So Glad I Don't Play Blizzard Games Anymore

[loramin]

https://www.cnet.com/news/blizzard-r...kong-protests/

TLDR; Some guy said one sentence about Hong Kong after winning a Hearthstone tournament, and they DQed him and banned him for a year. They also took away his prize money, but didn't give it to the second place finisher, and they banned two streamers, who had no idea the guy was even going to say anything.

Fucking traitor commie company will do anything China wants: no American values or spine.

P.S. The first website I ever created, back in like '97 or '98, was a Warcraft 2 fan site. I used to LOVE that company, and I'm both angry and sad at how far they've fallen.

[Deathrydar]

Activision pretty much ruined Blizzard when they bought them. They dropped the ball so badly with classic WoW, I am not sure I will ever be able to trust them again.

[pink grapefruit]

Originally Posted by Deathrydar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Activision pretty much ruined Blizzard when they bought them. They dropped the ball so badly with classic WoW, I am not sure I will ever be able to trust them again.

OP is a legit complaint about Blizz and I agree w loramin 100%, but how did Blizz drop the ball with classic? I'm loving classic lol.

[Deathrydar]

Originally Posted by pink grapefruit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

OP is a legit complaint about Blizz and I agree w loramin 100%, but how did Blizz drop the ball with classic? I'm loving classic lol.

Well, first off, they took the lazy way out and released version 2.0.1 and passed it off like 1.12.1- The only proof I have is how easy the instances, MOBS and raids are right now. They were NOT that easy back in 1.12.1, but they ARE acting exactly as they did after the TBC launch.

Layering- 'nuff said! I left the game cause I was tired of never seeing the same people again. ZERO sense of community!

Their inability to listen to the community and leave layering where it belongs, in the trash, and release more servers instead.

Their blatant lies about exploits and itemization- They continuously would fight tooth and nail about an item or a mechanic being "classic" and "its that way on the reference client" until someone shoved it down their throat they were wrong, then they would change it! The items that were exploited in the layering scheme are still in the game and the economy was far ruined before I even stopped playing a couple of weeks ago.

I think that's enough for now.

[pink grapefruit]

Originally Posted by Deathrydar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, first off, they took the lazy way out and released version 2.0.1 and passed it off like 1.12.1- The only proof I have is how easy the instances, MOBS and raids are right now. They were NOT that easy back in 1.12.1, but they ARE acting exactly as they did after the TBC launch.

Layering- 'nuff said! I left the game cause I was tired of never seeing the same people again. ZERO sense of community!

Their inability to listen to the community and leave layering where it belongs, in the trash, and release more servers instead.

Their blatant lies about exploits and itemization- They continuously would fight tooth and nail about an item or a mechanic being "classic" and "its that way on the reference client" until someone shoved it down their throat they were wrong, then they would change it! The items that were exploited in the layering scheme are still in the game and the economy was far ruined before I even stopped playing a couple of weeks ago.

I think that's enough for now.

Layering is being phased out, right? Agree it never should have been in to start with tho. Aren't the exploited items a drop in a bucket tho, all things considered? These servers are likely all going to end up like blue99 with everything being super top-heavy and fast, with nowhere for players to advance after x many years. Don't see how a handful of extra items could destroy the servers this early in.

Literally zero idea what you're talking about with 2.0.1 tho, so maybe I'm just ignorant.

[Deathrydar]

Originally Posted by pink grapefruit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Literally zero idea what you're talking about with 2.0.1 tho, so maybe I'm just ignorant.

Did you play back in the 2004-2006 era pre-TBC? It was nearly impossible to fight more than one MOB at a time, especially as a Warrior, which is what i leveled up in vanilla and in classic. I was kicking 2 MOBs asses at a time when I played classic, sometimes 3 MOBs....I could NEVER EVER do that in vanilla!

There was no way anyone could go in and drop Rag or Ony (especially Ony) without any fire resist gear and an entire raid full of level 58s and 59s! There was no way anyone could do that without at least having some BIS gear or, at the very least, a few pieces of your first dungeon set....

It's nerfed! It's nerfed to the point that Blizzard nerfed it right before the first expansion release! The devs here at Project 1999 can reverse engineer a game from 1999 for free, but a billion dollar company's devs can't....

And what's worse....they lied and are passing it off as 1.12.1 and nearly no one believes them.

[Wonkie]

they're just being patriotic OP. USA government is looking the other way on Hong kong. ��

[Chortles Snort|eS]

the blizzard we grew up with died a long time ago
was really annoyed when skeletons graphics were removed from LoL, DoTA 2
thanks a lot China

[Vormotus]

Originally Posted by Chortles Snort|eS [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the blizzard we grew up with died a long time ago
was really annoyed when skeletons graphics were removed from LoL, DoTA 2
thanks a lot China

Wut? Why no skellies? Totally out of the loop on this

[Baler]

Blizzard really thinks it can smooth things over by announcing some heavy hitter titles.
And the "apology" that J. Allen Brack gave was such horseshit. He never said what they were sorry for or even gave any context.
He came out made vague sentences and clearly wanted to get applause at staged points of his bullshit corporate speech.

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Originally Posted by Vormotus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wut? Why no skellies? Totally out of the loop on this

censorship in china
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comment...arisonlots_of/