Currently, there is a legal dispute between the Twitch streamer Tfue and his clan FaZe in Fortnite . The clan leader, Banks, shared in a YouTube video how he recruited Tfue. He apparently acted as a friend and benefactor for the young players.
Many are asking this question: By now, the contract that Tfue supposedly signed in April 2018 has been leaked.
Many are wondering: How could the current Twitch star Tfue (21) sign a contract that is so unfavorable for him that he now wants to get out with all his might and even takes it to court.
Under what circumstances did the signature come about?
That was the moment when Tfue signed the contract
This is what Banks says: In a YouTube video that has already garnered 7 million views, FaZe clan leader Ricky “Banks” Banks explains how he recruited Tfue back then.
Banks (27) is himself a successful YouTuber with over 5.3 million followers. He has made a name for himself as a player of Call of Duty and CS:GO.
On YouTube, Banks talks about the weekend when Tfue signed the contract. That would have been in late April 2018. Back then, Tfue was only 20 and still a relatively small presence on Twitch.
Banks discovered him on Twitch the week before, decided to recruit him, and recommended him to his Fortnite captain for inclusion in the team after a spot opened up in the clan.
Back then, Tfue was flown in along with the rest of the Fortnite FaZe team, including team captain Dennis “Cloak” Lepore, Tfue’s later duo partner. The guys didn’t have a proper setup for their PCs at that time, the FaZe leader says.
Therefore, Banks took the 4 Fortnite players into a Best Buy and bought the equipment with his personal money so that they could play properly in the office.
Banks spent about $4000 from his bank account for:
- Mice
- Keyboards
- Monitors
- Other stuff
At that time, Tfue had already given a verbal agreement to join the FaZe clan.
Therefore, Banks had already prepared the contract and Tfue willingly and joyfully signed it.
This is now exactly the contract against which Tfue is fighting so vigorously.
Friend ends – CEO begins
This is the criticism of the video: It is precisely this point that Devin Nash, the former CEO of the eSports organization Counter Logic Gaming, criticizes. He had essentially the same job that Banks has now at FaZe.
Nash says the video shows exactly the point where the “bro and friend” stuff ends and the CEO comes to the fore.
The contract was prepared so that Tfue could sign it right away.
Banks is not the “friend”, but a businessman who would have paid the $4000 of his own money with the intention of recruiting a talented player.
Nash sharply criticizes these business practices.
