A leaked scrim clip sets off another round of Call of Duty drama
A short video clip making the rounds online has put Tyler “aBeZy” Pharris in the middle of a fresh controversy. The LA Thieves star, one of the CDL’s most accomplished players, was heard using a slur while raging at another player during a scrim.
The clip first appeared through an anonymous X account that has since vanished, taking the original post with it. By then, of course, other people had already saved copies and started circulating them across social media. The internet, ever reliable in its enthusiasm for replaying bad decisions, did what it does best.
What the clip shows
The video is only nine seconds long and appears to come from a recent scrim against Miami Heretics. It shows aBeZy reacting after RenKoR picked up a two-piece early in the play.
In the clip, aBeZy can be heard saying:
I don’t get it. RenKoR has got it, this fing f*t. God damn it.
The footage quickly spread among Call of Duty fans, with many discussing both the language used and the fact that the clip surfaced through a now-deleted anonymous account.
Nadeshot weighs in
Nadeshot, the founder of 100 Thieves, later addressed the situation on stream and made it clear he did not think the uproar would amount to much.
He said:
We’re going to revolve around the sun, like we always do. St is going to just move on, brother. Everyone wants something to be mad about. He really hit that st though, didn’t he? Oh my God…
His response suggested that the scandal would burn hot for a bit and then fade, which is generally how these things go once the next clip, roster change, or tournament result comes along.
Reactions and speculation
aBeZy is far from the first person in the Call of Duty space to use the slur, and he is unlikely to be the last. That does not make the language less ugly, but it does explain why some fans framed the situation as another ugly but familiar chapter in esports discourse.
Others went further and speculated that someone within LA Thieves may have wanted aBeZy off the roster, allegedly leaking the VOD clip through a burner account to damage his reputation. That theory remains exactly what it is: a theory.
For now, the clip is the story, the account that posted it is gone, and Nadeshot has already filed the whole thing under the category of things the internet will argue about before moving on to the next one.
