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Re:OnlyFangs has made 'World of Warcraft' into Twitch's best... by kibwen on Friday January 03, 2025 @03:10PM (#42589029)
> They won't be subservient to Disney producers, brand guidelines, or controls.

Although given that we're talking about content set inside World of Warcraft, if this ever actually started making Disney-level money then you can bet your bottom dollar that Blizzard will come seeking their pound of flesh (and don't bother arguing that this would be foolish and self-destructive, this is Blizzard we're talking about).

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Re:OnlyFangs has made 'World of Warcraft' into Twitch's best... by blibble on Friday January 03, 2025 @04:22PM (#42589607)
> and don't bother arguing that this would be foolish and self-destructive, this is Blizzard we're talking about

for some context, some of Blizzard's previous self destructive antics:

Starcraft 2: refused to let existing Korean SC1 leagues/orgs play SC2. leagues (vast majority of esports audience) simply stayed on SC1 rather than submit

Overwatch: terminated license for all third party OW tournaments, so they could launch official Overwatch League (which then failed)

WC3 reforged: so unreliable (kept dropping games in progress, ruining everyone) that everyone just gave up

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