Boycott Riot for Worlds 2018

Chase 5·9/3/2018, 6:25:18 AM·177 votes·18,745 views

It's finally gotten out of hand in how Riot as a company mistreats its staff and player base. This type of behavior is unacceptable, and your future actions with this company should come under consideration.

It's appalling how they've treated women within their company, the rape jokes, jokes at the expense of the lgbtq community, jokes about having sex with other employees spouses, toxicity towards normal players seeking answers, the list goes on. They promote an environment where immaturity, power hungry behavior is encouraged and incentivized. These are little Harvey Weinstein's.

What is also troubling is the double standard to which they hold the player base to. Which is why I'm asking, if you've ever felt betrayed, taken advantage of, unfairly treated by this company, or if you don't condone their recent behavior- vote with your wallet.

I know not everyone there is a bad person, but it seems the bad nature of the company is above those few good people there. But you can do something about it.

World's is where Riot will make most of its money. It's easy for any company to throw out an apology, but if you let a few paragraphs win you are showing them that they can get away with anything. Despite any sort of post or actions for the remainder of the year, this lesson needs to stick and not get brushed over. Don't show them that they can get away with any behavior with a few tweets.

Let the lesson be learned, we will not support abusive behavior. Vote for the well being of employees and players. Vote no with your wallet this year.

edit - the message meant not purchasing rp

48 Comments

PhDs Nuts9/3/2018, 6:32:13 AM96 votes

Men aren't allowed in the stadium until Semifinals anyway.

VesperNadal9/3/2018, 7:11:33 AM16 votes

You should boycott Riot by uninstalling and doing absolutely nothing afterwards. The only thing companies hate more than bad feedback is no feedback. Make them clueless on why you left and they will dig themselves a deeper hole not knowing what to fix.

saltran9/3/2018, 7:47:03 AM8 votes

But the Boards already hated eSports and none of you were about to buy tickets anyway so it wont change anything.

MAGA BluRr9/3/2018, 8:00:05 PM7 votes

You sound like a whiny bitch

BlackEyesBlue9/3/2018, 12:53:42 PM7 votes

I haven't watched LCS in years anyway!

I just got sick to death of listening to the casters suck Faker's E-Pein. Praising his simplest actions while talking about his opponents like they should get a cookie just for showing up! Got annoying LONG ago... Dude basically plays a glorified support for Bang and Bengi so why don't they ever get credit?

So ya... A Riot Bigwig attacking their core demographic is no incentive to change my mind... These "Man babies" pay your salary punk! I work in customer service right now and there's been people I want to tell off; But you know what? THEY are my job and doing so would get me fired in an instant! Show some professionalism for crying out loud! :/

Krytoric9/3/2018, 11:25:35 AM6 votes

nah, worlds is gonna be fucking awesome. TL made it my dudes

AFlawedHuman9/3/2018, 6:59:44 AM6 votes

your a fucking an idiot if you think people wont goto worlds lmfao #world2018

Loki of The Nort9/3/2018, 3:26:42 PM5 votes

Some people need to get over the fact that they aren't going to like every joke that's ever told. Instead of crying over a rape joke, maybe go make a change and try and prevent actual rape. If you don't like racist jokes, think about the fact that actual racism happens through actions and not words. Just because you think that a person makes bad or offensive jokes doesn't mean they actually share those views or will ever act on them. Focus on what people do, not what they say or joke about.

AmazoX9/3/2018, 11:50:59 AM5 votes

Don't spend your money on anything related to their game.

VelvetCrotch9/3/2018, 1:04:12 PM5 votes

i never watch worlds nor LCS so fine for me. RP i wont purchase anyway too, cause i need to safe money. SO if this helps...

but btw: can someone post some links about this stuff? you all write so much about it without legit sources, i want to know whats really going on..

Umbra Requiem9/3/2018, 2:23:48 PM4 votes

Wait, wait, wait. You want to boycott League for a gaming culture that YOU created. I just love the hypocrisy of the gaming community, so much outrage over companies being "toxic" when the player base is infinitely worse.

