{"id":213081,"date":"2021-03-11T04:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/eagate-trending-fifa-21-sold-team-of-the-year-cards\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T04:07:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:07:45","slug":"fifa-players-get-eagate-trending-after-fifa-21-employee-allegedly-sells-fut-cards-for-thousands-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/fifa-players-get-eagate-trending-after-fifa-21-employee-allegedly-sells-fut-cards-for-thousands-of-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Players Get #EAGATE Trending After FIFA 21 Employee Allegedly Sells FUT Cards for Thousands of Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FIFA<\/em> is a franchise from Electronic Arts that is well known globally, if for nothing more than gracing platforms with the likeness of footballing legends and the sport itself. One aspect that has recently been under fire from FIFA 21<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is the Ultimate Team mode<\/a>, where\u00a0some have argued that the worst of loot boxes and gambling come center stage in a title\u00a0intended\u00a0for\u00a0all ages.<\/p>\n

Electronic Arts works to encourage players to purchase\u00a0card packs that could contain a player to improve gamers’ teams. EA has registered patents where\u00a0it ensures that players that don’t spend are matched with those that do,\u00a0potentially leading to\u00a0losses and encouraging gamers to open their wallets. The franchise is under fire on an international scale, with Electronic Arts receiving fines from the Netherlands<\/a> for gambling,\u00a0while being held under intense scrutiny from the United Kingdom’s House of Lords.<\/p>\n

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Last night, an image went viral, allegedly leaking\u00a0a black market for\u00a0FIFA 2021\u00a0<\/em>Ultimate Teams, where an Electronic Arts employee was offering extremely rare cards at\u00a0high prices. Prices were $2,500 per pack for the Team of the Year<\/a>, yet this was statistically far cheaper than if the players found the cards legitimately.<\/p>\n

Now, the fans of the title are clamoring online under the hashtag “#EAGate” due to both a misunderstanding of the Watergate scandal naming conventions and frustrations with the company.\u00a0The inability to receive the rarest players has brought about an apparent tipping point for fans. Add onto this that EA Sports is already under heavy fire for standard gambling conventions<\/a>, and now multiple fans are beginning to question the series as a whole.<\/p>\n