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I've worked with NCsoft since , including 5 years in the Austin office and after a brief time away from the company I returned to spend almost a year in the European office.

I've worked to launch or support multiple products or expansions, including the Lineage and City of Heroes franchises. As you've probably seen, NCsoft West is undergoing restructuring which involves the relocation of certain key staff.

We're building a dedicated production studio to support titles like Aion gold and the Lineage franchise. We've added Lani "Liv" Blazier as our Aion gold Community Manager recently and she is already taking an extremely active role within the community. Within the MMO community, this role is of vital importance and great to have someone who understands the importance of the player base and will be a tireless advocate of the community needs.

Liv has spent the past several days gathering information and answers that are important to the community. We want to continue this open dialogue with the players and look forward to more as we move toward and past our Aion gold launch.

We really have an exciting time ahead of us in regards to ongoing updates to existing products, new releases on the horizon, and closer cooperation and coordination between the European and North American territories. I, as Corki, cruised into position in the Nashor's pit and began unloading rounds on the big purple guy. Through the white noise blaring from my headset, I could hear the dim roar of the crowd. The only thing I could think was "I can't keep my hands warm.

My team retreated for a moment, then charged back into the pit to finish the job. He flashed, popped Smite, and stole it. This was the first of three bloody matches to determine the coveted Bronze Rumble Championship title. My team Bronze with Benefits and our opponents the Baron-stealing BBB had climbed the ladder and emerged at the top of a bracket consisting of 13 of Riot's toughest, meanest Bronze-tier teams.

And after a grueling season and series of playoff matches, it all came down to this. Riot Rumble, our in-house League championship series, began as a makeshift tournament thrown together by random Rioters. Over the years it's grown to become a cherished tradition—on average, over 70 percent of Rioters participate each season.

Once you've been sorted into a division, you're free to put together a team with other Rioters at your skill level. To help lonely hearts find the squad of their dreams, the volunteer-led Rumble Committee usually sets up a day for a meet-and-greet where free agents can mingle with short-staffed teams.

With a little salesmanship on my part, I found my team. As Riot has grown, so has Rumble. With hundreds of Rioters participating, the competitive aspect of the tournament has only intensified—there can only be one winning team per division each season, and the victors get a swanky custom-made jacket with their summoner name emblazoned on the back.

The jacket and bragging rights are the only extrinsic incentives to participate you don't, like, get a raise if you win , but that doesn't stop the tournament from getting seriously competitive. His team made it all the way to the finals that year, and to this day he's still a little salty about what went down.

CaptSturm played support at the time. Everyone knew who did it. Some people thought it was funny. It was well known he did that and no one stopped it. The worst part was everyone I asked had a different answer! Four former Riot employees have alleged to Kotaku that one male employee in a position of leadership has a recognized history of making sexual comments about or in the presence of colleagues.

One former Riot employee alleges he sexually molested her outside of work hours. Reach our team by phone, text, Signal, or WhatsApp at , email us at tips gizmodomedia. Riot would not comment on these specific allegations and, asked for comment, these employees did not respond.

When leaders at the company engage in edgy behavior that might alienate or objectify women while at the same time preferencing employees they can pal around with, women are disadvantaged. One current employee summed it up well:.

And all those people seem to be men. There are varying degrees of how their behavior is abhorrent, ranging from abhorrent all the way through disappointing. All of it stems from [the idea that] in order for your project to move ahead or get ahead at this company, you have to be friends with a certain person in a higher position. And that person has an exclusive club … I have not been able to see [women] join that club. What shocks two current employees is the fact that some of the men in leadership who have allegations against them are still coming to work.

There seems to be a subtext that leadership would very much like to remain in charge. Reached for comment, a Riot representative told Kotaku that investigations take time. To ensure our investigations generate fair and just outcomes, we must be consistent and comprehensive with every case, including by making a thorough and unbiased evaluation of all available evidence. This takes time and needs to follow a process. This way, we can speak to all witnesses as they emerge, and can also protect complainants from potential interference or retaliation.