YouTuber IShowSpeed has been banned from all of Riot’s games after a video went viral of him making misogynistic comments in a Valorant match.
The whole thing has been blowing up on Twitter with people like xQc, Macaiyla and Keemstar all weighing in – here’s everything you need to know.
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lol but they never call out racist shit that’s funny
He simply didn’t deserve it. It’s for entertainment purposes.
top 10 reasons why i dont play valorant
i get use to those kind of acts as a female but then still even this dude banned about players getting toxic doesnt change… 😀 and its still there saying "to make the game safe" is laughable because it will never be what they did is just banning a streamer but not an actual casual player XD
valorant requires team play and no solo play except for dm
I mean if their gonna ban Speed then they might aswell ban the girl since she was toxic as well
Crazy how everyone thinks they can virtue signal everything 😒. All games are becoming boring because people can’t handle trash talking
This is such a massive over reaction. God the white knights and virtue signaling morons need to touch grass.
This shit still funny as hell though
If only everyone just had RESPECT
"banned from all riot games" Shiver me timbers!
I understand him saying mean stuff to people is bad but if he paid money to play the game unless he is cheating he own the game isn’t right to ban him
that clip is weeks, if not months old lol
Speed is goofy af
Bro they ban him for being sexist but not the ones in his stream that were being racist
If she did the same thing , literally the same or worst , everyone would be backing her up , honestly she deserve it , she's a lame cornball
This dude has not grown at all. He hasn't changed, and I doubt he ever will change. He purposefully says the most insane, gross, and just plain wrong shit he possibly can because it gets a reaction out of his community. He's built his entire platform around being a sexist jackass who harasses everyone around him, but apparently it's fine because "it's a joke." It's not a joke if you're just being a blatant asshole. It's not humor to scream at someone over a match. It's not okay to harass someone to get a laugh.
this has nothing on Rust Vc and global chat lmao
The only people who care about words haven’t struggled bruh not even a bit. Dude always acts like this and fucks around anyways he was just doing him but oh well valorant is ass airways.
how i wish i could still trash talk like it was cod lobbies 10 years back, truly sad to see games becoming more than just a game
If you find someone toxic in a game and they’re saying mean shit mute them wtf
Speed needs mods and a team. He needs to end the text to speech donations since ppl take advantage of it to say vile things to him. He’s wrong in the sexist speech, but dude probably gets thousands of hate/ racist messages daily.
"only white characters can heal" sage isn't white
Y’all so soft💀 u think what he said was bad but if u play bo2 back then it was way worse🤷🏾♂️
"cRaP iS wHaCk" shutup tryna neutralize gaming we can act however tf we want on the internet
LOL XD
Deserved
CANCEL CULTURE AT ITS FINEST, ITS WORDS HAHAHA
I think riot needs to focus on moderation of much worse comms abuse instead of dishing out harsher punishment for all comms abuse as minor trash talk and toxicity will always be a thing (especially in such a competitive game). As a newer player I keep receiving toxicity towards me which leads me lashing out and then constantly being banned over and over and it really annoying. the game is 16+ riot needs to stop acting like it’s a kindergarten.
Treating women like children once again. Everyone coming to defend when it's sexism, doing nothing when it's about anything else.
She was talking shit so he talked some shit back. It's a video game.
That’s all he said.. ??? “Is a female talking to me?” That’s it???? That’s what got him banned… ??? Yo this kid is annoying af but perma banned from all riot games for this? If that’s all he said.. what he said is fucking mild
But don't ban the racist people that caused him to say that-
Is not speeds fault to be toxic, riot games community is always been toxic and trying to blame speed about it
I think the ban was simply for clout
Crazy the times we live this shit is normal and ima say it sexism isnt as bad as racism
IMO if someone does something that most people might not like, they should be called out, then it's up their viewers to decide whether or not to stop watching them, and obviously potential bussines partners to decide whether or not the controversy is worth the possible profit.
In a perfect world, his ban is justified, but in a perfect world, everyone who is doing something bannable would get banned. I think that's the biggest problem for people because Rito Gemz have never, in their whole history as a company, given a shit about toxic players or what their playerbase wants, for that matter.
It's always the same. Some random controversy -> empty PR move from rito -> nothing changes. Banning Speed will change nothing. Sure, you can argue that's one less toxic player in the game, but like, that's honestly just a drop in the ocean. Rito only cares when their bottom line is at stake, so if millions of people see it, then they might get off their ass and do something, but otherwise, they don't give a shit.
As a former long time league player, I remember when obvious, simple to implement changes kept being asked for on the forums and on reddit and they just didn't give a shit saying stupid bullshit like it would be hard to implement or whatever. My computer science degree disagrees.