@Riot You make me sick

Towboat421·11/14/2018, 8:19:27 PM·10 votes·3,066 views
MaxOfS2D's Tumblr blog - hexcolour: arizonabay: Worked on this girl for...

Between the sexual misconduct, blatant disregard for the state of the game or player feedback and now this. Seriously man come the fuck on people get keys dangled in front of them in the form of a new skin line and they forget everything they've said and done. Called the player base toxic and entitled, excluded men from their events, have had many tales of sexual misconduct that go on in the offices that go unaddressed but this for me really fucking. tears it.

Its no secret that the vast majority of the community loves the K/Da skin line and the animatic that came along with it and Akali seems to be the crowd favorite bar none. So why is it so hard to properly reward the artists that make this game look so great, because thats all it is the designers for champs and skin designs are the only thing keeping this shit show together. Their talent and hard work is what makes people look past the egregious faults this game has, people are willing to make excuses for riot and all their short comings because they are so invested in what visually appealing characters the design team will create next. But if they can't treat their own staff with the respect they deserve for their hardwork and cut them loose when its said and done then I can't be a part of this.

I urge you to think this kinda stuff over, just how much contempt riot has shown its fans and staff this year alone.

12 Comments

Support Evelynn11/14/2018, 10:58:06 PM6 votes

I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which I’ve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out great, and it’ll all be worth it in the end – recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didn’t even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out.

Lmao wtf? If you're having panic attacks and heart palpitations from sitting in a chair and working on a champion for league of legends you probably weren't fit for the job in the first place. I have never heard another game designer respond to working on ONE character in a SINGLE game like this.

I'd hate to see this person even attempt grueling low pay jobs that involve physical labor and 12-13 hour days.

Now clearly this person is either:

A: Playing this up to get attention.

B: Has lots of mental problems to solve before even going back to the work force.

C: Is completely lying and never even worked for Riot in the first place/wasn't nearly as involved as he made it seem.

Given the blog post is some guy who posts sea creatures as a hobby I'm going to go on a limb and say it's C.

Spekkıo11/14/2018, 9:42:06 PM5 votes

Alleged sexual misconduct.

Arcade Lulu11/14/2018, 8:51:51 PM2 votes

The link doesn't work

Smokin Penguin11/14/2018, 8:57:17 PM2 votes

At some point you gotta realize that it's just a game, if you don't like it do not play it.

If you don't like Rito as a company and don't agree with them, then don't support them, you can still play the game but don't support them.

You know why? Because it's a free game you're not obligated to pay in order to play

I haven't bought RP since games turned into coin flips and once i feel like i enjoy the state of the game i will purchase RP and buy skins that i've been eyeballing for a long time.

Their problems are not your problems, stop pretending like it concerns you in any way shape or form when it doesn't...

Xonndar11/16/2018, 9:27:23 AM2 votes

Riot games is a "games developer/publisher" .. yeahh right ..

Riot games was founded in 2006 and since 2006 all they have published is a copy/paste DOTA. They haven't released a new game in more than a DECADE, It's been almost 13 years, a game developer/publisher that releases ONE game (not even theirs but a copy of someone else's game) in 13 years shouldn't be called a game developer/publisher because it's an insult to real game developers who actually CREATE GAMES, people who innovate and elevate this form of art (that's what games are in most cases), riot games (honestly they should rename the company, riot games ?! WHAT GAMES?!) is nothing but a cash cow for investors and lol is just a business model made for the sole purpose of miking every $ from kids playing the "lootbox casino" with their parent's money (it's disgusting), to this you add the sexual harassment allegations, discrimination and intellectual theft ..

Riot games, only in rare cases managed to create a few original(ish) champions most of them are are "inspired" (more like INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT) by characters from other games/movies (veigar that's vivi from ff9, vladimir skins jarvan lore is that your ARTHAS ?! "Edgar Davids successfully sues League of Legends for 'Striker Lucian' skin likeness" https://www.goal.com/en/news/edgar-davids-successfully-sues-league-of-legends-video-game/1lx14iqlfdn4m1t879wfubopff

The game is toxic the community is toxic the working environment at rito is toxic the sooner this company goes bankrupt the better for everyone.

Destaice11/14/2018, 9:00:59 PM1 votes
Hilsun11/14/2018, 10:11:34 PM1 votes

I can't (easily) find any other information about this. Anyone know more about this story/person who was let go?