Upcoming Shards of Domination Set Bonus Buffs, Spit Emote Removed on TBC Classic PTR

Nobody would have removed it if people had not overused it. People installing an addon to pretty much auto /spit on some people is a step too far and if you can't see that you are part of the problem.

Originally Posted by Zka

It's funny to see Asmon's tweet in this topic, since he is the single biggest reason why some braindead people were spitting on Phase-Hunter owners.

Yeah, I chuckled about that too.

Originally Posted by Resheph

This. I know 90% of MMO Champ stopped playing ages ago, but it's sick that they keep watching someone playing the game, and care about what this rando has to say. Just step away already.

why is it sick?

Originally Posted by Biomega

Because the parameters are different. You're not ACTUALLY killing anyone - they come back to life immediately, no harm done. But the emotional damage done by toxic behaviors has real and lasting consequences. Characters dying in-game does not.

This isn't about what's being done to CHARACTERS, it's about what's being done to PLAYERS.

I'd argue that killing ones avatar at the end of their long escort quest or razing their powerful buffs has faaar greater consequences on them than just reading "xxx is spitting on you" in chat... but... what do I know?

Are people really talking about "emotional damage" and "lasting consequences" for getting spit on in a fucking video game?

Originally Posted by Harthmut

There really are bigger problems in this game, in the company, right now.
If a line of pre-written text you can easily ignore and move on bothers you so much, I can't imagine you can survive a single 5 man pug wirhout breaking down in tears.

The WoW community, no the Blizzard community, is toxic as hell and removing a stupid emote won't fix that and is in my eyes nothing more than a desperate attempt to save face in the current lawsuit situation

Such a garbage take. So since there are always bigger problems we should never bother to take care of any smaller ones ever then.

What does this have to do with Asmongold?

Originally Posted by Beefhammer

Such a garbage take. So since there are always bigger problems we should never bother to take care of any smaller ones ever then.

was spit emote really a problem?

Originally Posted by Clozer

Anti-Toxicity tech. Ah yes.

Step 1: Remove /spit
Step 2: Remove any group content
Step 3: Remove any chat functionality
Step 4: Make it a 100% single-player game

If they don't end up with Step 4 this game will always have toxicity issues. Removing the spit emote will change NOTHING.

There should be an option for 100% solo play.

As well as an option for 100% group play.

and an option for a mix of both.

But locking the best gear and progression behind either one is dumb, there should always be options

Personally i want more Gear & progression to be available in the blizz store as part of the "Solo" option.

Or maby release solo versions of the raid.

There just need to be more ways to get the heroic & Mythic ilvls and gear without actually doing group content.

More options please

I mean you can still /fart on them. And this is why removing /spit was a bad idea. These are all meaningless emotes on their own. The intention comes from outside that manifests in these emotes. If someone starts to /kiss or /hug people it can become harassing the same way as /spit does if it has the background meaning.

This change is like going to the doctor to get an ultrasound sound of your baby before aborting it.

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Hey have you ever shit your pants and then changed your shirt?

Originally Posted by Biomega

I get that for some people it's easy to "just ignore it", but for many other people it's NOT that easy.

Here's how I see it. Imagine trying to solve a house fire with a single glass of water when the arsonist is already busy setting the neighbouring houses on fire.

You need to take care of the arsonist if you really want to change anything.

On the other hand, I also think that restricting everyone so that a very small group who can't handle an emote in a game doesn't have their feelings hurt is a bit too much.

Also is Muffinus really trying to grift off this situation to sell T-shirt’s? Fuck let’s see BLM show up next so Patrisse can buy another house.

Originally Posted by Harthmut

Here's how I see it. Imagine trying to solve a house fire with a single glass of water when the arsonist is already busy setting the neighbouring houses on fire.

You need to take care of the arsonist if you really want to change anything.

On the other hand, I also think that restricting everyone so that a very small group who can't handle an emote in a game doesn't have their feelings hurt is a bit too much.

There should never be a thing that makes any ones "Feelings hurt" why can't we just be decent to each other?

Wasn't a fan of the emote, but cmon, its part of classic. What's next?

Originally Posted by Draknalor186

There should never be a thing that makes any ones "Feelings hurt" why can't we just be decent to each other?

Because we are humans.
No matter how civilized and developed we have become, one thing always repeated itself, which is humans attacking humans.

It sucks, but it is what it is.

Maybe they should invest in a better report and suspension system in their games.
Or at the very least, take a look at those reports every now and then.

Removing a meaningless emote is not gonna do shit in regards to battling toxicity.

Low effort, performative bullshit once again.

Originally Posted by Harthmut

Because we are humans.
No matter how civilized and developed we have become, one thing always repeated itself, which is humans attacking humans.

It sucks, but it is what it is.

That being said, I don't think we should stop trying, but a two-faced company like Blizzard, fixing a spit emote in the wake of a lawsuit on a decade spanning history of sexual harassment and misogyny, in a game thats entire lore is based on conflict, just to save face, is a bit shady, don't you think?

They are removing Magtheridon soon; too masculine

A game that is focused on highlighting performance will inevitably become toxic, /spit or no /spit.

This is embarrassing. Unironically "toxic" emotes such as /spit were part of the Classic experience - like it or not. Didn't know #somechanges included woke shenanigans.