WARNING
This thread contains extremely disturbing material. Please remember to take breaks and post responsibly.
Ubisoft
YongYea - "Top Ubisoft Execs Resign After Awful Work Environment & Creative Practices Are Exposed"
Nightengale - "[Liberation] Sexual harassment at Ubisoft: "We knew". (>100 cases from harassment to rape, half were known to HR, toxicity tolerated with results)"
Jim Sterling - "Ubisoft Spent Years Protecting Mental And Physical Abusers (The Jimquisition)"
Jim Sterling - "Ubisoft's Spineless CEO Dodges Accountability For Widespread Company Abuse"
Bonus
Voyboy - "Standing with the victims"
Amelia Mary-Justice - "The gaming community still doesn't "get" sexual violence"
Amandabb - "Why is it so HARD to just believe women..."
The Black Hokage - "Rant: Our Queens could use more empathy"
Mew2King - "My Thoughts"
Asmongold - "Regarding Streamers/Orgs and Sexual Misconduct..." (click the link for the full video)
Jim Sterling - "A Truly Fucked Up Industry (The Jimquisition)"
Maximilian Dood - "Real Talk: EVO Online Cancelled & The Future of the FGC"
Summary
DanGr123_ - "Dozens of women have levied sexual assault allegations towards several Twitch streamers, YouTubers, gaming/esports personalities, and gaming industry personnel"
Synopsis
__Hello_my_name_is__ - "From what I can tell, this began in the UK professional wrestling Twitter sphere of all places. All kinds of women have spoken up about various wrestlers and other people in the scene, which has led to multiple high-profile firings, suspensions and bans in various places (WWE: Jack Gallagher fired, Impact: Joey Ryan, Dave Crist fired, Michael Eglin suspended. AEW: Sammy Guevara suspended (for a rape joke) NWA: Pretty much the entire league went bankrupt after one of the founders was accused and stepped down, though COVID-19 certainly played a role here too.). There's way too many threads to link here and too many accusations to mention, basically all of r/SquaredCircle is nothing but this one topic right now, and has been for the last week. This (I presume) then sparked similar twitter threads in the Twitch community. Y'know, video game streaming and whatnot. Plenty of callouts, too. Which in turn led to Dota2, as OP describe. And also Starcraft 2.
TL;DR: This is a full-blown second #metoo movement of sorts, spanning several genres and communities.
Edit: It's also possible that it started out in the comic book community instead, or that the Chris D'Elia accusations were the first instance of this new movement."
JessyQuil - "Yeah I've been backing up all call-outs and responses given to me off site. In multiple places" (second link includes compilation of "Survivor Stories of Harassement/Abuse/Assault within the gaming live-streaming industry").
Slasher - "Over the last 48 hours, dozens of women from within the gaming and streaming industry have levied sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and sexual assault allegations towards several major Twitch streamers, YouTubers, gaming/esports personalities, and gaming industry personnel. Included in the allegations are Omeed Dariani, CEO of OP Group (OPG), a content creator management company. today Omeed has stepped down as CEO and over a dozen Twitch streamers and YouTubers including Dodger, CohhCarnage, Strippin, and Towelliee have now dropped OPG."
Omeed Dariani, CEO of OP Group (OPG) - "I am no longer the CEO of OPG. OPG is a special company. It has created opportunity where none existed before. The talented women and men who work there pour their hearts into it daily. Give them a chance. Please don't destroy it because you're angry at me."
Context
DanGr_123 - "It seems like it all started in the Destiny game community with allegations against SayNoToRage...A lot of the stories of the allegations in this thread on twitter."
Twitch's first response
Twitch - "We take accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct extremely seriously. We are actively looking into the accounts concerning streamers affiliated with Twitch and will work with law enforcement where applicable. We're thankful for the bravery shown by those who have come forward to speak about their experiences, and we are commited to working to make the streaming community safer for everyone."
