Craig Morisson jumped ship too.

[Soon-TM]

They just want drama.

Who are "they"? Besides, Blizz themselves are providing more drama than any "hater" would have ever dreamed of, and for free

[Sentynel]

Who are "they"? Besides, Blizz themselves are providing more drama than any "hater" would have ever dreamed of, and for free

they = the shitposters on this forum who got nothing better to do than circlejerk on why people in their 50s leave a company they worked at for 15-20 years.

[Soon-TM]

they = the shitposters on this forum who got nothing better to do than circlejerk on why people in their 50s leave a company they worked at for 15-20 years.

Whoa, won't you look at that, those wild, sweeping, convenient strawmen. How cute <3

[MoanaLisa]

so just because someone says something its true? sick hey i have some beach front property i would like to sell to you in colorado. Let me guess you are still a fan boy of that shit company and you got the blinders on?

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during something as hot as what is going on right now it does raise an eye brow

It wouldn't raise much of an eyebrow except that you are publicly saying he's lying.

[Corroc]

I never understood why people fuss over with people leaving Blizzard. There are tons of "problems" with wow currently and you would think its only a good thing that they change personnel to get better as company.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Maybe other companies care less about hurt fee fees and twitter outrage and blaming everyone by association than you seem to?

Sure, that seems a reasonable explanation as to why several major companies have pulled their sponsorships from OWL since I posted that. /s

Though I wouldn't claim it is because they care about feelings directly, I'd wager they just don't want the scrutiny that can come with bad PR. The Coca-Cola Company for example has done objectively worse shit, and I would say they're a far worse company when it comes to how much actual harm they inflict on a global scale (afaik they're one of the worst plastic polluters to exist, up there with Nestle and other similar companies).

I'm not attempting to make light of the sexual harassment and misconduct that went on at Blizzard, but pointing out that type of harm is extremely limited in the scope and scale of how many people are harmed by it. It isn't remotely comparable to the millions of tons of plastic being produced and subsequently dumped into the oceans by the Coca-Cola Company. Both are bad, but one problem is more easily fixed and the other is going to remain a major problem for decades(if not centuries) for everyone on the planet regardless what happens to the company.

[delus]

Huh?

I'm not implying any of them did anything bad. I'm saying that this is like the hundredth high-level Blizzard dev/manager/etc to leave within the past few years and their reasons are probably related. Seems to me that it's become a shitty place to work.

Innocent until proven guilty and all but it is bad optics to leave when those who have such serious accusations against them are as well.

[draugril]

Innocent until proven guilty and all but it is bad optics to leave when those who have such serious accusations against them are as well.

Innocent until proven guilty is only relevant to the court system.

I am entirely comfortable with forming an opinion on a situation without the court's judgement given existing evidence. It is entirely reasonable to jettison employees with "baggage" before the courts reach a decision. Even then, it is entirely reasonable to jettison a problematic employee even if they are found innocent - the court's judgement doesn't need to determine your personal opinion. "Innocence" is a spectrum within the court, and often just a technicality.

[xpsync]

If left on their own, it's a real bad decision as everyone will only think one thing about you, you're guilty af of something.