A clip shared by Australian streamer Taylor Morgan has recently gone viral on social media, showing her being harassed and receiving threats from a stranger while playing Valorant.
In her lengthy X (formerly Twitter) post, Morgan demanded a hardware ban for the player who threatened her while tagging Riot Games.
“The suspensions are not enough,” the streamer said. “Nothing will ever stop these men from acting this way until hardware bans go into play. They should never be able to play the game again”
Riot Games is usually pretty swift on imposing bans on players who verbally abuse or harass other players in their titles. However, these bans are often temporary and last only a few weeks.
“I know you hear us. I know you see us,” Morgan continued. “If this goes unpunished I am taking this as an active act from you that you do not give a single fuck about any of the women and minorities that play your game, and I will rally to boycott.”
Anna Donlon, the Valorant Dev Team Lead, replied to the post a day later, and claimed that they were “taking actions against this account.”
“Our teams are always working on our behavior tools, but we have room to improve…and we will,” Donlon further said.
A segment of the community also criticized Morgan for keeping the harasser unmuted “for content.” Some users shared a clip where Morgan can be seen saying, “The only reason I have him unmuted is for content.”
The VODs of the incident have since been deleted from her Twitch handle.
