Street appears on the periphery of the chat log. Although he doesn’t say anything incriminating, it becomes clear that he was involved in this matter.
Street apologizes to Riot Games employees for “distraction”
This is what Street says now: Street has reached out in a message to Riot Games employees and apologized to them that his behavior from years ago is now causing such a stir.
He says: This room (“The Cosby Suite”) was a break room during BlizzCon – everyone knew back then that drinking happened there. But he never experienced any sexual harassment taking place there, as described in the accusations. Had he seen that, he would have definitely intervened.
In hindsight, he feels embarrassed about what nickname the room had, given what we now know. But in 2013, the reference to Bill Cosby was only an allusion to an old flea market portrait for him. He knew nothing about the allegations against Cosby.
Street says:
“Now that it’s said. I understand that the story puts everyone in a difficult situation and I’m sorry for that. I hope my reputation here at Riot and your individual experiences with me provide you a clear picture of what kind of person I am and what values I uphold.”
Chat was not meant for the public – but gross
What does he say about the chat? In response to critical fan inquiries, he says: In the chat, people were making jokes, which were clearly not meant for the public.
The “hot chicks” that were spoken about were Kosak’s wife and a friend. But Street admits: The chat was gross and he completely understands how this looks.
A former employee of WoW says on Twitter: Street invited her to that Cosby Suite back then. She trusted him, she respected him. For her, it was an “innocent party with drinks at her first BlizzCon.”
The former employee says: In the hotel room, she was then groped by Alex Afrasiabi. He was fired by Activision Blizzard in 2020 for his misconduct in 2013.
Street has since apologized for it. He didn’t know that such things were happening there.
What makes this so delicate: Riot Games was involved in a sexism scandal three years ago. At that time, similar accusations circulated against Riot Games employees as are now made against Activision Blizzard employees.
Riot Games pledged to improve back then and took measures to distance themselves from this behavior.
It now seems possible that Riot Games, to make a statement, will distance themselves from Street and fire him.
It appears that Greg Street was not personally involved in sexual harassment. But it now seems that he had knowledge of it and did not report it afterwards. This could have negative consequences for him. The tone on Twitter towards Street is, in any case, skeptical to hostile.
Riot Games has made great efforts to clarify and rectify their past misconduct:
LoL: Riot pays $10 million to 1000 women who worked there
In hindsight, he feels embarrassed about what nickname the room had, given what we now know. But in 2013, the reference to Bill Cosby was only an allusion to an old flea market portrait for him. He knew nothing about the allegations against Cosby.
Street says:
“Now that it’s said. I understand that the story puts everyone in a difficult situation and I’m sorry for that. I hope my reputation here at Riot and your individual experiences with me provide you a clear picture of what kind of person I am and what values I uphold.”
Chat was not meant for the public – but gross
What does he say about the chat? In response to critical fan inquiries, he says: In the chat, people were making jokes, which were clearly not meant for the public.
The “hot chicks” that were spoken about were Kosak’s wife and a friend. But Street admits: The chat was gross and he completely understands how this looks.
A former employee of WoW says on Twitter: Street invited her to that Cosby Suite back then. She trusted him, she respected him. For her, it was an “innocent party with drinks at her first BlizzCon.”
The former employee says: In the hotel room, she was then groped by Alex Afrasiabi. He was fired by Activision Blizzard in 2020 for his misconduct in 2013.
Street has since apologized for it. He didn’t know that such things were happening there.
What makes this so delicate: Riot Games was involved in a sexism scandal three years ago. At that time, similar accusations circulated against Riot Games employees as are now made against Activision Blizzard employees.
Riot Games pledged to improve back then and took measures to distance themselves from this behavior.
It now seems possible that Riot Games, to make a statement, will distance themselves from Street and fire him.
It appears that Greg Street was not personally involved in sexual harassment. But it now seems that he had knowledge of it and did not report it afterwards. This could have negative consequences for him. The tone on Twitter towards Street is, in any case, skeptical to hostile.
Riot Games has made great efforts to clarify and rectify their past misconduct:
LoL: Riot pays $10 million to 1000 women who worked there
Street appears on the periphery of the chat log. Although he doesn’t say anything incriminating, it becomes clear that he was involved in this matter.
Street apologizes to Riot Games employees for “distraction”
This is what Street says now: Street has reached out in a message to Riot Games employees and apologized to them that his behavior from years ago is now causing such a stir.
