Thank you for that.
What I'm pointing out is that the argument by the poster - which has largely been echoed by Blizzard over the past two years (mostly the last year) - is very out of touch with both the WoW audience and with gamers in general.
Pardo did a lot of great things for the game, but we've evolved as a society and it's become clear that Blizzard's upper management are producing a corporate culture that doesn't just "not value" most of the gamer audience (45% of gamers are women, I don't have the LGBT numbers but it's clearly going to be more than 5%), it's disdainful of them in a very passive-aggressive way.
If Pardo's leaving is a sign of some corporate culture housecleaning (again, I'm a COO so I really focus on this stuff as it's a core part of my role in leading our organization) then I think the future for WoW and Blizzard could be very bright. If not, if it's really just Pardo taking an exit after 17 years and going to leave in place such a rotted out gamer-dude culture within the company, then it's a huge missed opportunity for the organization.
"I don't always play my warlock, but when I do, I prefer destruction."
- The Most Interesting Player in the World . . . of Warcraft
Again, we're talking about side characters here. Random NPC quests, bar patrons, that sort. It's like you're reading my posts and ignoring all of the actual content to pursue some misguided crusade of against some imaginary adversary to expression. No one is asking Blizzard to change anything. Nothing. Keep the whole thing as is. It just would be a nice gesture to throw some flavor in is all.
Well the reason I am defensive is that I don't want the purity of an artistic vision ruined by someone else's hand.
No. You are asking Blizzard to change things. You want representation for the homosexual orientation in small side quests and the like, which is not what Blizzard is currently doing, so that would necessitate a change.
That is what I'm hesitant to agree with. I don't wish for there to be change for any reason that doesn't come from Blizzard themselves.
If they feel inspired to write homosexuality into a story, then that's great because everybody wins. But I don't like having stories changed to fit someone else's agenda. Call me narrow-minded and self-centered and say I have a limited perspective all you want. I won't yield for something I don't agree with.
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Obviously. And that's one of those things that makes me sad. Again, I think the views you express here, and your inability to see outside of your own point of view are exactly the issue with Blizzard's corporate culture right now.
Look, Blizzard isn't alone here. I'm not trying to single them out. And corporate culture goes bad for a lot of reasons, and in a lot of ways (sometimes it's just complacent, sometimes it's a mess of fiefdoms, sometimes it's a blame culture). But they're the big dog in the MMO world, and a huge player in the overall game market. And they happen to make a game that I love, but am falling out of love with it's developer's attitude on women.
So sometimes you can't change the attitudes at the top, so you have to show them the door. . .
"I don't always play my warlock, but when I do, I prefer destruction."
- The Most Interesting Player in the World . . . of Warcraft
That wouldn't be lucrative. You've demonstrated my "tight ship" point. I do think you are being a contrarian, and only because of the content. Narrow-minded, yes. Continuing to illustrate how absurdly misplaced your obstinate stance is would be a waste of both our time and energy. Carry on the good fight against "the agenda".
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Well gee, that was so difficult to disprove... That google search took me nearly 5 whole seconds.
In other news, trivial trite in the quoted post.
What would it look like if I wasn't narrow-minded and still didn't agree with you? Or am I narrow-minded simply because I don't agree with you?
I'm not trying to halt the advance of the LGBTQ cause; I've indirectly helped in furthering it by supporting the normalization of LGBTQ in our culture.
But there are some things I simply find more important.
If you weren't narrow minded, you wouldn't be so silly as to prop up some sort of imaginary grand artistic vision that would somehow come crumbling with the inclusion of some random side quests or NPCs. This is Blizzard we're talking about here. If there is one thing the community at large can agree on, it's how disposable the lore has been. And it's hard to take your noble claims seriously when you've already stated the LGBT is "shoved down your throat", and how they're promoting some sort of "agenda". It makes it looks more like you're just hiding under a "free expression" banner rather than admit you're just against putting that content in because you're sick of it.
Happy 4th.
No one really cares about your sexuality, only you do. I'd play the fuck out of a game with a bunch of gay men or only gay men characters if it was fucking awesome. I wouldn't ask for there to be straight men. It wouldn't make sense, if the Universe was consistent to it's writing.
World of Warcraft is a fictional Universe. LGBT's don't have to exist in a fictional Universe, quit projecting your own struggles into a video game and is FICTIONAL Universe. Which is what Rob Pardo was saying.
Who is he and what did he do? I mean what did he do that i can see. I can google that he was producer yada yada, but what did he actually did?
Obviously this is because of a mess he caused at D3. Sad, but oh well
Rob Vs Ghost Crawler comments? lol this doesn't make sense