Several emotes removed in recent PTR build

[Skillslam]

When are racials getting removed? Imagine promoting the idea that certain races are better than others in certain fields in 2021. That's a big oofin yikers from me, sweaty

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Serious question have any of you guys ever got offended by any of these emotes? and if you did why?

Apparently a lot but we'll never truly know why.

[Progenitor Aquarius]

How can I threaten the Jailer if there is no /Doom! Excuse me!? Please, bring it back. He doesn't deserve softness!

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Every emote has been destroyed or falsified, every voice line re-recorded, every picture has been repainted, every trash mob and raid boss has been renamed, every innuendo has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which Blizzard is always right.

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These people have infested every aspect of entertainment at this point. Movies, tv, video games, comic books, you name it. The great irony is they call everyone else toxic and they are by far the most toxic people on the planet.

Every company is terrified of these lunatics. They literally have mentally ill people essentially dictating company policy.

Or is it this one? Both tell the honest truth.

[Darkeon]

These people have infested every aspect of entertainment at this point. Movies, tv, video games, comic books, you name it. The great irony is they call everyone else toxic and they are by far the most toxic people on the planet.

Every company is terrified of these lunatics. They literally have mentally ill people essentially dictating company policy.

Contest that infraction, my man.

Drag that moderator through the mud for giving an infraction for this.

[Kokolums]

Several emotes such as fart, burp, cough, pounce, kick, punch, moon, rear, drool, stink, whistle, moan, and more have been removed. Why was this necessary.

It is necessary because there has been a ton of bad pr and its all "evil Blizzard harassing employees vs the innocent players". They need to change the narrative. One way to change the narrative is to delete emotes and cover up sexy pics in order to bait some players into complaining about it. Then Blizzard can pounce and change the narrative to "Good Blizzard being kind vs evil players wanting to harass other players with emotes".

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

This is nothing short of pure stupidity. Removing /pizza..? Literally is just another way of typing /hungry in game. Like what the fuck? Is something missing here? Is pizza a sexual innuendo or did Blizzard go full Alex Jones or was this a mistake. And /doom? Dare you threaten someone in a video game that's about war!!

While we're at it, let's cover up Alexstrasza and reshape a Thousand Needles. Those two might offend some people.
You know what? Remove /laugh and add a consent button when you target someone with /hug /love /kiss or /pat. If they don't, just send them to court. We can't have them learn about the hidden in game Cosby Suite!!!!


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Must be new to getting lots of attention on the internet or is sensitive while on the internet. I don't know her but for me, I read hate comments here and other places and it used to affect me years ago, now I ignore them or just laugh. But breaking down for someone calling you a shrill and a troll? There's hidden issues at home she's going through. Never have I gotten upset for someone calling me a stupid name like a shrill or a troll.

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I'm telling you, the female Pandaren "Let me show you my Kung-Fu grip" and the Draenei female "I want you to *lick and splat* my *gurgling noises* *slurping noises" is the first getting removed.

LOL nothing i posted here broke any rules. niceee

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Contest that infraction, my man.

Drag that moderator through the mud for giving an infraction for this.

agreed..!!!

[Aucald]

To re-iterate, there is an active thread warning on this thread:

Let's try to keep this admittedly volatile topic on track. Drop the tangent discussions about mental health issues, gender identity, and real-world politics and focus on the PTR changes concerning player emotes.

In addition, the discussion of moderation is also not a suitable topic. PM a subforum or global moderator if you have further questions.

[muto]

Imagine getting so butt-hurt that someone /spit on you. When people do that to me I get giddy, because I know they’re the ones that are actually butt-hurt, and salty. I usually give them a /cheer or /wave back for noticing me!

As for all the other virtue signaling changes. Pretty stupid.

[Coolface330]

Here's how you can tell they're a crock of shit that don't care one bit -

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THEM TO REMOVE THESE EMOTES???

15+ years???

Shove it up your ***, you pandering scumbag~

Or what about the bot problem that plagued the game for 10+ years?

"We'll find out where those IP Addresses are coming from! We promise!

It's not like, we're a top Tech Company or somethin'!"

:/

Pandering.

[Miross]

To re-iterate, there is an active thread warning on this thread:

Let's try to keep this admittedly volatile topic on track. Drop the tangent discussions about mental health issues, gender identity, and real-world politics and focus on the PTR changes concerning player emotes.

In addition, the discussion of moderation is also not a suitable topic. PM a subforum or global moderator if you have further questions.

Aren't those kinda envolved/linked in some way?

For example some may say being target of these emotes is impacting their mental health isn't it okay to discuss about it?

[Aucald]

Aren't those kinda envolved/linked in some way?

For example some may say being target of these emotes is impacting their mental health isn't it okay to discuss about it?

