@JakeSucky
This is a huge yikes and we do NOT want players like this in our community at all. I went ahead and perma banned this player from VALORANT, as well as all other Riot Games. Thanks for raising this. Please keep raising stuff like this and reporting so we can make VAL safer. 🔨🔥
The fact that empowering notes like these exist in the women’s bathroom at Blizzard is something that really keeps me going, and leaves me even more motivated to inspire women to join the tech field. We need more of you here! Come join our family 💙
When I quit at Blizzard, HR finally was like:
- what can we do to make you stay?
- do you want to be transferred to a game team? they’re less toxic than the tech org.
- do you want to be paid more?
You should have done all these things 3 years before I quit. I tried all 3 years.
Listen, I’m not trying to be a downer, but realistically, how the fuck are so many talented people supposed to quickly land back on their feet when there’s like no roles open and every company is practically on a hiring freeze? Like, what is the solution here? :/
I literally saw all of this happen before my eyes and HR didn’t do anything about it because they were too busy protecting the problem people. Skorupa was my skip level and he denied me a promotion when I reported a bud of his to HR, saying he won’t promote people who “cry wolf”
The fact that empowering notes like these exist in the women’s bathroom at Blizzard is something that really keeps me going, and leaves me even more motivated to inspire women to join the tech field. We need more of you here! Come join our family 💙
Also good to note that I was practically in tears during my exit. I was BEGGING them to use all the stuff I reported to HR as an example of what is wrong with the workplace and telling them to make significant changes. Seems it did nothing :/
Hi :) I’m on first person. We’ve been working on this for quite some time and can’t wait to actually polish it up and get it to y’all. 🖤 please be patient!
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@TweezyMackStar
@JakeSucky
We’re definitely trying! It’s hard to catch voice related stuff sometimes :( but we are working on tech to make it detect and do all this for us. Right now we rely heavily on reports and people raising these up to us.
Bro the industry is so fucked. Everyone is getting laid off. Those roles aren’t being backfilled and makes finding work difficult. The folks left are being overworked insanely. Some get so tired they quit. Leaves even more work on those left. There’s like no winning lol. Tired.
It’s been a fun 4 years of being your IRL Killjoy, but an opportunity came up outside of Riot that I couldn’t refuse 🖤 Now you have no reason to spam me with gun buddy/ban/unban requests 😌 Please be good to one another in game, and out.
Everyone look at the Killjoy statue my friend made 🥺 I was sad we didn’t have a KJ statue and he went BAM, HERE YOU GO 💥
Please check him out on insta and show him love 🖤
Over the past week, y’all have been real nasty with your remarks regarding my gender, sexuality, looks, & anything else you can get your hands on to retaliate against me standing up against sexist/racist behaviors. I’m going to continue standing up against it tho. Y’all do you.🤷🏻♀️
Maybe if they didn’t buy out a whole block of buildings when folks didn’t even want to come into office and stopped bringing dumb dinosaur animatronics on campus just for the vibes every week we wouldn’t be here lol
Tracy isn't on twitter anymore, but I got her permission to post on her behalf. Tracy was unfortunately impacted by the Riot layoffs. If you are looking for a seasoned Producer who has worked on a multitude of products at Blizzard and Riot, reach out:
Minutes ago, we shared an important update with Rioters about the future of Riot Games. Here’s what these changes mean for our games and what players can expect from us going forward:
I went to a boba place and the workers there were like WAIT DO YOU WORK AT RIOT??? and I was like wait ya. Turns out they were huge VAL fans, so I gave them both rito gun buddies and they gave me a boba discount 🥹🖤
I know the vibes are bad, but it's a good time to remind folks that companies don't have your best interest in mind when it comes to numbers/$$$, so don't make working at a company a big part of your personality. They were lucky to have YOU, not the other way around.
Heyyo, I’m Sara. 🥹✌🏻
I’m currently a Senior Producer at Epic Games working on cool new Fortnite things, but previously I was at Riot Games working on VALORANT, and prior to that I was at Blizzard Entertainment doing techy things with battle[.]net
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Hiya
#IamPOCinPlay
family 👋🏼
I’m Sara and I’m a first generation Persian American game producer currently working on VALORANT, but prior to this I was working at Blizzard on bnet 🖤 I’m a huge advocate for inclusivity and mental health and want to bring that into our games.
A couple friends/I created a discord server for women in gaming. It serves as a safe space to connect, educate, and support one another to grow our passions, share ideas, and navigate the industry together.
There's no open invite link, but if you're interested, please reply here.
Giving away 100 of the new Riot Fist Bump Ward skins 👊🏼
Tbh I didn’t know I had these to give out and I’m now running out of time, so UHHH...reply with your League Region and Summoner Name!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ME AND SER AYMERIC 🐶
A couple things to note:
Voice moderation is HARD. There’s so many languages & accents to take into consideration. We heavily rely on reports to action against players until we get the proper tech in place. If there’s clips, continue to circulate. I promise we are looking at them
LOL I applied to be Director of Product Marketing for FFXIV around 3-4 years ago, got through multiple rounds of interviews, and just now got rejected. Press F, but follow your dreams folks :P
As a former employee, I lost count at how many incidents of harassment I witnessed/experienced with no reliable HR to help. If change doesn’t happen naturally, we’ll force it. Please lend your support to those advocating for change on the frontlines.
