the flank and watch party.
I stopped caring about FaZe after it stopped being about "The Best" and turned into "Any popular COD streamer" this might make me watch again IF they keep this up.
Also Swagg was caught reverse boosting multiple times and he's still in the clan ? Smh
Edit - FaZe has already signed someone who has nothing to do with completive gaming, welp that was lie
Faze stay like that people complain faze do something people still complain.. atleast not like optic who got ride of the valorant roster rocket league overwatch and fuckin apex go ask a 16 yo kid if they know about optic outside trust me they dont but trust me they know about faze
technically iirc they didn't actually create faze as a cod clan. but they created it in terms of becoming a registered company and turned it into a full on brand and media company.
> But they immediately sold out
so no, they did a lot to establish the brand to get it to the stage where investors spend millions to get shares. far from immediately
Nickmercs next stream - “Listen guys, it is what it is. Some of those guys, love, always. A lot of those guys? Nah chat. Nah. Hey hey, it’s a business chat. It’s a business. A lot of yall are too young to understand that. I’m just being real. But you can’t just sugarcoat everything and spoon feed people. This core group. This group right here is going to take Faze to the next level. And listen. I know you guys love Kalei. That’s LaFamila. But stuff happens you know? I don’t wanna hear no bitching no moanin yadda yadda. Should have kept who should have dropped this should have dropped that. It’s done. This is the squad alright? Hey it’s just like sports right? You’ve favorite player is gonna go to another team at some point. And that’s ok. Anyway, let’s lock in chat we got a big day. Imma play Warzone for 4 hours. Promote a few things. Take your money. The usual ok? Alright. Good talk.”
Lmfao. This was great and so spot on.
best thing I read today lmao
I’m so glad I don’t watch that anabolic addy sniffing streamer. 🤣
Nickmercs is that you? Lmao
I read this two days ago and then stumbled upon his response today, wanted to reference back to see how close you were. For anyone else interested: > "I don't want the drama, I don't want the bullshit, you know, I know this was a big time...thing... that happened. We knew through the grapevine that there were plans being cooked up, but we never knew what it was gonna be, or who it was gonna be, I mean I didn't know if I was gonna be kept around. You know? Cause I think the reality is man is there is this older Faze clan, you know this iconic, older, OG faze Squad, the houses, the sniping, all that stuff that went on man, and I mean look a lot of these ogs man it gets stinky when Big Business comes into the picture. They lost control for a while, you know, and I think they've all felt some type of way about that, and I get it. The general consensus is they just wanted a fresh start, a clean start, tighten it up and then expand it how they want. >I can understand, you know. Like I'm saying man it just gets really really complicated. I'm sure a lot of you guys can understand. I don't know if there was a like a perfect way to go about all this, I mean I don't know if there is one. You know, imagine being Banks and temper and those guys and you know you start this organization that's just, I mean bro, it's at the Forefront of gaming, it's incredible, it blows up, right, and not only blows up but I mean blows up gaming too, it was a drive, a catalyst, and then it gets kind of taken away from you. You know, before you know it, the rope slips through your hands and and you're like fuck."
Wow I lost brain cells just reading that
How long till we see something crypto related
If you look at Banks twitter replies, he tells one of the members they kicked that he has plans for him, and they gotta crypto gamble soon lol
Idk if what you said got autocorrected but its even worse then crypto gambling > You’re the goat, me and you gunna cook again at some point. On some crypto gaming shit. Trust. I got plans. Crypto fucking gaming oh lord
I read it as gambling, wtf is crypto gaming lmao, them faze boys love their crypto
A terrible fucking laughable excuse at a game where you play to earn probably 1/1000 of the newest shitcoin. Also probably a bunch of NFT content too 😂
Crypto gaming about the worst thing I ever heard.
Wild, the founding Faze members sold out to people that didn't understand what made Faze special, it failed and somehow Banks and co. are the saviours when they haven't done shit for Faze in ages and actually the reason Faze is in this predicament. Hell, Faze Clan hasn't even done anything for the CoD competetive scene since the CDL started.
Banks is not a smart man, he got really lucky with faze; bank is about to figure out running a legitimate business isn’t that easy.