Preferably not, no. People talking about mental health issues, issuing unofficial medical/psychological advice, and similar topics aren't permitted under these forums' rules and guidelines. Not to mention that they're highly distracting and often derail threads.

[starstationprofm]

Maybe not exactly 1/3 [33.33(3)%] but pretty close, ratio is 3:7 [30%] : https://twinfinite.net/2017/07/surve...-gender-ratio/

Which is pretty damn high. So he wasn't wrong.

Quizzes do not make fact. I find it very hard to believe there are so many women paying a sub to play an MMO when compared to men.

Probably a bunch of dudes trolling.

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Directly from the developers:


https://www.famitsu.com/news/201707/...81.html?page=2



The fact that your instant reflex was snarky but absolute disbelief is... sad.

How in the world would Yoshi know whether the player is a male or female.

If they held polls, those are easy to troll.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Quizzes do not make fact. I find it very hard to believe there are so many women paying a sub to play an MMO when compared to men.

Probably a bunch of dudes trolling.

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How in the world would Yoshi know whether the player is a male or female.

If they held polls, those are easy to troll.

They look at account information presumably, gender is a field to be filled out so it is rather easy to just check the general account data to see what the ratios are. And yes, you do consent to them using that information in this manner when you sign up for an account (anyone who isn't aware of this is someone who signed up without actually reading the ToS).

You don't need to quiz or poll players when you already have the data.

[kaminaris]

Quizzes do not make fact. I find it very hard to believe there are so many women paying a sub to play an MMO when compared to men.

Probably a bunch of dudes trolling.

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How in the world would Yoshi know whether the player is a male or female.

If they held polls, those are easy to troll.

From the payments. I know its hard pill to swallow but companies have pretty reliable way to determine if you are a male or female since your accounts have payment history and if you usually either have provide name + surname or its on your CC.

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

Quizzes do not make fact. I find it very hard to believe there are so many women paying a sub to play an MMO when compared to men.

Probably a bunch of dudes trolling.

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How in the world would Yoshi know whether the player is a male or female.

If they held polls, those are easy to troll.

Did Blizz ask our gender at any point in time? I don't remember. I'm curious how they got that data as well.

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From the payments. I know its hard pill to swallow but companies have pretty reliable way to determine if you are a male or female since your accounts have payment history and if you usually either have provide name + surname or its on your CC.

But a mother or father could pay for a family of four, two females and two males and hypothetically all that would fall under what... four women or four men depending upon who paid?

[Adamas102]

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It's not like I ever use emotes. Still, removing something to inhibit player interaction is always bad. I won't say this will break an MMO, but Blizzard will not change the players by changing the game. Removing something is never good.

Disagree. WoW is a game first and foremost. It doesn't and shouldn't reflect all the interactions people can have IRL. For some reason people seem to think that since WoW has a strong social component is should place no limits on social interactions. While social aspects are pretty important to an MMO, they are there predominately to serve the gameplay. WoW isn't an internet forum or social media page, and it's not an educational tool for social interactions that is there to teach people not to be assholes or to have a thicker skin. Chat is there to get people together in order to facilitate things like questing, trading, dungeons, PVP, etc. If people want to also use WoW as a place to just chat with friends then that's fine, but Blizzard doesn't need to keep things (like emotes) that don't facilitate gameplay and can be prone to abuse.

Removing CONTENT is never good since that's what the game is actually built around. It's a very different thing to removing superfluous things that don't affect the core gameplay functions.

[kaminaris]

Did Blizz ask our gender at any point in time? I don't remember. I'm curious how they got that data as well.

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But a mother or father could pay for a family of four, two females and two males and hypothetically all that would fall under what... four women or four men depending upon who paid?

Doesn't matter. Its statistical error. They dont need to determine exact numbers, just the ratio. Which is roughly 30%.

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Removing CONTENT is never good since that's what the game is actually built around. It's a very different thing to removing superfluous things that don't affect the core gameplay functions.

Its not a content FOR YOU, its a content for others. Also you are wrong about social stuff. People want to play MMOs for social aspect. Not for online loner simulator.

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

Doesn't matter. Its statistical error. They dont need to determine exact numbers, just the ratio. Which is roughly 30%.

Again, there is no way of really knowing that. How many people are counted who don't even play, because they pay for their children, SOs, etc?

Its just not reliable, and if they use account info that you fill out when creating accounts .. that isn't credible either.

[Nokura]

Blizzard is so intoxicated with this political correctness nonsense that they forgot about that genocide plotline they wrote not so long ago, which culprit they are in the process of redeeming

But sure, I'm certain that removing the /whistle emote will send a strong message.

You mean Elune?

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The only emote I miss is when we could slap someone with a rotten fish its the only emote i ever used, well that and moo