Streamer drdisrespect to compete in ESPN esports tournament following Twitch ban
Esports Arena is a curated weekly roundup of the biggest stories in the world of online competitive gaming.competition under its newly-created esports even series, EXP, to be held at this Thursday's ESPY Awards and the upcoming X Games Minneapolis in August. The events which will feature multiple teams of three competing in three rounds of EA and Respawn's Battle Royale shooter , with a $25,000 donation to the V Foundation for Cancer Research in the winning team’s name as the top prize.
Over 50 celebrities, professional athletes, esports stars and top gaming streamers will compete in the tournament, including Dr. DisRespect, musician Dillon Francis, pro football players Tarik Cohen of the Chicago Bears and Eli Apple of the New Orleans Saints, as well as Dizzy and KingRichard of NRG Esports.
The inclusion of Dr. DisRespect is of particular note, as the controversial Twitch and YouTube personality recently came under fire for filming himself in a public bathroom while attending the E3 convention in Los Angeles last month. A violation of both California state law and Twitch’s terms of service regarding privacy, the act led to his channel of nearly 3.5 million subscribers being suspended from the streaming platform for two weeks, before he was reinstated on the platform.
The Apex Legends competition will be streamed live on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET across multiple platforms, including the ESPN App, ESPN Esports’ Twitch channel, YouTube channel, and Twitter account and the officialesports league, dubbed Call of Duty World League, has found its commissioner in a familiar face, the current head of esports at Activision, Johanna Faries.
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