Backlash against Twitch's response
Samantha Wong - "These are empty words considering you, as a company, minimized and dismissed my sexual harassment and continued to let the predator attend your events and gave him live segments at E3 on your official channel."
Justin Wong - "I was a VP at Twitch and I reported this to the relationship-owning VP, the head of HR, and the CEO. All assured me it would be handled. Next year he was in the same VIP space at the same Twitch event. I was told he was the VP's uncle and an "important" initiative launch partner."
Starling - "I'm sick of being quiet. The CEO of @Twitch, @eshear was asked in an All Hands meeting about partners using their platforms to abuse women- specifically using my case as an example. He chuckled, said "wow, the things that go on on our platform, can't really comment," & moved on."
Twitch's secondary response
Twitch - "We want to provide an update on our investigations into the recent allegations of sexual abuse and harassment involving Twitch streamers and actions we're taking. We are reviewing each case that has come to light as quickly as possible, while ensuring appropriate due diligence as we assess these serious allegations. We've prioritized the most severe cases and will begin issuing permanent suspensions in line with our findings immediately. In many of the cases, the alleged incident took place off Twitch, and we need more information to make a determination. In some cases we will need to report the case to the proper authorities who are better placed to conduct a more thorough investigation. For those who've come forward and would like to share additional information, and to anyone who hasn't shared their experience and wants to do so, you can report confidentially through the reporting tools on each streamer's channel page.
We're also committed to continuing our efforts to make Twitch a safer environment with more tools to combat harassment and hate. We have work underway including a review of our Hateful Conduct and Harassment policies, enhanced offensive username detection, improvements to AutoMod and our Banned Words list, and other projects focused on reducing harassment and hateful conduct.
Those who have come forward have shown incredible strength, vulnerability, and bravery. We acknowledge that we can't singlehandedly tackle pervasive issues across the gaming and broader internet communities, but we take our responsibility as a service for our community seriously. We will continue to assess accusations against people affiliated with Twitch and explore ways Twitch can collaborate with other industry leaders on this important issue."
Twitch Staff
Zerothian - "Accusations against Hassan Bokhari"
AllyBooop & Chantel - "Accusations against Daniel Green" (paraphrased)
Reddit's Reaction
Strong pocket Sandbag - "Allegation Megathread (hopefully) temporarily taken down due to an automated response by the Reddit admins. Trying to get this resolved with the admins asap."
RIPDODGERSBANDWAGON - "Ban Wave: Party 2"
Vice - "Ban Wave: Part 1"
League of Legends
DBS - "Hashinshin, a League of Legends Esports personality and streamer, admits to sexting 13 year old girl among other minors"
Falcom Community
No Context Falcom - "[THREAD] There will not be a No Context post today. It has been made clear today that a problematic individual in this community has been harassing multiple women for the last few months. I will be making a thread compiling the various statements made by the victims."
Dota 2 Esports
Lonerwithboner - "I don't think there has been much discussion about this in the Dota 2 subreddit. Over the last few hours, several prominent female Dota 2 esports personalities have come forward and have made allegations of sexual harassment." (click the link for the full thread)
Leafeator - "Lifting from /u/reinessa to provide context for anyone coming in blind to this post, or wanting to refrence older threads. It's long. Sorry." (click the link for the full thread)
Fighting Game Community
Banard's Loop - "EVO staff is incompetent and mistreated & exploited its seeding teams at least as far back as 2016"
Sky Williams - "The house of Nightmares"
SalvaPot - "LoL and Smash personality Sky Williams housed several of the Smash players involved in scandals, with access to alcohol, drugs to underage guests."
blade430 - "Summary of Pedophiles, sexual assaulters, rapists, and groomers exposed in r/smashbros"
Male Corrin (Smash 4) - "Summary of sexual and non-sexual allegations"
RobotPirateMoses - "Summary of FGC-related sexual harassment/abuse/assault, racism, homophobia, transphobia and similarly vile incidents."
