Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve...
by baddox on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:29PM
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Huh? The foundation of their success is some excellent video games. I’ve never associated Blizzard with justice or “wokeness,” not that it would be a bad thing to be associated with.
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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve...
by ssully on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:14PM
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I think people could argue that modern Blizzard does specifically lean into being diverse or "woke". Overwatch got a lot of praise on it's release for having such a diverse cast and they have continued to lean into that over the years since. I also think people could argue they started being more inclusive and diverse with some stuff they did in WoW, but I think they really got attention for it starting with Overwatch.
With that said, I kind of agree with you in that the foundation of their success was making fantastic PC games.
Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve...
by baddox on Monday October 21, 2019 @04:03PM
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Fair enough. Overwatch and WoW happen to be the two Blizzard games I never really got into, so it makes sense that I missed that connotation. I've kept up with the competitive Starcraft 2 scene (mostly in Korea) and I haven't really noticed any association of Blizzard with being particularly concerned with social justice.
Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve...
by jnwatson on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:08PM
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They removed Raynor’s cigar in some situations, and removed some skeletons in WoW, both for Chinese audiences.
Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve...
by okatsu on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:52PM
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Yeah, whenever I read stuff like that I feel like I've been living in a parallel world. I've always grown up around people who played video games and they've never cared about anything other than the games themselves. They might passively agree or disagree with a company's stance on something but they'll still keep that entirely separate from the games being produced.