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Not enough people are going to unsubscribe from WoW for it to make a difference, enough of the public is anti-union and many of the rest don't care.

ashtonkem 5y ago
I’m actually seeing a lot of rage directed at them from the gaming forums I interact on, including a lot of people claiming that they’ve canceled. Completely anecdotal, I know, but it was not what I expected at all. I think this one is going to hurt more than usual.
- minikites 5y ago
  >I think this one is going to hurt more than usual. I hope that's true. I hope COVID has woken up labor to the power it has if it organizes (see also the restaurant industry).
- noptd 5y ago
  There's a decently sized cohort that hasn't forgiven ActiBlizzard for what they did to Warcraft III as well. Nothing like ruining a 20 year old game by forceably replacing it with a broken, partial reimplementation.
  - krastanov 5y ago
    I am out of the loop, could you elaborate?
    - totony 5y ago
      Blizzard has been under a lot of bad press because they have screwed game releases lately (mostly because of shitty management?). They've also had bad press on political issues like the hong kong esports things and others iirc. for warcraft3: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/blizzard-botched-warcraft-iii-remake-after-internal-fights-pressure-over-costs-1.1631788 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/blizzard-botched-warcraft-iii-re...
      - phlpsrmn 5y ago
        This article has quite conveniently _lost_ some important words: >Blizzard also faced widespread criticism and calls for a boycott after banning a player who . >In lieu of official support, a group of fans began writing their own patches for the game, building a service called that aims to add back missing features.
        totony 5y ago
        I think the service they're referring to is https://www.w3champions.com/ https://www.w3champions.com/
- dylan604 5y ago
  Don't let this be a confirmation bias type of situation though. The number of people that are vocal in forums rarely outnumbers the silent majority that just aren't bothered.

ashtonkem 5y ago

I’m actually seeing a lot of rage directed at them from the gaming forums I interact on, including a lot of people claiming that they’ve canceled. Completely anecdotal, I know, but it was not what I expected at all. I think this one is going to hurt more than usual.

minikites 5y ago
>I think this one is going to hurt more than usual. I hope that's true. I hope COVID has woken up labor to the power it has if it organizes (see also the restaurant industry).
noptd 5y ago
There's a decently sized cohort that hasn't forgiven ActiBlizzard for what they did to Warcraft III as well. Nothing like ruining a 20 year old game by forceably replacing it with a broken, partial reimplementation.
- krastanov 5y ago
  I am out of the loop, could you elaborate?
  - totony 5y ago
    Blizzard has been under a lot of bad press because they have screwed game releases lately (mostly because of shitty management?). They've also had bad press on political issues like the hong kong esports things and others iirc. for warcraft3: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/blizzard-botched-warcraft-iii-remake-after-internal-fights-pressure-over-costs-1.1631788 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/blizzard-botched-warcraft-iii-re...
    - phlpsrmn 5y ago
      This article has quite conveniently _lost_ some important words: >Blizzard also faced widespread criticism and calls for a boycott after banning a player who . >In lieu of official support, a group of fans began writing their own patches for the game, building a service called that aims to add back missing features.
      - totony 5y ago
        I think the service they're referring to is https://www.w3champions.com/ https://www.w3champions.com/
dylan604 5y ago
Don't let this be a confirmation bias type of situation though. The number of people that are vocal in forums rarely outnumbers the silent majority that just aren't bothered.