Jisu - "The truth about Zero, Katie, and Sky" (64 pages of disturbing material)
Cavemold582 - "Joey head of EVO being accused of sexual abuse to minor. EVO be over for good."
Hinata2000100 - "EVO Online has been fully cancelled, Mr Wiz has been fired from working with EVO, Tony Cannon is new CEO"
GoldenFate17 - "This was said about Wizard back in 2018."
World of Warcraft Community
Flair Tamer - "As I am sure many of you are aware, there have recently been several allegations of sexual misconduct made against prominent members of the World of Warcraft community (and others in the wider video-game world). As was the case with the Blitzchung event last October, discussions around this topic do not fall within the scope of our subreddit rules. However, we recognize that sometimes circumstances arise where those rules should be laid aside for the greater benefit of the community. This is clearly one of those times." (click the link for the full thread)
Esports Casters
LiteralGrill - "MacD Sexual Assault Alligations (And how my career was destroyed in esports)"
Forbes - "Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner Leaves Esports After Assault Allegations"
Media Coverage
Kotaku - "Ubisoft Employees Have 'Grave Concerns' Over Toronto Studio's Misconduct Allegations"
VGC - "Splinter Cell creative resigns following sexual misconduct allegations"
Esports Heaven - "Jacob Wolf on recent sexual misconduct in Esports:"Sexism, misogyny and sexual abuse isn't new in esports, nor was it ever a secret, but it's always been hard to get people to speak on-the-record against powerful abusers in fear of recourse, especially professional career impact".
ESPN - "Sexual abuse allegations surface in fighting game community."
Gamesutra - "Ubisoft CEO sanctions formation of 'multidisciplinary working group' to tackle abuse."
Business Insider (FR) - "On vous résume l'affaire Ubisoft dans laquelle des haut placés sont accusés d'harcèlement et d'agressions sexuelles."
Forbes - "Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner Leaves Esports After Assault Allegations."
CNN - "Gaming world faces one of its biggest #MeToo moments yet as Fedmyster is removed from OfflineTV"
This thread contains extremely disturbing material. Please remember to take breaks and post responsibly.
Ubisoft
YongYea - "Top Ubisoft Execs Resign After Awful Work Environment & Creative Practices Are Exposed"
Nightengale - "[Liberation] Sexual harassment at Ubisoft: "We knew". (>100 cases from harassment to rape, half were known to HR, toxicity tolerated with results)"
Jim Sterling - "Ubisoft Spent Years Protecting Mental And Physical Abusers (The Jimquisition)"
Jim Sterling - "Ubisoft's Spineless CEO Dodges Accountability For Widespread Company Abuse"
Bonus
Voyboy - "Standing with the victims"
Amelia Mary-Justice - "The gaming community still doesn't "get" sexual violence"
Amandabb - "Why is it so HARD to just believe women..."
The Black Hokage - "Rant: Our Queens could use more empathy"
Mew2King - "My Thoughts"
Asmongold - "Regarding Streamers/Orgs and Sexual Misconduct..." (click the link for the full video)
Jim Sterling - "A Truly Fucked Up Industry (The Jimquisition)"
Maximilian Dood - "Real Talk: EVO Online Cancelled & The Future of the FGC"
Summary
DanGr123_ - "Dozens of women have levied sexual assault allegations towards several Twitch streamers, YouTubers, gaming/esports personalities, and gaming industry personnel"
Synopsis
__Hello_my_name_is__ - "From what I can tell, this began in the UK professional wrestling Twitter sphere of all places. All kinds of women have spoken up about various wrestlers and other people in the scene, which has led to multiple high-profile firings, suspensions and bans in various places (WWE: Jack Gallagher fired, Impact: Joey Ryan, Dave Crist fired, Michael Eglin suspended. AEW: Sammy Guevara suspended (for a rape joke) NWA: Pretty much the entire league went bankrupt after one of the founders was accused and stepped down, though COVID-19 certainly played a role here too.). There's way too many threads to link here and too many accusations to mention, basically all of r/SquaredCircle is nothing but this one topic right now, and has been for the last week. This (I presume) then sparked similar twitter threads in the Twitch community. Y'know, video game streaming and whatnot. Plenty of callouts, too. Which in turn led to Dota2, as OP describe. And also Starcraft 2.
