St. Louis Blues enforcer Ryan Reaves has a message for EA Sports: Don’t take that tone with me!
Somebody’s f*!?in’ up pic.twitter.com/3VhkmvkMCh
— Ryan Reaves (@rreaves75) August 25, 2014
The 27-year-old from Winnipeg noticed something was off about his player model in the NHL 14 video game Monday.
For you see, this is Ryan Reaves on the ice …
… and this is Ryan Reaves in the game. The screenshot was taken by our very own Matt Day.
See the difference?
For a company that tries to make its sports simulations as realistic as possible, it seems by all appearances somebody didn’t bother to look at a photo of Reaves and just rolled with the fact he’s a black player.
EA Sports. It’s in the game. Or not.
At least it resulted in this pleasant exchange with Blues goalie Brian Elliott and ex-teammate Chris Stewart.
“@rreaves75: Somebody’s f*!?in’ up pic.twitter.com/BmSymfKTJn” I know eh….wrong jersey….
— Brian Elliott (@KidElls1) August 25, 2014
@KidElls1 @rreaves75 bro it’s more like this #curls pic.twitter.com/H3fILUI0vU
— chris stewart (@Cstew_80) August 25, 2014
“@Cstew_80: @KidElls1 @rreaves75 bro it’s more like this #curls pic.twitter.com/bVTd5NUTNP” Game….Blouses
— Brian Elliott (@KidElls1) August 25, 2014
@Cstew_80 @KidElls1 don’t be mad I used to have the tightest curls in the league
— Ryan Reaves (@rreaves75) August 25, 2014
Tightest curls in the league. Do they have a stat for that?
(h/t SB Nation)