Blacklisted Call of Duty Pro Asks Activision for 2nd Chance to Compete in Tournaments

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Toxicity is an ongoing problem across the video game world, whether it be players in a random online match or cheating professionals in the middle of a tournament, just ask Twitch streamer NICKMERCS. In the case of the latter, toxic professional players can typically find themselves on the receiving end of suspensions, fines, or even being put on a blacklist, effectively ending their participation in a respective game. It can be difficult getting off these blacklists, but that's exactly what a Call of Duty: Warzone professional is looking to do as Chandler 'ClutchBelk' Belk is appealing his current ban from Activision.

Call of Duty: Warzone launched in 2020, about five months after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as the franchise's new free-to-play battle royale option. The original version saw 150 players dropped into the fictional city of Verdansk, either in solo or team matches, and offered a fresh twist by giving players a chance to earn their way back after being killed by winning a one-on-one duel in the gulag. Since then, three additional maps have been added — Verdansk in Black Ops: Cold War and both Rebirth Island and Caldera in Vanguard.

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The battle royale's popularity led to Activision rapidly establishing a professional circuit for it, of which Belk was a regular part from December 2020 to September 2021. However, he was reportedly blacklisted by Activision after a back-and-forth with female Warzone pro and streamer SenseiSwishem led to Belk and his community mocking her. Belk has only played in smaller Warzone tournaments since, due to the aforementioned ban, but he recently took to Twitter asking Activision for a second