Roblox has offset the famed Innovation Awards .
On Sept. 9 , 2023 , at 8:16pm CT , just 45 minute before its schedule first time , Roblox posted a notice to the societal media platform X alerting fans that the 2023 Innovation Awards would be delete due to a severe safety concern . Around four hours before this notice was released , alarming postswere made to the same site in which a exploiter touch to having plans to open fire at the prize show and specifically target democratic Roblox community membersRuben SimandAlaskanReality . At 8:14pm CT , the substance abuser who originally jeopardize the actions made a follow - uppostin which they rationalize for the perturbation and insisted it was all a " hoax . "
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These posts have since been blue-pencil , and come after - up stake have been made in which the user clarify that the original threats were meant to be translate as " jokes , " and that they " did n’t entail [ for it ] to get that bad . " Since Roblox ’s cancellation proclamation , thousands of Roblox lover , biotic community members , and creators have stepped forwards to portion out their approval of Roblox ’s conclusion , along with their anger toward the ignorance of the incriminated exploiter .
At 8:13pm CT , pop Roblox YouTuber KreekCraftpostedan update state that the awards had been cancelled , and that he was dependable , along with all other attendees . Around 30 minute later , another YouTuber , Sabrina Brite , statedthat she was " super disturbed about the Roblox Innovation Awards being offset due to a threat , " and that she " felt really bad for all of the awful people who put their heart and soul into create an amazing accolade show , and all of the people who traveled [ there ] to experience it . " Brite concluded the tweet by thanking Roblox for hosting RDC , and sharing her love for the community and its " amazing people . "
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KreekCraft , along with many other users who had made positive posts about the event overall , then publicize his grievances directly to the original poster , statingthat they deserve to " go to hell , " for their liveliness - baleful and forgetful - sighted action , whether they were mean to be viewed as " jokes " or not . The lover - run Roblox news history RTCaddedthat the drug user ’s immatureness " is not an excuse for something [ that ] should n’t [ be ] joked about , " follow by democratic UGC designer cSapphireCSleavinga line of middle digit emojis .
At the time of this clause ’s publication , it ’s unknown if and/or when the award show will be reschedule , or what has come about to the original poster . Multiple users , including the specifically targeted AlaskanReality , have stated that they plan to push boot against the original substance abuser due to the mental , forcible , and fiscal detriment they get . AlaskanReality himselfstatedthat the original user " made a threat that could ’ve peril hundreds of lives , and ruined a momentous night for many hard working people , " and that if Roblox does n’t sue them for it , he will—“that ’s a hope . "
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