{"id":183011,"date":"2023-10-29T01:11:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=183011"},"modified":"2023-10-29T01:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T19:41:43","slug":"im-hoping-i-dont-get-kicked-faze-kalei-on-the-future-of-faze-clan-call-of-duty-and-eboys-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/im-hoping-i-dont-get-kicked-faze-kalei-on-the-future-of-faze-clan-call-of-duty-and-eboys-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m Hoping I Don’t Get Kicked’: FaZe Kalei on the Future of FaZe Clan, Call of Duty, and ‘Eboys’ – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kalei Renay wants to stay in FaZe Clan.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the esports organization’s only active female member, Kalei streams first-person shooter games like Apex Legends and Call of Duty to her audience of nearly 600,000 Twitch followers. In an interview with <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>‘s GG<\/span>, Kalei shared her thoughts on livestreaming, <\/span>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III<\/span><\/a>, and the future of FaZe Clan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just hoping I don\u2019t get kicked,\u201d Kalei told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i> when asked for her thoughts on GameSquare\u2019s recent <\/span>acquisition of FaZe Clan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prominent esports brand, which had been valued at <\/span>$400 million<\/span><\/a> last year ahead of its $725 million SPAC merger to go public, was valued at just $16 million in the deal following FaZe\u2019s ill-fated turn as a public company. Co-founder Richard “Banks” Bengston will be CEO while fellow co-founder Thomas \u201cTemperrr\u201d Oliveira will serve as FaZe Clan president in the new regime.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, but actually, I think it\u2019s great,” Kalei said of the deal. “Definitely Banks and Temperrr and everyone like that, they were huge fans of me joining FaZe and a huge support system. They definitely understand the company and the creators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like especially this is what the community wants,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s just gonna be overall great for not only the org members, [but] the owners and the community as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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FaZe Banks with Kalei and Temperr. Image: FaZe Kalei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Being a female creator, however, comes with unique challenges. Instances of widespread <\/span>sexism<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>harassment<\/span><\/a> have been <\/span>well-documented<\/span><\/a> in the broader gaming and esports industries, where women are far more likely to be seen as fake, <\/span>unworthy, or less-skilled<\/span><\/a> than their male peers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people think like, ‘Oh, because you\u2019re a girl, you\u2019re just gonna have tons of eboys flocking at you to carry you in games,’ when actually that\u2019s a huge misconception,\u201d Kalei told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>. \u201cI feel like as a woman in gaming, a lot of people don\u2019t want to play with women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople don\u2019t take women seriously, especially in competitive games like Apex,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this added pressure, Kalei actually finds games like Call of Duty\u2019s multiplayer arcade mode one of the most relaxing games to stream, sharing that she often listens to music while playing the game. Her secret for staying sharp in-game isn\u2019t an aim trainer, though\u2014it’s adequate rest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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the one thing that confuses me about the cod beta is how are you gonna release OG maps but not have the OG spawns??? lmao. the game would actually feel good if the spawns made sense<\/p>\n

\u2014 FaZe Kalei (@KaleiRenay) October 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI sleep,\u201d Kalei said. \u201cTons of sleep. And yeah, that\u2019s about it, seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As for <\/span>Modern Warfare III<\/span><\/a>, the FaZe streamer\u2014who reportedly played the recent beta for <\/span>15 hours straight<\/span><\/a>\u2014shared that Activision\u2019s latest installment is a turn for the better in what she calls \u201cthe CoD cycle,\u201d where players flip between loving and hating the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I genuinely think it was a lot of fun, sniping was a lot of fun,\u201d Kalei said. \u201cAnd I am hoping that the devs listen to the community, because I feel like it could be a really great year for everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to crypto and NFTs, does Kalei explore the space like FaZe\u2019s new CEO, who recently made bank on the social crypto platform <\/span>Friend.tech<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a community, everybody hates NFTs,\u201d Kalei said, referring to the broader gaming space. \u201cI know when <\/span>Dr. Disrespect<\/span><\/a> dropped his game reveal and he brought up the fact that NFTs were gonna be in it, the community pushback was like, \u2018Please no.\u2019 And I\u2019m definitely with that. It\u2019s your money, do whatever, but I don\u2019t care for NFTs. I don\u2019t do crypto, I don\u2019t do any of that. I stay so far away from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by Andrew Hayward<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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Kalei Renay wants to stay in FaZe Clan. As the esports organization’s only active female member, Kalei streams first-person shooter games like Apex Legends and Call of Duty to her audience of nearly 600,000 Twitch followers. In an interview with Decrypt‘s GG, Kalei shared her thoughts on livestreaming, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-183011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183014,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183011\/revisions\/183014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}