Alliestrasza and Lt. Eddy Cancel Card Reveals over Blizzard Allegations and Law Suit
Content Creators Alliestrasza and Lt. Eddy, who were both scheduled to have card reveals today both decided to not do their reveals on the scheduled time due to news that broke about a law suit against ActivisionBlizzard about sexual harrassment and gender based discrimination.
Here is a link to a story on The Verge which has all the relevant information about that suit, including a statement by ActivisionBlizzard on the topic.
Below you will find the courageous video message by Alliestrasza explaining why she made her decision, as well as Lt. Eddy's tweets on the topic.
FRIDAY EDIT: Trump has announced today that he is also pulling his card reveal. Blizzard also decided to pull more reveals from their own official channels, scheduled in the next few hours. See the video in which Trump explains his reasoning below.
Hey folks, not releasing my card reveal today. https://t.co/YzFRcjwFyk pic.twitter.com/rkXEVuPM4K
— Alliestrasza (@Alliestrasza) July 22, 2021
Please note: This happens at other companies, if not most. Even your own workplace that you’re unaware of. Please stand up against this behavior if you see it.
— Lt. Eddy (@LieutenantEddy) July 22, 2021
The lawsuit is basically everything you expect from Activision. Stop calling them Blizzard. Blizzard is gone.
Two of the named people in the complaint - J Allen Brack (President of Blizzard) and Alex Afrasiabi (former WoW lead) - were both with Blizzard for nearly two decades. Stop blaming this on Activision, it's blatantly clear to everyone that this culture was endemic AT BLIZZARD and was perpetrated long before the Vivendi spin-off moved them closer with Activision.
"But we're still going to play and stream your game and give you more exposure that way 4Head"
Prepare yourself for all the SJW in the comments, telling you how brave this is to not reveal a card XD
Honestly it is more the other way round.
Most ppl acting like getting a freaking card reveal a day later is the end of the world...
Also @user11042425 this is just a stunt to spread awareness, it is not the whole company that is rotten, just several higher ups.
Thank you for punishing us for something the Activision devs may have done, Blizzard product shill influencers
The complaint explicitly name drops a number of high-ups at Blizzard who were involved. This isn't some "Activision poisoning Blizzard" thing.
Exposing the lawsuit through boycotting will ultimately produce more of "good" for the game than two card reveals. You will know what they are eventually anyway. However, the more public attention this situation will get the better. Stop being a selfish prick, please.