Big Phoenix
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Not specifically about working at Blizzard, but just working in general.
So SL introduced hip armor? WoW's shoulder armor meme wasnt enough they needed a new one?
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So SL introduced hip armor? WoW's shoulder armor meme wasnt enough they needed a new one?
Lambourne
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I don't watch Twitch but watched some Amongold clips on YT and he doesn't seem actively malicious towards the devs at all. He's pretty genuine in talking about what he likes and doesn't like. Someone in your target audience giving you their honest feedback should be one of the most valuable thing you can get if you are running a business, but these twitter pronouns all take it personally.
Mist is on to something, it's a whole bunch of fresh-out-of-college kids running the show there now and they are just not emotionally mature enough to handle criticism (or design game systems that don't suck apparently, I don't play live WoW but it all sounds terrible)
Mist is on to something, it's a whole bunch of fresh-out-of-college kids running the show there now and they are just not emotionally mature enough to handle criticism (or design game systems that don't suck apparently, I don't play live WoW but it all sounds terrible)
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Chris
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This is the same thing which happened with Pewdiepie.
1) Adult internet users assume the big internet personality is a cringe dumbass and ignores them.
2) Blue checkmarks try to cancel them because they are jealous of their following and they question the narrative.
3) Adult internet users go to the source and check their content to get in on the drama. But their content is actually really good.
4) Big internet personality doubles their fanbase. Blue check marks self destruct.
Asmongold seems to have learned the lessons of Pewdiepie who did initially try to apologise before doing the right thing.
SJWism is all about positive affirmation no matter what unless you go against the narrative, then you are fair game to try and suicide. It's insane.
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Araxen
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Somehow Asmongold is responsible for the WoW community for being toxic when in actuality it's the devs that have fostered the environment. lol
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sukik
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Asmon should tread lightly here, that dude he’s replying to seems totally unhinged. Looks and acts like the fucking una bomber
Mist
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CaughtCross
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Malkav
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So, disregarding snowflake tweet there, the guy that just got nominated co-lead after all that shitshow is casually tweeting about going to dinner with Kilgore, the guy that was fired from being Morhaime's successor because of his problematic attitude?
Do these guy have absolutely no clues about optics at all?
Mist
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Malkav
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Ah yeah my bad, was fooled by the timestamp on snowflake tweet. Girl really went to dig for this one.
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jayrebb
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Keep in mind, this pre-dates the Furor situation and began when he released his letter to Blizzard regarding SL. The entire WoW community interlocked fingers on reddit and cited him as the biggest problem with WoW.
He was accused of promoting toxicity immediately by the greater WoW community as a whole, even the developer harassment accusations are not new. Those accusations were made as soon as he released his SL letter. Literally within 12 hours of the letter being posted, he was accused of promoting harassment of devs. I remember quite a few FOHers didn't understand the dynamic, likely not being familiar with Asmongold at all.
This pre-dates FF14 by a full month? Maybe more.
jayrebb
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Read the letter to get a basis, and then view his on-stream comments immediately after the letter was released and you'd understand the backlash and why hes accused of promoting harassment. This is critical to understanding why normies and casuals believe he's promoting harassment. It's a misunderstanding and it's all about him taking a tone that isn't politically correct.
"talk about it"
"keep talking about it" *indicating inflection in tone of voice*
"just keep talking about it"
"talk about it like WoD until we get Legion"
"talk more about it" *aggressive/angry*
"post about it. keep talking about it"
"endless talk"
It was all tone of voice in the aftermath of his letter.