#ActiBlizzWalkout
LOL someone really tweeted me saying women only belong in player support roles and that’s why men develop the actual game. Who’s gonna tell him that I’m ON the game team, not on player support, and that player support folks are INCREDIBLY important and have both men and women??
Going from Blizz to Riot, doing a Riot walkout, and now having a Blizz walkout is like a hit in the gut 2x, but I'm so proud of everyone taking a stand against the abuse that is so prevalent in the industry. I am emotionally/mentally gutted, but feeling hopeful.
#ActiBlizzWalkout
Hey VAL community- curious on your thoughts re: in game sabotage.
> What do you define as sabotage?
> What types of behaviors do you notice happening most frequently in game?
> How often do they happen when you play?
> How tilting is it?
Just gimme your thoughts!
The audacity you must have showing up a walkout that’s calling out unjust treatment as a perpetrator yourself. It’s absolutely sickening. I’ve seen so many stories about how some folks spotted their harasser at the walkout today and I’m honestly so angry.
Is there a reason why esports have gender locked teams? Like, can’t men and women play together? It’s just a video game. Or does this already exist? Sorry if I’m misinformed. Genuinely just want to understand.
It's kinda ironic that the reason I finally agreed to leave Blizzard and go to Riot when they were scouting me was because they actually acknowledged their mistakes when the Kotaku article came out and didn't try to deny allegations.
dude i wish rito gave me this when i was getting nonstop death threats, anonymous phone calls, and other doxxing attempts when i took action against a certain toxic public figure :^) my mental seriously took a dip after that lol
Also, this goes out to any woman/poc/minority group that calls out bad behavior and asks for accountability: your voice matters and should NOT be used against you on your future job endeavors. In fact, companies should value having you as a part of the industry and as a prospect.
Hi, I’m Sara and I’m one of your friendly VALORANT game producers.
Before Rito, I was at Blizzard doing *hand waves* other things. I play too many MMOs during my spare time and I never go anywhere without my trusty duo partner, Ammy the Alarmbot.
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
I’m honestly so sick of people bashing Blizzcon/Blizzard. The people who still work there are some of the most passionate people I have ever worked with and they deserve love/support despite everything.
Also the phone joke is so old.
/endrant
Hiya! IRL Killjoy here 🤓
It’s been fun working on your Rito accounts, but I’ll be moving to a different team at
@riotgames
soon 👊🏼
✨I’ll be one of your new
@PlayVALORANT
Game Producers✨
I’m stoked to dive into the competitive and social space. See ya top frag 😉
@GryphynT
I honestly don’t know 🥲 I haven’t been there since 2018 so it’s been a minute for me. I’m with you though, I hope things have improved since then 🖤
Something a lot of people don’t talk about is work place PTSD and how it completely ruins your sense of safety, even when you switch jobs. You feel like you need to have your guard up at all time, there’s no one to trust, etc. It took me so long to feel comfortable again.
Jokes aside, I remember some of the most toxic people at Blizzard proudly calling themselves the “Microsoft fuckers” cause they were all ex-Microsoft and bullied people together
My friends and I were at this hotel and wanted to get a group photo, so we found a guy outside to take it for us, but he ended up being Benedict Cumberbatch’s driver and we didn’t realize until he came out and just waited patiently for us to finish taking our photo like ???!??
Today was my first day at Epic and I was instantly greeted by ex-Blizzard / ex-Riot slack channels that made me feel right at home. The Rito channel keeps tally on how many times people use the fistbump emote 👊🏻
Should I reintroduce :misaligned1: ?
Tired of all the voices in your head when you're trying to clutch that 1v4? The Clutch Mute key bind can now help you quiet all those backseat Agents.
See that and more in Patch Notes 4.11:
Someone parked in my boyfriends parking spot and he’s so soft and wholesome that he came upstairs to ask me to help him figure it out so I tracked down the guy and yelled at him on his behalf :)
Slytherin dating a hufflepuff dynamic
Hi friends, I’m safe from the Epic layoffs, but plenty of amazing people weren’t. If you’re hiring or open to chatting with those impacted, please post job recs so we can share them within our circles. It’s a sad day all around. Looking for any types of roles. DMs are open.
Yikes. We seriously need to stop glorifying overworking in the industry to prove worth. Regardless of how passionate you are about something, you will surely burn out and lose that drive. Take care of yourselves... no company or industry is worth losing your mental health over.
NEWS‼️
This’ll be my last week at
@Blizzard_Ent
& I will be embarking on a new journey soon!
Thanks to everyone who has made my Blizzard experience truly remarkable. I can’t wait to see what you all make next & I hope our paths cross once more.
Blizzard will always be home 💙
@katsumiFPS
Ahh, this was a bug and it shouldn’t have been happening in DM! Thanks for bringing it up. We’re reverting all penalties as we speak. Sorry for the inconvenience 😭🙏🏻
So I got into a pretty gnarly car accident. I wasn’t at fault, and luckily my dog wasn’t in the car with me so he didn’t get hurt, but my car is absolutely totaled. Press F.
REPORTER FEEDBACK FOR VALORANT IS NOW LIVE!
Ever reported someone for cheating/being rude in chat/throwing/etc. and wondered if anything happened to said reports? NOW YOU'LL KNOW! GO FORTH & REPORT! (only shows up if you're online atm, but will work on offline messaging soon!)
"Hi! My friend Tibbers wants to meet you..." 🐻
I’m proud to announce that I will be the newest member of K/DA at
@riotgames
🎤
Coming mid December 2018 👊🏻
Time to put the S in Riot Games