Sea Of Thieves Faces Fallout Over Player Misconduct Allegations

"Almost a dozen content creators in the Sea of Thieves Partner Program have announced that they are stepping down from their roles following allegations of child sexual abuse made against one of the community's officially designated "Boatswains," a title given to Sea of Thieves creators by Rare to "celebrate the Pirates who are positive members of [the] community.""

"A content creator named Bruno, also known by their in-game handle Heslashthem, was previously alleged to have engaged in inappropriate conversations with underage players on Discord and in streams. These claims were compiled into a Google document called "The Bruno Files," which included screenshots of alleged Discord conversations. But a recent update to the document by a user named ealThatGuyVic, along with realThatGuyVic on May 12 included new allegations based on alleged screenshots of Discord conversations that appeared to show Bruno soliciting explicit pictures from an anonymous player alleged to have been underage."

"R other Sea of Thieves content creators, have now accused Rare's moderation team on Discord of attempting to "bury" the controversy by aggressively moderating the topic and deleting "any messages discussing it." Bruno has appeared to have deleted all of their online accounts and Kotaku was not immediately able to reach them for comment."

"A screenshot being shared among players purports to show Rare's Bruno, following allegations of acting inappropriately toward minors in the past. According to a recent Sea of Thieves senior community manager, known as j0toro, appearing in game sessions with post on the r/seaofthieves subreddit, Bruno's Sea of Thieves account has now been banned, and his Discord account h"

Almost a dozen Sea of Thieves Partner Program content creators stepped down after allegations of child sexual abuse were made against a community Boatswain. The Boatswain title is used to recognize creators who are positive members of the community. Bruno, also known as Heslashthem, was previously accused of inappropriate conversations with underage players on Discord and in streams. Claims were compiled in a document called “The Bruno Files,” including screenshots of alleged Discord messages. A later update added new allegations based on additional alleged screenshots showing Bruno soliciting explicit pictures from an anonymous player alleged to be underage. Other creators accused Rare’s Discord moderation team of deleting messages and trying to bury the controversy. Bruno deleted online accounts, and a senior community manager stated Bruno’s Sea of Thieves account was banned and his Discord account was also banned.

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