“The most important thing in our minds”

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At Riot Games, Executive Producer Anna Donlon has now commented on the global excitement surrounding Valorant. A Twitch streamer had publicly complained about how badly she was harassed in the shooter and called for harsh consequences for perpetrators.

That was the excitement: The incident occurred on May 13th. We reported about him on MeinMMO:

  • Twitch streamer TaylorMorgan shared a very unpleasant, probably even criminally relevant encounter in Valorant
  • A teammate asked her if she knew what rape felt like. When she said no, he asked if she wanted to find out. She asked several times whether the teammate was threatening her with rape.
  • For the streamer, a limit was far exceeded; she left the match, accepted a penalty and made the topic public. She demanded tough consequences from Riot Games for these players. It can’t be a matter of a slap on the finger and a ban for 3 days.

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    What waves did the topic cause? TaylorMorgan’s tweet went viral, reaching 39 million views.

    The incident was reported on gaming sites worldwide.

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    “The most important thing that concerns us right now”

    This is what Riot says now: The person in charge at Riot Games, Anna Donlon, says: “Riot needs to get better” at responding to in-game threats. The current punishments for such behavior are “not enough”.

    The producer says: The incident has been the most important thing for days, what’s on her mind at the moment. And that also applies to other Riot employees.

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    It is important to act here. Therefore, she didn’t want to react immediately until she had “pressed the right buttons” and didn’t want to just give empty words.

    What is that supposed to mean? So it sounds like she took action first, permanently banned the player in question and also made sure that Riot Games became more vigilant internally before she commented on it now, 2 days after the incident.

    Valorant boss hints at permanent ban and tougher pace

    What happens now? The boss assures the Twitch streamer that “actions will be initiated against the relevant account.” But she also says: She knows that is not enough. She apologizes to the streamer for having to experience such things.

    Donlon promises: The topic is of great importance and high priority for her.

    She says they won’t reveal exact details about how to take action against the account – but it sounds like there’s a permanent ban.

    Bans for all accounts are “certainly an option in the future” for Riot

    Donlon also assures that the issue of “in-game threats and harassment” is taken extremely seriously and will soon explain in a longer post how to deal with it once she has collected her thoughts.

    A permanent ban on all accounts of such a perpetrator is “certainly an option in the future,” even if there are some technical difficulties to overcome.

    Apparently the fate of the streamer has set a lot in motion at Riot Games. We reported in detail about the streamer’s case on May 15th: “They should never be allowed to play the game again” – Twitch streamer makes a desperate request to Riot

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