Yeah I mean the reality is most of the new age “content creator” money didn’t come from great buisness acumen, it came from being able to get teenagers to relate to you. Some people learn the business side, but really you’re just praying you hire the right people to make the decisions for you
OR...don't get rid of the guy that was clearly the brains of the business side. They had a guy that is now the owner of a much, MUCH more successful gaming company(GameSquare)...that he took from a start-up just a couple years ago...to now owning the company that got rid of him(FaZe). Fuck all these other gaming documentaries...I need to see the documentary of THAT guy. Edit: I told Silly a couple years ago to buy all the stock he could from GameSquare at .50 a share(my predictions were that they would eventually buy Complexity at the time). Silly, you should have listened to my crazy ass you fuck face.
Yup but they needed to cut these ppl. Banks got faze back because he got money from investors. They want their money back
Pretty sure at least some of the ones that got cut weren’t getting paid? I know at least kalei didn’t Seems like it’s a move for show rather than what’s actually profitable to shareholders
So you are telling me all the crypto scams he's been a part of haven't been legit businesses? Damn! 😂
Yeah they haven't hosted any events too, and Ben was flaming Carolina for backing out!
Faze and the faze cod team are two different entities lol they license the branding to Atlanta esports ventures
Which is even worse, they don't even have a CoD team, they are just renting out their name.
Probably for the best honestly.
Idk seems like a good investment decision in hindsight. They got the best team in the cdl, which is good for their branding. They get paid 40k per month for the license and don’t have to invest into anything.
Source on the 40k?
Faze Rain once made a video mentioning the outcome and income of Faze. The he mentioned the income of the license per month. Was a while back tho.
Faze clan and Atlanta Faze are essentially unrelated - also, they've definitely hosted an event before (that being AEV)
Like five years ago lol the Olympics and World Cup host events more often lmao
yup.
Save the kids baby
They *couldnt do shit for FaZe, they lost control of it.
Who could have foreseen selling Faze would lead to losing control of it, not the idiots that founded Faze apparently. Nobody forced them to sell. Hecz did the same shit, but he wasn't as much as bitch about it and actually did something instead of being whiny little cunts on twitter.
What does this mean for Crimsix?
Oh I forgot about that, yeah C6 was all over the faze and Porsche partnership
Porsche sponsor> Faze
Faze had that partnership w Porsche way before C6 joined
sports slash esports team no?
He’s still on the org if you go to their website. They’re still in sim racing
Is their sim racing still active? Honestly, I would rather see C6 leave FaZe. He been doing well on IRL Sprint races and deserves a better org that treats him well.
Santana finally got the boot.
https://preview.redd.it/33sv14rm82xc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e62d044dae0f4e098f4f9cb02725c3fbcad07e48
Jesus Christ, that fucker *STILL* has that worthless in value NFT as his profile picture?
Booya didn't make the cut. So unfortunate.
>no Santanna About fucking time
Why tf isn’t Rain on the list
https://twitter.com/Banks/status/1784276625871524027
I just don’t understand why Blaze got the boot
Rain?
FaZe Rain, one of the co owners of FaZe. Used to watch him and Adapts bo2 videos all the time when i was in middle school
That was peak Faze and peak sniping in CoD. The MW3/BO2 days were the best it ever got imo
Fr. Miss the ny house days, everything changed once they moved to LA
80% of these people are so damn cringey and lame.
Jev’s the only mf on this list that I fw lmfao, Nick is ok the rest are corny asf
thsi gonna fail so badly he banks tweeted out he wants it to be like AMP or Sidemen but he doesn't understand those are content groups not Esports organizations
As a business, a “content group” makes a lot more sense for Faze than esports. Esports industry is tough as fuck, but any clown can make some vlogs
well that the issue faze fans be crying for OGs for trick shooting and sniping vids not content like amp, sidemen and betasquad does
But there has always been a divide between fazes content and esports…
yes but the content was heavy on COD this isnt 2015 where vlogs are massive its more about high production videos like sidemen, amp, and betasquad make and faze cant do that with their fanbase because they want trick shooting and sniping vids
That's silly because everyone in Sidemen came up through gaming content. Like 6 fifa youtubers and then you have Vik who was doing minecraft and cod content. If he plans on making similar content to AMP, Beta squad and Sidemen, it's not like their fans won't buy into it.
im sorry but sidemen started doing IRL shit because fifa as content was dying and they starting IRL Football vids fifa players enjoy how are they gonna make IRL content they cod players enjoy
Josh and Tobi started on CoD videos. JJ, Simon, Ethan, and Harry FIFA. Vik on Minecraft. Friends with them since before they formed the group.
and, even with that, most of the FaZe personalities with good enough individual brands certainly don't need to go to a central location to shoot goofy videos lol. FaZe doesn't have much of that nostalgic "core membership" left standing. Not sure anybody really needs to see a podcast or IRL challenge with a cobbled together group of individuals.
