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Who is Ezra Samsora Morris? Super Smash Bros player BANNED over Captain Zack's sexual harassment scandal

'Samsora's situation, in my opinion, is a lot harder to navigate than many of the situations we've faced before,' Eric Lew also known as ESAM posted

In the gaming world, there are few names that always top every gamer's chart. But now, some of the top gamers have landed themselves in a controversy related to sexual abuse. Presently, Ezra Samsora Morris has been banned from many events and has deleted his Twitter amid Captain Zack's sexual harassment scandal.

Samsora deleted his Twitter account and tweeted, "I'm relieved that I'm banned now I can do whatever the freak I want without feeling there is a cloud above my head. Don't be sad for me y'all, I accept full responsibility and my actions are my own. There so much in life out there." Is what he said before deactivating." This tweet came after he got banned from tournaments TOd by Cagt, L4st, and Grayola.
 

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The controversy started in September 2020, when someone claiming to be a friend of Samsora and CaptainZack – the minor who had been involved in sexual misconduct allegations against fellow pro Smash player Nairo – claimed that Zack was the one who started the relationship via non-consensual first contact. The friend claimed that this happened while Nairo was sleeping, and requested a considerable settlement to stay silent. Samsora had reportedly pushed Zack into revealing the situation publicly for personal gain.

The person also said that even though Samsora knew about this situation, he continued to collaborate with Nairo on many occasions until the information was shared publicly. It was unclear from the message posted as to whether Nairo maintained the relationship with Zack following their first encounter or not, and if he did, whether it was of his own free will or because of the information Zack had on him. Samsora denied the allegations against him.

Many top names in the gaming world were questioned for being silent about it. But on Sunday, April 4, Eric Lew also known as ESAM, posted, "Here I'm gonna speak from my own experience, and I don't speak for everyone. This is not lumping in criticisms for my past mistakes and failures, those critiques are warranted. Outside of that, I've received a lot of harassment from the community for pushing it to be better. It is incredibly mentally and emotionally draining, causes a ton of anxiety, makes me disinterested in the online Smash community, and honestly just makes it difficult to want to tweet anything important. I know I'm not the only figurehead that feels this way, and to have it happen when we are trying to discuss important issues like predatory behaviors, grooming, and sexual assault while trying to protect people and make the scene better makes it difficult. We have been told we are speaking too quickly, we need to wait, we need to see both sides, why are you jumping on people so strongly, why did you believe zack and not nairo, etc.

"There is a culture on Smash twitter where people are more concerned with being correct than for the safety of members in the scene which should ALWAYS be the priority. Samsora's situation, in my opinion, is a lot harder to navigate than many of the situations we've faced before. We aren't equipped to mediate criminal cases, we are literally only able to decide who can and can not play smash. I think there are some situations that are out of the scope of what the scene can handle. I do think that Samsora's involvement in Zack's situation has dangerous implications, or at the very least was negligent in a way that lead to dangerous situations. I believe that bans should always, first and foremost, be in the interest of the victims and protecting others in the scene," the gamer's post said.

"We all need to use our energy to help better the scene and protect the people in it. That includes victims and it includes potential future victims. The scene will not be the way it was before the pandemic because a lot of people, including myself, are realizing just how enabling the Smash scene was, and that has allowed a lot of traumatic events to happen to a large number of people. Instead of worrying about who is right or wrong, let's worry about people not being hurt in the first place," the gamer posted.

Many gamers and Internet users have slammed Samsora since the news came to light. One Internet user said, "Samsora knew about Captain Zack's relationships with adult, but did not report a single one, which is a 3rd degree felony since he's not reporting child abuse. He got banned from tourneys hosted by Cagt and tweeted this then deleted his account." While another one said, "Now I see something with Samsora. I am done with the smash community outside a select few and choosing to play it the way I enjoy. Sure maybe I'll watch some big tournament matches. But I no longer wish to be associated in the community."

Another one tweeted, "Never really looked up to Samsora anyway, ESPECIALLY after the whole Nairo situation. I saw it as rather fishy when he wasn't trying to help the man who gave him a career, and a (assumingly) close friend when the whole Captain Zack thing was going on. Good riddance." Another one pointed out, "That Smash player Samsora is banned and deleted his Twitter, so I know it’s some shit."

Who is Ezra Samsora Morris?

Born on March 4, 1998, Ezra Samsora Morris better known as Samsora, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from New Orleans, United States. He was born in Louisiana. He was born in a family that embraced playing video games, and his mother has always supported his desire to compete in Super Smash Bros. He is currently based out of South Florida, where he is pursuing a business degree at Broward College part-time while competing.

The name he competes under, Samsora, is inspired by a character from the game Grand Chase named Samsara. He subsequently legally changed his name to Ezra Samsora Morris.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, he gave many strong performances but no major tournament victories and was ranked as the game's 22nd-best player of all time. After the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, he established himself as one of the best players in the world. He has won one major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament, Shine 2019, and was ranked as the second best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in the world in the Panda Global rankings for the second half of 2019.