Arena of Valor Community Manager Accused of Inappropriate Conduct on Social Media

By Zac Cameron ·

Allegations involving Nick Zasowski, Global Community Manager for Arena of Valor, have arisen on Twitter around apparent inappropriate social media conduct.

Arena of Valor Community Manager Accused of Inappropriate Conduct on Social Media

In recent times it has become more and more frequent to see people using their position of power in less than ideal ways. Breaking on Twitter just hours ago, it seems as though the Global Community Manager for Tencent, handling Arena of Valor, Nick Zasowski, has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to contacts.

Update 7pm PT: Tencent has released a statement regarding the situation.

"We take accusations of this type of unprofessional behavior extremely seriously, and are currently investigating the matter."

The unfortunate news was revealed by John Sylvester, Partnerships Lead for Omen by HP, who made the initial tweet calling out the apparent behavior by Zasowski. “Someone I thought I knew for the past 6 years has been sending unsolicited sexual photos to women,” wrote Sylvester on Twitter. “When one of them posted about it, a number of other women, friends of mine, said he'd done the same to them. I'm so fucking disappointed and angry. Fuck you, @nickzazzer.”

Someone I thought I knew for the past 6 years has been sending unsolicited sexual photos to women. When one of them posted about it, a number of other women, friends of mine, said he'd done the same to them. I'm so fucking disappointed and angry. Fuck you, @nickzazzer. pic.twitter.com/Ng1SQ8EUOt

— John @ home (@OldManKaidan) September 3, 2018

The tweet itself does not reveal the contents of the alleged messages but does show an immediate negative response from the recipients. In the resulting Twitter thread, many others came forward with tales of similar messages, indicating that these are not isolated events. Zasowski has since locked down his social media accounts, though some older and alternate accounts still point to his position as the Global Community Manager for Tencent. What kind of action results from this is unclear at this time, though at the very least one would hope that it will be made clear that this kind of behavior is unacceptable in the industry by anyone.