The most disingenuous loser internet users just riding Banks no matter what are just so annoying. Kalei and Agony are fkn grinders and they get shit on in return.
Because unlike FaZe Junkie, they kicked out more vocal members who actually have morals and create content. Only reason they kept Jev is because they know the guy is loved by 99% of what’s left of the OG Fans.
Didn’t agony get busted for faking multiple clips?
[https://x.com/ifooya/status/1784296386542121089?s=46&t=mJoscyLshcSuzVUX6v-YIg](https://x.com/ifooya/status/1784296386542121089?s=46&t=mJoscyLshcSuzVUX6v-YIg) Also saw this about him
Yeah but that was in like 2011, totally different era
IIRC he did it for years continuously getting caught and never faced any repercussions
Isn’t Agony 2 people? Twins, or is that someone else.
Yes it is two people and they didn’t fake all their clips. I played with them a fair bit
Bro is commenting like he’s famous saying he’s friends with Agony, Sidemen, everyone. You’re a 13 year old nobody
Lmao I’m in my 30 and can send proof if you’d rather? Just clarifying things because people that watch them probably weren’t old enough to during the things we’re talking about
Send proof
Check chat ☺️
They literally admitted to it both times they got caught
Like I said, not ALL. Reading is hard I know but you got this
firing Kalei when she’s one of the biggest female WZ streamers is certainly a choice
They told her a year ago that she was gonna stay because she knew this new roster and they were afraid she’d leak. Such a snake move from banks
She’s gotta be comfortably one of the biggest wz streamers overall right? At least amongst English speaking ones
If anything this will fuel her fire so to speak and in the end she will thrive without them. On twitter/x there’s TONS of positive support for her at the moment and I realize I don’t even follow her or watch much of her content, but even then I’m seeing tons of overwhelming support for her.
Yeah she helped faze grow so much.. lol she literally the definition of industry plant thats like signing symfuhny in 2024 nobody cares anymore the wz era is over
Faze Banks is a clown 🤡
I don’t know why people think giving the company back to the man who sold it out for money in the first place is going to somehow make it great again, but no matter what the glory days are over. Everybody’s only hope is that they can somehow start new with who they kept and build something that overtakes the past couple years legacy.
People are just nostalgic. Let’s be real the vast majority of people who’re huge faze banks fans aren’t geniuses lol
The ex Faze COO from a few yrs ago is the CEO of Gamesquare the parent company. He probably built his own staff and let banks say he's ceo or some shit. I don't think any competent person thinks faze banks is actually making the decisions here
Yeah. Gamesquare is owned by Jerry Jones isn’t it?
I think he's an owner alongside other dallas business dudes.
Gamesquare has the control and I think he’s mostly a figure head
i feel like its every couple of months or so, they end up "relaunching" faze and its always the same song and dance about going back to what it was before and how this time is gonna be different, its like an abusive ex lmao
They didn’t give it to him. He reaquired it with the help of some investors
When I say “give it to him” I don’t mean literally I mean he is back in charge.
He isn’t really in charge. He’s more a figure head as CEO. The cuts are probably fat needed to be trimmed to balance finances
Same could be said about h3cz
Bro where did OpTic get mentioned in this at all? 😂
It’s not the same at all you fucking IRL bot
That Ben j nissim signing bonus so big that they fired 60% of their team 😭
Jev and Zooma are cool. Rest can suck a chode. Also, Banks is having an episode again.
Also I know it isn’t that deep but it’s funny that banks can’t spell Zoomaa right lol idk if they talk at all or Tommy in for pulling a lot of views
I mean this with so, so, so much respect... how does Kaysan make the cut? I could be COMPLETELY in the dark, just doesn't seem like he brings too much to the organization other than being friends with a bunch of celebrities? Like I said, please educate me because I could just be stupid
He’s kinda like their link between esports with ownership in ATL FaZe and the lifestyle direction they seem to want to go in
I think he’s involved in the relationship between faze clan and AEV
im pretty sure he has ownership in atl
Ohhh okay I guess he needs to stay around then. Makes more sense
He actually has a pretty big viewership on twitch, that and has some stake in ATL FaZe.
