You are one dull and hollow sonofabitch, if you care about any of these changes. Seriously.
All I'm seeing from these changes is blizzard loudly proclaiming that women are the problem.
Not seeing any sexualized male stuff changing.
World needs more Goblin Warriors https://i.imgur.com/WKs8aJA.jpg
As someone who no longer cares about the game or company, but enjoys watching all of this from the fence, this kind of stuff is funny to watch. They are overreacting to a point that it's going to be more harmful than helpful by creating the sensation that the game can only be childish and clean so no one gets offended. I can even understand why they are trying so hard, but it's a bit disheartening since the customers are the ones who will be treated as little kids that can't handle a dick joke or the reality of the relationship between some mogus.
"Mastery Haste will fix it."
I think that what they're doing is easy, nearly free and something to point to if they need it. So you're on to something there. It doesn't mean a lot. But it's not nothing either. It's a public dog whistle that indicates "OK. We get it."
They are going to be a bit more thoughtful about inserting sexual references like "Love Rocket" into the game going forward. That's an artifact of the corporate culture they want (and need) to erase. They're not wrong in pursuing that change. Having things in their game that could come from a bad Flesh Gordon remake isn't helping them. Their content choices will be watched forever starting now. I think they're aware of that and will lay back on pandering to their male customers.
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Lacing the game with mild sexual innuendo intended to be amusing could be considered fairly childish in its own right. It's still a game rated for 12+.
"...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it."
No-one was offended by those names, so no reason to change them on that basis. Changing them isn't going to help with the lawsuit, so no reason to change them on that basis either.
That leaves two options: Either they are failing to learn lessons, or they are appeasing investors. I think it's a bit of both.
On a minor point, it's sad watching Blizzard strip the game of its character and sense of humour.
So what's the problem with the game being considered childish, if it's supposed to be for children?
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Point to what? The fact they changed a penis icon? If having a penis icon in the game to begin with is a problem, then that only draws attention to the fact, that it's there in the first place, as well as draw attention to all of the things, that are similar, and are still in the game.
I mean where does this stop?
How far do they have to go?
There is a tribute to Tenacious D in the game. The Tenacious Defender is a belt, that drops in Hellfire Ramparts and it's a clear reference to the band. And the band has made songs like "Fuck Her Gently" and "Low-Hanging Fruit" and all sorts of songs about sexual content, and the cover of Rize of the Fenix intentionally looks like a penis.
Is that a problem? If the Love Rocket icon looking like a penis is a problem, then isn't the tribute to a band, that does similar things also a problem?
Is it ok to make a song about fucking women hard, because they like that, or isn't that sexist? Does Blizzard want to be associated with people like that?
A little bit but humor gets dated and Blizzard misses with the in-game jokes that are cultural references (and yes, even mild sexual innuendo is a cultural reference that can easily go sour as we have seen) than they hit. That whole CSI: Miami bit in Westfall and that painfully bad Indiana/Harrison Jones thing in Uldum would have better been tabled. It's aged out badly.
"...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it."
If I don't respond to something you tagged me in, assume one of two things.
1) Your post was too stupid to acknowledge, or
2) Your post is cringe and not worth replying to.
Alternatively, if it happens a lot I probably have you blocked due to one of the above things. Thank you.
World needs more Goblin Warriors https://i.imgur.com/WKs8aJA.jpg
Still wondering that they didn't remove this npc:
https://www.wowhead.com/npc=25329/go...-corpsegrinder
Named after cannibal corpse's lead singer who called night elf players ( or was it the alliance ? ) f*gg*ts.
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"...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it."
What a retarded way for Americans to come full circle with their puritanical bullshit.
This is a signature of an ailing giant, boundless in pride, wit and strength.
Yet also as humble as health and humor permit.
Furthermore, I consider that Carthage Slam must be destroyed.
It "ends" when the game has become Sharia-compliant and removed all scantily-clad females, because their sinful skin will only drive all of the toxic males into a lustful frenzy, so it's the woman's fault for not covering up! No room for edgy humor, either, that might offend some pansy in Los Angeles who gets "triggered" by any showing of masculinity, as all men are rapists.