Riot dev pushes back against threats and toxicity from TFT fans

Riot Games game design director Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer and his family were targeted with death threats during Teamfight Tactics Set Nine PBE testing, according to the lead dev. Mortdog spoke out about the toxic comments on Twitter on June 20.

Hate and threats aimed toward game devs on Twitter unfortunately take place daily. And Mortdog recently experienced an uptick in this kind of toxicity during the PBE testing for TFT Set Nine Runeterra Reforged. A majority of the feedback was positive and constructive, he said, with around five percent pushing the toxic envelope through “death threats,” calls for his job, and threats to his family.