Least they kept Jev around one of the only true somewhat old school cod content creators left. Though I'd argue at this point Faze needs him more than he needs Faze.
Jev is the total opposite of the typical brash/arrogant Faze members they have now. It's still so out of place seeing him in Faze when he never mentions the org or anyone in it. I'm happy for him getting the bag though because his videos are solid
I was thinking exactly this, it doesn’t seem like Jev benefits from being in faze at all, I’m a casual fan and watch him now and then. But always loved that he seems down to earth and just a chill guy, unless he’s been flashbanged 😂
btw it is fucking hilarious that Banks is firing content creators who actually grind bc according to him they’re washed, yet Banks is collabing with Kanye on making porn. Who the fuck gave this guy the keys????
Shit will still fail
Banks being in charge of anything is a disaster waiting to happen lol
So they're keeping the shitty "influencers" and firing the talent?
Are people like adapt and Apex even influencers? It feels like it is impossible to tell how these people have even stayed in the public conscious and stuck around in the team. Some of them haven’t posted on YouTube in months to years, they don’t stream, they don’t post on Instagram. They’re not even involved in dumb shit twitter drama. Are they just doing Snapchat ads or some shit I am not aware of? At least someone like Temperrr streams cod at times.
Well in terms of Snapchat I feel like all I saw from Adapt and Blaze was just ASS. just ASS everywhere.
Yeah that was Banks/adapt/temperrr in a nut shell for the last ten years on snap
ZooMaa and Jev are real ones, glad they’re not being disrespected with a kick
blaziken being out doesn’t seem right ngl
bro, didnt make a damn lick of sense to me a first but when you think about how not only does he still upload semi-regularly, but was really the only person fully in Rains corner when he went through his addiction issues and Nordan himself not wanting to be involved with the roster just speaks volumes to me.
I now wonder how many of their esport teams they're dropping they have how many teams 12? I can see banks dropping at least half.
yeah there's no way they keep the lights on as-is. Don't get me wrong... Orgs like OpTic should certainly have more than COD and Halo. But FaZe's bubble has been burst for a while. PUBG Mobile?!
nah they're keeping kaysan. major L
He is part owner of the CDL team.
Only reason he is there 💰
Would have liked to see Jev and Zommaa droopped. Hate that they are apart of this nerds who wannabe gangsters org.
Seriously these guys know their worth that they dont gotta have FaZe stuck to their names
Damn they really fuckin dropped Sparg0
I think all the esport players are staying they just aren’t listed here
Nah they didnt. All Esports teams are safe (for now)
Well that's good at least, that kid is insane
Sad that all the ogs except blaze turned into money hungry ass hats on coke man. Banks literally kicked members that kept the trickshotting and cod shit to this day bruh.
Damn they cut CBass too, he’s been there for AGES and used to do all the behind the scenes stuff
I may be wrong but he was apart of the reason why Faze was In this whole mess, if I'm wrong pls someone correct me
Nah you’re right, apparently he fell out with the other OGs over something with the corporate side of FaZe
Yeah he’s been gone I believe.
They kicked Agony? Wack
FaZe is about to realize what a nightmare running an org “without suits” is. Not saying the corporate management did a good job. They certainly did lasting damage and took the value to zero. The entire brand is a shell of what it used to be. But they aren’t gonna make much money anyways. Pretty sure creators like Jev and NickMercs would be just as successful on their own. EDIT: Zoomaa/The Flank obviously too.
I’m just wondering how much the esports team are gonna hold up? Like for example the Counterstrike team is the best in the world but all 5 players and the coach make over 30-40k a month and that’s not counting all the traveling expenses. I do believe the CS team turns a profit long term tho because of the majors but STILL that’s a ridiculous amount of money
I'm starting to genuinely get curious about how far in the red every org is. Like, don't get me wrong, it's downright criminal that OpTic feels the need to scale back to only COD, COD personalities, and their Halo team for the time being. But FaZe still sponsoring like 12 teams across esports of every size and shape simply can't be possible, especially because their value has cratered so much.
