It was a live Class Panel with ghostcrawler and his crew that convinced me to never go to Blizzcon again.
As I sat there listening to them, I thought “Why am I paying all this money to go to Blizzcon every year, just to have them lie to me like that?”
Fans: Say some of the most vile things about blizz
Same fans: omg why dont they wanna talk to us?
OP, ironically, it doesn’t speak volumes, because there will be no live speaking.
ROFL they know anyone that spends that much money thinks every thing they release is pure gold.
And anyone that thinks that they’re not avoiding hardball questions is inhaling some awesome copium.
Another reason I don’t blame blizz for doing this
Folks have been bullied online just because they were recorded asking a question they didn’t like.
Best to not accidentally paint a target on someone just because the internets gonna internet.
red shirt guy had a very good question. blizzard deserve all the flak it gets at this point.
If folks are paying that much money to go to a con just to try and be ‘funny’ , they’re just looking like fools because they’re giving blizz money and then finding out they’re not actually funny
He was right. Everyone trying so hard to be him is cringe. The people paying for tickets to Blizzcon are never going to be the ones to “stick it to the devs” with hard hitting questions.
There’s one person in line with a very good question, but they’ll only get a brief response as the rest of the time is eaten up by an army of tryhards trying to make it on the meme reel. It’s embarrassing.
Remember when Blizz asked us for questions for the Q and A with Lore.
I expect that they they have been told to not engage us at all. And people can be pretty toxic.
I’ll probably never buy another Blizz game after WoW. This company is only about money and I don’t like how WC3R was approached, D4, and D:I
The foundation of this game and D2 is about the only thing going for me. It’s not approachable anymore. They’ve been deleting my tickets or giving me automated responses. They’re charging a fortune for Blizzcon.
They could make use of their virtual world to invite players with anxiety, travel limitations, and keep costs lower by inviting us to a Blizzcon server, but instead they cater to a limited demographic of wealthy people and still make themselves scarce by not having a discussion with the audience.
Besides they let streamers do their PR now with the pets, titles, and mounts. Streamers are the voice box even with misinformation.
There’s a huge disconnect wall of silence. And I’m behind the wall except on the forum talking to y’all. They don’t even engage the CC.
You gotta become a content creator if you wanna talk to them.
And how many of us have the time or want to put the effort forth into that?
Maybe I just don’t understand this new culture surrounding the gaming community. Did it ever exist? I dream it all having conversations with blues?
It was a joke. I cant believe I have to say this.
No, I think you’re right. You have to be famous to reach their level. Or infamous.
Two questions not really related to gameplay.
Two questions not even related to WoW.
I’m disappointed they’re not doing the Q&A… but you’re actually swaying me to be on Blizzards side.
This is a good question?
You’re contradicting yourself. These questions are directly related to micro-transactions that you say they’re wanting to avoid.
I think the difference between myself and you is I want to know about the game, you’re too invested into the politics.
To use the store example, It’s not a contradiction. They would be carefully cherry pick questions to frame the store in a positive light in order to disregard valid criticisms of said microtransactions.
You’d realize this is the case if you logged into Diablo 4 and noticed 90% of anything worth while is on the store. And this will apply to WOW if it hasn’t already.
Then why are we wasting time asking the question we all know the answer to.
Yes, companies will charge for as much as they believe they can get away with. I have D4, I think it’s gross. Every time I check WoWHead there’s a new class set on the store and I’m looking at it perplexed, such a basic boring set sold for real cash?
But I do think it’s a contradiction.
If Blizzard is fine answering “Any more plans for the store / cosmetics?” then they’d be fine answering “Will the Trading Post Tender be on the store?”
Carefully handpicked questions with a predetermined answer gone through PR is alot different then a live Q&A.
Also disregarding the context of a question hardly qualifies it to be labled as a contradiction just because similar terms are used like “store”.
BlizZard is no longer a front facing company with customers like they used to be. When I mean front facing I mean at BlizZcon and on the official forums.
They used to engage with players at events and the forums. Now it is like an empty husk and silence as if that is how a community can be built, maintained and cultivated.
Blizzard avoiding all accountability while continuing to charge more money to provide less content as years keep passing while people keep eating those bundles up across all their games and wondering why each game sucks? Color me so shocked. 
I couldn’t see this coming at all.
I pretty much only investing in Warcraft. But prior to coming to World of Warcraft, I knew that the other franchises were top-tier games.
I don’t feel that way anymore. Not in 2023. And I guess I’m just here until it no longer has the magic. I’m sure they always have people who are able to afford whatever bundles and perks of purchasing.
They don’t need to reach out to us anymore. they don’t have to do the public relations thing. Which is really strange since they’ve tried to reinvent themselves away from the bro culture, and all of the former people that got fired.
Seems like to me, they would be out there with open arms for trying to invite new players and reinforce the practices for which they preach. Things like the social contract.
And I’m not trying to derail the thread, but that includes gender discussions, and applying the narrative to a wider audience. I’m all for supporting greater inclusion, but it seems as though that only exists on paper.