Mods, please feel free to delete or move if this goes against forum policy; Just wanted to bring this up in case staff was unaware.
Given D&D Beyond's vocal (and extremely welcome) support of BLM and initiatives in toward inclusivity in the media you produce, I would highly encourage y'all to reconsider future collaborations with Riot Games. They have an extensive and storied history of discrimination and sexual harassment, a terrible "crunch" culture, a history of not paying their artists and contractors, and now, well... This:
While Riot has made statements insisting that this doesn't reflect their values, they have an enormous number of human rights violations on their record by upper management, and it just keeps happening.
While the Runeterra supplement has some excellent work and material in it, I feel like your incredibly talented writers and staff could easily make products of similar caliber and value without attaching your name to a company who's management clearly and consistently goes against your core values.
Hope this doesn't come off as a "shame on you" or anything - just wanted to make sure staff was aware of the optics of the current situation.
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Mods, please feel free to delete or move if this goes against forum policy; Just wanted to bring this up in case staff was unaware.
Given D&D Beyond's vocal (and extremely welcome) support of BLM and initiatives in toward inclusivity in the media you produce, I would highly encourage y'all to reconsider future collaborations with Riot Games. They have an extensive and storied history of discrimination and sexual harassment, a terrible "crunch" culture, a history of not paying their artists and contractors, and now, well... This:
https://kotaku.com/riot-games-executive-says-george-floyd-was-murdered-by-1843987857
While Riot has made statements insisting that this doesn't reflect their values, they have an enormous number of human rights violations on their record by upper management, and it just keeps happening.
While the Runeterra supplement has some excellent work and material in it, I feel like your incredibly talented writers and staff could easily make products of similar caliber and value without attaching your name to a company who's management clearly and consistently goes against your core values.
Hope this doesn't come off as a "shame on you" or anything - just wanted to make sure staff was aware of the optics of the current situation.