Afrasiabi left Blizzard?

[ravenmoon]

From my experience here, it's really becasue she's a woman is why she gets the hate.

There is that too - although I'm not sure how much of it is misogynist atmosphere or woke rebellion. It should be, cos they use to love her, this is why i suspect its faction based.

[TheRevenantHero]

Woe betide you don't enthrone the horde as gods above all, the horde fanboi crowd on MMO champion would crucify as a warning to any potential writer who doesn't make them come off good.

Ofc, when you shit on the alliance, you make them happy and your job is safe - at least as long as blizzard keep listening to the biased and very loud hardcore horde fanbase rather than use their heads and write both factions well for the story.

Golden' ofc is not at fault, she doesn't determine that the horde come off bad, or the end results and plot of the story, she gets told what happens, and she is suppose to flesh it out and make it engaging. if the plot is terrible or you don't like the outcome, it isn't Golden's fault at all, cos she doesn't decide that. That's an Afrisiabi/Danuser problem.
I agree with you, there is no point shitting on Golden. The same fanboys use to love her when she use to exclusively write horde stories, but woah, a story that an alliance character looks amazing or enviable or the horde isn't your white knight and she swings from so called fan favourite (which in reality is horde fan favourite) to hated (i.e. hated by horde fan bois)

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She can't butcher the lore, she doesn't decide such things. If that's why you hate her, it's pointless.

Saying that a Senior Writer at Blizzard has no deciding power is such a ridiculous thing to say. I hate her because her writing has always sucked and Anduin has become and even more unbearable character since she joined the writing team.

[Soon-TM]

I don't know what is more cringeworthy, Golden (and her boss Danuser)'s writing, or her... um, fans who try to deflect any criticism by labelling it as sexism

[Grax]

Not surprising.

I can't imagine trying to carry this game if you had a soul or were not fresh to the industry. I'm sure the new guys are excited.

But man shadowlands is a beautiful beautiful game... with near mobile levels of game play now.

You will never be challenged unless you seek it out.
You will never be surprised.
You won't get excited over stats much.

It's bums me out. After legion being semi decent at certain points... I was hoping we'd get another decent one but if you take away the flashy graphics... its BFA levels again.

I know its still early and people will go raiding isnt out and not many people are 60. Thats fine and I'm sure they will be fun the first few times. I am talking from a core gameplay level that is in every aspect of the game at all times.

Quoted for truth. I came back at the end of BfA. I hit 60 last week. I log in to finish my chores, not to play the game. I'm burnt out already.

I collect the anima.
I get the renown ranks.
I get the main stat/stamina/secondary one/secondary two gear.
I press the hotkey when it lights up.
This is the game for the next two-plus years.
DISHES ARE DONE BLIZZ CAN I GO OUTSIDE NOW?

The game gives you a list of everything you need to do, down to the smallest detail. PvP seems alright and the only place where there's any semblance of player agency. The entire gameplay philosophy feels like it's been designed around engagement metrics and statistics and is completely soulless.

[SirCowdog]

Quoted for truth. I came back at the end of BfA. I hit 60 last week. I log in to finish my chores, not to play the game. I'm burnt out already.

I collect the anima.
I get the renown ranks.
I get the main stat/stamina/secondary one/secondary two gear.
I press the hotkey when it lights up.
This is the game for the next two-plus years.
DISHES ARE DONE BLIZZ CAN I GO OUTSIDE NOW?

The game gives you a list of everything you need to do, down to the smallest detail. PvP seems alright and the only place where there's any semblance of player agency. The entire gameplay philosophy feels like it's been designed around engagement metrics and statistics and is completely soulless.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this. A lot of times it seems like I have a VERY different view on things in WoW than the general playerbase. So it's good to see others recognizing how dull the game feels right now.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Saying that a Senior Writer at Blizzard has no deciding power is such a ridiculous thing to say.

A senior writer who doesn’t work on the lore team and has already laid out what she actually does at blizzard? Not ridiculous at all unless again you have something to point to her lying about her role in the company.

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I don't know what is more cringeworthy, Golden (and her boss Danuser)'s writing, or her... um, fans who try to deflect any criticism by labelling it as sexism

Some times It makes you wonder.

you have two very public writers one who has said multiple time they don’t decide the lore Or even work on that team, and one that’s constantly talking about the lore direction and doing interviews about said direction. Yet the former is used as a scape goat and painted with every brush possible rather that be ruining the lore forcing characters down our throats injecting wow with social justice.

While there are likely many different reasons people do so it does make one wonder from time to time.

[Shaetha]

While Afrasiabi getting the boot is great news, the replacement doesnt exactly give much hope.

This statement is the exact reason we've been getting the exact same shit from companies like Blizzard, Nintendo and Disney for 20 years.

Change is inevitable. Learn to live with it, or you will be subsumed by it.

[Alanar]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this. A lot of times it seems like I have a VERY different view on things in WoW than the general playerbase. So it's good to see others recognizing how dull the game feels right now.

There is truth in it.. I mean when I finnish the shores I am always like: Oke we r good so now lets play the game.. it ends up doing something stupid that in the end wasnt realy fun.

[TheRevenantHero]

A senior writer who doesn’t work on the lore team and has already laid out what she actually does at blizzard? Not ridiculous at all unless again you have something to point to her lying about her role in the company.

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Some times It makes you wonder.

you have two very public writers one who has said multiple time they don’t decide the lore Or even work on that team, and one that’s constantly talking about the lore direction and doing interviews about said direction. Yet the former is used as a scape goat and painted with every brush possible rather that be ruining the lore forcing characters down our throats injecting wow with social justice.

While there are likely many different reasons people do so it does make one wonder from time to time.

