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FIFA 17 used a real guy's Twitter Handle accidentally caused his angry

FIFA 17 is released now and people have different feedback with it. But in general, they are satisfied with the new FIFA 17. After a long year waiting, EA released their proud work.It’s said that they have made great effort to perfect. Football games does not need drastic changes in technology, it shorten the development process of FIFA Series greatly. But EA has still do some great changes in many aspects. In the aspect of Gameplay, the new features in FIFA 17 include new attacking techniques, physical player overhaul, active intelligence system and set piece rewrite. The new features ensure you control every ball free in any situation. 
 
And on the other hand, EA has used the frostbite engine in the first time. To be honest, when we saw the previous trail at the first time, we are surprised by the delicate scene and smooth operation of players ( although it ascribes to the new set pieces partly). After FIFA 17 released in the UK, it achieved great success. FIFA 17 has sold 20 times than Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 in spite of PES 2017 has got a higher points which given by IGN. As we all know, FIFA 17 has added a new story mode “Journey”. And EA contributes to be true-to-life in every regard. EA even included a real guy’s name and Twitter handle.
 
In-game, one of Hunter’s fans is Calvin Wong, who messages him on a Twitter-like platform with the handle @CalWong. “Can’t believe @MrAlexHunter was too busy to give me his autograph after I spent 4ever waiting for him!” the fictional @CalWong said. Later, after obtaining the autograph, @CalWong writes, “Will keep it 4ever.”There’s just one catch: Calvin Wong is a real person (a Cartoon Network story boarder, in fact) who tweets as @CalWong. On September 20th, a FIFA 17 fan tweeted a screenshot from the game at Wong, tipping him off that the game had used his name and Twitter handle without consulting him. In response, Wong had some choice words for EA:
 
It's funny at first, but the fallout for Wong has been anything but. Following his complaint, and another on October 1 asking EA to get his name out of the game, some Twitter users began accusing him of simply seeking attention—he's not a gamer, and only became aware of the use of his name when a friend sent him a screenshot—and tossing other abuse his way as well. After doggedly ignoring the situation for days, EA said it would remove his name in a patch, but in a series of more recent tweets Wong called upon it to address the situation more directly.