UPDATE: Timthetatman bundle also removed, as fellow streamer sides against Activision.
The full story on all that is below.
“We went in getting our COD operators together.
It feels wrong for me to have mine and him no longer have his.
In support of my friend, like remove the Timthetatman bundle @CallofDuty.”
Eurogamer has asked Activision for comment.
“What we gotta do, is uninstall the game,” he said.
“That’s the real issue.”
In a subsequent livestream, Nickmercs denied holding anti-LGBT beliefs, and said he would not delete the tweet.
“And that was the tweet.”
The skin is no longer available to buy in both Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone.
“Americans are in a sad place right now,” said Puckett.
“Let people love who they love and live your own life.”
Nickmercs replied: “They should leave little children alone.
That’s the real issue.”
They should leave little children alone.
Thats the real issue.
The response sparked outrage on the platform.
Puckett replied: “Who is this ‘they’ and what terrible act is everyone afraid of?
I think/hope the goal of most of ‘them’ is to reduce child suicides.
This is done through acceptance and removing the stigma of feeling/being different.
“As a dad I’m struggling to see the harm.
Gay doesn’t = pedo.”
The following day on stream, Nickmercs refused to apologise for the tweet and denied holding anti-LGBT+ beliefs.
Activision followed up by removing Nickmercs' skin from the game’s shop.
We are focused on celebrating Pride with our employees and our community,” it said on Twitter.
We are focused on celebrating PRIDE with our employees and our community.
Nickmercs has not publicly responded to the skin’s removal.
The streamer is a member of FaZe Clan, whose members are no strangers to controversy.
