The fact that this was released on Friday in the evening is so telling - they've probably been sitting on this statement for days waiting for right now to drop it. How fucking shitty.
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Blizzard Releases Statement, Reduces Blitzchung And Casters' Suspension To Six Months And Restores Blitzchung's Prize Money
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I propose we stick with a uniform variant, rather than having some using the full petals and others the decomposing ones.
Pretty weak statement. Not an apology; reduced punishment is less extreme but still pretty draconian. A six month ban is functionally identical to a one year ban; none of the casters involved are coming back to Hearthstone.
Also, throwing this little gem in the middle completely undercut Blizzard's credibility:
I don't see this statement satisfying very many people. Especially after a full business week or finger in ears hoping the whole thing would just blow over.
Also, throwing this little gem in the middle completely undercut Blizzard's credibility:
I don't see this statement satisfying very many people. Especially after a full business week or finger in ears hoping the whole thing would just blow over.
I'm going to keep posting this as it seems to be forgotten or not known.
once blitz money got rescinded another gaming company already said they would cover everything he lost. Again blizzard restoring his money means nothing other then being used as a PR stunt. Blitz was getting his money he deserved either way.
And don't let us all forget, that Activision owns that company.
They have the say in all of this, especially after Mike isn't there anymore.
They have the say in all of this, especially after Mike isn't there anymore.
I wouldn't really call it being defeatist, as my suggestion is not that we should just accept that companies will be shady. My suggestion is that we need to understand that the solution is much more complicated. In fact, I would consider it the opposite of being defeatist as it tries to find a broader reasoning for actions like these in order to try to form a more cohesive strategy.
What a fucking weak response, they look worse now than they did whilst they stayed silent. Sad to see what blizzard has become.
Yeah, I'm 99% sure that Activision had a say in this aswell and we shouldn't let them off the hook either. Give them just as much heat as we're giving Blizzard
Edit: TIMEZONE THING IS NOT TRUE. Twitter poster made a tweet stating a correction. Everything else tho sounds plausible to me.
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What did they possibly have to lose by speaking against Gamergate? Talk about low-hanging fruit. They had the full force of the video games media (and mainstream media outside of fringe right-wing sources) behind them. Diversity is all well and good and I appreciate the LGBT characters in games like OW (even if I think they're a bit of a hackjob on occasion) but, again, what do they have to lose?
Be cynical about this shit, it's a healthy outlook. Companies are not your friend.
I had a similar thought. Hence what I said about the weird phrasing in the statement.
I honestly can't fucking believe he had the balls to include this bit of blatant falsehood. I went from chilling on a Friday to angry as fuck from the sheer audacity.
I wonder who mandated, "You better include that we had nothing to do with this mess."
Not stealing his money is not to be applauded.
Good post. Companies are only woke when it doesn't actually cost them anything.
Potential theory that the blizz statement was written by a Chinese speaker
Wow that thread is damning, and really makes a lot of sense.
If China suddenly uses GMT/UTC as its timezone, yes. Because thats the timezone setting of all the Blogposts.
A lot of times for bad news, companies post it on Friday at the end of the day to avoid stock value falling.
It's possible, and that's whats damning in this situation. It's actually fucking believable that Blizzard had China write their statement.
I think it'll be wall to wall with people walking around doing stuff and not interacting with others with some protesters outside and a few who got in
would like to see more analysis but it isn't the craziest thing ever. it's probably easier to have someone intimately familiar with what the chinese government needs to hear twist the text to also fit a western narrative than it would be the other way around
Wild. I was skeptical about this, but that thread is really interesting. I'm not totally sold but it's pretty damning, and whatever the source of the statement, it's true it doesn't really read like J. Allen Brack.
1. Not enough
2. This is not an apology
3. Too late
4. They are outright lying in this statement
I am personally done with Activision Blizzard for this as well as thier persistent & heightening anti-consumerism with regards to predatory monetisation.
2. This is not an apology
3. Too late
4. They are outright lying in this statement
I am personally done with Activision Blizzard for this as well as thier persistent & heightening anti-consumerism with regards to predatory monetisation.
