oh, for sure.
Jeff Kaplan is the vice president of the company.
This is literally proving my point lol.
oh, for sure.
Jeff Kaplan is the vice president of the company.
He should do a new angry email/forum post like from back in the day
cynical brain: they are letting him say this so they gain some good will from the public. "well at least HE'S good!" and people will feel good about supporting blizzard again
Yep. This is just publicity bullshit.I mean, this is almost assuredly a statement approved by Blizzard. This allows the company to maintain a moral ground of saying "We don't shut our employees up" while still upholding their overall policy. They let Brack be the bad guy, as much as people will identify a bad guy here, alongside Netease, while simultaneously taking the heat off the faces for their upcoming games.
I mean, this is almost assuredly a statement approved by Blizzard. This allows the company to maintain a moral ground of saying "We don't shut our employees up" while still upholding their overall policy. They let Brack be the bad guy, as much as people will identify a bad guy here, alongside Netease, while simultaneously taking the heat off the faces for their upcoming games.
No one is buying what bullshit, exactly? Imran's post isn't bullshit; it's pretty astute.
Any conspiracy seems "astute" to the one that believes in it. Doesn't make them any truer.
And, I mean, what Blizzard is actually, provably doing is nefarious enough as it is. There's no reason to distract from that with conjecture.
I have no clue how you ended up believing that it's the "distrusting corporations" part that I find delusional, as opposed to, you know, the "crafting elaborate theories of complicated, roundabout plans that would not actually benefit said corporation in the slightest, based in absolutely no proof" part.
...Kojima as well when he was at Konami.
(funny to hear Kaplan as the example of "old Blizzard", considering he was hired to work on World of Warcraft)
Nah they can't fire Overwatch. It was already shut down once I don't think it can happen again
WoW is over 15 years old. Kaplan literally placed the mobs in Molten Core and their pathing. He's 100% part of old blizzard....Kojima as well when he was at Konami.
(funny to hear Kaplan as the example of "old Blizzard", considering he was hired to work on World of Warcraft)
This. Let's see some action from the Vice President of Blizzard. Hm, what do you say about that, Jeff?
It's weird how we heard so much at blizcon about how actions are louder that words, but we still aren't seeing any.
The only issue with that is that the position Brack has now is nothing but a mouthpiece for Activision. I would hate to see Jeff have to do stupid"apologies" like Brack has to. Activision loves a puppet like Brack
I'm still stumped that they really are that stubborn and gives no inch in reducing/eliminating the ban at blizzcon. Hey Blizzard, ever heard of the word 'warning'? It's Blizchung's first time of doing this, he didn't shout for threatening human lives, he's just saying words that show his patriotism to his country, why is the punishment so fucking severe? Even 6 months is still too harsh. Brack you fuck.
They reduced it once, and eliminating all punishment really would just open the doorway for all players to break rules they set. I dont think he should of been banned or punished but they put those rules there for a reason and just ignoring they exist doesn't excuse it for any reason.
Yeah! How dare he violate the "we can ban you for any reason we want" rule?
Lest we forget, this was the "rule" that he "broke", according to Blizzard:
"engaging in any act that, in Blizzard's sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard image."
They reduced it once, and eliminating all punishment really would just open the doorway for all players to break rules they set. I dont think he should of been banned or punished but they put those rules there for a reason and just ignoring they exist doesn't excuse it for any reason.
I did say the guy shouldnt have been banned, I'm just saying the rules they put forth are there for a reason. Not having them or not upholding people who accept them when going into the competition opens a huge can of worms and invites anyone to go and say whatever they want and whatever they want might just be something vile that you don't agree with it.
You mean the rule where no politics is allowed but Brack constantly shoves their pro-lgbtq+ stance down our throats acting like that's not politics?
naw this is a win for them
Whoever came up with this sheer fisting of a disciplinary action can go fuck themselves. Do me a favour so I don't run my company's reputation into the ground for this kind of jackass shit-fest again, send me an email at [email protected] when you decide to A) Implement decision-making processes that weren't designed by a chimp chained to a cubicle B) Get an ethics board C) Actually consult on the fucking matter and D) Tell China to fuck off. And please for god's sake - do it in the order I laid out for you. Don't worry, I won't charge you a consulting fee on that one. And for good luck you might as well E) Get off of Winnie the Pooh's dick. While you're at it, rename the company to the People's Republic of Blizzard since you've used up you're allotted goodwill karma on Diablo Eternal and all the WoW expansions since LK. Fix your priorities. Fix your esports. Rethink your oppression bullshit. Fix all the shitty, corporate policies (I suggest you let whoever decided to return Blitzchung's money take over since that dude apparently laid off the crack the rest of you were smoking). Fix Diablo 4 and Shadowlands (just guessing it's fucked up considering your track record.) Don't have to resources to fix this stuff? Move the ENTIRE Blizzard corporation away from Activision AND DO IT NOW. If you don't rescind all of Blitzchung's punishments, you jackassess will be the only ones buying your games.
The rule is that anything they don't like at any time they can ban you for. Guess we know what you don't like.You mean the rule where no politics is allowed but Brack constantly shoves their pro-lgbtq+ stance down our throats acting like that's not politics?