Yes, both extremes are bad m'kay, we are just seeing a lot more from the far left nowadays, sorry if the truth makes you cringe.
I don't have anything to do with that company anymore, what's with the HS art?
Those pandering assholes! Disgusting! There's woman with purple/dangerous hair! (That's... That's the issue, right?)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22691928/Stormwind_KeyArt.jpg)
WE are not THEM, nobody here wants him cancelled or harassed, especially not Asmongold. I also updated the OP to make this very clear.
He seems like a decent guy, and he has the right attitude. I laughed at the money beg and 226k tweets, what a damaged individual.
A millionaire hobo
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This is wrong though. One is an official account officially representing the company while the other is an individual representing himself that happens to work for a company. Does his opinion make his employer look bad? Of course it does, but what he says is still not Blizzard's official stance. I'm not sure how one can mix the two.
Oh please. Death threats from kids on the net. They're the same thing as insults.
Why is he an asshole though?
Like I said, I don't know the full story in this particular instance. I'm simply referring to the videos of his I watched while playing WoW.
Asmongold is a popular WOW streamer who is known for his harsh criticism of Blizzard. He recently decided to give FFXIV a try, prompting many haters on Twitter to clamor for his removal from the game. In this context, Blizzard Lead Product Manager Adam Holisky endorsed a tweet by one such Twitter user who was openly instigating a harassment campaign against Asmongold. Said Twitter user asked his followers to keep reporting Asmongold in order to run him off quickly.
As a Blizzard employee, insulting your customers is one thing, but condoning their harassment is really crossing a line. If that mindset is in any shape or form representative of Blizzard's current corporate culture, is it any wonder they are slowly circling down the drain? Think of Asmongold what you will, but he's certainly never harmed anybody or engaged in the kind of disgusting ostracism on display here.
I'll let Asmongold speak for himself. His response is mature, level-headed and says it all really:
Let me just say as a FFXIV player, that he's certainly welcomed to play the game and I hope he enjoys it as much as I do. I know many people in the game who are happy to see him try it out.
P.S.: Like Asmongold said, don't engage or harass these people over social media. While I think their behavior towards Asmongold is horrific, I wish them no harm and we should not stoop down to their level. Critical discussion and valid criticism in this thread is fine though.
What full story? The guy just gives constructive criticism of a game he loves and asks for changes and the dev thinks he's a meanie for pointing it out.
Asmon already stated he doesn't care about what was said, because he's talked a bunch of shit about Blizzard himself lol
Besides, this particular Blizzard employee is a bit of a loon...
Correct, and there is a reason why people writing these things on Twitter are always Individual Contributors (ICs), basically not management-level. This guy will never get promoted to that position, this is a huge corporate no-no. Golden rule is: you keep your opinions to yourself, you don't stir and cause drama.
