Riot Games's announcement about Florescent's incident: “On May 17, we knew about sexual allegations with a professional player. These allegations were one of the most serious issues that an individual faced and we called on anyone with relevant information, please contact the law enforcement agency.
Our professional operating team will fully cooperate with any legal investigation and evaluate these allegations that affect the attendance of those individuals in the future. “
However, Riot Games's notice received strong criticism from the Valorant community. First, Riot Games did not launch a investigation related to Florescent, but only if there was evidence, please provide to the authorities and only participate in cooperation if the legal agency entered.
In addition, the player's identity was also hidden, Riot Games did not even suspend the competition nor any penalty for the player in 2006. This is different from Riot Games's actions for Sinatraa's incident when the player was also abused by his ex -girlfriend and was immediately investigated and banned by Riot Games.
In particular, almost all violations are reminded by Riot Games directly in any notice related to the incident, even when the person mentioned is less than 18 years old. Many fans have criticized Riot Games as “bias” and “double standard”.
Currently, there are a few streams of comments on this notice of Riot Games: One is that Riot Games does not explain because Florescent is currently not playing for the team or no contract with any team of VCT. Another opinion said that Riot Games wanted to protect the image of transgender players as well as Changers game tournament when Florescent was the first player to play from Changers game and move to Tier 1 of Valorant.
Finally, many Vietnamese fans said that Riot Games was gaining experience from Sinatraa's incident, avoiding direct and unnamed players to wait for evidence. Earlier, Riot Games was criticized for handling Sinatraa's incident too in a hurry with unclear evidence, causing the player to be affected by the reputation and professional Valorant career of the former Sentinels player.
