I am not mad.
I am not disappointed.
I do not feel betrayed.
I am not confused.
For a while now, up until yesterday I felt these things. What is Blizzard doing? Why are they doing this? WHAT HAPPENED?
It took me too long to realize.
Blizzard is dead. They died when Activision "acquired" them. (bought, partnered, whatever you want to call it.) When money started being the goal, the Blizzard seal of quality crumbled into dust, the dreams and aspirations of it's Founders was shattered.
Blizzard isn't pumping out copy and paste content with fresh art attached, they would never do that. Activision is.
Think VERY hard about it. What is considering to be the absolute peak of World of Warcraft? Which expansion? Wrath.
Wrath was the last full true Blizzard product, and it was as Blizzard products always were up until 2008, GOLD. Pure GOLD.
Everything after Wrath was a slowly smoldering dumpster fire.
tl;dr -
Wrath came out in 2008
Activision bought Blizzard in 2008
Everything Blizzard since then has been money grab.
11/03/2018 11:19 AMPosted by EichorstBlizzard is dead.
You can be more dramatic than that!
Here, hold this skull in your hand while you type.
Now! With more flare!
So dramatic...
I want to hold the skull!
11/03/2018 11:29 AMPosted by ZuelyaI want to hold the skull!
Very well, but you must wait until the OP is done using it.
11/03/2018 11:27 AMPosted by Shudder11/03/2018 11:19 AMPosted by EichorstBlizzard is dead.
You can be more dramatic than that!
Here, hold this skull in your hand while you type.
Now! With more flare!
Gone, are the memories of yesteryear
Grand games made by devs who cared
We weep and gnash our teeth to deaf ears
n'er again shall we go to blizzcon and cheer
better or nah
Blizzard is dead. Buy a phone, install Diablo Immortal from the play store, pay $40 to buy the Necromancer class, pay $20 to bring Blizzard back to life, buy a lootbox for $10, ???, Success
11/03/2018 11:27 AMPosted by Shudder11/03/2018 11:19 AMPosted by EichorstBlizzard is dead.
You can be more dramatic than that!
Here, hold this skull in your hand while you type.
Now! With more flare!
What have YOU sacrificed?
All around me are familiar faces ...
the CORPORATIONS are coming to liquidate you and your games! wake up sheeple!
11/03/2018 11:34 AMPosted by Faedra11/03/2018 11:27 AMPosted by Shudder...
You can be more dramatic than that!
Here, hold this skull in your hand while you type.
Now! With more flare!
What have YOU sacrificed?
Mostly goats but also the occasional... I mean, sacrifices? I wouldn't.. I mean, me? I have a heart of gold! I would never do such a thing!
All of the good brands have cashed out. Cashed in all of their customer loyalty and good will for a few lucrative quarters where they can deploy their Golden Parachutes and retire to a yacht.
No one can deny that's it isn't true. The company has been changing and not for the better.
11/03/2018 11:19 AMPosted by EichorstI am not mad.
I am not disappointed.
I do not feel betrayed.
I am not confused.
For a while now, up until yesterday I felt these things. What is Blizzard doing? Why are they doing this? WHAT HAPPENED?
It took me too long to realize.
Blizzard is dead. They died when Activision "acquired" them. (bought, partnered, whatever you want to call it.) When money started being the goal, the Blizzard seal of quality crumbled into dust, the dreams and aspirations of it's Founders was shattered.
Blizzard isn't pumping out copy and paste content with fresh art attached, they would never do that. Activision is.
Think VERY hard about it. What is considering to be the absolute peak of World of Warcraft? Which expansion? Wrath.
Wrath was the last full true Blizzard product, and it was as Blizzard products always were up until 2008, GOLD. Pure GOLD.
Everything after Wrath was a slowly smoldering dumpster fire.
tl;dr -
Wrath came out in 2008
Activision bought Blizzard in 2008
Everything Blizzard since then has been money grab.
You seriously are clueless. Please know facts before spewing nonsense. Activision never bought Blizzard PERIOD. And you even mentioned "partnered". Partnered and Bought Out aren't even the same thing. Good lord, what is happening to our education system.
Just a brief history lesson for you, Activision AND Blizzard were bought out by Vevendi. Later, Activision AND Blizzard both bought themselves out. They kept the Activision Blizzard name. Activision and Blizzard are THEIR OWN publishing companies. Blizzard makes their own games and own their own rights to their intellectual property (meaning if Blizzard wanted to be solo they would own all of their games) and Activision the same but they use other gaming developers to make their games. Hence the other logos besides Activision on D2 and CoD. Notice how there is NO LOGO of Activision on any of Blizzard games in the launcher?
In conclusion, Activision has ZERO say in any of Blizzard's games, what they need to do, etc. If Activision "bought them out" then their logo would be on the games as well and they would actually have a say.
So please, don't post BS about things you have no clue about.
Dead? No.
However, WoW isn't their golden goose anymore. it hasn't been since they released Overwatch. WoW and Diablo are their back burner IPs and you can't convince me otherwise.
However, WoW isn't their golden goose anymore. it hasn't been since they released Overwatch. WoW and Diablo are their back burner IPs and you can't convince me otherwise.
I agree 100% with op
"You have studio heads who five years ago didn't know the difference between a balance sheet and a bed sheet who are now arguing allocations in our CFO's office pretty regularly," Kotick said.
"We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."
"I don't think it is specific to video games. I think that if you look at how much volatility there is in the economy and, dependent upon your view about macroeconomic picture and I think we have a real culture of thrift. And I think the goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks that we brought in to Activision 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."
"I think we definitely have been able to instill the culture, the skepticism and pessimism and fear that you should have in an economy like we are in today. And so, while generally people talk about the recession, we are pretty good at keeping people focused on the deep depression."
-Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision-Blizzard
"We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."
"I don't think it is specific to video games. I think that if you look at how much volatility there is in the economy and, dependent upon your view about macroeconomic picture and I think we have a real culture of thrift. And I think the goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks that we brought in to Activision 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."
"I think we definitely have been able to instill the culture, the skepticism and pessimism and fear that you should have in an economy like we are in today. And so, while generally people talk about the recession, we are pretty good at keeping people focused on the deep depression."
-Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision-Blizzard
11/03/2018 11:32 AMPosted by Eichorst
Gone, are the memories of yesteryear
Grand games made by devs who cared
We weep and gnash our teeth to deaf ears
n'er again shall we go to blizzcon and cheer
better or nah
You re hired. Ill have my people call your agent in the morning.
I dont know if you know this. but your transmog is amazing.
Like 10/10 very distracting.
Like 10/10 very distracting.
You felt all that over a video game? Perhaps you need a new hobby that doesn't provoke any emotions like that. WOW, Diablo, WC, etc is a game. In all honestly I didn't feel a thing when I heard about any of the changes including Diablo. Plainly, just grow up.