Just a few days ago, we reported on how DICE has confirmed that squad kick and ban functionality won’t be making its way to Battlefield 2042 anytime soon. While that news wasn’t something BF2042 players want to hear, it looks like someone got the worst end of it.
Content creator and Battlefield YouTuber GhostGaming, who shared the screenshot of Battlefield Community Manager Tom Stratford’s Discord message confirming that squad kick/ban won’t be present in BF2042, has been kicked out from the EA Creator Network program for apparently sharing the info.
So after 10 years creating videos on the Battlefield franchise, I've just been kicked from the EA Creator Network for ''leaking'' this absolutely shocking statement that tells us nothing more than the reason behind what we already knew. pic.twitter.com/Jx6XynWGSg
— GhostGaming (@GhostGamingG) May 15, 2023
If you think DICE and EA were overreacting just a bit, you’re not alone, as the Battlefield community has also shared their disappointment with DICE’s reaction of the news spreading out.
A history of violence…and double standards.
by u/korlic99 in battlefield2042
DICE blaming a 10 Year long dedicated content creator, who has advertised and showcased their games FOR FREE, over a choice THEY made is some of the most childish and petty behavior they have ever shown to the community
by u/suika_suika in battlefield2042
Those two are the ones with the most reactions, but there are other threads on the game’s subreddit with the same sentiment.
Talking to MP1st, GhostGaming confirmed that while EA Content Creator partners are required to sign an NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) when covering events and other opportunities you’re invited to, you don’t sign anything for entering the Creator Network Discord server. Now, if you are attending an event, you will get an invite and a new NDA for that event which is hosted on a new Discord server.
Based on GhostGaming’s correspondence with us, it doesn’t seem like there was any malicious intent in sharing what Stratford had said. Mind, other content creators have broken the rules on much bigger stuff (event info, etc.), and weren’t kicked out of the Content Creator program.
As an outsider looking in, I have to say that the squad info shared should have been shared publicly to every Battlefield 2042 player and not relegated to a private Discord chat. Is DICE wrong for kicking out a content creator who’s been supporting them for years just for this incident? We can’t say for sure. Leave your comment below and let us know what you think.
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