Marvel Rivals tournament organizer BasimZB admitted he was wrong to remove content creator Kingsman265 from a showmatch tournament. The Kingsman265 incident occurred during the Deadpool Creator Cup, and featured several Marvel Rivals players from all over the world.
The tournament took place on Sunday, January 18, two days after Deadpool's arrival Marvel Rivals. The online tournament consisted of eight teams of six content creators each, with a prize pool of $40,000 divided among all participants. Kingsman265 was a member of Team Cecee and asked his team if they could switch from Black Widow to another hero so they could get the best possible composition. Kingsman's request was shot down by his teammates, and he was removed from the Marvel Rivals tournament by BasimZB after some practice matches.
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Marvel Rivals tournament host apologizes for acting 'hasty'
But that one Marvel Rivals drama involving Kingsman265 didn't end with the tournament, as the fallout made BasimZB weigh in on his thoughts. During a January 21 Twitch stream, BasimZB said that he was “wrong” to remove Kingsman265 from the Deadpool Creator Classic and that his decision was made based on bad information he received from Team Cecee while the tournament was going on. BasimZB said that in retrospect he would not have removed Kingsman265 simply because he insisted on trying to help his team have the best chance to win the tournament. Although BasimZB said that Kingsman265 was persistent in asking his team to use another hero instead of sticking with Black Widow, that in itself would not have been enough reason to remove him from Team Cecee and Marvel Rivals tournament.
BasimZB said there was no excuse for his hasty decision. In a follow-up stream on January 22, he shared some conversations with Kingsman265 that took place after the Deadpool Creator Cup, saying that they've since patched things up despite the circumstances. After the Deadpool Creator Cup, support poured in for Kingsman265 from Twitch viewers and Marvel Rivals fans alike. As of this writing, Kingsman265 had over 110,000 Twitch followers and over 10,000 Twitch subscribers. The rise in popularity resulted in him being accepted into Twitch's partner program.
The Kingsman265 situation has a happy ending
Kingsman265 said he initially planned to use the Deadpool Creators Cup prize money to pay his college tuition and later received a $3,000 donation from a Twitch viewer. The $3,000 donation was notable, as it was the same amount he would have earned had his team won the Deadpool Creator Cup. First prize was $18,000 from the $40,000 prize pool, divided equally between each team member. Kingsman265 then revealed that Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games surprised him with some units that he could use to purchase skins for Magik, his preferred hero.
After receiving several donations and subscriptions from Twitch viewers, Kingsman265 asked people to stop sending him money, as he was making more than he would have won from the tournament. Suffice it to say that Kingsman265 turned a bad situation into one that worked in his favor. Even if Marvel Rivals has a busy 2026 ahead of it, it remains to be seen what Kingsman265's future plans are in terms of competitive tournaments.
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December 6, 2024
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T for Teens // Violence
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NetEase Games
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NetEase Games
Source: Dexerto
