Blizzard Sued By California Over Frat Boy Culture

[Kellorion]

side note - why does wowpedia not allow for recent lets say incidents to added to articles
like Madelene's roux twitter comments
i asked for a section to be added, and then deleted it even on the talk page

wonder if this well be covered at all.

[Phryx]

I honestly have a hard time believing programmers working on world of warcraft are "frat bros". I think there is probably a better term than that...

bullied nerds who got an unusual amount of power and abused it.

[Tehalbino]

They probably have a handful of women at most that do any meaningful work, rest are just hired for gui, journalist, or similar roles so blizzard can post their yearly "we hire the most women out of any company".


This is the result of companies being pressured to hire women and minorities over other quality candidates.

[Izalla]

It's even worse than we thought. According to the lawsuit his office was known as the "Crosby Suite".

I saw that. Yikes.

[lockybalboa]

Good, this toxic and hypocritical company needs a complete cleanup

[Puremallace]

More people coming out. Apparently Belluar was sitting on news about this probably for a while and had a tweet also stating it was not his story to tell.

Jennifer Klasing
"Quest Designer on New World at Amazon Games. Formerly World of Warcraft. All opinions are my own."

https://twitter.com/CallMeQuestifer/...93449844867073

[BreakerOfWills]

Paints the great exodus of the corporate leadership in a way different light

And also raises a big fuckin question about the new companies they're building

[Spazzix]

So if Bobby Kotick gets $155 million when the company does well, how about the company also holds him responsible for all of this too?
(Not to detract from all the individual actors of misconduct who should also be held accountable, simply in addition to.)

How about it, shareholders and board members?

[Syegfryed]

They did removed everything from the old kael'thas dub because something minor, i wonder if they will do anything close now, related to wow, cause there is some items and maybe npcs "in honor" to afrasiabi.

[Skirdus]

They did removed everything from the old kael'thas dub because something minor, i wonder if they will do anything close now, related to wow, cause there is some items and maybe npcs "in honor" to afrasiabi.

Did they actually replace his old voicelines? I know they hired a new VA, but I didn't realize they went that far with it

[muto]

This is gonna be good.

[Tehalbino]

More people coming out. Apparently Belluar was sitting on news about this probably for a while and had a tweet also stating it was not his story to tell.

Jennifer Klasing
"Quest Designer on New World at Amazon Games. Formerly World of Warcraft. All opinions are my own."

https://twitter.com/CallMeQuestifer/...93449844867073

"Quest designer"

Is there anyone in a non expendable position raising a fuss about this?

[aceperson]

Did they actually replace his old voicelines? I know they hired a new VA, but I didn't realize they went that far with it

oh ya, they did replace every line. even the tbc lines though i don't know if they did it for classic tbc. even after it was proven the allegation was false and the accuser was a stalker, blizz refused to use the old files anyways.

[GR8GODZILLAGOD]

"Quest designer"

Is there anyone in a non expendable position raising a fuss about this?

Because their position being "expendable" means it's fine for them to be sexually harassed?

[Jtbrig7390]

"Quest designer"

Is there anyone in a non expendable position raising a fuss about this?

There is that one person who would raise a fuss but.... SHE KINDA DIED CAUSE OF THE SHIT.

[aceperson]

Because their position being "expendable" means it's fine for them to be sexually harassed?

i'm pretty sure the point they are trying to make is that they want confirmation from someone who can't be disposed of. but that'd be an incredibly stupid thing for people who run this kind of thing to do since it would empower the victims.

[Soon-TM]

So for all the woke points they so often try to score, we have all this BS going on in their offices. Wonder what all those fake leftists e.g. Roux will say about this.

[muto]

i'm pretty sure the point they are trying to make is that they want confirmation from someone who can't be disposed of. but that'd be an incredibly stupid thing for people who run this kind of thing to do since it would empower the victims.

They can all be replaced. There’s not a single person at Blizzard that can’t be replaced. Plenty of qualified people out there that would work for Blizzard just to have it on their resume in the future. It’s like being able to say “I played for the Yankees”.

Hopefully Blizzard cleans house and gets all the toxic people out.

[Ashleyxoxo]

There is that one person who would raise a fuss but.... SHE KINDA DIED CAUSE OF THE SHIT.

Who died?

/10chars

[Jtbrig7390]

i'm pretty sure the point they are trying to make is that they want confirmation from someone who can't be disposed of. but that'd be an incredibly stupid thing for people who run this kind of thing to do since it would empower the victims.

Look at their earlier post, That isn't what they was doing. They are victim blaming and just defending Activision.