Turner Ellis Tenney, better known by his online alias Tfue, is an American streamer and esports player, best known for playing Fortnite. He is regarded as one of the best players on Fortnite as he has won many tournaments including most recently the SuperGames Charity Tournament, in which two streamers teamed up with two professional athletes to compete as a four man squad against 19 other squads.
Career
Tfue transitioned to Fortnite Battle Royale as it was quickly exploding in popularity. Tenney later joined FaZe Clan, a professional esports organization, on April 30, 2018.
Personal life
Tenney is from Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. He went to middle school for a week, but thought that "it sucked" which is why "he never really went to school" after that and was homeschooled. In 2019, he moved to New Jersey with his duo partner Cloakzy.
Controversies
In May 2018, Tenney was banned from Twitch for 30 days after saying an alleged racial slur. Twitch reversed the ban after reviewing the word wasn't used in a racial manner. On July 2, 2018 Tenney received a permanent account ban on his Epic Games accounts because he was selling and buying Epic Games accounts, which is prohibited by Epic Games' terms and conditions. A week later, Tenney was banned from Twitch again, this time for 14 days, for unknown reasons. On May 20, 2019, Tenney filed a lawsuit against FaZe Clan, claiming they "pressured Tenney to live in one of its homes in Los Angeles, pressured him to underage drinking and illegally gambling. FaZe also continuously pressured and encouraged him to engage in dangerous stunts." Tenney also claimed, that "he only got 20% from any branded videos that are published on Twitch, YouTube or social media and half of his revenue from touring and appearances." FaZe Clan responded on Twitter, saying they didn't take any money from his tournament winnings, Twitch and YouTube revenue and his social media. They also said that they "took $60,000 from his branded videos" and offered Tenney "an improved contract multiple times, with 100% of the money going to Tenney, but he rejected or ignored all of them." On August 1, 2019, FaZe Clan filed a federal lawsuit in New York suing Tenney, claiming Tenney violated his contract by disparaging the company and trying to form a rival esports organization. The organization also claims that Tenney directly leaked confidential information about his contract to media publications, violating their terms. On September 2, 2019, Tenney again said a racial slur while streaming, but Twitch did not ban him. On April 25, 2020, Tenney competed in a rock, paper, scissors charity tournament hosted by Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson. During Tenney's stream of the tournament, he accidentally revealed MrBeast's phone number and code for the tournament contestants. The stream had to be taken down momentarily before return where Tenney quickly lost. Tenney apologized but received criticism from many people including Tyler "Ninja" Blevins. Tenney responded by calling Ninja a "pussy" during a rant on stream.
