Official Statement Regarding Escape From Tarkov/Banning Situation

Firstly, big apology is owed to not only Battlestate Games, but the EFT Subreddit as well. Riling people up is never my intent, but usually happens due to the stories I cover. This was exactly that, a story.



A user by the name of "SpectreRT" reached out with screenshots and a story to members of the Black-Site Community, a prominent Tactical Shooter community with ties to Tarkov, Ready or Not and other games. He was in multiple Streamers discords, twitch streams all week talking about this situation. There were multiple people who knew this person, including knowing and being connected to his family members.



This person not only fabricated the email, he then lied to multiple people in the EFT community about what happened. When I spoke with him today, he explained that he deleted the emails, and no longer has access to them, which tells me he is absolutely full of shit. He also went on to say his accounts were phished and hacked due to his Facebook post on the EFT page, but by that time, I didn't care. He lied straight up, and when I called him out to his face, he turtled and said "Yeah I understand" which also just confirms that he wasn't willing to fight for his word.



My sources and connections were all tricked into trusting this person. I was stupid in not checking deeper, and trusting my otherwise credible sources. Others who were encouraging me to run the story were also tricked. I was informed that the story has been brewing for a few days, so I assumed that things were on the up and up. That was my biggest mistake, and for that, I apologize. I will not be running "complaint" stories like this any longer, unless I can speak with all parties directly, and view all of the evidence they have before they "delete it"



One thing I have learned a lot over the past year or so, is how unstable some people are in the indie tactical shooter scene. Impersonating players, devs, lawyers and more. The shit I've seen and heard about behind the scenes would blow your mind. Which is why I'm so fucking pissed at myself for not doing my due dilligence in this situation. This situation is not out of the norm for the Tactical Shooter community, but I still should have dug some more. All I can do is apologize to BSG, Nikita, my community, and promise to be better when it comes to stories coming from viewers and colleagues. The video has been taken down. I will do better next time.

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