He says: This room (“The Cosby Suite”) was a break room during BlizzCon – everyone knew back then that drinking happened there. But he never experienced any sexual harassment taking place there, as described in the accusations. Had he seen that, he would have definitely intervened.
In hindsight, he feels embarrassed about what nickname the room had, given what we now know. But in 2013, the reference to Bill Cosby was only an allusion to an old flea market portrait for him. He knew nothing about the allegations against Cosby.
Street says:
“Now that it’s said. I understand that the story puts everyone in a difficult situation and I’m sorry for that. I hope my reputation here at Riot and your individual experiences with me provide you a clear picture of what kind of person I am and what values I uphold.”
Chat was not meant for the public – but gross
What does he say about the chat? In response to critical fan inquiries, he says: In the chat, people were making jokes, which were clearly not meant for the public.
The “hot chicks” that were spoken about were Kosak’s wife and a friend. But Street admits: The chat was gross and he completely understands how this looks.
A former employee of WoW says on Twitter: Street invited her to that Cosby Suite back then. She trusted him, she respected him. For her, it was an “innocent party with drinks at her first BlizzCon.”
The former employee says: In the hotel room, she was then groped by Alex Afrasiabi. He was fired by Activision Blizzard in 2020 for his misconduct in 2013.
Street has since apologized for it. He didn’t know that such things were happening there.
What makes this so delicate: Riot Games was involved in a sexism scandal three years ago. At that time, similar accusations circulated against Riot Games employees as are now made against Activision Blizzard employees.
Riot Games pledged to improve back then and took measures to distance themselves from this behavior.
It now seems possible that Riot Games, to make a statement, will distance themselves from Street and fire him.
It appears that Greg Street was not personally involved in sexual harassment. But it now seems that he had knowledge of it and did not report it afterwards. This could have negative consequences for him. The tone on Twitter towards Street is, in any case, skeptical to hostile.
Riot Games has made great efforts to clarify and rectify their past misconduct:
LoL: Riot pays $10 million to 1000 women who worked there
The developer Greg Street works for Riot Games on their new MMORPG for League of Legends (LoL), he is the MMO Lead there. But now his past is catching up with him. Greg Street, who was an important man at WoW from 2008 to 2013 as Ghostcrawler, is now caught in the sexism scandal around Activision Blizzard.
This is Greg Street:
- The developer worked for Blizzard from 2008 to 2013. He was known under the name “Ghostcrawler” and used a spectral crab as a profile picture. Street was the figurehead of WoW during that time, serving as the “Lead System Designer” and regularly discussed with fans, sharing his perspective on WoW.
- Since 2013, he has been working for the LoL developer Riot Games and has built a steep career at Riot over the years. He is now the Chief Creative Officer, Vice President in the company, and the head of development for the “LoL MMORPG”, which many are eagerly anticipating.
- But now Street is caught in Blizzard’s sexism scandal. His name appears in a chat log from 2013 that no one wants to find themselves in. He is trying to explain his behavior from back then.
This was Street’s first reaction: A few days ago, a video circulated, showing a WoW panel at a BlizzCon. A female player asked the assembled WoW greats if it had to be that Sylvanas looked like she had just come out of a lingerie catalog.
The crowd booed the woman, and the WoW creators laughed in the video and made their jokes.
In 2021, the video served as confirmation that a misogynistic culture had always existed at Blizzard.
Street, who was also seen in the video, said that it was a shitty response and that it had aged even worse. He is ashamed of how it went down. Now that he has seen the face of the questioner, he feels really bad. He apologized for his behavior.
Street said, however: He makes mistakes, learns from them, apologizes for them, and moves on. Men in leadership positions have the responsibility to advocate for women and members of marginalized groups. He believes in that.
That’s why he is now in serious trouble: His appearance on the panel was not the end of it. As the US site Kotaku has uncovered, Street was part of a chat group at Blizzard during BlizzCon 2013. In that chat, Blizzard managers arranged to bring women to a hotel suite. The men made their jokes, it was about “hot women” and sex.
Street has since apologized for it. He didn’t know that such things were happening there.
What makes this so delicate: Riot Games was involved in a sexism scandal three years ago. At that time, similar accusations circulated against Riot Games employees as are now made against Activision Blizzard employees.
Riot Games pledged to improve back then and took measures to distance themselves from this behavior.
It now seems possible that Riot Games, to make a statement, will distance themselves from Street and fire him.
