I was KICKED from FaZe Clan
Summary
TLDRThe speaker, a former member of FaZe Clan known as Cameron or Faz Kitty, shares his experience of being unexpectedly removed from the organization. Despite having a significant impact on FaZe Clan's growth and being a loyal member for nearly a decade, he expresses his confusion and disappointment at not being given a clear reason for his dismissal. He acknowledges the organization's evolution from a Call of Duty team to a broader brand and appreciates the opportunities he had. However, he also highlights the lack of support and management he received, especially during his most successful period. The speaker maintains a positive outlook, hoping for the best for FaZe Clan and considering this event as a potential catalyst for renewed motivation in his career.
Takeaways
- 🎮 The speaker, Cameron AKA Faz Kitty, has been officially removed from FaZe Clan after a long association with the group.
- 🙌 Cameron expresses gratitude and love for FaZe Clan, particularly mentioning the support from members Rain, Jeev, Agon, and Banks.
- 🔫 Cameron acknowledges that not all of his time with FaZe Clan was positive, indicating that there were challenges along the way.
- 📈 Despite being a significant contributor to FaZe Clan's growth, Cameron feels he was not appreciated or compensated as he should have been.
- 💰 Cameron mentions earning less than $3,000 from FaZe Clan and never receiving sponsorship opportunities, even during his peak performance.
- 🕰 Cameron joined FaZe Clan in July 2014 and has been with the organization for nearly a decade.
- 🤔 Cameron was moved to the 'Hall of Face' on the FaZe Clan website in 2022, which he interprets as being dropped from the active roster without clear communication.
- 😕 The lack of a clear reason for his removal and the way it was handled is a source of frustration for Cameron.
- 🌐 Cameron notes that FaZe Clan's evolution from a Call of Duty-focused group to a broader brand was a smart move for the organization's growth.
- 👷 Cameron believes that the original members who kept to the Call of Duty roots were essential to FaZe Clan's survival and feel overlooked.
- 🚀 Cameron is optimistic about his future, suggesting that this change might motivate him to push even harder in his career.
Q & A
What was the reason the speaker felt they were dropped from FaZe Clan?
-The speaker was not given a clear reason for their drop from FaZe Clan, but they were moved to the 'Hall of Face' roster on the website, which they interpret as being dropped.
How long has the speaker been associated with FaZe Clan?
-The speaker has been associated with FaZe Clan since July 19th, 2014, which is nearly 10 years.
What was the speaker's role in FaZe Clan?
-The speaker was a content creator and a member of the Call of Duty team, representing the sniping side of the game.
Why did the speaker feel they were not appreciated within FaZe Clan?
-The speaker felt they were not appreciated because, despite significant growth and contribution to the organization, they were not given sponsorships, management, or monetary compensation that matched their performance.
What was the speaker's view on FaZe Clan's expansion from Call of Duty?
-The speaker believed that FaZe Clan's expansion from solely focusing on Call of Duty was a smart move that allowed the organization to grow significantly.
How did the speaker react to the news of being dropped from FaZe Clan?
-The speaker expressed disappointment and confusion, as they felt they had contributed significantly to the organization and did not receive a clear reason for their dismissal.
What was the speaker's experience with FaZe Clan's management?
-The speaker had a negative experience with management, mentioning being ghosted by one manager and having limited interaction with another.
How did the speaker's content performance during their time with FaZe Clan?
-The speaker's content performance was strong, with millions of views on YouTube and a significant increase in subscribers during a particular 6-month period.
What is the speaker's current residence and how did it affect their relationship with FaZe Clan?
-The speaker currently resides in Finland, and they were told that FaZe Clan could not manage them internationally, which they found to be an unsatisfactory explanation given other international members with managers.
What does the speaker plan to do going forward after being dropped from FaZe Clan?
-The speaker plans to continue creating content and is considering the situation as a potential boost of motivation to 'really grind' again.
How does the speaker feel about the other members and the future of FaZe Clan?
-Despite their personal disappointment, the speaker wishes FaZe Clan nothing but the best and hopes for the organization's continued success.
What was the speaker's initial reaction to the formation of the 'Hall of Face' roster?
-Initially, the speaker did not agree with being moved to the 'Hall of Face' roster, especially since they were one of the biggest members in terms of growth and contribution to FaZe Clan.
