YouTuber IShowSpeed gets banned from Valorant after vile rant against women
YouTuber IShowSpeed recently had an in-game sexist rant go viral on Twitter, which led to the content creator being punished by a variety of outlets. He was already permanently banned on Twitch a few months back for allegedly threatening a woman on a dating show, but this more recent clip led to a ban by Riot Games.
Riot's game producer Sara Dadafshar tweeted that she had permabanned Speed. She wrote:
In the clip that ultimately went viral, IShowSpeed yelled at another male player and then a female player, berating them for playing the game and not doing their husband’s dishes. The rant took fire, and though some say it was just trash talk, or that the content creator has matured since that stream originally aired, he was still punished as a result.
Sara Dadafshar, a Riot Games producer, took to Twitter to inform the internet that he had been permanently banned across all of their games.
The YouTuber is well known for his Fortnite gameplay and made a public post to try and get his account back. In the thread that ultimately went viral, Lester Chen, YouTube’s Global Head of Gaming Creators, also spoke up.
As of now, IShowSpeed does not appear to be banned on YouTube, but Riot Games has not relented on their stance.
Social media’s opinion on IShowSpeed’s ban is mixed
The reaction to the YouTuber’s apparent ban across several games appears to be mixed. Some are largely disinterested, his fanbase is upset about it, and others on social media are glad someone was punished for their in-game actions.
One user pointed out that the players Speed berated were being racist towards him in a previous stream and said they should be banned for what they said as well.
A Twitter user hoped that others would get punished for what they say in-game,
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