Use your main account you coward.So you resort to personal attacks when you can't actually explain your state of thinking... Ok we're done here.
Use your main account you coward.So you resort to personal attacks when you can't actually explain your state of thinking... Ok we're done here.
Ok but I'm not sure if you are a man, but why are you lol this? Some law will erase personal accountability?
Calm down, Bobby Kotick.So you resort to personal attacks when you can't actually explain your state of thinking... Ok we're done here.
lol you're so transparentSo you resort to personal attacks when you can't actually explain your state of thinking... Ok we're done here.
Asmongold earning some respect right now. He is really going off on chat saying "its California its corrupt this is a lie ect"
Yeah I didn't even catch Blizzard's emotional appeals towards the suicide victims family. He is rightly demolishing them for it.
"Oh it wasn't the whole reason!! It was only 80% of the reason!"
We really shouldn't be giving this clown any attention.
who cares what he thinks
I wouldn't post that guy
WoW/FFXIV streamer Asmongold has a recent history of using ableist slurs and defending the use of racial slurs Video/Streaming
7/23 UPDATE: As pointed out later in this thread, this video is from just last week. In it, he claims that women who are bothered by the oversexualization of female characters in video games are just "ugly and insecure" and that men are actually more oversexualized in video games that women...www.resetera.com
not going to tell you what to do, but congratulations on at least landing the interview and I think if you do well and get an offer you could at least hopefully contribute towards positive change. Maybe wishful thinking :\Of course I land an interview with Blizzard then this shit comes out. Well, it'll be good interview practice at the very least.
Yup, hit them where it hurts, their wallet.
The funny thing is, most of the money doesn't even go to the people who worked hard on these games. It's people like Bobby Kotick that get all the big bucks while good developers work like dogs.
So you're saying its every employee that is doing the harassment? So if they're all doing it who's the victims? What you're saying makes no sense. Tell me how many employees are the harassers out of the total number of Activision employees.. I'll wait...
I gotta say, this Trumpian response is incredibly repulsive to me. Really makes me think we're not even getting a "tough esports moment" non-apology this time around.
The timeline makes it pretty unlikely that this is even a Brack/Activision thing. This could well be the underlying culture from the classic Blizzard days when everyone loved them. It's probably time for me to just rip off the bandaid and give up on being a Blizzard fan entirely.
Is there any way this lawsuit can kill company or put most these people behind bars?
he spent like an hour teeing off on his chat, telling them you don't need to devil's advocate for these people, them getting run out of the industry isn't a loss, etc etcIt's incredibly annoying to see a guy pretending to care about misogyny and how women have to deal with constant casual shit, while in the literal same sentence shouting about "big dick energy", not gonna lie. I know plenty people will shrug it off with "lol ists just a meme joke pal buddy friend" but that's EXACTLY what casual misogyny and toxicity looks like.
Like, textbook.
I can't tell you truly. Some of it is just ingrained at this point.I am sorry to hear that every job you get harassed. I truly am
Do these animals think it's macho to disrespect/harass women?
That might happen in other companies but not in Activision.
Is there any way this lawsuit can kill company or put most these people behind bars?
they're arrogant enough to do absolutely nothing unless forced toSo what are the odds Blizzard does literally anything at all before the actual court battle? Suspensions, firings, new investigations into the allegations that have come out, etc etc
Going by their statement it sounds like they plan on doing nothing.
Well, lets be honest here. There's no realistic way this whole thing doesn't lead to shareholders making phones calls probably all day asking what the fuck. I don't see J. Allen Brack(not sure I spelled that right) staying with the company, and that's his fault. What the company ends up doing as a whole is hard to say/I doubt we'll ever fully know about it. We can only hope Blizzard becomes a better place to work going forward, not worse.So what are the odds Blizzard does literally anything at all before the actual court battle? Suspensions, firings, new investigations into the allegations that have come out, etc etc
Going by their statement it sounds like they plan on doing nothing.
It often doesn't go to the devs, however, it gives significant job security when the company succeeds, but the problem then lies with the frustration tied to working with a company that is caught in a scandal like this. They can't just up and quit because that's more damaging.
So what are the odds Blizzard does literally anything at all before the actual court battle? Suspensions, firings, new investigations into the allegations that have come out, etc etc
Going by their statement it sounds like they plan on doing nothing.
So what are the odds Blizzard does literally anything at all before the actual court battle? Suspensions, firings, new investigations into the allegations that have come out, etc etc
Going by their statement it sounds like they plan on doing nothing.
This. The dude is an asshole and can be really toxic, but he is the biggest streamer for WoW. Consistently 40k-50k viewers everyday giving Blizzard free publicity because he loves the game. And he spent 3 hours completely trashing them and the people defending them. Not just trashing them either, but actually explaining to them why they were wrong. Calling out the chuds in chat that were trying to pull the "innocent until proven guilty" stuff.he spent like an hour teeing off on his chat, telling them you don't need to devil's advocate for these people, them getting run out of the industry isn't a loss, etc etc
he's a very specific type of libertarian centrist weirdo and that lends itself to him espousing some awful takes and will always do so... but he's coming down largely on the right note here and it's still relieving to see an audience of 100k people being told by their favorite streamer, no, these women are not lying, they have no reason to lie, they gain nothing by coming out and saying this, these are real court documents, etc etc.
