I’d say more than a few of the timbers that make up the house that is world of warcraft are rotten, and Blizzard has already replaced many of them (such as getting rid of references to Alex Afrasiabi and Jesse McCree for example). But in getting rid of those rotten timbers, they’ve also taken a good look at other areas of the house and saw some problems with the masonry and the layers of paint.
Smaller things that if left untouched don’t really hurt anyone, but they look at bit weird all the same, so Blizzard is cleaning up the mess and making everything look nice and neat.
And sure, some players are looking at that cracked masonry and mismatched paint and are saying: “This is fine.” and they’re getting outraged at the changes, but just like the ‘This is fine’ meme, it’s not really fine, and Blizzard is changing things to make it better.
Maybe you’re just garbage at explaining it this ever-changing point of yours.
I don’t disagree that fantasy art can show skin. I disagree that because it shows skin, a “staple of the genre,” it cannot be changed to show less skin if it the image still successfully serves the same purpose as it served before, as fantasy art also features fully clothed figures all of the time, and artists are free to alter their own work.
I agree, obviously the sexual harassment etc was horrible, but stuff like this is pointless. Not only is it a waste of time, but it doesn’t change anything. It’s 2021, I see women wearing more revealing stuff than this al Walmart. Just be respectful, stop the harassment and promote a positive work environment for everyone and stop making meaningless changes to the game. I’d rather them work on anything else than this.
Why not both? I don’t think anyone is against the idea of fully armored women, but taking away or not adding more “slutmog” isn’t exactly a good answer, at least not for every single woman that I personally know.
As for the people crying that it’s some obscure art that means nothing to nobody, you are severely missing the point or being disingenuous to the greater picture.
It’s obvious that Blizzard is overcorrecting in the dumbest ways possible and there is allowed to be genuine concern that this overcorrecting bleeds into how gear and women in general can be portrayed in the future.
Rather than being given the option for people to express themselves however they want, blizzard is potentially going to limit options in the future, create less revealing outfits in their “moral” crusade under the guise of “wokeness”.
Blizz replacing a portrait of a woman with fruit is poetry honestly. Their handling of this lawsuit is disastrous and the internet is collectively laughing and sighing in depression.
Yup. Heard this before about the cash shop and the game turning into pay to win via token buying too. “It’s just a mount. It’s just a cosmetic helm. If you don’t like it, ignore it”
Lmfao I’m ending this now. I’m not going to entertain you with a tit-for-tat scenario. If at this point you’re still blind to the way this game works via gold buying, then frankly I’m not at all surprised that you’re blind to the OP discussion as well. Call me paranoid all you want, I quit the game long ago and canceled my sub after that.
I’m just here to support customisations and watch the people high on copium fight it out
Why ‘not’ both? Instead of bemoaning what Blizzard is “potentially” going to do to limit players’ options in the future, why not look at the pattern already emerging? Player options are ever increasing, and they’ve changed some background images.
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A lot of the stuff they are changing are not a violation of that rating .
Like I said people are offended over the virtue signaling . We couldn’t give a rodents rectum about the paintings .
Some might be mad about the changes but most are mad because it is all a pathetic attempt to up their social credit score and make the easily offended like you go “Who’s a good Blizz , yes you’s a good Blizz”
Technically speaking, it actually is pay to win. You can buy gold via cash, buy carries via gold, effectively turning into “pay to win” by just exchanging real life money for in game currency to then therefore turn it into in game items.
So yeah, it actually did turn into pay to win to many people.
Mounts, farming for materials/gold.
Easily offended yes. The players flailing their arms are, in rightfully so, showing they know how to add things up.
Agreed in that it’s just dumb to see. It’s not offensive to me, it’s just like watching someone trying to drink a bar of soap with a straw. You just wonder “what is going on in their mind?”