You really expect them to be better? You, all of you, are idiots. You will not hurt Riot, all you are going to do is prove to the company that you are a bunch of whiny people that cry over everything. Which let's be real, they already know.

RekSai CoffeeCo9/3/2018, 11:30:54 AM3 votes

There wasn't a reason to watch any esports anyway after 8.10/8.11 jungle/scuttle changes, much less play Scuttle Crab Rift.

momobuns9/3/2018, 1:51:44 PM3 votes

Sure, take your misdirected anger out on the hundreds of thousands of employees who dedicate their lives to this game and job as if their hard work means nothing. There will always be shitty people in a company and trust me, as someone who has wanted to work as a character designer for Riot games since I started playing in 2014, the reveal of how Brandon and Marc act is appalling. This silly little post won't mean anything to stop Worlds sales cause the game and the few shitty people who work on the game are two separate things when it comes to the eSports scene. You wanna take out your anger on these players who have worked their asses off to make it here? You wanna take it out on the workers who rely on this company for their pay? For their dream? This tiny little attempt at boycotting is pathetic and childish.

Ecliptic9/3/2018, 6:11:48 PM3 votes

I like the game, therefore I will play the game, I don't go to live esports or gaming related events but I do watch them. I have played since season three and I'm not really going to let a scandalous event take away something I personally enjoy. If you don't like what they did then that's fine, but this was never about morals or right or wrong for me. It's always simply been about playing the game and having fun. I'm just adding my opinion don't roast me to hard.

Yara09/3/2018, 7:12:13 PM3 votes

wasnt gonna watch it anyway. Literally gonna be Farm Farm Farm jerk off at baron end. Kaisa will be 100% pick ban to because shes vayne.... with a shield..... and a massive dash........ and random ap damage all over the place.......... and does % damage......... yah shes gonna be 100% pick ban cause shes vayne with out any of the faults of vayne.

Salron9/3/2018, 7:13:30 AM3 votes

Worlds tickets are already sold out aren't they?

Or is that only for the play-ins and early matches

FilDaFunk9/3/2018, 9:32:00 PM2 votes

Was never going to watch it.

JustusKay9/4/2018, 12:34:21 AM2 votes

I'm playing a lot more Smite now even though my Smite account has a anime name but I'd rather people think I'm a weeaboo then play league

DELDE1159/4/2018, 9:53:37 AM2 votes

Male NA LCS Casters arent allow to attend worlds. That´s how tryhard Riot is going with this. Only Sjokz and NA Sjokz are attending worlds in Korea.

PapaGreg219/4/2018, 3:54:17 PM2 votes

I am not supporting pro play because I am sick of the game being balanced around it more than anything.

sirsnuffleupagus9/3/2018, 3:39:08 PM2 votes

Ive never been emotionally invested in the politics of a company, so I'll pass

Godlzahar9/3/2018, 7:21:47 PM2 votes

Shame I spent a few euros for this company. It will never happen again.

50Shades0fTrynda9/3/2018, 8:10:47 PM2 votes

ofc, i never had the slightest care for worlds anyway :P

Beach Guy9/3/2018, 8:15:59 PM2 votes

Don't even watch the stream. If an ad shows up and you see it, Riot earns money.

OtterlyLost9/3/2018, 9:00:49 PM2 votes

Maybe someone should post this on Reddit too? I'm all for not supporting worlds. I know I stopped buying as many skins with them already; I dont think I've bought a single one all season. They've honestly been a really shit company this year, from the absolutely failed Clash, to whatever 8.11 was, to the sexism in their company and now with their events, all coming to a boil with these two unprofessional sacks of living garbage on Twitter now openly insulting the entire community, who at the end of the day are customers. I honestly hope they get fired because, legitimately, if they were in any other job or position, they would have immediately been terminated. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from the consequences.

Mitzillfi9/4/2018, 2:03:48 PM1 votes

Hell n

Dorans Pants9/3/2018, 12:58:23 PM1 votes

so many things to boycott nowadays it´s just sad......