But the announcement renewed discussion about the lawsuit and Blizzard’s abusive workplace. You can’t talk about the name change for long without bringing up the events that directly led to it. I honestly don’t understand how people can reach this conclusion. The decision to rename Mccree, and the ongoing scandal at ActiBlizz are intrinsically linked. To draw attention to one is to draw attention to the other.
I mean, here’s the same assertion that I was complaining about before once again… Where are the hypothetical people that are reacting this way? I’m not as terminally online as some people but if this attitude is really as common as so many seem to insist, I think I would’ve seen at least one example?
Like, here’s an example of that attitude. A guy in an immensely popular post claiming they’re ‘out’ (quitting the game I guess?) if the change goes through. If McCree is renamed I’m out - General Discussion - Overwatch Forums (blizzard.com)
Where are the equivalent posts for the other extreme? Seems like a classic strawman to me, so people can claim that the statement was effective damage control when all the discourse over the past week or so suggests the opposite.