I don't believe for a second that she has no pull. It makes NO sense if she's a senior writer in title. Also, calling someone sexist without the person being accused making any sexist comments is childish and does nothing but try to invalidate a person's opinion.

[Soon-TM]

you have two very public writers one who has said multiple time they don’t decide the lore Or even work on that team, and one that’s constantly talking about the lore direction and doing interviews about said direction. Yet the former is used as a scape goat and painted with every brush possible rather that be ruining the lore forcing characters down our throats injecting wow with social justice.

While there are likely many different reasons people do so it does make one wonder from time to time.

Statement A: Golden is a senior writer at Blizz.

Statement B: Golden doesn’t get to decide anything when it comes to writing.

I hope you see the HUGE contradiction between both statements, because if you don't, pretty much nothing you say about this particular issue can be taken seriously. Sure, Golden may not have a final say (that's probably Danuser), but trying to paint her as a mere typewriter grunt simply doesn't fly.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I don't believe for a second that she has no pull. It makes NO sense if she's a senior writer in title. Also, calling someone sexist without the person being accused making any sexist comments is childish and does nothing but try to invalidate a person's opinion.

You can have job titles that are the same to cover different areas, from the sound of it she’s the senior writer for cinematics, novels/novellas, song lyrics ect which would mean she has pull when it comes to how those things come out but not the story in of it’s self as she work work on the lore team. not really a hard concept to grasp unless you think those are one man jobs or like the overwatch or diablo lore writers have some sort of pull on where wows story goes.

As to rather some one sexist or not all I’m saying is that it’s rather suspect when they latch onto a women writer and attribute any negative they can to them based on absolutely nothing like say how you did earlier in the thread.

It doesn’t have to be sexism though it could be any number of other things that invalidate an opinion which in this case would be the fact that Golden’s already laid out her job role and the teams she’s not on.

[Xilurm]

He also was the guy that tweeted "There is only one Legion across all realities" (which is just bad) - i still remember how WoWpedia had an extra (alternate Universe) page for every demon that appeared in WoD (such as Mannoroth) and then deleted all of them shortly after he tweeted that.

The tweet that destroyed everything.

[metzger84]

Afrasiabi probably couldn't handle being a corporate drone crushed under the heels of the top pods that be. He's a cool, creative dude, and there's no place for people like him in a rigid corp. Best of luck

[Specialka]

Wow storytelling was never great, just hope it won't fall lower, but the replacement is not giving me much hope.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Statement A: Golden is a senior writer at Blizz.

Statement B: Golden doesn’t get to decide anything when it comes to writing.

I hope you see the HUGE contradiction between both statements, because if you don't, pretty much nothing you say about this particular issue can be taken seriously. Sure, Golden may not have a final say (that's probably Danuser), but trying to paint her as a mere typewriter grunt simply doesn't fly.

You have no idea how big company works do you?

Statement A:Golden is a senior writer at blizz working on the CDev/SFD team.

Statement B: Golden doesn’t get to decide what teams she’s not on do.

There’s no contradiction if you have even a passing knowledge of how big company’s and job titles work just like there’s no contradiction in statement C or D In regards to B.

Statement C: Peter crook’s (Diablo) is a senior writer at blizz, see statement B.

Statement D:Michael Chu (overwatch) is a senior writer at blizz, see statement B.

Just because some one has the title senior writer doesn’t mean they have say one a team they don’t even work for I mean really why should any one take you seriously when you can’t even grasp that simple concept?

[ravenmoon]

Saying that a Senior Writer at Blizzard has no deciding power is such a ridiculous thing to say. I hate her because her writing has always sucked and Anduin has become and even more unbearable character since she joined the writing team.

Not on plot, she can influence, she can propose a direction, but ultimately, she doesnt decide. The guys with the huge egos do pointless to blame her, if she was the source of the plot, they okayed it and werent good enough to see it was bad, still lies on them

[Specialka]

You have no idea how big company works do you?

Statement A:Golden is a senior writer at blizz working on the CDev/SFD team.

Statement B: Golden doesn’t get to decide what teams she’s not on do.

There’s no contradiction if you have even a passing knowledge of how big company’s and job titles work just like there’s no contradiction in statement C or D In regards to B.

Statement C: Peter crook’s (Diablo) is a senior writer at blizz, see statement B.

Statement D:Michael Chu (overwatch) is a senior writer at blizz, see statement B.

Just because some one has the title senior writer doesn’t mean they have say one a team they don’t even work for I mean really why should any one take you seriously when you can’t even grasp that simple concept?

She is a Senior Writer at Blizzard working on Wow, SC and Overwatch. As a Senior, at one point or another, her word has weight, not maybe the final say, but still some weight.

She is not the worst, but she is far from being a great writer.

[Shadowferal]

Change is inevitable. Learn to live with it, or you will be subsumed by it.

Please
Third option; don't buy into it. Wait until the quality is worth the time and money.

[Xilurm]

This makes me curious where you think the story would have went if the same people responsible for vanilla were around now.

Maybe this?

https://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.htm...058738816&h=50

I remember this thing, it's ancient. But I think it might have been confirmed fake at some point?

But maybe they intended to stop at Wrath. They said they weren't expecting wow to be so huge and thats why it continued. But a lot of people were shuffled after Wrath going into Cata. Even Metzen left wow to work on the Overwatch (then Titan project) story. But why? Maybe his plan was to end it with the death of Arthas. Why were so many people sent into other projects?

Maybe they would've gone on to make WC4 and set up another mmo or something. Who knows.

If they decided to continue wow without any insight from the upper management maybe we would get a proper Azshara expansion. Still mad about that even though I like 8.2.

[Shadowferal]

Pretty sure some people thought R. A. Salvatore had input when he wrote the Star Wars novel that saw Chewie die.