Outlines
😀 Reflecting on Face Cam and Time in Face Clan
The speaker begins by expressing their excitement to use a face cam after a long hiatus, noting it's been around four or five years since the last time. They mention that today's video is unique, warranting the inclusion of a face cam. The individual has been officially removed from Face Clan and starts by expressing gratitude and love for the clan, without any animosity. They recount their journey, from being given a chance to join in 2014, to the support they received from key members like Rain, Jeev, Agony, and Banks. Despite the positive aspects, they acknowledge that not all was perfect. They share their history with the clan, including their recruitment after a challenge in 2014, their non-stop grind, and their growth within the Call of Duty scene. The speaker also discusses their move to Finland and the unexpected call they received about being dropped from the clan. They hint at other members being dropped as well and express their understanding of the situation, despite their past contributions and growth during their time with Face Clan.
😔 The Unresolved Feelings of Being Dropped
The speaker delves into their feelings of being moved from the content creator list to the hall of fame on Face Clan's website, which they interpret as being 'kicked.' They express confusion and disappointment, especially since they were one of the top contributors in terms of growth and views on YouTube during their time with the clan. They discuss their lack of financial compensation and sponsorship opportunities, despite their significant contributions and viewership. The speaker also addresses their lack of communication with management and the lack of transparency regarding their status with the organization. They mention how they were told the organization could not manage them internationally due to their move to Finland, which they find unconvincing given the international presence of other members. The speaker also shares their surprise at still being followed by Banks on social media, despite being moved to the hall of fame roster. They emphasize their dedication to the organization and their struggle with the lack of a clear reason for their dismissal after ten years of service.
😌 Looking Forward and Upcoming Content
The speaker concludes by sharing their intention to move forward positively, despite the difficult situation. They express hope for the continued success of Face Clan and a desire to see the organization thrive. They also mention their plans for future content, including a live session on kick.com and an upcoming video featuring a compilation of their best moments from over a decade with Face Clan. The speaker acknowledges the emotional challenge of producing such a video but remains committed to their work and their audience. They thank their viewers for their support and express appreciation for those who have followed them regardless of their affiliation with Face Clan.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Face Cam
💡FaZe Clan
💡Content Creator
💡YouTube Growth
💡Call of Duty
💡International Management
💡Hall of Face
💡Grinding
💡OGs (Original Gamers)
💡Dropped
💡Motivation
Highlights
The speaker has not used a face cam in videos for four or five years.
They were officially kicked from Face Clan and express no ill will towards the clan.
The speaker credits four members of Face Clan for their initial inclusion: rain, jeev, agony, and banks.
They joined Face Clan in July 2014 and were grateful for the opportunity.
The speaker acknowledges that not all of their time in Face Clan was positive.
They have been in PH Clan for almost 10 years and share their journey from Phase 5 in 2014.
The speaker discusses their non-stop grind in the Call of Duty scene since joining Face Clan.
They received a call about being dropped from Face Clan on April 27th.
The speaker clarifies that they are not the only one dropped and they have had time to process it.
Their name was moved from the content creator list to the hall of fame on Face Clan's website in 2022.
The speaker was one of the biggest members of Face Clan in terms of growth and analytics in 2019-2022.
Despite their success, they were not appreciated as they should have been and did not receive sponsorships.
They were told they could not be managed internationally because they moved to Finland, which they dispute.
The speaker mentions that Banks, who recruited them, still follows people who have criticized Face Clan.
They have only spoken to one person in management since being moved to the hall of fame roster.
The speaker has been sitting on their status for two years without clear communication.
They discuss the evolution of Face Clan from Call of Duty montages to an international organization.
The speaker feels overlooked and believes their contributions to upholding Face Clan's roots have been undervalued.
They received a call officially dropping them from Face Clan without a clear reason after 10 years of dedication.
The speaker expresses their wish for the success of Face Clan despite their treatment.
They are not worried about their future and see this as a potential motivator to push harder.
The speaker will be live on kick.com and has another video coming out, a best of compilation over 10 years.
