Dota 2 faces backlash over inappropriate images

Valve, as a part of International2020 Battle Pass, has added the ability to create and join Guilds to the popular MOBA, however there have been a few oversights in the system that are now being abused. Many players are reporting that some invitations to join a Guild result in them being shown various inappropriate images and there is absolutely no way to avoid it. And this is due to players being free to upload images as their Guilds banner/avatar and as of now, there isn’t a filter system to keep those images PG. The biggest instance of this happened live on Michelle “Moxxi” Song’s Twitch stream, where a Guild invite flashed onto the screen for a brief moment. And not only did it feature an image of male genitalia, but the name of the guild was also a racial slur. This invitation was not sent by someone on Moxxi’s friend list nor was it from someone who she was playing against in the match that had just concluded. It was random player, who was able to send her a message through this new feature. Unfortunately, nothing about the situation was under her control, but since it was live on stream, it could result in her channel being banned or at least flagged for showing inappropriate content.

Hey @valvesoftware ? Can we please implement a way to block @Dota2 guild invites from non-friends or something? I don't appreciate getting sent photos of dicks disguised as guild invites while I'm streaming.

— Moxxi (@MoxxiCasts) May 26, 2020

Moxxi tweeted once the stream ended, asking if there was a way to block similar actions from coming through. It hasn’t just happened to Moxxi either, as other big Dota streamers like Janne “Gorgc” Stefanovski have also had similar things happen to them too while live, though he was just scrolling through the Guild listings. Valve will most likely add privacy filters and other protective measures to avoid things like this happening, but for now, anyone who is playing or streaming Dota should be careful because inappropriate images and Guild names are all over the place. Source- Dot Esports

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