why are you on this forum then? playing their game? just quit, i swear everyday you and shitty streamers who think they are social justice warriors try to attack blizzard yet make money from streaming their games or subscription to WoW or whatever.
Shitty company and evil yes, there is FAR more stressing issues in the "Real-world" than a game company being bad. Get a grip and wake the fuck up
why are you on this forum then? playing their game? just quit, i swear everyday you and shitty streamers who think they are social justice warriors try to attack blizzard yet make money from streaming their games or subscription to WoW or whatever.
Shitty company and evil yes, there is FAR more stressing issues in the "Real-world" than a game company being bad. Get a grip and wake the fuck up
Hate to break it to you, but abuse at the work place (which is what Activiion is blamed for now) is pretty much a real world problem.
if people dont know how to stand up and their workplace after abuse i feel bad for them, yes some ppl have their rights ignored but trust me if this is your concern you have been living in a bubble. Blizzard isnt the only bad corrupt company, what about human rights in Qatar ? what about Isreali killing Palestians for the past odd 50 years?
Critikal is a grifting pothead. Every video is just "this thing bad", no explanation why or any depth to his observation. Then he throws some insults and makes a cock joke. Rinse and repeat.
We all know abusing employees and power is bad. We don't need some mush-brain to tell us so. He expects a Like and a pat on the back for parroting whatever approved post he read on reddit today without adding any original thoughts of his own.
Critikal is a grifting pothead. Every video is just "this thing bad", no explanation why or any depth to his observation. Then he throws some insults and makes a cock joke. Rinse and repeat.
We all know abusing employees and power is bad. We don't need some mush-brain to tell us so. He expects a Like and a pat on the back for parroting whatever approved post he read on reddit today without adding any original thoughts of his own.
exactly this! those streamers are such hyprocrites and people who follow them are just as stupid. You need a video online to wake you up and tell you abuse is bad. Yet they have been playing blizz games all these years.
same with any other form of injustice in life, ppl still drink coffee, eat meat/chicken , regardless of how "inhumane" their source is. But ya thats the new life nowadays ppl just want somethign to jump on the bandwagon because they cant think for themselves , life has became so digital u need an online person to even tell your brain how to think
if people dont know how to stand up and their workplace after abuse i feel bad for them, yes some ppl have their rights ignored but trust me if this is your concern you have been living in a bubble. Blizzard isnt the only bad corrupt company, what about human rights in Qatar ? what about Isreali killing Palestians for the past odd 50 years?
seriously get a grip
A bigger problem doesn't negate a smaller one. Yes, I agree you should stand up for yourself or get the f*** out and seriously, I'm disgusted by some of the accusations we hear nowadays, but again, this is not about the game, it's about what's behind it.
Not the worst, they just got caught. This is an industry-wide problem, and extends to most other industries. I mean, have you seen what goes on in Tyson Chicken Factories or Amazon Fulfilment Centers? Outsourced labor is even more exploititative. Nearly every publicly traded company pushes their policies right to the edge of legality, and crosses that line as much as possible without getting caught. If they do get caught they handle it in arbitration, settle out of court, quietly resign, etc. The only time you hear about this stuff is when there are whistleblowers.
That's what happens when lobbyists and PACs are allowed to erode corporate regulations and worker unions are aggressively -- sometimes violently -- dismantled. Late-stage capitalism, the guard rails fell off a long time ago. Chase short term profits, cut corners, lower wages, layoff workers... and then bail with a golden parachute when everything falls apart and the workers are the ones everything lands on.
If Kotick does resign, he wont face any real consequences and will just be replaced with some other shark in a suit, beholden to shareholders and thus profit. If there's any ray of hope in this story, it's that the ABK Alliance has actually made pretty significant progress in forcing Activision to comply with their demands, in large part because people have kept ATVI under intense scrutiny. They might even manage to unionize. I won't hold my breath, but it would be a massive step in the video games industry.
Pretty much this. Blizz is just an example of how bad can die-hard capitalism be. It no longer depends that much if your game is good, but how much money can you squeeze from it. This is what unions are for, and I sure hope this happens, because there are just so many good people in this business and if their quality of life is good, their products will most likely be (just take a look at what environment tends to be at those games that either got rushed or were terrible to begin with).
I don't know why you're so upset. You changed your profile avatar and have a name to match the CEO. Seems like you have nothing better to do friend.