Transcripts
hello there it's been a long time since
I used a face cam especially if you've
been a sub of mine for a very long time
I think the last time that I included
face cam in videos was like what four or
five years ago somewhere around the
first year of Modern Warfare 19 but I
thought because today's video was a very
unique video I think it's only right to
include face cam in this one as you all
could tell by the title of the video I
have been officially kicked from Face
Clan I want to start this video off by
saying that I have nothing but love for
Face Clan I don't have any bad blood
towards Face Clan itself I've always
loved the idea of Face Clan were super
generous to even give me a chance of
joining fazeclan back in 2014 especially
shout out to rain jeev agon and Banks
those four are the reason why I joined
fazeclan in the first place rain pushed
for me jeev pushed for me tremendously
Agony pushed for me tremendously and
banks of course is the one that actually
recruited me because of that I will
always be thankful to those four and
I've enjoyed my time being in face
however I will also say that not all of
it has been good not going to sit here
and pretend that this has been a joy
ride from day one till now anyone that
knew you didn't know me or you used to
watch me years ago and you haven't in a
long time you just simply forgot my name
is Cameron AKA Faz Kitty not anymore
unfortunately just kidding now I've been
in PH clan for almost 10 years I joined
July 19th 2014 3 weeks after Phase 5 in
2014 I didn't obviously place in the top
five but I placed six place and the
reason why I know that is because 3
weeks after that challenge ended I was
the only one that then got recruited
immediately after and there was like a
year time span after that before someone
else got recruited so I did pretty well
in the challenge but I didn't make it
during phase 5 I grinded for about 4 and
1/2 years before I made it into the team
if you remember I was solo and then I
was in obey Alliance for two and a half
years and then I was in Sora for about 3
weeks before I officially got picked up
from faas ever since then I have
non-stop grinded everyone knows this is
true if you've ever followed me if
you've ever watched me if you've ever
even known about me in the Cod scene
whether or not you like me dislike me
you know for a fact it is true that I
never stopped grinding I grinded from
before phase and since the day I joined
I kept going I never took breaks which I
definitely should have kept my head down
and I grinded and it was some of the
most fun years I've ever had in my life
in a couple months it would have been
exactly 10 years of being in phas I've
put a good amount of time into this or
into this scene it's been fun it is
currently April 27th 10:00 in the
morning which I received the call about
an hour and a half ago so it was like
8:30 in the morning my time you didn't
know already I now live in Finland I've
lived in Finland for about 5 years now
so I'm on a different time Zone but I
woke up to this call of me getting
kicked from fa Glam so I received a call
from one of the ogs I'm not going to
name drop who basically stating that I
was officially being dropped today there
should be an announcement going up later
today from FaZe Clint I'm not sure what
time it may be either before or after
this video not too sure it will be
sometime today officially announcing
what fa's plans are going forward I'm
not going to spoil anything but I'm sure
you'll see I also want to quickly
mention that I'm not the only one that
got dropped this isn't like it's a
personal I got kicked and that's it now
I don't seem as distraught as some other
people probably are going to be the
reason why is because I've had a lot of
time to really think about this and
process everything basically back in
20122 if you paid close attention to the
phase roster on their actual website I
was moved officially from their content
creator list to the hall of face on
their website which now has been taken
down basically it was a roster men to
show people that have really contributed
to faas Clan as a whole but are not
currently an active member now that
always made sense to me the idea of the
hall ofas roster was a good idea I think
it is a good idea to represent people
that have done a lot over the years but
it didn't make sense to me at the time
when I was put on that roster and the
reason why is because about halfway
through 2019 through 2022 I was one of
fa Clan's biggest members in terms of
growth in terms of analytics I was
killing it I was getting millions and
millions of views and that's on YouTube
long form that's before short form even
became a thing this was purely long form
in 6 months I gained almost 360,000
subscribers in 6 months mons that is
crazy any YouTuber knows that that is
nuts especially on long form content so
in no way whether or not you like me
dislike me you cannot tell me that I
wasn't killing it and during that time I
was not appreciated the way I should
have been if you've ever known me you
know this is true I don't sit here and
beg for things in the 10 years of being
in FaZe Clan I've made less than $3,000
from them originally members were paid
for their montages that used to go up
years ago back in 2014 through 2015 paid
individually for our specific montages
that went up within that I made about
roughly $3,000 I think it's actually a
little bit less than that and that ended
in 2015 since then I have not made any
amount of money from fazeclan I have
never been pitched a sponsor from them
even when I was at my Peak which is
crazy cuz I could have done numbers for
them as time went on and FaZe became
less of a Call of Duty team and more
towards an actual brand and organization
of course they acquired managers that
were supposed to be managing all the
creators throughout the time throughout
that time I had two managers one of
which ghosted me for 3 months and the
other one actually was very nice to me
but unfortunately we didn't work very
long together before she got moved to
different people I didn't really have a
chance to like really do anything when I
was at my Peak pulling Millions I never
once received any kind of management and
I never received any sponsors or
anything nothing was pitched my way know
analytically it doesn't make any sense
the only thing that I could possibly
think of was that I was in Finland
however if these were brand deal offers
