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Former Galaxy Racer esports staff, players and content creators have taken to social media to complain about not being paid.
The Dubai esports and gaming organisation GXR exited Fortnite esports late last year. Their former global chief of staff, Walid Singer, who left in May 2024, told Esports News UK in December 2023 that British streamer Mamabenjyfishy would be paid what she was owed ‘within the next week’.
Over six months later, and she says she still hasn’t been paid. She’s owed five figures by Galaxy Racer.
Mamabenjyfishy said: “I’ve spent months chasing Galaxy Racer with legal letters for unpaid dues totalling 37k, plus 6k in legal fees. Despite their constant promises, I have never been paid, putting me in a challenging situation.
“This is not the only esports org that I have heard who has not paid players and content creators, so as the others have reiterated, be careful who you work with.”
Galaxy Racer signed Mamabenjyfishy, the mother of Fortnite-turned-Valorant pro player Benjyfishy, back in September 2021, and she left in September 2023.
The org haven’t tweeted since November 2023 and don’t appear to be currently competing in esports. The Esports Advocate reported in May that Galaxy Racer closed its headquarters in Dubai, and that CEO Paul Roy is no longer in the UAE.
Ducks, who finished runner-up in the $100,000 Apex Legends tournament GXR held last year, said she still hasn’t been paid.
Former GXR player Queasy said he was only paid one year’s worth of salary out of the two years he worked for Galaxy Racer.
Queasy commented:
“GXR scammed me for $100,000+ as well as malibuca and many more. The CEO [Paul Roy] fled the country and I’ve had a shit ton of fake promises from Walid Singer, just be careful working with these people.”
Queasy
“I was gonna make a twitlonger long ago, but I really dont give a fuck since I’ve still earnt around $160,000 in a year’s worth of salary.
“Just absolute disgusting human beings there [at GXR], delaying every payment and promising so much stuff. I figured it was a full blown scam after 6-7 months of not getting payments, but decided to stay in hopes of suing [them]. I will still be trying.”
Queasy said he’s going public with it now, after ‘sending Galaxy Racer warning letters before suing and my contract ending, so I had to wait for legal stuff to allow it’. He’s still trying to take legal action, but said it’s difficult from the UK, with the CEO having allegedly fled.
“I was under contract and was promised payments about 15 times (the excuse was the company merging), then my contract was almost expired, so I just waited it out in hopes of getting paid (which didn’t happen).”
Peach and Reddysh also said they are owed money.
Reddysh said: “Never spoke about it [previously] either cause of fake promises and legal stuff, but I can confirm now I’m in the same boat [as Queasy and other former GXR talent].”
Arab, a former GXR Elite content creator, who told Esports News UK “fuck those rats” when asked about Galaxy Racer last year, said to Queasy today: “Absolute rats, can confirm.”
GXR Elite former manager Zenko added: “I’m taking Queasy’s assist on Twitter to publicly announce that I, too, have been a victim of Galaxy Racer, which scammed me out of more than six monthly salaries. For all those wondering why no one left the organisation or went public the moment payments stopped, it’s because we were continuously made many promises, particularly by Walid Singer, who claimed everything would be resolved shortly.
“Every time someone tried to raise their voice or threaten to go public or take legal action, [GXR’s] response was always, “We don’t care, just know this could impact you.”
Zenko
“During this entire period, all the people who worked for these disgusting individuals did their utmost to represent and honor the contract. In particular, I had to pay for my trip to Copenhagen for the FNCS out of my pocket, money I never saw again.”
Zenko also said the situation caused him ‘some very dark months’, where he nearly fell into depression, and found himself in financial difficulty for months.
“The only advice I can give you is to be careful who you want to work with,” Zenko continued. “People are so cruel and selfish.”
Queasy’s father also said GXR’s former global chief of staff Walid Singer’s ‘lies were real for months and they threatened us that it would end badly for us if we made it public. I have never heard so many lies in my life’.
We’ve reached out to Galaxy Racer and Walid, and will update this article if we hear back.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
