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Riot say “Whoopsie!” after accidentally suggesting a Valorant character liked NFTsEven a fictional character liking NFTs would be embarrassing
Even a fictional character liking NFTs would be embarrassing
Valorant’s regional German-language Twitter account this week posted silly tweets with the game’s cheery German wizard touring her hometown of Berlin. She had a doner kebab:
Nach dem ganzen Sport erstmal einen Döner gönnen und wie wir alle wissen, Döner macht schöner.pic.twitter.com/rL0knBANzz— VALORANT (@VALORANTde)January 26, 2022To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Nach dem ganzen Sport erstmal einen Döner gönnen und wie wir alle wissen, Döner macht schöner.pic.twitter.com/rL0knBANzz— VALORANT (@VALORANTde)January 26, 2022
Nach dem ganzen Sport erstmal einen Döner gönnen und wie wir alle wissen, Döner macht schöner.pic.twitter.com/rL0knBANzz
She rode the U-Bahn:
Ich treffe mich später mit Raze, sie will mir Inlineskaten beibringen, ich freu mich schon so! Let’s go.pic.twitter.com/j4KNV6kLOC— VALORANT (@VALORANTde)January 26, 2022To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Ich treffe mich später mit Raze, sie will mir Inlineskaten beibringen, ich freu mich schon so! Let’s go.pic.twitter.com/j4KNV6kLOC— VALORANT (@VALORANTde)January 26, 2022
Ich treffe mich später mit Raze, sie will mir Inlineskaten beibringen, ich freu mich schon so! Let’s go.pic.twitter.com/j4KNV6kLOC
Looks to me like it’s probably a frame from one of Houra’sSolarvideos.
“Whoopsie!” the German account said ina bilingual statementposted later. It explains the team were just having fun and japes, they thought people might enjoy sightseeing with Killjoy, and they thought “since Killjoy loves programming” some computer-generated art would be nice to include. Whoopsie.
“However, we were not aware that the selected work as an NFT,” they stressed. “In no way did we intend to include NFTs as part of Killjoy’s work and hobbies.”
NFTs, so poisonous that a company rush to insist that a popular fictional character does not like them.
Killjoy Agent Reveal Trailer - VALORANTWatch on YouTube
Killjoy Agent Reveal Trailer - VALORANT
I was delighted when Yanis Varoufakis, ex-Valve economist and former Greek finance minister, recently said that the endpoint of the supposedly utopian ‘play-to-earn’ model would be"the apotheosis of misanthropy".
Riot might have some interest, mind. Brazilian siteLivecoinsreported last year that Riot had filed for a trademark for Wild Rift, the mobile version of League, which would also cover NFTs and blockchain jazz. That might just be caution, and I suppose I don’t blame companies for considering the idea. But I do strongly blame them if they follow through.
