The streamer Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff is a big name on Twitch with Call of Duty: Warzone. But now he got into trouble. He accepted a challenge from the boss of G2 Esports, the head of the best European team in League of Legends. And if the former LoL pro can do one thing, it’s trash talking. Nickmercs had quite a bit to hear. In the end, however, he remained the winner.
Here’s how the trouble started: The first shots were fired by G2 Esports’ social media account. They are a huge e-sports organization. According to Forbes, they are among the 10 most valuable e-sports organizations in the world. They have dominated European League of Legends for years and are also reaching out to games like Valorant.
One of their players, Sean “Coop” Cooper, was in a trio with Nickmercs in Fortnite. They played in the Fortnite Championship Series and finished in 39th place in NA East.
G2 Esports posted a picture montage on Twitter:
- This is how “our guy”, G2 Coop, plays Fortnite: It shows a picture of Coop with a “Victory Royale”, he won the round
- This is how Nickmercs plays Fortnite: It shows a picture of Nickmercs dead on the ground waiting for the revival
“I have more viewers than your whole org combined”
This is how Nickmercs reacted to the joke: He apparently found it not funny at all. Nickmercs had played Fortnite competitively again after a long time and had to suffer ridicule right away.
The streamer was reportedly furious that he was being disrespected regarding his gaming honor and that such a joke was liked by 12,000 people. He replied:
“I get more viewers than your whole e-sports organization combined. Don’t make me cringe.”
Nickmercs on Twitter
Nickmercs’ response then received significantly more likes than the original tweet from G2 Esports.
In fact, the matter could have ended here: A Twitch streamer reacts sharply and overly serious to a tweet that hurts his pride. But G2 Esports has a boss who is at least as proud as Nickmercs.
LoL boss gets enraged on Twitter
This was the reckoning: Now the hot-headed CEO of G2 Esports got involved: Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez. He was once a LoL pro himself and if he can do one thing, it’s trash talking.
He was the first to write, “Lmaooo – fragile Frederick – easy up you degenerate”: That is, lighten up, you softy.
Then the G2 boss attacked Nickmercs’ clan, FaZe: To join and sign an 80/20 contract there, you must have a fragile ego.
With this, Ocelote referred to the alleged binding contracts FaZe gives to its players. In the case of Twitch streamer Turner “Tfue” Tyler, it came out that the organization allegedly secured up to 80% of certain incomes from the streamer.
The Spanish-speaking Twitch star Ibai called Nickmercs to order: “Two months ago you didn’t say that, calm down.”
To which Ocelote pointed at Ibai and shouted: “The guy has four times as many viewers as you when he watches marble races.”
Ocelote named several top e-sports athletes who are simultaneously successful on Twitch: Like the LoL pros Rekkles or Jankos, both play for G2 Esports’ LoL team.
The message was clear: Your viewer numbers on Twitch are really nothing that you can come to me with.
Conversation and €500 donation end dispute on Twitch
This is how it ended: After Ocelote had really got himself riled up, he probably realized he had gone too far.
He then wrote simply, “I spoke with Nickmercs. We are okay again,” and that was the end of the short but heated dispute.
The conflict was apparently resolved with a gift. G2 Esports donated 100 subs to Nickmercs on Twitch and the trouble was over. The 100 subs on Twitch cost about €500.
With the 100 subs, Nickmercs can feel like the winner of the conflict. However, he probably hardly needs the money; after all, he is among the top earners in gaming:
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