..........Thanksgiving?

[Adolmaea-dalaran (Adolmaea)]

@Junghwa-illidan

I could give f all about my family, but my work is going to be slammed that week. Kind of weird they would pick a holiday week for a launch.

I assume their workers would like a break during the holiday too.

This troll gets it. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to take off that week, and in fact many of us will be working extra the week of Thanksgiving. You’d think a multiplayer game would consider the players and pick a launch window that offers maximum opportunity for engagement rather than just appeasing shareholders.

Honestly though, the bigger concern is season one starting right before Christmas. I feel like that could have at least waited until January, as Christmas is a bigger deal globally than Thanksgiving. Again, player engagement is a real thing and that metric should be one of the top concerns. You’ll have a lot of guilds taking off right around then so people can spend time with their families without feeling like they have to spend time on a video game to avoid falling behind. This timing feels more like Blizzard was worried about competing with Cyberpunk on Twitch than anything else.

Besides, what happened to this:

@Bornakk

During the holiday season, we want to be considerate of all our players with the release timing of new content. Many guilds are still progressing through The Eternal Palace, and we want to give them enough time to finish the raid and earn their Cutting Edge: Queen Azshara and Ahead of the Curve achievements before opening the new raid. We try to avoid releasing new content tiers during the holiday season so that players are not encouraged to choose between progression and spending time with their families and friends. This also helps ensure us that we’re fully staffed to support any required hotfixes or turning issues that may emerge.

[Gerbodis-blackrock]

Covid-19 you shouldn’t be visiting with your family and traveling anyways, are you choosing a single thanksgiving over multiple future thanksgivings?

What if meeting up for this thanksgiving people get covid and die in your family, is it worth it?

Stay home play shadowlands be happy, love your family next year

[Anorave-moon-guard (Anorave)]

Sounds like an American issue.

[Zazda-wyrmrest-accord]

Well you’re not wrong.

[Soulebreaker-hyjal]

My family will be playing with me. And my bf. It’s gonna be great!

[Nyxxikira-moon-guard]

Shadowlands release day is a Monday and Thanksgiving is a Thursday! A helpful heads up for those who didn’t know!

[Frejya-greymane]

That’s awesome! Can’t wait until we can get four rigs together over here around the kitchen table and go nuts. Just have to wait for the kiddos to grow a little

[Duleshna-malfurion]

I may have to work Thursday (yay for being an essential employee), so it doesn’t make a difference to me.

[Cliffwalker-zuljin]

@Jostlen-earthen-ring

@Cliffwalker-zuljin

Thanksgiving is that one time a year Holiday where you get to be marry with family and friends.

Not during a pandemic, you shouldn’t be

I think we will be fine. Thanks for your concerns.

[Noree-wyrmrest-accord]

If this is a real issue you have you should get your priorities in order…

Who choses their family over WoW???

[Sugarskull-terenas (Sugarskull)]

Extended family visit? You want the Rona? That’s how you get the Rona.

[Namisan-garona]

lol, you can’t take a break from the game for a couple hours to have dinner with your family?

Besides, thanksgiving was two weeks ago

[Thaldreaux-thrall]

Yea that’s my thought, OP. But the degenerates are out in full force

[Heretodie-emerald-dream]

We’ve been advised to avoid Thanksgiving gatherings this year for safety, maybe very intentional timing.

[Classicmeh-ashkandi]

C’mon op. Thanksgiving is the perfect time to get loved ones addicted to World Of Warcraft. They will be thankful for it I promise

[Nujoli-wyrmrest-accord]

This is a hard choice for you?

[Xándria-area-52 (Xándria)]

Is this really a problem though? Choosing to play a video game or spending time with the family for maybe 1 or 2 days?

[Morgam-proudmoore (Morgam)]

1. It’s releasing several days before Thanksgiving.

2. It’s not Blizzard’s fault if you’re in too deep you can’t stay away from the game for a day or two.

[Beau-dawnbringer]

It… doesn’t even come out on Thanskgiving tho… you’ll have at the very least 2-3 full days to enjoy launch week before spending time with family & friends*

*if everyone is safe, following protocol, and has been covid-tested
**if you celebrate thanksgiving

[Bankfox-daggerspine]

Why?
SL comes out before Thanksgiving.