Valorant: Killjoy's NFT Stance Clarified By Riot After Backlash
Riot Games recently had to clarify that a character from the game Valorant isn’t a fan of NFTs after fan backlash towards a recent image that showed the character, Killjoy, admiring NFT artwork. Killjoy joined the team-based first-person shooter Valorant roster this past summer. The Valorant social media pages recently hosted a special event where images were posted of the character Killjoy spending a day in her home city of Berlin, Germany. This included riding public transit, enjoying local food, and taking in some art at a museum.
The subject of NFTs (which stands for non-fungible tokens) in video games is a sore subject for many players. Despite it being the latest craze for companies to jump on, NFTs are ultimately bad for video games, and the world in general. Aside from the global warming side-effects of cryptocurrency, gatekeeping content like soundtracks and concept art behind NFTs, while highly profitable, lessens the gaming experience for the general public. Hence why there was such a large backlash when the Valorant team even hinted at the idea of NFTs.
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The official Valorant Twitter account posted an apology to their fans, clarifying that the character Killjoy is not a fan of NFTs and that the artist featured was only meant to be one from Berlin, not intentionally an NFT artist. Overall the response to the apology tweet was mixed between fans being relieved that Riot wasn’t about to start selling NFTs, and other fans confused why this needed to be clarified in the first place. One response from a Twitter user, ReallyWendi, pointed out how this was a very strange way to learn about Riot’s stance on NFTs, but on the bright side, at least now
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