I don't know who that person in the video is and I don't plan on listening to someone elses opinion from some YouTuber. I'll talk to you members instead. That guys not responding to us here.
Now then. The topic. Its all accusations at this point. I personally haven't seen the evidence of it so far. If the lawsuit brings the evidence out I'm totally praying for this man to get jail time. The story doesn't seem so far out there considering everything thats happened within that company.
Seems like if all the allegations are found to be true then the guilty will get what's coming to them. Enough exposure to this story and the inner problems at Activision Blizzard has already been let out publicly and it seems unlikely they can escape it now.
I agree with the above mention of companies all doing bad things, just some are pushing it further than others and seeing what they can get away with. That's their business. Not every company does it, but it seems like that's part of how they get so big. Cutting corners, cutting pay, cutting benefits and pushing their workers as much as they can within the "limits" of what is acceptable.
There is an ad out right now for employment at Amazon, and I could not believe they let this one get approved. It's a short montage of people smiling a lot while working, with this guy talking behind it saying, and I quote exactly: "I never thought I would work at Amazon, but I needed a job to support my family. They had one and I took it"
Like.. what about this sounds like it's a good place to work? Are they actually preying on people in bad situations that only need a job, any job, just to pay the bills?
I guess my point is simply, big companies are all going to push to make the most profit, no matter what that means. And if it means sweeping things under the rug or doing something that is against any rules, then they just hope they don't get caught...
i dont know this youtuber but its hilarious how he mock on the brainless Lizzard´s fan boys XDDD a lot of those monkeys actually are typing in this forum
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Like.. what about this sounds like it's a good place to work? Are they actually preying on people in bad situations that only need a job, any job, just to pay the bills?
Yes. That's the bedrock of our economy. Millions of people on the brink of financial ruin working low income, dead end jobs. Even if they were qualified for better paying jobs (and many of them are), it's a pyramid-shaped hierarchy. There will never be enough room for advancement to accommodate everyone, and there will always be millions of crappy jobs that need to be done for the economy to function, so there will always be millions of people stuck on the bottom.
It's a system that fundamentally traps people in poverty and only allows a small number of people to succeed, while funneling a majority of the wealth to a small number of individuals at the top. They can then use their wealth to influence the government in order to erode regulations so that they can avoid assuming any risk themselves, undermining the basis of the free market.
You just know that the shit hit the fan, when the pengz raises his voice.
why are you on this forum then? playing their game? just quit, i swear everyday you and shitty streamers who think they are social justice warriors try to attack blizzard yet make money from streaming their games or subscription to WoW or whatever.
Shitty company and evil yes, there is FAR more stressing issues in the "Real-world" than a game company being bad. Get a grip and wake the fuck up
Hate to break it to you, but abuse at the work place (which is what Activiion is blamed for now) is pretty much a real world problem.
if people dont know how to stand up and their workplace after abuse i feel bad for them, yes some ppl have their rights ignored but trust me if this is your concern you have been living in a bubble. Blizzard isnt the only bad corrupt company, what about human rights in Qatar ? what about Isreali killing Palestians for the past odd 50 years?
seriously get a grip
Developing blasphemous games such as Diablo I, Diablo II, Diablo III, Diablo IV and Diablo Inmortal should have been a hint.
The evidence was there the whole time. We are blind! :P
Critikal is a grifting pothead. Every video is just "this thing bad", no explanation why or any depth to his observation. Then he throws some insults and makes a cock joke. Rinse and repeat.
We all know abusing employees and power is bad. We don't need some mush-brain to tell us so. He expects a Like and a pat on the back for parroting whatever approved post he read on reddit today without adding any original thoughts of his own.
It's a good thing I play Hearthstone and decided to come to this site for news - otherwise I never would have known about this atrocity of a company.
Thanks for opening my eyes.
And thanks to this youtuber that I've never heard of! He clearly knows a lot and his voice is reason.
exactly this! those streamers are such hyprocrites and people who follow them are just as stupid. You need a video online to wake you up and tell you abuse is bad. Yet they have been playing blizz games all these years.
same with any other form of injustice in life, ppl still drink coffee, eat meat/chicken , regardless of how "inhumane" their source is. But ya thats the new life nowadays ppl just want somethign to jump on the bandwagon because they cant think for themselves , life has became so digital u need an online person to even tell your brain how to think
A bigger problem doesn't negate a smaller one. Yes, I agree you should stand up for yourself or get the f*** out and seriously, I'm disgusted by some of the accusations we hear nowadays, but again, this is not about the game, it's about what's behind it.