TL;DR: This is a full-blown second #metoo movement of sorts, spanning several genres and communities.
Edit: It's also possible that it started out in the comic book community instead, or that the Chris D'Elia accusations were the first instance of this new movement."
JessyQuil - "Yeah I've been backing up all call-outs and responses given to me off site. In multiple places" (second link includes compilation of "Survivor Stories of Harassement/Abuse/Assault within the gaming live-streaming industry").
Slasher - "Over the last 48 hours, dozens of women from within the gaming and streaming industry have levied sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and sexual assault allegations towards several major Twitch streamers, YouTubers, gaming/esports personalities, and gaming industry personnel. Included in the allegations are Omeed Dariani, CEO of OP Group (OPG), a content creator management company. today Omeed has stepped down as CEO and over a dozen Twitch streamers and YouTubers including Dodger, CohhCarnage, Strippin, and Towelliee have now dropped OPG."
Omeed Dariani, CEO of OP Group (OPG) - "I am no longer the CEO of OPG. OPG is a special company. It has created opportunity where none existed before. The talented women and men who work there pour their hearts into it daily. Give them a chance. Please don't destroy it because you're angry at me."
Context
DanGr_123 - "It seems like it all started in the Destiny game community with allegations against SayNoToRage...A lot of the stories of the allegations in this thread on twitter."
Twitch's first response
Twitch - "We take accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct extremely seriously. We are actively looking into the accounts concerning streamers affiliated with Twitch and will work with law enforcement where applicable. We're thankful for the bravery shown by those who have come forward to speak about their experiences, and we are commited to working to make the streaming community safer for everyone."
Backlash against Twitch's response
Samantha Wong - "These are empty words considering you, as a company, minimized and dismissed my sexual harassment and continued to let the predator attend your events and gave him live segments at E3 on your official channel."
Justin Wong - "I was a VP at Twitch and I reported this to the relationship-owning VP, the head of HR, and the CEO. All assured me it would be handled. Next year he was in the same VIP space at the same Twitch event. I was told he was the VP's uncle and an "important" initiative launch partner."
Starling - "I'm sick of being quiet. The CEO of @Twitch, @eshear was asked in an All Hands meeting about partners using their platforms to abuse women- specifically using my case as an example. He chuckled, said "wow, the things that go on on our platform, can't really comment," & moved on."
Twitch's secondary response
Twitch - "We want to provide an update on our investigations into the recent allegations of sexual abuse and harassment involving Twitch streamers and actions we're taking. We are reviewing each case that has come to light as quickly as possible, while ensuring appropriate due diligence as we assess these serious allegations. We've prioritized the most severe cases and will begin issuing permanent suspensions in line with our findings immediately. In many of the cases, the alleged incident took place off Twitch, and we need more information to make a determination. In some cases we will need to report the case to the proper authorities who are better placed to conduct a more thorough investigation. For those who've come forward and would like to share additional information, and to anyone who hasn't shared their experience and wants to do so, you can report confidentially through the reporting tools on each streamer's channel page.
We're also committed to continuing our efforts to make Twitch a safer environment with more tools to combat harassment and hate. We have work underway including a review of our Hateful Conduct and Harassment policies, enhanced offensive username detection, improvements to AutoMod and our Banned Words list, and other projects focused on reducing harassment and hateful conduct.
Those who have come forward have shown incredible strength, vulnerability, and bravery. We acknowledge that we can't singlehandedly tackle pervasive issues across the gaming and broader internet communities, but we take our responsibility as a service for our community seriously. We will continue to assess accusations against people affiliated with Twitch and explore ways Twitch can collaborate with other industry leaders on this important issue."
