This weekend, a Dead by Daylight team member awarded in-game content and currency to a creator streaming our game. Although it is not unusual to unlock content to give creators discovering DbD a chance to have a sneak peek at available content, this decision was made without receiving appropriate approvals. Furthermore, the team member's subsequent comments and conduct do not align with Dead by Daylight’s core values.
When concerns about this decision became apparent during the stream, we should have responded by looking into these concerns, not dismissing them.
Unfortunately, we’ve now seen the fallout of this decision unfolding in many conversations across the DbD community. We appreciate and stand with our community’s willingness to ensure our shared values are being upheld, at all times, regardless of popularity, and we’re heartbroken at the inflammatory language now being directed towards our community.
At the same time, threatening employees will never be acceptable, and we’re asking everyone to stop engaging with these posts.
We apologize to our community for letting you down. We have already begun reviewing our internal processes to prevent an incident like this from happening again.
“sorry we let a rogue employee release the unwashed ass brigade on you while calling you slurs you never even heard of”
this isn’t reassuring in the slightest.
Me waking up this morning after being called the F slur, r slur, the hard er, lose weight and the "of course it's a woman" comments over 100+ times yesterday all because I don't support a crusty peanut who uses slurs
I haven't said anything about the current situation here as anything I would want to say echoes what others have already mentioned. But I want to make sure folks know where I stand on the entire situation:
I feel heartbroken and frustrated. Not only by how this situation started, but how it has escalated and so far been handled by DBD. All we have been given is a post (not even on the main account) with words that mean little.
I don't understand how someone can go on the offical DBD Twitch account, at home, out of work hours, potenially under the influence and "collab" with a creator without prior authorisation, not to mention the creator involved/the fan base they enable. Their flippant response to this entire situation shows how meaningless that "collab' was to them as it's just another meme for them to use for content.
Something so small to that creator has left an entire community distraught over the weekend, getting all kinds of comments, slurs & threats on their socials, DMs and streams... ALL because of one decision made by one employee.
How can you build a community over the last 10 years that stands for equality, representation and acceptance... to just lose all that confidence with one decision? Is this what your company stands for or is this just one rogue employee who has taken advantage of their position?
@PoorDecisionsMW I said my feelings on my own twitter on a game I love that shaped alot of my early streaming career who's values no longer align with my own.
I don't see how you can call that sealioning. You chose to engage with me.
I will no longer be playing dbd whatsoever.
I am really sad that my first multiplayer game is pandering to homophobes and racists.
I put my heart into that game and really wanted to make a community that fostered positivity in this game but now I just can't. 😭
This is the crowd @DeadByDaylight is catering to and welcoming into the community.
Yes, this is the exact fanbase of this streamer. Not just a few “bad apples”.
It’s bewildering how this exact same conversation already happened with Fortnite a couple months ago and @DbDPulse still felt proud to back it.
Imagine me saying I'm sad on my own twitter and I now have my DMs filled with death threats and SA threats and slurs LMAO
But peanuts community isn't the problem.
Seethe and cope. 😮💨
I will no longer be playing dbd whatsoever.
I am really sad that my first multiplayer game is pandering to homophobes and racists.
I put my heart into that game and really wanted to make a community that fostered positivity in this game but now I just can't. 😭