Tfue x FaZe Clan North American Fortnite star Turner “Tfue” Tenney sued FaZe Clan in 2019, citing problems with his contract. According to the player, who has been with the organization since 2018, he was left with a portion considered small of the profits coming from the videos he made with the brand, when, in his version, he should receive much more. The organization replied that the player acquired enormous popularity because of it, in addition to earning more than $ 20 million (about R $ 100 million) thanks to everything he was taught about professionalism. After the reaction of the community, FaZe still chose to sue Tfue for breach of contract by allegedly depreciating the name of the company and still creating a rival organization of electronic sports. The case has not yet reached a final outcome in court. Fifflaren x Ninjas in Pajamas A member of the 2012 Ninjas in Pajamas legendary CS: GO line-up, former Swedish player Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson, in 2019, accused the organization of failing to pay due to awards and for changes that were made without consulting the players . Fifflaren pointed out that he and his teammates did not receive the values deserved by the great phase of Ninjas in Pajamas between 2012 and 2013, when they reached the sequence of 87 consecutive victories. The pro player also commented on the strange contractual clauses that could fire any player without warning or justification. Fifflaren’s main targets were Emil “HeatoN” Christensenand, legend of Counter-Strike 1.6 and manager of NiP between 2012 and 2018, and Hicham Chahine, current CEO of the organization. After being called a liar and a cheater, HeatoN commented on Twitter in August 2019. He said that all the accusations made by Fifflaren were false and that he had documents to protect himself in court. Since then, the case has not received any new updates. Lowkey Esports Case Lowkey Esports is an organization that had esports teams in different parts of the world, like in Brazil, with its line ups of Overwatch, Rocket League, Rainbow Six: Siege and CS: GO, and in the Philippines, with a DotA line up. 2. The organization had been achieving some success, especially in South America. But financial problems ended up causing complications, such as the difficulty of paying salaries on time, and the org released its line ups. Kenneth “Flysolo” Coloma, a DotA 2 player, came to call the organization a “big scammer” because of the problems they faced. The Brazilian Enzo “tander” Toledo, from the Rocket League line-up who went to the World Championship in 2019, also spoke on Twitter alleging the organization’s lack of payment. TheScore esports posted a video on its YouTube channel on January 10, 2020 explaining the situation. The portal had access to the values that Lowkey owes in each of the regions that operated in esports. In South America alone, where its main area of activity was Brazil, the organization would owe more than US $ 28 thousand (about R $ 140 thousand) to players and employees. Adding all the regions where it had line ups, the debt would exceed the mark of US $ 137 thousand (about R $ 685 thousand). There is still no confirmation as to whether Lowkey has already paid the debt. Galatasaray banned from TCL Galatasaray is a famous football team in Turkey, but it also ventured into esports as Galasaray Esports, a team created in 2016. The organization reached the Turkish elite of League of Legends, known as Turkish Championship League (TCL), where it remained until the end of 2019. It is worth noting that leaving the league did not happen because of relegation. In fact, the organization was banned by Riot Games after complaints from players in the LoL line up, who claimed they were not receiving salaries. Among them was South Korean Lee “GBM” Chang-seok, who even used Twitter to report his situation in December 2019. According to GBM, Galatasaray had not paid players’ wages in three months. His former teammate, Choi “BalKhan” Hyun-jin, now a Redemption player, also said the organization owed him salaries. One of Galatasaray’s employees, Erol Özmandıracı, denied the accusations of GBM and his teammates, but Riot Games investigated the case and ended up confirming the players’ version. As a result, Galatasaray was banned from the first stage of TCL 2020, leaving the competition with just nine participants. Controversy with Besiktas The Besiktas Esports organization was accused in 2019 of not paying properly the salaries of players from various line ups. The accusation was made by Natalie “Stratospanda” Kristiansen, who has been on the League of Legends women’s team since October 2018. After leaving the organization in July 2019, she commented on the problems faced with Besiktas since the beginning of the relationship , as the first salary taking weeks to be received, and that this also happened in other line ups of the organization. According to her, there were five months of delays in all. His former teammate, Olimpia “Komedyja” Cichosz, also added that Besiktas had promised bootcamps, which never occurred, in addition to claiming that the organization brought down the Discord group of players because of the complaint. Besiktas, which still runs a professional football team in Turkey, whose players were also unpaid, would be facing financial difficulties. In January 2019 news showed that the org’s debt exceeded $ 2.6 billion (about $ 13 billion), largely because of a new football stadium built.
