Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - “RIOT GAMES TO PAY $100M IN DISCRIMINATION CASE”

Episode Date: June 11, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticRiot Games to Pay $100 Million in Discrimination CaseRiot Games, the video game developer behind popular titles like League of Legends and Valorant, has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by a group of female employees who alleged that they were subjected to sexual harassment, pay discrimination, and retaliation.The settlement is the largest ever reached in a gender discrimination case in the video game industry. It is also a significant victory for the plaintiffs, who had been fighting for years to hold Riot Games accountable for its discriminatory practices.The settlement includes a number of provisions, including:A $100 million fund to be paid to the plaintiffs and other affected employees.The creation of a new diversity and inclusion department at Riot Games.The implementation of new policies and procedures to prevent discrimination and harassment.The settlement is a major step forward for gender equality in the video game industry. It sends a message that discrimination will not be tolerated, and it provides a blueprint for other companies to follow.In this podcast, we will discuss the details of the settlement, the implications for the video game industry, and the future of gender equality in gaming.If you are interested in learning more about this case, be sure to tune in to our podcast.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Now, I'm going to start this off by saying, wouldn't it have been easy or easier to just respect women? Because at the end of the day, Riot Games have found themselves in a predicament. And I mean the type of predicament that's going to take you decades to pay off. And that's being generous. As Riot Games, which is a gaming development studio, has been ordered to pay over 1,500, women compensation following the $100 million settlement of a gender discrimination lawsuit. Now, if you want to know more about it, back in December 2021, Riot Games agreed to pay $100 million in a class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination and sexual harassment.

Of course, the lawsuit was filed in 2018. So this has been like... All jokes aside, this has been happening so long in the gaming space that when one person speaks up and they say they're lying and somebody believes that they're lying, then it makes all the other women kind of not want to speak out anymore. And obviously, I'm saying that as a male, so I can't really speak to that as specific as I want to. But let's just say, I'm not going to say it's the domino effect, but somebody had to come forward and come. come with actual evidence for this whole lawsuit to even be applicable for riot games because apparently this has been happening for quite some time now so this lawsuit was filed in 2018 by two former riot employees and they have their names but i don't want to say their names just in case

people um be acting weird and try to find them so anyways the settlement will provide compensation for over 1500 women who worked at riot games between november 2014 and december 2021. Now you just do the math on that. So the lawsuit alleges that Riot Games had a boys club, quote unquote, culture that discriminated against women in terms of pay, promotions, and opportunities. And the lawsuit also alleged that the women at Riot Games were subjected to sexual harassment, including unwanted touching comments and jokes. Ride Games, of course, denied the allegations in the lawsuit but agreed to settle the case to avoid further legal costs and negative publicity. And they said that this settlement is the largest ever of a gender discrimination lawsuit

in video game history. So what that tells me is that Riot Games is about to be a riot. No, just fine. My fault. My father decided. That was pretty bad. You know, you could throw your tomatoes. My bad.

I ain't know what to say. Anyways, let me go back. So Riot Games is about to be bankrupt, basically, and riots are going to start happening across the workplace because they're going to be trying to figure out who was the bad apple and it kicked them out when they could have just all respected women in the first place. So now that they had this whole fiasco happen, founded themselves in this predicament, have to pay this $100 million class action lawsuit settlement. is to the point where riot games will probably most likely go under because I don't know any gaming developing studio that can handle that $100 million settlement and still run business as usual. But hey, guess what? At the end of the day, like I just said at the beginning of the segment, you could have just

respected women and found yourself not in this circumstance in the first place. So I would say the settlement is a definitely, it's definitely positive, like 100% positively, a step in the right direction. But it's also, it's also easier to point out that it's a win rather than point out there's still a whole lot more scenarios just like this happening in the gaming industry and people are still afraid to speak up. So at this point in time, I think that if. If you have something that you can obviously prove and something that's been done for you in the aspect of unwanted touching comments or jokes, I think you should take this article as a sign that you can basically win against a gaming developing studio. If you go to the, if you come with, I don't know, I don't even want to say the right evidence because even that sounds weird. But anyways, it just shows you that it can happen. Like, people will actually believe you because we do live in a society where sometimes

women say certain things about certain males and then people just brush it off to the side because either the male makes more money or the woman, they just don't care about her at all because she's a woman. So there's a lot of things like that happening with the gender wars. And obviously, I'm a male so I can't speak to it as in detail as I want to, as I said earlier in this segment. But I will say it's definitely an important step. and if anybody's going through this in their own workplace,

hopefully this article lets you know there's a sign of light at the end of the tunnel that can help you come out yourself and not feel afraid. So click my link to your in my bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about riot games and them having to pay $100 million in the settlement for a class action lawsuit? And also, with this settlement, do you care? If ride games go under as a gaming development studio or not.