Twitter folks are legit worse than wow forum folks.
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Twitter is toxic these days, thatâs why I donât have a Twitter account. In fact, the toxicity isnât just among some users, it goes all the way to Twitterâs CEO (did you see how he was when he was subjected to that Senate inquiry?).
I think we need people who care more about the lore and consistency working on the game. In fact, that guy reminds me of a few people named in the Blizzard lawsuit (I got a three day ban for name-dropping a former employee from the lawsuit even though itâs public knowledge theyâre named, so I think they might have a loyalist or two still working in the company). Well if I suddenly go silent, you know why.
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Who purged their twitter account?
no itâs George who did itâs literally in my first post lol
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My apologies. Itâs been ages since I read that one. I gotta learn to read more before I embarass myself.
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This is unfortunate, I really like his work! All of the stories heâs done are really good. It wouldâve been great if he were an author of a WoW book.
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To be honest, I really do think itâs a mix.
The interviews Iâve seen of the story devs make me think a lot of them truly are delusional.
As petty as it sounds, I think having the story get slammed by large, public articles was the best thing that could happen for WoWâs story, because someone needed to slap some of them with reality.
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Honestly⌠I think Ionâs got aspergers. It would explain a lot about him. Why he tends to either misspeak or avoid questions. Heâs passionate about raiding and designing systems (like watch any interview with him regarding these topics and he instantly lights up), but it comes at the detriment of the rest of the game. I think he does that aspect really well, but they need someone to work with him and balance him out. Someone to give him a wider perspective.
Although I agree a lot of problems in WoW can probably be traced back to Ionâs stubbornness, I weirdly still like him more than many other senior devs Iâve seen interviews of.
Like⌠thereâs a nuance thatâs hard to explain. They both âignoreâ criticism, but while with most itâs just arrogance, with Ion it seems more like âguys, I really think this will work and I really want to see if it worksâ, like he just sincerely believes in it more than he just doesnât respect people. Because with most, theyâll brush off the criticism and disengage/ignore people, Ion will try to explain why he thinks his ideas will work like heâs trying to convince people.
I still think heâs wrong, but at least he strikes me as sincere.
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This can only be done so many times before he loses goodwill.
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Heâs a lawyer who worked for the same union-busting firm that Activision contracted to âsolveâ the worker issues going on at Blizzard. Keeping quiet is probably the smartest thing he could do.
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I donât know, I get the opposite vibes from him. In February 2021 he called casual players âdeficient.â He could be a nice guy for all I know, I just think his stubbornness around gameplay and not wanting to listen to the players on what is considered âfunâ is hindering this game in a long term way. Minmaxing is not fun, and itâs gameplay that is killing Shadowlands right now not the story, and thatâs not giving the story credit the story sucks, but the gameplay sucks more. Thatâs what is killing Shadowlands.
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