The 2021 Oceanic Arena protests, commonly known in mainland Australia as the Blizzard cucked again incident (Australian: u wot mate), were player-led demonstrations on battle.net (the forum of the People’s Crusade of Burning) in 2021. More broadly, it refers to the unpopular Blizzard changes inspired by the Store Mount Selling during that period, sometimes called the '21 Cash This Cow (Common: selling out). The demonstrations were forcibly ignored after Blizzard Executives declared ‘You think you do but you don’t’. In what became known in the OCE as the Arena PvP Scene Massacre, devs with too much time and bad data fired at the player base trying to reduce the latency towards Oceanic Players. The number of unsubs has been estimated variously from 180 to 10,454.
Set against a backdrop of rapid player-base loss and game changes in post-Classic WoW, the protests reflected anxieties about the game’s future in the popular consciousness and among the PvP elite. The reforms of the 2020s had led to a bot driven economy which benefitted gold sellers, but seriously disaffected players and the GDKP system also faced a challenge of legitimacy. Common grievances at the time included gold inflation, world buff required preparedness of raiders for the new phases and lack of restrictions on the dispel meta. The players called for bans, greater accountability, freedom of the auction house and freedom to raid, though they were loosely organized and their goals varied.[6][7] At the height of the protests, about 1 million people assembled in Orgrimmar, until layers were turned on.
As the protests developed, Blizzard veered back and forth between conciliatory and hardline tactics, exposing deep divisions within the Wow dev team.[9] By May, a nerf on druids galvanized support for the demonstrators around Azeroth and the protests spread to some 400 cities.[10] Ultimately, Blizzard’s paramount leader Activision and other Blizzard elders believed the protests to be a political threat and resolved to use force.[11][12] The Blizzard Council declared pre-patch on 20 May 20 and mobilized as many as 300,000 bugs to The Game.[10] The bugs suppressed the protests by firing at all classes and races with game-breaking issues, killing hype and leading to mass civil unrest in the days following.
The international community, human rights organizations and political analysts condemned the Blizzard for the lack of response to the protests. Asmongold and Wow Streamers imposed severe economic sanctions and content embargoes on Blizzard entities and officials. In response, the Blizzard verbally attacked the protestors and announced the PvP changes on Australia by accusing them of needing to play with NA Region, which elicited heavier condemnation by the streamers. It made widespread bans of accounts and their subscribers, suppressed other forum posts around the issue, expelled foreign journalists, strictly controlled coverage of the events in the Battle.Net launcher, strengthened the bots and gold sellers and demoted or purged officials it deemed sympathetic to the protests. More broadly, the suppression temporarily halted the policies of guilds in the 2020s. Considered a watershed event, the protests also set the limits on game expression in Blizzard well into the launch of TBC. Its memory is widely associated with questioning the legitimacy of Blizzard Servers and remains one of the most sensitive and most widely censored political topics on the WoW Forums.
“We don’t want to see Oceanic players prevented from earning rewards because they aren’t being matched up against the vast majority of the region.”
THEN CHANGE THIS. Why are we considered one region, when there is a 10 hour plane flight between us? I stopped playing SC2 because you consider OCE/NA as one region and couldn’t get consistent 30 ping games. JUST SPLIT THE DAMN THINGS.
Kaivax just looks at the forums and only reads what a few trolls say, then he changes the whole game based on this. Is this really the kind of Game Master we want in charge of the community and game decisions ?
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件, liùsì shìjiàn), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing (the capital of the People’s Republic of China) in 1989. More broadly, it refers to the popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests during that period, sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement (Chinese: 八九民运, bājiǔ mínyùn). The protests were forcibly suppressed after Chinese Premier Li Peng declared martial law. In what became known in the West as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, troops with automatic rifles and tanks fired at the demonstrators trying to block the military’s advance towards Tiananmen Square. The number of civilian deaths has been estimated variously from 180 to 10,454.
Set against a backdrop of rapid economic development and social changes in post-Mao Zedong China, the protests reflected anxieties about the country’s future in the popular consciousness and among the political elite. The reforms of the 1980s had led to a nascent market economy which benefitted some people, but seriously disaffected others and the one-party political system also faced a challenge of legitimacy. Common grievances at the time included inflation, limited preparedness of graduates for the new economy and restrictions on political participation. The students called for democracy, greater accountability, freedom of the press and freedom of speech, though they were loosely organized and their goals varied.[6][7] At the height of the protests, about 1 million people assembled in the Square.
As the protests developed, the authorities veered back and forth between conciliatory and hardline tactics, exposing deep divisions within the party leadership.[9] By May, a student-led hunger strike galvanized support for the demonstrators around the country and the protests spread to some 400 cities.[10] Ultimately, China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and other Communist Party elders believed the protests to be a political threat and resolved to use force.[11][12] The State Council declared martial law on 20 May 20 and mobilized as many as 300,000 troops to Beijing.[10] The troops suppressed the protests by firing at demonstrators with automatic weapons, killing multiple protesters and leading to mass civil unrest in the days following.
The international community, human rights organizations and political analysts condemned the Chinese government for the violent response to the protests. Western countries imposed severe economic sanctions and arms embargoes on Chinese entities and officials. In response, the Chinese government verbally attacked the protestors and denounced Western nations who had imposed sanctions on China by accusing them of interference in China’s internal affairs, which elicited heavier condemnation by the West. It made widespread arrests of protesters and their supporters, suppressed other protests around China, expelled foreign journalists, strictly controlled coverage of the events in the domestic press, strengthened the police and internal security forces and demoted or purged officials it deemed sympathetic to the protests. More broadly, the suppression temporarily halted the policies of liberalization in the 1980s. Considered a watershed event, the protests also set the limits on political expression in China well into the 21st century. Its memory is widely associated with questioning the legitimacy of Communist Party rule and remains one of the most sensitive and most widely censored political topics in mainland China.
best part is that we’re not even close to the same timezone as the people you’re trying to merge us with - so the so called gains of adding us to the US queue pool won’t even have the intended effect since while NA is playing OCE is sleeping and vice versa.
Unbelievable that blizzard have the gall to do this crap, days before release once we have all paid.
Why even give us oceanic realms that have low latency, if you are going to make the primary end game objectives hosted on US servers, where we will lag. Completely ridiculous, I’ve unsubscribed because of this, for ruining oceanic’s only chance of having good latency pvp. I hope blizzard enjoy the toaster once they have carked it for this.
This is why i cant wait for Ashes of creation to come out, with the game director Steven Sharif being a total chad and knowing his player base and what it takes to make MMOs great again, after classic era servers end AOC should be out.