that were requiring me to come to the US
to do them it's a no-brainer I would
have done them it's an example of how I
have been treated in fazeclan over these
years and it sucks now if you were look
at my Channel right now it would make
total sense if I got dropped right now
cuz I'm not pulling the numbers that I
used to and I would be perfectly okay
with that if I got dropped right now
because of that but that was not the
case I was dropped or essentially
dropped two years ago there was no real
word forword confirmation of me being
kicked from FaZe clam at that time but
the way I saw it and the way that a few
of my other close friends who looked at
it saw it was that if I'm getting
removed off that main roster to a hall
of phas I got kicked and that never made
any sense to me whatsoever simply
because of how I was doing during that
time also the thing that I never
understood too was that I was never
given an actual reason as to why I was
even being moved to that roster there's
a lot of other people that were moved
too and I can't speak on their behalf
but I'm willing to bet you that a lot of
them were not given a reason either it
never made sense to me still to this day
does not make sense to me I was told
over the phone and I'm not going to say
who it was but you know who you are that
FaZe could not manage me internationally
because I moved to Finland which is bull
because at that time there was over 10
people that were in fazeclan that had
managers that were International so
whatever PR was thrown at me I knew that
off the rip that that was complete just
a couple weeks ago actually Banks unfall
me and normally I wouldn't give a [ __ ]
about unfollowing social media any of
that cuz I I hate social media I don't
even really use it that much but I did
check his following just to see he still
follows people that have openly and
publicly sh on FaZe Clan and himself but
he still follows which is why I found
that whole thing very very weird and I
showed that to a few other people
including people that are in fazeclan
right now every single person found that
to be weird I don't have any beef with
Banks Banks is literally the person that
recruited me I appreciate everything
he's done for me over these years but I
do find that very very weird when I
officially got moved to the hall of fase
roster that's when things really started
to change since being moved from that
Hall of phase roster I have only spoken
to one person in management one person
who now doesn't work there anymore so
because of that I've been sitting on
this for 2 years if you think one week 1
month 6 months a year is bad try sitting
on this for two years and wondering
every single day of my life if I'm still
in this or obviously over the years faas
Clans content has changed it started off
as Call of Duty montages and
trickshotting and has now evolved into
an international organization and it's
been wonderful to see this or grow I
know there's this whole stigma a while
ago about FaZe branching off from Call
of Duty but to be completely honest that
was the smartest move that FaZe could
have ever made if it had stuck to purely
Call of Duty this organization would
probably be like a tenth of the size it
currently is so I think some people in
faas moving on from Call of Duty and
expanding was the best thing that the
organization could have done however
during that time phas Clan still needed
people to represent their original roots
of course was the Call of Duty sniping
side and it's not just me I'm not going
to sit here and say it's just me there's
dozens of other members that have
contributed a ton of time there there's
a whole list of people that have spent
so many years grinding for this team for
faas and we have all upheld the roots of
fazeclan I feel like that gets
overlooked quite a bit everyone always
talks about the ogs in faas Clan but
they seem to forget that without us
fazeclan would have fallen apart 5 years
ago it's just the truth fast forward 2
and a half years later I've now received
a call telling me that I've officially
been dropped and even now I still have
no actual idea as to why which I think
is the part that hurts the absolute most
I have been in this org since July 19th
2014 I have dedicated 10 years pretty
much 10 years of my life and out of all
that time I still cannot be told to this
day as to why I was dropped I find that
a massive kick in the balls and I've
asked a lot of people what their
opinions are on that and not a single
person has disagree with me for all the
people that are watching this video I
want you to picture for a second pretend
you were in an organization such as Faze
or an organization of that size for 10
years you worked at a company for 10
years and you get fired without being
told as to why I don't know how you as a
viewer will see this but from my point
of view I think it's extremely
disrespectful that I have not been told
an actual reason as to why considering
how much time I have spent in this
organization with that being said I do
wish FaZe Clan nothing but the best I
really hope that the organization can
turn it around at the end of the day no
matter how they treat me I still want to
see an organization like this that we
all built together succeed it's a very
hard video to make I never thought I
would have to make this video but [ __ ]
happens here we are trying to take it
the best way I possibly can I'm not
really that worried honestly about my
future going forward sorry this video is
kind of random it's out of the blue but
I needed to get all of this off my chest
because I've been holding on to this
information for pretty much 2 years now
I'm not going anywhere to be quite
honest this may even give me a crazy
boost of motivation to really grind this
again really grind again and hit a mill
I appreciate you stopping by for any of
the people that do not care about me
being in phas and watch me just for me
do appreciate you more than you will
evering know you got any questions I'm
going to be live later today on kick.com
Kitty we're pushing for the kcip program
I have another video coming out probably
tomorrow or maybe the the day after just
depends on how long it takes to edit cuz
I got a lot of editing to do but
basically it's going to be like a best
of phase kiding over 10 years of content
that's going to be a sad video to make
got to do it kind of as lost as you guys
are we'll keep pushing see you guys the
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