It's hard to see your live blogging of his stream over several hours and the amount of energy you've spent defending it as anything other than promoting this dude. If it was just a couple of off-hand comments, then OK, but it hasn't been. You bring up the other content creators but this is the one you chose to spend your day with. We get the point. In my opinion we didn't need any space on here promoting the streamer, and at this point, we certainly don't need any more.This. The dude is an asshole and can be really toxic, but he is the biggest streamer for WoW. Consistently 40k-50k thousand viewers everyday giving Blizzard free publicity because he loves the game. And he spent 3 hours completely trashing them and the people defending them. Not just trashing them either, but actually explaining to them why they were wrong. Calling out the chuds in chat that were trying to pull the "innocent until proven guilty" stuff.
What he did this morning by covering everything in detail in front of that big of an audience was exactly what was needed to bring this problem home to the kind of people who can make a huge difference to Blizzard's business. Regardless of how you feel about him as a streamer or a person that is a good thing and it need to happen. People like him Bellular, Tali, Preach, Hazel, etc etc are the ones that will make this problem front and center to the players and possibly lead to more damage to Blizzard because the players are the ones that can hurt Blizzard the most. Not CNN or the other news outlets picking up the story.
Doubtful much will be done at all. They'll probably insulate and go defensive.
If anything, this whole story is a prime example of the phrase that HR is there to protect the company. And not you. I've lived through that lesson myself unfortunately.
I expect things to get quiet for a while a few weeks out from now, as the tide of daily events drowns this out until the trial happens and we learn more details.
I don't expect anything to really happen until the trial begins and the truly horrifying stuff beyond what we have heard already gets exposed to the light.
Their response statement sounds like "Hey, we've already 'fixed' all that stuff..."
I'm guessing drag out the case in court, then settle with the state.
This. The dude is an asshole and can be really toxic, but he is the biggest streamer for WoW. Consistently 40k-50k viewers everyday giving Blizzard free publicity because he loves the game. And he spent 3 hours completely trashing them and the people defending them. Not just trashing them either, but actually explaining to them why they were wrong. Calling out the chuds in chat that were trying to pull the "innocent until proven guilty" stuff.
What he did this morning by covering everything in detail in front of an audience of 100k gamers was exactly what was needed to bring this problem home to the kind of people who can make a huge difference to Blizzard's business. Regardless of how you feel about him as a streamer or a person that is a good thing and it need to happen. People like him Bellular, Tali, Preach, Hazel, etc etc are the ones that will make this problem front and center to the players and possibly lead to more damage to Blizzard because the players are the ones that can hurt Blizzard the most. Not CNN or the other news outlets picking up the story.
No dude, this is another example of the problem with cancel culture. So the good people who work at these companies should now suffer and lose their jobs due to company loss of income all because there are individuals who are a**holes.
I spent the day with him because none of those others were streaming it at the time or had videos out at the time. Bellular is primarily a podcaster and YouTuber and as far as I know still has not released a video about it, but he will and it will get 100k+ views. Tali is in the UK and wasn't streaming until I was already about to get off Twitch and I haven't been able to watch his past broadcast yet. Hazel hasn't streamed at all today. Preach covered it on his stream and I commented on that as well because I brought up the fact that he was due to do a Warcraft charity stream today of all days with ECHO. I also tried posting the Alanah Pierce video, but was beaten to it and had to edit my post. So I am waiting to see this from many sources and angles as soon as I can, but the content just isn't there yet. But when it is I plan on watching it and if it's a good enough take to post here I will do that too.It's hard to see your live blogging of his stream over several hours and the amount of energy you've spent defending it as anything other than promoting this dude. If it was just a couple of off-hand comments, then OK, but it hasn't been. You bring up the other content creators but this is the one you chose to spend your day with. We get the point. In my opinion we didn't need any space on here promoting the streamer, and at this point, we certainly don't need any more.
I never said he wasn't part of the problem. I literally said he was toxic. I really wish you would stop acting like I am just sitting here telling everyone to go watch the guy and subscribe to him. I'm not. I never did. I said that the biggest streamer for their biggest game shredding them in front of 100k people is a good thing. Because it is. I said that he made good points. Because he did. That does not mean that I am just his biggest fan and that I think everyone should sub to him immediately. Saying someone is right =/= saying the person is good."he's an asshole, but"
He's a bigot, stop sugar coating it. He's literally responsible for the way the people in his chat are acting and I don't for a second believe he's doing this out of being a good person. You don't get to cultivate this kind of toxic gamer mentality and then turn around and act like he's not part of the problem.
I can't tell you truly. Some of it is just ingrained at this point.
Iv never reported anything that has happened to me. Cause I feel embarrassed and it's not like I have any proof.
Co worker of mine was stalked by still a current employee. Since it was considered an out of work incident he wasn't fired. What they did was just move HER into a different area.
It's stuff like this that's exhausting.
Ignorant question: Are states known to settle out of court if the defendent is willing to pony up?
It just keeps getting worse…. How did gaming even get here? Is it the result of going unchecked? Like what the actual fuck!?
Bungies always been pretty vocal so I'm not surprised they made a statement. Plus their former interactions with Activision.I have a grain of salt that this may just be for PR brownie points, but its great statement overall.
It would be cool if we suddenly get a stream of big names and companies coming out and condemning all of this. Shame and pressure Blizzard into making a better statement and take better action.
"he's an asshole, but"
He's a bigot, stop sugar coating it. He's literally responsible for the way the people in his chat are acting and I don't for a second believe he's doing this out of being a good person. You don't get to cultivate this kind of toxic gamer mentality and then turn around and act like he's not part of the problem.
It's just "unprofessional" antics & Acti-Blizz has changed this year, yeah fuck right off.