Phasmophobia developers apologize and remove Discord admin after social media backlash regarding leaked explicit images × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Esports & Gaming News Phasmophobia developers apologize and remove Discord admin after social media backlash regarding leaked explicit images By Richik "anarkiddie" Bhattacharya Modified 03 Oct 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Phasmophobia developers in hot waters (Image via Kinetic Games) Kinetic Games, the developer behind horror game Phasmophobia, has apologized for how it handled the alleged leak of s*xually explicit images by a Discord admin on its official server. The indie gaming studio took responsibility for mismanaging the serious accusations against the admin. It also apologized for how one of its developers, Corey "cjdxn" Dixon, brushed the issue aside. Phasmophobia@KineticGameOur response to recent events.9078599Our response to recent events. https://t.co/3nihbzau4b Part of Kinetic Games' statement reads: "First of all, we would like to apologize for the way we have handled the situation, keeping the admin on for as long as we did and for the slow response, he should have been removed from his position and banned sooner. "We are only human and we can only apologize for our mistakes. We will continue to strive to be better people than we were yesterday." The studio added that the admin has been banned from the Discord server and "will no longer have any involvement with the Phasmophobia community." Phasmophobia devs were housing a se* pest Kinetic games ban the accused after Twitter thread goes viral On September 29, 2022, an individual with the Twitter username CrownedCollider posted a thread accusing Kinetic Games of "housing a s*x pest" on its official Phasmophobia Discord server. CrownedCollider alleged that the official Phasmophobia Discord admin, Charcoal Salamander, had leaked nude pictures he received from someone and shared them without the permission of the victim. The user wrote: "So who else knew that the phasmophobia devs are housing a s*x pest in their official discord by keeping him admin and refusing to take any claims against him seriously bc I sure do now :)" Claiming to speak for the victim, CrownedCollider posted screenshots indicating that when he took up the matter with one of the developers, the request to investigate the admin was denied. Dandy @ 6.2@CrownedCoIIiderI've been given the okay to share this! So I'm going to. This is from the mouth of the lead artist. Apparently it is A-okay to leak nudes to your friends, according to him! I will share more as it is given to me. (Note: nudes of my friend were not shared, but someone else's were)971150I've been given the okay to share this! So I'm going to. This is from the mouth of the lead artist. Apparently it is A-okay to leak nudes to your friends, according to him! I will share more as it is given to me. (Note: nudes of my friend were not shared, but someone else's were) https://t.co/1kXpn2ogvq In screenshots of the alleged DMs of cjdxn4, the Reddit moniker for Phasmophobia's lead artist, the developer can be seen dismissing the case, describing sharing explicit photographs as "fair game." The tweets gradually gained a lot of traction, which ultimately forced Kinetic Games to make an apology. The developers took responsibility for not taking action sooner. In a subsequent clarification tweet, the team provided a timeline of exactly how things panned out. Phasmophobia@KineticGameWe wanted to clarify our version of events and the reason we took the actions we did and to further apologise for how we handled the situation.1209We wanted to clarify our version of events and the reason we took the actions we did and to further apologise for how we handled the situation. https://t.co/RTr37DJq10 Turns out, Charcoal Salamander was banned from the server on January 25, 2022, after allegations of se*ual harassment against him. Five days later, he was reinstated after an investigation found nothing wrong. Kinetic Games further stated that the decision to let Charcoal Salamander stay on the server in the position of an administrator was not right: "We trusted this decision as we were very busy... This should not have been the case and will not happen in the future." The long message also detailed how and why the developer's response to the complaints on Reddit was "poor" and "insensitive." After the tweets, detailing the back-and-forth between Crowned Collider and cjdxn, went viral, the latter issued a statement where he profusely apologized for the way things were handled. cjdxn@_cjdxnI'm truly sorry for what has happened. twitter.com/KineticGame/st…Phasmophobia@KineticGameWe wanted to clarify our version of events and the reason we took the actions we did and to further apologise for how we handled the situation.2133We wanted to clarify our version of events and the reason we took the actions we did and to further apologise for how we handled the situation. https://t.co/RTr37DJq10I'm truly sorry for what has happened. twitter.com/KineticGame/st… https://t.co/WfF4xEapiZ He has since vowed not to let things like this happen again and described his actions as an "inappropriate, hasty, poor choice of words." Reactions online Many people have taken to Twitter to react to Kinetic Games ' latest statement. While some accepted the company's apology, others remained unconvinced. AgentOink~ ‍ @AgentOink@KineticGame The "apology" is a non-apology! It is clearly not sincere. This is a mess, and I'm beyond disappointed the team thought *this* was an appropriate statement to make. This covers nothing new, and only shows further lack of commitment to rectify the actual issues. Shame.22@KineticGame The "apology" is a non-apology! It is clearly not sincere. This is a mess, and I'm beyond disappointed the team thought *this* was an appropriate statement to make. This covers nothing new, and only shows further lack of commitment to rectify the actual issues. Shame. yager@yagerbagels@KineticGame he said “that’s fair game” before he said “i don’t agree with it”… make it make sense.24@KineticGame he said “that’s fair game” before he said “i don’t agree with it”… make it make sense. ?Skyystarz ?@skyystarzz@KineticGame @ItMeTJay “wE wILl dO BeTtEr” …… while still keeping them all on payroll and just removing them from places people can see but keeping them in the background392@KineticGame @ItMeTJay “wE wILl dO BeTtEr” …… while still keeping them all on payroll and just removing them from places people can see but keeping them in the background Vectorparsel@Vectorparsel@KineticGame CJ did nothing wrong here, made a comment and decision based on info available at the time. If anything it should have been handled by someone with PR experience, not an artist.17@KineticGame CJ did nothing wrong here, made a comment and decision based on info available at the time. If anything it should have been handled by someone with PR experience, not an artist. Kamizhou FitTuber (TBA)@Kamizhou_UK@KineticGame CJ saying "it's fair game" is to sharing the image that was posted in a public place.For example, a image posted to PH being shared around wouldn't be frowned upon, would it? PH is a public place. I assume a similar space of access was where this image was posted, not private.3@KineticGame CJ saying "it's fair game" is to sharing the image that was posted in a public place.For example, a image posted to PH being shared around wouldn't be frowned upon, would it? PH is a public place. I assume a similar space of access was where this image was posted, not private. NXN Gaming@NXNStreams@KineticGame I love that they put in bold "I don't agree with that" but not "it's fair game IMO"For those not wanting to read, it basically boils down to "we were made aware in Jan but had no proof, we then got proof and did nothing until we got caught"967@KineticGame I love that they put in bold "I don't agree with that" but not "it's fair game IMO"For those not wanting to read, it basically boils down to "we were made aware in Jan but had no proof, we then got proof and did nothing until we got caught" NXN Gaming@NXNStreams@KineticGame also "SHE SENT THEM AT HER OWN RISK" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????692@KineticGame also "SHE SENT THEM AT HER OWN RISK" ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? The Phasmophobia developers have claimed that they are restructuring the entire Discord to avoid similar incidents from happening again. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Rachel Syiemlieh × Feedback Thank You! 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