Valorant: Riot employee lets AI answer an unwanted question – it wants to ban players immediately

A Riot employee asked the AI ChatGPT what he should respond when people ask him about a rare item in Valorant . The AI responded with harsh consequences for the players

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What is the special item? It is the “Riot Gun Buddy”, a weapon charm in Valorant. This is quite difficult to obtain in the shooter because: players must be nice. So nice that a Riot employee rewards the charm.

Although Riot Games explicitly states that it is unlikely that the item will be awarded on request from a player (via support-valorant.riotgames.com), employees seem to be repeatedly contacted by players.

User @RiotJiaxsun, who claims to work as a Security Engineer at Riot Games, asked ChatGPT for a response to the situation where players ask him for a Gun Buddy. He shared the result on Twitter.

“It’s not the weapons that ruin the games, but the players demanding exclusive items”

The AI ChatGPT first thanks the player for the message but promptly delivers the bad news. The request to receive a Riot Gun Buddy is declined. However, the AI shows empathy:

“We understand that it’s a huge joy to own rare items in the game. But we must prioritize fairness and equality among all our players.”

An exception would not be made. But then the AI goes a step further: the request would even violate the rules of the game. The measure that follows:

“We are sorry to inform you that you will never receive this Riot Gun Buddy, and we must take measures to ensure that this type of behavior does not occur again.”

With a heavy heart, the player is banned – permanently, in all Riot Games, forever. Because we must enforce the rules of the game and ensure that everyone plays fair.

The AI wishes the hypothetical player to now turn to other games without strong feelings. “And who knows, maybe you’ll find loot in another game that really hits the mark.”

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But that’s not all. ChatGPT also includes a P.S. in the message:

“It’s not the weapons that ruin the games, but the players demanding exclusive items. We will stick to this decision, so please try not to violate our guidelines again. We do not want to have to load again and ban you a second time.”

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