Two employees of the riot games are no longer with the company after the controversy over PAX West

Two employees of Riot Games, sYstems' designer, Daniel Klein, and communications assistant Mattias Lehman, are no longer in the business after publicly defending the decision to host a PAX workshop reserved for women and men. non-binary people.

Riot Games hosted an exclusive workshop at PAX West for women and non-binary people only. The workshop aimed to "Support women and non-binary people who are interested in getting into professional games." Klein Shared support of the decision and made a long thread on Twitter that has drawn the attention of the Riot Games fanbase – especially of League of Legends Fans.

The arguments quickly gained momentum on both sides, and Riot Games later tweeted that he expected his employees to act with respect, probably referring to Klein's debate. Lehmen, speaking on social media in the community, expressed his support for Klein following the situation.

Klein confirmed with The penis that Riot Games has fired for violating company policy on social media. Lehman did not confirm he had also been fired or left on his own.

This equivocation "on both sides" must stop, as well as the obsession with civility in the face of dehumanization. Criticizing someone for being rude while being harassed and threatened is a poor definition of priorities and a red herring.

I am with him in these difficult times.
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– Mattias Lehman (@MattiasLehman) September 5, 2018

Riot Games also issued a statement to The Verge on the departure of Klein and Lehman.

"These departures are independent of our efforts to evolve our culture, our culture remains our top priority, and we remain committed to taking the necessary steps to become a leader in diversity and inclusion," he said. he declares. "We always encourage rioters to share their views and we fully support the rioters' efforts to advance our diversity and inclusion initiatives.We are committed to making a real positive change to Riot's culture." . "

An article by Kotaku reported allegations of sex-culture and endemic sexism against women at Riot Games, supported by accounts of several former and current Riot Games employees through discussions on Twitter, Tumblr and articles on Medium.

Riot Games then released plans to fix the abuse of women in his company.

Cover photo courtesy of Riot Games