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Bragging Rights League Rocked by Former Employees Alleging Harrassment, Citing Toxic "Bot" Culture

By CLBB Staff Major Players in Italics A few months after Taylor "Tee" Meachum began working for Rowdy Rhinos in 2018, he settled into a daily routine: he would meet a fellow Fortnite novice in the bathroom during their lunch breaks, he said, to comiserate and weep about their lack of success in the hit video game known as, "Fortnite" . The tears were not due to performance in the job they were hired to do, nor their treatment of other employees. But the belittlement, insensitive remarks and threats spawned directly from Meachum's inability to stay alive in Fortnite, his commitment to jumping from the Battle Bus early, and talent for bringing the team down. This game, and the culture around the game within the Rowdy Rhinos building, ultimately drove Meachum out of Fantasy Football front offices in April 2020 admist a global pandemic with no warm feelings, and plenty of therapy needed.  Though team owner Alex Sloan is not directly connected to any of the verbal...