Because the name is a good “gotcha” after the Cosby trial.
Also I’d be completely fine, by the way, if they explicitly said that Jesse Mccree the dev was found to have inappropriately behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for the cowboy to have his name. Also I’m perfectly fine with the lore showing jesse mccree was an alias, even if the guy didn’t do anything. But be clear for the love of god. Don’t walk around it.
They have not done that.
They’re making it sound like that’s the case, but they’re not saying it.
If they say that, it’d all be clear to me. The fact they’ve been avoiding it feels very much like an internal settlement to leave the company with good severance and without any bad press for him (although I’d consider this bad press)
I just need this sort of transparency, not a vague statement.
Seeing someone’s name on a piece of paper and saying ‘hey that’s a cool name we should use it’ is not naming a character after someone.
Naming someone after someone else implies you are saying ‘hey let’s name this character or person after this other person who is a cool dude’
They just used his name.
Or are you telling me that if I name my kid “Valerie” because when I was in elementary school there was a girl named Valerie and I always liked the name, I’m naming after her some girl I barely remember other than the fact that her name is Valerie?
But can you at least tell us, with absolutely no intended hints or obligations, that you are still aware of his existing lore that his name may not have been McCree anyway?
No. But deliberately going “I like your name, can I use it.” is naming after, by definition. It didn’t just happen, it was deliberate choice to use the name of another.
Blizzard, there is a map called Blizzard World, it was inspired by a real life company with a horrible work environment, the map even has the name of such company… Remove, rename and redesign it too .
Hey, I’d just like to pop in and say sorry you have to deal with all the outright hostile people here over this situation. Hope they’re not getting to you too much
Seriously, some people are getting EXTREMELY hostile against this name change stuff. Civil discussion between people with different opinions is fine and good, but the straight-up flaming and personal attacks need to stop.
Consider that not everyone in the company isn’t representative of the the terrible examples that have come out.
Also consider that several women who have come forth have also spoken highly of the Overwatch teamS one going down far as to say they were a joy to work with unlike several on the WoW team.
Consider that here are good people who really care about what they do and treat others with dignities and respect that work at Blizzard.
Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Regarding McCree’s name change, I’m still partial to Joel Mcclane
Oh ffs, really? I am 99% sure that the vast majority of the Overwatch playerbase doesn’t even know this and will probably not know this until Blizzard slams the name change in our faces.
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