Blizzard is currently experiencing a “DDoS attack”, preventing players from logging into Diablo 4 and other games such as World of Warcraft.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        If people felt they can’t really escape an essential product from a shitty company because of cost, or even convenience, I’d understand.

        Warning: angry rant.

        But this is a video game. Playing video games is my primary hobby. I do it a lot. It’s how I spend quality time with my long-distance partner as well. But it is not essential to my life. We actually have a very viable option of not buying a product from a company helmed by evil, shitty people. It should’ve been more clear-cut.

        Ultimately, my disappointment over this runs pretty deep. I will never respect Blizzard as a company. Honestly, I had hoped that MS acquiring them would mean breaking them up and scattering the resources to different departments. The fact that I think MS is the better of the two probably says a lot about my disdain for Blizzard at this point.

    • @[email protected]
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      181 year ago

      This should be the top comment in anything related to Activision-Blizzard so that people don’t forget. And Bobby Kotick is STILL CEO.

      • Rentlar
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        51 year ago

        My Blizzy Boycott continues until Bobby is out. I sometimes think about Starcraft but I have held strong so far.

    • Nefyedardu
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      131 year ago

      Not to mention the kowtowing to China and the countless other controversies. Same thing with Riot Games with their sexual harassment settlement and 100% being owned by Tencent (a company that operates a mass-surveillance network against ethnic minorities). So funny how everyone forgets about these things when a company releases a product they like.

      • AlteredStateBlob
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        91 year ago

        And then WoW still got kicked out of China. GG Blizzard, GG. God damn Bobby Kotick is a horrible, horrible person. Thinking about dating Bobby Kotick? Don’t.

      • Virkkunen
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        21 year ago

        It’s not that they “forget about it” they just don’t care. People want to enjoy things.

        If you were to stay on the high horse and stop consuming products and services made by companies with track records like Actiblizzard, you’d probably end living off the grid in a cave

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      Okay Mr Redditor, but I just want to enjoy this game with my friends on the weekend before coming back to work on Monday

      • CleoTheWizard
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        281 year ago

        This is capitalism at its finest. I do not have time to care about the people who made this. I do not want to care about them. I am too overworked to have time to find another hobby. I just want to escape by any means necessary with others before I must return to the grind. I understand this feeling completely and don’t fault you.

        • interolivary
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          201 year ago

          No, they have to play the one made by a company known for its toxic work culture.

          Not that that isn’t like 80% of the industry, though…

        • BettyWhiteInHD
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          21 year ago

          Gamers are so goofy, I swear to god.

          We arguably live in a golden age of gaming, there are so many goddamn games to play and people still swarm to the one made by companies that fucking killed people and are actively working to milk as much money out of you as possible and to make the hobby you enjoy worse in the long run in favor for short term profits. This is why people don’t take you people seriously.

      • AnonymousLlama
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        11 year ago

        People are generally pretty keen on being on their high horses when it comes to philosophical questions about which company is “good” and how no one should play their games ever because of previous mis-steps

        It’s pretty unrealistic to expect the vast majority of people who just want to play games with their friends to not play them because of ideological reasons.

        Sucks to not be about to play with your mates

        • ampersandrew
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          31 year ago

          You don’t have to expect the vast majority of people to see things your way, but you can explain to your friends that it’s important to not support Blizzard due to X, Y, or Z, and then you can play Grim Dawn or something instead.