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> I wanted to delete my SC2 account then realize that boycotting a free to play game makes little sense. I think it does make sense to boycott a F2P game: I'm
by CharlesColeman 7y ago
> I wanted to delete my SC2 account then realize that boycotting a free to play game makes little sense.
I think it does make sense to boycott a F2P game: I'm sure active players is a metric they track closely.
Do they have any way to file support tickets? Maybe you could submit one (or several) expressing your dissatisfaction with their actions. Escalate it as high as you can. If enough people do that, I bet it'll get on their executives' radar due to the noise.
> Instead I changed my name for "FreedomForHK". I saw another player with a similar name on Asian servers (FreeHongKong). Received several praises for the name, even got someone give me a free victory because of it. Did not receive a single criticism.
This might feel good, but it's a win for Blizzard. They want you to play and you keep playing.
If you feel the way that you report, the only good reason I can think of for keeping an account around is to actively use it to encourage other players to take action, not just pat each other on the back. Say something like: "I'm going to delete my account in a week because of Blizzard's pro-authoritarian stance, but in the meantime I wanted to spread a message encouraging more players to do so."
- chipperyman573 7y agoBlizzard has support tickets but like almost all companies the people answering the tickets are totally disconnected from the people making the decisions and filing a ticket won't do anything more than get a empty "we're sorry" response
- CharlesColeman 7y ago> Blizzard has support tickets but like almost all companies the people answering the tickets are totally disconnected from the people making the decisions and filing a ticket won't do anything more than get a empty "we're sorry" response I know this, which is why any message you send to these people should be polite and empathize with their situation. But I disagree that those people are "totally disconnected" from the decision makers. They are in fact weakly connected, and likely need to report up metrics and summaries to the decision makers. The goal is to 1) get them to report up boycott messages (e.g. we're seeing a spike in support tickets protesting the sanctions of the pro-HK player at the tournament) and 2) cost them some money by bogging down their support operations.
- smackay 7y ago3) the people handing the tickets will see that it's an issue and maybe they'll pass the message on. You move mountains one shovel at a time.
- AstralStorm 7y agoNot if you want to move it in a reasonable amount of time. Either manpower (many tickets) or big bulldozer (high visibility opinions impossible to ignore by PR).
- Iv 7y agoIt is true: free players are a resource that makes the game better for players who are ready to pay for the cosmetic add-ons they give. I DO like the game though. I feel it is becoming something like chess that is its own thing. I may end up totally boycotting it, but right now I was happy to see the sentiment in the community. I'd like to see more names (you can change account names every season) and clan tags about it. I am not a high enough level for my game to gain any visibility through contests but I may enter some silly streamers challenges.