Riot Games' Valorant is the shooter trend right now. But many women are harassed in the voice chats. Now streamer Pokimane is freaked out live about it.
- Valorant is a multiplayer tactical shooter from Riot Games.
- Twitch streamer Pokimane plays Valorant.
- Now the streamer is fighting sexist statements in voice chat at Valorant.
Los Angeles , California - Voice chat in shooter games is a great advantage for many players: In addition to private exchange, gamers can also give each other instructions in the game. Even when tactical shooter Valorant * Riot Games, to be published even in 2020 *, there is this voice chat option , but female for many players clearly disadvantageous. Humiliating statements against women are not uncommon even with Valorant . Streamers in particular are often victims of hostility. Streamer Pokimane was now furious about it and even drew attention to Riot Games .
Release (date of first publication) | 2020 |
Publisher | Riot Games |
series | - |
Platforms | PC |
developer | Riot Games |
genre | Tactical shooter |
Valorant (Riot Games): Twitch streamer Pokimane fights sexism in voice chats
The male-dominated gaming scene is particularly noticeable in voice chats , which are also available at Valorant from Riot Games : Because players have often complained of unpleasant comments from their male teammates. Some women even give themselves a different online name so that they are not recognized as a female player , in order to avoid any comments. In certain shooter games , women in particular are often accused of being the reason for a defeat.
Valorant: sexism on the agenda? Streamers Pokimane freaks out live
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In addition, there are humiliating and annoying comments that female gamers have to deal with. The Game Valorant also gives scope for sexism through its voice chats . During the first beta weeks, the whole thing went so far that several players on Twitter announced that they no longer wanted to play Valorant . Meanwhile, other players are said to have been banned because valorant gamers wanted to charge their cell phones. Ingame.de * reported this .
Valorant (Riot Games): Twitch streamers Pokimane and Fiona M make angry announcement on Twitter
The well-known twitching- Streamerin Pokimane that with real name Imane Anys is, commented on sexism in the voice chat from Valorant . The streamer urged all gamers to be nice to girls in voice chats . Pokimane is not alone with this opinion , because over 75,000 people have now liked their contribution ( as of April 24, 2020, 2:33 pm ). Her colleague Twitch Fiona M. also shared Pokimane's opinion and went one better : "I don't want to play Valorant anymore after trying it out for the first few days".
I just want to be treated normally, I don't even want to play valorant anymore after the first few day of trying it. I don't want to join voice comms ever when I can already see how bad it will be
- Fiona M (@ Nanal0l) April 22, 2020Like many other female Valorant gamers , Fiona just wants to be "treated normally," Twitch star Fiona M. posted on Twitter . A Twitter user replied to the women that it was not that easy for her male gamer colleagues to maintain respectful dealings with players . Because in shooter games like Valorant , men would be insulted as "simp" (translated: fool) if you were too nice to your co-players .
Valorant (Riot Games): According to Twitter post by Twitch star Pokimane - developer Joe Ziegler responds
The popular and attractive streamer Pokimane received so much attention with her tweet that even Riot Games employee and Valorant developer Joe Ziegler answered her. With approving words, Ziegler also advocates polite and respectful interaction between the players. At the moment, however, Riot Games has also received a lot of criticism. Many Valorant players find the anti-cheat software too strict, reported ingame.de * .
Game developers like Riot Games have often been accused of not wanting to position themselves clearly in the sexism debate in order to deter their male buyers. But the number of women in the gaming scene is growing, in principle the success of Twitch star Pokimane is the best example of this. Because she can easily keep up with her male Twitch colleagues in Valorant and Co.
Source: ingame.de
* ingame.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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