It appears that Greg Street was not personally involved in sexual harassment. But it now seems that he had knowledge of it and did not report it afterwards. This could have negative consequences for him. The tone on Twitter towards Street is, in any case, skeptical to hostile.
Riot Games has made great efforts to clarify and rectify their past misconduct:
LoL: Riot pays $10 million to 1000 women who worked there
In hindsight, he feels embarrassed about what nickname the room had, given what we now know. But in 2013, the reference to Bill Cosby was only an allusion to an old flea market portrait for him. He knew nothing about the allegations against Cosby.
Street says:
“Now that it’s said. I understand that the story puts everyone in a difficult situation and I’m sorry for that. I hope my reputation here at Riot and your individual experiences with me provide you a clear picture of what kind of person I am and what values I uphold.”
Chat was not meant for the public – but gross
What does he say about the chat? In response to critical fan inquiries, he says: In the chat, people were making jokes, which were clearly not meant for the public.
The “hot chicks” that were spoken about were Kosak’s wife and a friend. But Street admits: The chat was gross and he completely understands how this looks.
A former employee of WoW says on Twitter: Street invited her to that Cosby Suite back then. She trusted him, she respected him. For her, it was an “innocent party with drinks at her first BlizzCon.”
The former employee says: In the hotel room, she was then groped by Alex Afrasiabi. He was fired by Activision Blizzard in 2020 for his misconduct in 2013.
Street has since apologized for it. He didn’t know that such things were happening there.
What makes this so delicate: Riot Games was involved in a sexism scandal three years ago. At that time, similar accusations circulated against Riot Games employees as are now made against Activision Blizzard employees.
Riot Games pledged to improve back then and took measures to distance themselves from this behavior.
It now seems possible that Riot Games, to make a statement, will distance themselves from Street and fire him.
It appears that Greg Street was not personally involved in sexual harassment. But it now seems that he had knowledge of it and did not report it afterwards. This could have negative consequences for him. The tone on Twitter towards Street is, in any case, skeptical to hostile.
Riot Games has made great efforts to clarify and rectify their past misconduct:
LoL: Riot pays $10 million to 1000 women who worked there
Street appears on the periphery of the chat log. Although he doesn’t say anything incriminating, it becomes clear that he was involved in this matter.
Street apologizes to Riot Games employees for “distraction”
This is what Street says now: Street has reached out in a message to Riot Games employees and apologized to them that his behavior from years ago is now causing such a stir.
He says: This room (“The Cosby Suite”) was a break room during BlizzCon – everyone knew back then that drinking happened there. But he never experienced any sexual harassment taking place there, as described in the accusations. Had he seen that, he would have definitely intervened.
In hindsight, he feels embarrassed about what nickname the room had, given what we now know. But in 2013, the reference to Bill Cosby was only an allusion to an old flea market portrait for him. He knew nothing about the allegations against Cosby.
Street says:
“Now that it’s said. I understand that the story puts everyone in a difficult situation and I’m sorry for that. I hope my reputation here at Riot and your individual experiences with me provide you a clear picture of what kind of person I am and what values I uphold.”
Chat was not meant for the public – but gross
What does he say about the chat? In response to critical fan inquiries, he says: In the chat, people were making jokes, which were clearly not meant for the public.
The “hot chicks” that were spoken about were Kosak’s wife and a friend. But Street admits: The chat was gross and he completely understands how this looks.
A former employee of WoW says on Twitter: Street invited her to that Cosby Suite back then. She trusted him, she respected him. For her, it was an “innocent party with drinks at her first BlizzCon.”
The former employee says: In the hotel room, she was then groped by Alex Afrasiabi. He was fired by Activision Blizzard in 2020 for his misconduct in 2013.
Street has since apologized for it. He didn’t know that such things were happening there.
What makes this so delicate: Riot Games was involved in a sexism scandal three years ago. At that time, similar accusations circulated against Riot Games employees as are now made against Activision Blizzard employees.
Riot Games pledged to improve back then and took measures to distance themselves from this behavior.
It now seems possible that Riot Games, to make a statement, will distance themselves from Street and fire him.
It appears that Greg Street was not personally involved in sexual harassment. But it now seems that he had knowledge of it and did not report it afterwards. This could have negative consequences for him. The tone on Twitter towards Street is, in any case, skeptical to hostile.
Riot Games has made great efforts to clarify and rectify their past misconduct:
