What Happened to FaZe Clan?

FaZe Clan once had it all.

They were gaming pioneers, and one of the most beloved esports orgs in the world.

But over the last few years, everything changed. The org is crumbling, their reputation is shot, and everyone is asking the same question: what happened to FaZe Clan?

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[snappatruce]

Watching Kay call management soulless while he scammed kids out of millions of dollars is pretty rich.

[Popoybato]

Anyone with a proper brain would have seen this coming with Faze. You can't have people like Banks, Rain, and Jarvis being your more notable members, There were very few good eggs that were associated with Faze, and the (bad) ones that had power sold out.

[workwhatyouwant]

The thing is, people loved FaZe because of their brotherhood and the people who built FaZe. Once they moved to LA, they almost all stopped creating content consistently. They tried to shift more to collabing with random people for clout. They tried to be more in the background as "owners", not realizing people loved the org because of people who built it, not the big names they were signing to contracts.

Once the fans had no content to consume from the OG members like Adapt, Rain, Apex, Tommy, etc, those fans stepped away because they weren't interested in people like Snoop Dogg and whoever Banks had in the "Clout House" They just lost touch with the fans honestly and thought the machine was going to run itself. The members got taken advantage of, but they also contributed to their downfall by disappearing in a sense.

[thesilentassassin]

Only reason I care about Faze is their Csgo Team

[ImDemise]

I remember back in the BO2 days how infamous FaZe clan was. Everyone had FaZe emblems with their own logos and color schemes to it. It was truly an era that will be missed.

[tdkb]

Shoutout to Faze Jev who almost daily posts gaming videos and regularly posts COD even if the game quality dips since he genuinely loves the series
My personal favorite member for keeping it honest and personal no matter what

[westy]

I didn't even realize anything happened to FaZe, I seriously live under a rock.

[wrench_boi]

when i was a kid playing mw2, every time i saw someone with FaZe as their clan tag the only thing i could think was "oh god this person is going to be cringe and rage quit once they get their first death"

[volatile]

we all know FaZe Jev is the only member we can respect that didn't change his content whatsoever

[MonBerry]

The way Kay explaining how disgusting the corporation side of it sounds like him describing himself.

[reldrago]

I miss the days of recruitment challenges and trickshotting. It's the price FaZe paid for going corporate. Yeah they got the money but the legacy is tarnished forever

[iProsenjit]

From trickshots in Call of duty to Tricking young people into scams...
Faze came a long way... Now their content is girls, Clickbait vids, Crypto scams and what not....

[Kittysune]

my favorite part is when they're doing SaveTheKids Crypto truly one of best faze moment i ever seen

[MouseSPAL]

Many of the Faze members criticizing Faze benefited heavily from how it was run. They rode that train into the ground and only stopped to complain when their stock value plummeted to its actual worth.

[mepmep]

I remember first learning about faze and optic on 360 playing bo2. It was magical. I turn 22 this year and it’s pretty shitty seeing what happened once big money got involved

[donutducklord]

I always thought faze clan was more of a frat club than an organisation, however you cant deny they were definitely one of the OGs, along with optic, which created esports organisations

[meat.]

I miss when a 360 noscope (or 360 of any kind) actually meant you yank your screen around a full 360 degrees in a circle and time it so that you shoot at the very end of the spin. Now people will just do a quick spin, line up their shot, and then still call it a 360. Like you might as well not even spin at that point…I see no one else even complaining about this either

[stealthy]

I used to love all of Faze but it’s slowly grown to just the esports players themselves I can respect and watch

[MackyMan]

I remember being 13 jumping into Call of Duty 4 and getting my first Xbox for Christmas. First couple months of getting my ass kicked online but I was mentally locked in and I loved gaming, got to a point where I made my own clan once I started hearing about faze clan and the early stages of YouTube. It was so much better back then.

[soyeggs]

bruh, kay have no right to say the stuff he said at the end