Riot Games made a post on Valorant, revealing the sexual orientation of its two characters for the first time. The sharing, which showed that the characters were gay, created controversy in the game world.
Free FPS game released by Riot Games in June 2020 Valorantbecame the agenda on social media with the sharing made on Sunday. The game’s official Twitter account included the moment when female agents Killjoy and Raze kissed.
The sharing only included the image showing the relationship of the duo. With the sharing, the sexual orientation of some characters was also confirmed for the first time in Valorant. The sharing divided the gaming world over LGBT support, while the minutes garnered thousands of comments. As of now, the post has hundreds of thousands of likes.
Sharing from Valorant’s account:
Some supported Riot Games’ move:
“I don’t care about Valorant, but I do care about gay people, so (sharing) is very good.”
“Very good, how and why do people get angry about this?”
Others opposed this move:
So what kind of environment did this sharing create?
The sharing of Valorant also divided the players in ‘playing the game’. After this sharing, some started to say that they would continue to play the game either because they supported the sharing or because they did not care, while others began to say that they would quit the game especially because of this sharing.
Riot Games’ support for LGBT has been going on for many years:
Riot Games has not shared the sexual orientation of any of its characters in Valorant to date. On the other hand, League of Legends, the most popular game of the developer, has been including these elements for years. There are many gay characters in the game.
However, five years ago, the company set out to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer individuals.It Gets Better ProjectHe had partnered with. With this partnership, special events were held in both Valorant and League of Legends.
So what do you think about the sharing from Valorant’s account?
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