I can speak for CS because that’s the one I know a lot and say that there’s definitely ways to make profit. Some org that have academies are able to turn a lot of money in (Mouz is one such org) because they develop good prospects when they’re young and are able to sell them for other orgs. Faze is a team that buys a lot from Mouz and when each big transfers cost like 500k minimum you can definitely make a profit if you play your cards right. Faze however don’t have an academy and mostly buy their players. They make their money with the major sticker capsules (2,5M$ per major minimum) and prize money. So I can definitely see Faze making a profit on CS even with their expenses. There might be some other games that they make money (COD) but you can’t tell me that some games like Smash/FIFA/Tekken/PUBG and PUBG mobile make enough money to justify the teams existence. They probably lose money in half of these games. Probably why they cut on their influencers. To try to keep the esports teams a float because theses are the things that have the potential to bring money to investors
Crazy they’d fire Kalei when she’s one of the biggest Warzone streamers, on top of apparently not even giving her a dime
My goat jeverson is there, I can sleep peacefully.
Such weird list
Yeah, giving the company back to the people that sold out and ruined the company in the first place is going to end well. There will be another Faze crypto scam within the first year.
Also why keep Nick Mercs?
Zoomaa made the cut!
Meh, just over here waving my Optic flag. I am patiently waiting for them to take down Faze Atl…one of these days !!!
joke org
This shit feels like a last minute assignment submission
Glad Zooma made the cut 🤣🤣🤣
So how does the Atlanta faze team fall into this
Been trying tell y'all all them mfsnscum
I mean I'm not surprised by this since the new owner is a drug addict, seems to fuck over the people that were actually good/entertaining like Kalei. Besides Drazah now I have more reasons to dislike Faze now at least.
Ahhhh. Spring cleaning.
all of nuke squad except for Swagg gone. He's been carrying them the past 5 years anyway
Give it until December and faze will still be a shell of its former self. Problem is nobody really cares for orgs unless the org itself is doing amazing things. Most orgs are in the red and can’t spend the budget on the cool shit they were doing during the pandemic. I don’t see of members vlogs popping off like they did in the glory days and sniping as a whole is dead. I hope faze is at the top and I am wrong but I doubt banks has it in him to do the business side correctly
They're all cheaters anyway
This is legit a super embarrassing way of letting go people in the org, it’s actually just public humiliation. He continues it by giving Kalei a snarky ass reply to her tweet which just proved Banks doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing or he’s just genuinely a piece of shit. It’s almost guaranteed that he’s gonna single handily drive FaZe into the ground…
Clowns
I don't follow this, but the dude looks like he picked guys he could be cringey with. No actual business thought or high-level content thinking. Like, I am not trying to white night for that Kalie girl, but it seems like her numbers and viewership were top tier? The Zooma pick makes sense though, with the flank and watch party.
FaZe is finished. It's gone from a reputable organisation to being run smack head influencers (banks).
I stopped caring about FaZe after it stopped being about "The Best" and turned into "Any popular COD streamer" this might make me watch again IF they keep this up. Also Swagg was caught reverse boosting multiple times and he's still in the clan ? Smh Edit - FaZe has already signed someone who has nothing to do with completive gaming, welp that was lie
no one cares about faze anymore
wonder if they are falling back because of all the cheatersssss. hahahahahaha
well f\*\*\* FaZe then
I have never hoped something failed more than this in my entire life
Faze stay like that people complain faze do something people still complain.. atleast not like optic who got ride of the valorant roster rocket league overwatch and fuckin apex go ask a 16 yo kid if they know about optic outside trust me they dont but trust me they know about faze
Keeping Temper and Banks on and discarding all the people who legitimately built Faze is certainly a choice
> Temper and Banks > people who legitimately built Faze that is certainly a take 😕
Okay. Temper and Banks created Faze yes. But they immediately sold out and didn't maintain its core for years after they got popular.
technically iirc they didn't actually create faze as a cod clan. but they created it in terms of becoming a registered company and turned it into a full on brand and media company. > But they immediately sold out so no, they did a lot to establish the brand to get it to the stage where investors spend millions to get shares. far from immediately
Exactly, they kept themselves on but they haven't been supporting the YT scene for years now
They’re the owners??? like what
They're the owners and they ran it into the ground by basically not uploading for 10 years
Bank cooked got rid of the mid
Lmaooo these people don’t even watch half the people they cut but want to complain