Not the worst, they just got caught. This is an industry-wide problem, and extends to most other industries. I mean, have you seen what goes on in Tyson Chicken Factories or Amazon Fulfilment Centers? Outsourced labor is even more exploititative. Nearly every publicly traded company pushes their policies right to the edge of legality, and crosses that line as much as possible without getting caught. If they do get caught they handle it in arbitration, settle out of court, quietly resign, etc. The only time you hear about this stuff is when there are whistleblowers.
That's what happens when lobbyists and PACs are allowed to erode corporate regulations and worker unions are aggressively -- sometimes violently -- dismantled. Late-stage capitalism, the guard rails fell off a long time ago. Chase short term profits, cut corners, lower wages, layoff workers... and then bail with a golden parachute when everything falls apart and the workers are the ones everything lands on.
If Kotick does resign, he wont face any real consequences and will just be replaced with some other shark in a suit, beholden to shareholders and thus profit. If there's any ray of hope in this story, it's that the ABK Alliance has actually made pretty significant progress in forcing Activision to comply with their demands, in large part because people have kept ATVI under intense scrutiny. They might even manage to unionize. I won't hold my breath, but it would be a massive step in the video games industry.
Git woke or git ded
Pretty much this. Blizz is just an example of how bad can die-hard capitalism be. It no longer depends that much if your game is good, but how much money can you squeeze from it. This is what unions are for, and I sure hope this happens, because there are just so many good people in this business and if their quality of life is good, their products will most likely be (just take a look at what environment tends to be at those games that either got rushed or were terrible to begin with).
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I don't know why you're so upset. You changed your profile avatar and have a name to match the CEO. Seems like you have nothing better to do friend.
I don't know who that person in the video is and I don't plan on listening to someone elses opinion from some YouTuber. I'll talk to you members instead. That guys not responding to us here.
Now then. The topic. Its all accusations at this point. I personally haven't seen the evidence of it so far. If the lawsuit brings the evidence out I'm totally praying for this man to get jail time. The story doesn't seem so far out there considering everything thats happened within that company.
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Seems like if all the allegations are found to be true then the guilty will get what's coming to them. Enough exposure to this story and the inner problems at Activision Blizzard has already been let out publicly and it seems unlikely they can escape it now.
I agree with the above mention of companies all doing bad things, just some are pushing it further than others and seeing what they can get away with. That's their business. Not every company does it, but it seems like that's part of how they get so big. Cutting corners, cutting pay, cutting benefits and pushing their workers as much as they can within the "limits" of what is acceptable.
There is an ad out right now for employment at Amazon, and I could not believe they let this one get approved. It's a short montage of people smiling a lot while working, with this guy talking behind it saying, and I quote exactly: "I never thought I would work at Amazon, but I needed a job to support my family. They had one and I took it"
Like.. what about this sounds like it's a good place to work? Are they actually preying on people in bad situations that only need a job, any job, just to pay the bills?
I guess my point is simply, big companies are all going to push to make the most profit, no matter what that means. And if it means sweeping things under the rug or doing something that is against any rules, then they just hope they don't get caught...
i dont know this youtuber but its hilarious how he mock on the brainless Lizzard´s fan boys XDDD a lot of those monkeys actually are typing in this forum
Yes. That's the bedrock of our economy. Millions of people on the brink of financial ruin working low income, dead end jobs. Even if they were qualified for better paying jobs (and many of them are), it's a pyramid-shaped hierarchy. There will never be enough room for advancement to accommodate everyone, and there will always be millions of crappy jobs that need to be done for the economy to function, so there will always be millions of people stuck on the bottom.
It's a system that fundamentally traps people in poverty and only allows a small number of people to succeed, while funneling a majority of the wealth to a small number of individuals at the top. They can then use their wealth to influence the government in order to erode regulations so that they can avoid assuming any risk themselves, undermining the basis of the free market.
I liked him in Dazed and Confused, not so much in this.
Don't mind me, i am here to enjoy the comments from butthurt fanboys. :D
You guys will defend anything! So hilarious!I enjoy see you bootlicking though, is like a good kinky porn but family friendly and with text :P
Fuck Blizzard. May they have diarrhea forever. Kotick is a classic narcissist. Hope he gets… what’s worse than diarrhea? Idk. But hope he gets it.
and also people who play hunter main in diamond wild. :)