Twitch Staff
Zerothian - "Accusations against Hassan Bokhari"
AllyBooop & Chantel - "Accusations against Daniel Green" (paraphrased)
Reddit's Reaction
Strong pocket Sandbag - "Allegation Megathread (hopefully) temporarily taken down due to an automated response by the Reddit admins. Trying to get this resolved with the admins asap."
RIPDODGERSBANDWAGON - "Ban Wave: Party 2"
Vice - "Ban Wave: Part 1"
League of Legends
DBS - "Hashinshin, a League of Legends Esports personality and streamer, admits to sexting 13 year old girl among other minors"
Falcom Community
No Context Falcom - "[THREAD] There will not be a No Context post today. It has been made clear today that a problematic individual in this community has been harassing multiple women for the last few months. I will be making a thread compiling the various statements made by the victims."
Dota 2 Esports
Lonerwithboner - "I don't think there has been much discussion about this in the Dota 2 subreddit. Over the last few hours, several prominent female Dota 2 esports personalities have come forward and have made allegations of sexual harassment." (click the link for the full thread)
Leafeator - "Lifting from /u/reinessa to provide context for anyone coming in blind to this post, or wanting to refrence older threads. It's long. Sorry." (click the link for the full thread)
Fighting Game Community
Banard's Loop - "EVO staff is incompetent and mistreated & exploited its seeding teams at least as far back as 2016"
Sky Williams - "The house of Nightmares"
SalvaPot - "LoL and Smash personality Sky Williams housed several of the Smash players involved in scandals, with access to alcohol, drugs to underage guests."
blade430 - "Summary of Pedophiles, sexual assaulters, rapists, and groomers exposed in r/smashbros"
Male Corrin (Smash 4) - "Summary of sexual and non-sexual allegations"
RobotPirateMoses - "Summary of FGC-related sexual harassment/abuse/assault, racism, homophobia, transphobia and similarly vile incidents."
Jisu - "The truth about Zero, Katie, and Sky" (64 pages of disturbing material)
Cavemold582 - "Joey head of EVO being accused of sexual abuse to minor. EVO be over for good."
Hinata2000100 - "EVO Online has been fully cancelled, Mr Wiz has been fired from working with EVO, Tony Cannon is new CEO"
GoldenFate17 - "This was said about Wizard back in 2018."
World of Warcraft Community
Flair Tamer - "As I am sure many of you are aware, there have recently been several allegations of sexual misconduct made against prominent members of the World of Warcraft community (and others in the wider video-game world). As was the case with the Blitzchung event last October, discussions around this topic do not fall within the scope of our subreddit rules. However, we recognize that sometimes circumstances arise where those rules should be laid aside for the greater benefit of the community. This is clearly one of those times." (click the link for the full thread)
Esports Casters
LiteralGrill - "MacD Sexual Assault Alligations (And how my career was destroyed in esports)"
Forbes - "Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner Leaves Esports After Assault Allegations"
Media Coverage
Kotaku - "Ubisoft Employees Have 'Grave Concerns' Over Toronto Studio's Misconduct Allegations"
VGC - "Splinter Cell creative resigns following sexual misconduct allegations"
Esports Heaven - "Jacob Wolf on recent sexual misconduct in Esports:"Sexism, misogyny and sexual abuse isn't new in esports, nor was it ever a secret, but it's always been hard to get people to speak on-the-record against powerful abusers in fear of recourse, especially professional career impact".
ESPN - "Sexual abuse allegations surface in fighting game community."
Gamesutra - "Ubisoft CEO sanctions formation of 'multidisciplinary working group' to tackle abuse."
Business Insider (FR) - "On vous résume l'affaire Ubisoft dans laquelle des haut placés sont accusés d'harcèlement et d'agressions sexuelles."
Forbes - "Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner Leaves Esports After Assault Allegations."
CNN - "Gaming world faces one of its biggest #MeToo moments yet as Fedmyster is removed from OfflineTV"
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