I say, sorry but the so called perpetrator has rights too. Maybe he left because he was accused of horrible things that created a hostile work environment. Think about it. If none of this is true but you can’t prove your innocence, people like you would make his life a living hell. Then you’d use him leaving as justification for your nonsense.
NOTHING is more important than innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Part of what’s wrong with the nation these days. Its like the Salem Witch trials all over again.
Oh, I’m sorry ,but this kangaroo court of social media has removed outdated concepts such as innocent until proven guilty.
You’ve seen Stonetalon Garrosh…
No. Women cashing a check instead of prosecuting made him innocent for a long time.
We already knew he left. Nobody assumed foul play there.
We think otherwise now because the freaking state of California brought a civil suit against him after a two year investigation. They have corroborating witnesses and established patterns of behavior.
Having an attitude like “if no videotape, then it never happened” is exactly what perpetuates the culture of harassment that gets us into this mess.
U.S educational system really dropping the ball when it comes to civics class. Innocent until proven guilty doesn’t mean that the consumers of an accused companies product have to continue to support the company and continue to purchase their product until the case is resolved. Welcome to capitalism everyone, public perception matters.
Very true,
I see the pay disparity having a stronger stack of evidence. The sexual harassment part of the suit may have weaker harder to prove points, these seem more like allegations or “he said she said” ( The lets make it as complex and difficult on the company to settle the pay disparity and settle fast and out of court )
its a normal civil lawsuit that happens often we are just getting all up in arms cause its a big name and we have investment with Blizz.
Most likely will settle out of court in arbitration.
Imagine removing Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker. Because ya know, Alex created the entire quest chain.
/facepalm. 1) I’m referring to people like you within the business who knew of these allegations. Once THAT cat is out of the bag you’re ruined unless you can conclusively prove your innocence, because of people like you.
2) The state of California is suing for wage disparity, read the actual complaint. Everything else is just allegations used to further the disparity claim.
3) Lawsuits include allegations like this all the time because you don’t have to actually PROVE anything. More often than not it’s nonsense or exaggeration used to push the plaintiff to settle just to get it out of the public’s eye. It’s a sign of a weak case.
This is one of those “if there’s smoke, there’s fire” things, and there’s a LOT of smoke here.
Also, just because someone is trash doesn’t mean you need to get rid of their creations. Otherwise we wouldn’t have amazing Lovecraftian lore for WoW to use as the basis of those amazing Old Gods they create and then ruin in one patch of a lackluster expansion. 
YES,
its a scare tactic to push the company to settle and not go to trail. Now if they do settle and not go to trial could those allegations have merit is another conversation.
Wait what? I’m neither of those things. Who do you think I am?
You know why? Because justice is messy.
One person making an accusation? Maybe there’s an ulterior motive there. Two? Maybe collusion. But we’re talking patterns that extend back years and have been corroborated in an investigation that lasted two years. Again; deductive reasoning.
And the plaintiff would not have explicitly named Afrasiabi, which they clearly did, if they were not confident in the evidence they collected.
Imagine equating lgbt people to that terrorist group.
I understand the merit behind this, but it seems like a waste of time. If you delete all those quests, you break the leveling experience in a lot of zones and just make the story a bigger incoherent mess than it already is.
If you have some rework them, you have someone with talent having to spend that talent just cleaning up someone else’s mess. Most of it would just be wording the same thing in a different way. Just feels like punishment, which if you need to punish someone in that manner, why are they still working there?
Art exists on its own merits. If the artist is a saint or the worst of sinners, the art still exists and has to be judged separately from the artist. Otherwise, we’re not looking at the art and how it makes us feel or see things, we’re more concerned about who made it.
I completely disagree with removing quests made by anyone accused or even convicted of any crime. The art they created is either worthwhile or not, but it has to be on its own merits.
That said, this appears to be a solid case with two years of investigation behind it. Stories are coming out now, like a dam breaking. Lawyers, despite popular media, aren’t morons chasing ambulances. I’m pretty sure California has some fairly smart lawyers working on this case and the fact that they brought it forward means they feel it’s a strong enough case.
There must be a day in court, but the whole shtick of “Innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t mean people can’t look at the suit, read external statements and make their own judgements and then act accordingly. We can choose what we do with our money, and who we support with it.
No? Plaintiffs are named ALL THE TIME. You don’t have to prove ANYTHING in civil litigation. And I’m starting to think you’re being deliberately dense. I’m clearly talking about people who think LIKE you who ALSO work there. This isn’t difficult.
They literally had a two year investigation into this. These aren’t just accusations.
Can we delete Sylvanas, since he spent the last decade writing her story himself…?
Pretty please with sugar on top?
You can sherlock Holmes it all you want, but proof is required for action. I mean, Cosby got out, and literally every involved thinks he’s guilty, because of a legal technicality. Knowing means very little without the means to back it up.