People have to remember that the majority of what comprises the 'Blizzard' we know and love is mostly caught in the middle here; a lot has come out over how far from the top this was handed down (no, not from Activision, so save the hate, but definitely from higher-ups); the fans spoke loud enough that even way up high they had to listen, things got changed.
That shouldn't stop us from being fans / trusting Blizzard in general--this kind of thing has been very rare, and when it's been bad, they've retracted. A company like EA would have told us all to go fuck ourselves and done it anyway.
No company is perfect, Blizzard among them, but I think it's fair to keep things in this light.
Anyway!
Yeah Zhar, it was just insane; and not bad for only my second 2v2 ever on a map I'd never even seen before, haha. You know you've got a fun game when you can lose and not even be mad about it.
And yeah, no new maps. Wonder if we'll see any before Phase 2 is over?
But hey, apparently I'm some paranoiac guy who thinks every fishy move is some sort of attempt at controversy. But big company with power fool people. And big company don't pull off that kind of stuff for nothing.
Naw, this is exactly what I realized after the joy of Blizzard reconsidering passed, I realized that it probably was a publicity stunt by Blizzard.
Or they made a bad call, listened to the fans, and decided that having real names on a forum wasn't all that important in their plans. Which is a much more plausible explanation for what happened rather than grasping at every straw for a conspiracy behind the scenes.
What Phrozen said. Occam's Razor, etc.
I'm as cynical as the next person, really, but not every Big Corporation is out to fuck with you, at all times, out of some sense of greed.
The only thing Blizzard got out of it was a lot of fan backlash and bad publicity, and the idea is that they knew that would happen and did it on purpose just to get in the news? I doubt it.
It's like me calling up the newspaper and telling them I just raped and killed someone, then denied it after the story hit, all so I could get people to know my name.
Anyway, this is really all off-topic, so back to the SC2, yeah?
Having a blast, sitting near the top of my Silver league right now. Zhar and I had an epic 2v2 yesterday that was a lot of fun. So feel free to add me and hit me up if you want to play! Friend ID in an earlier post.
As of early this morning the login issue for Macs has been resolved, though.
That shouldn't stop us from being fans / trusting Blizzard in general--this kind of thing has been very rare, and when it's been bad, they've retracted. A company like EA would have told us all to go fuck ourselves and done it anyway.
No company is perfect, Blizzard among them, but I think it's fair to keep things in this light.
Anyway!
Yeah Zhar, it was just insane; and not bad for only my second 2v2 ever on a map I'd never even seen before, haha. You know you've got a fun game when you can lose and not even be mad about it.
And yeah, no new maps. Wonder if we'll see any before Phase 2 is over?
What Phrozen said. Occam's Razor, etc.
I'm as cynical as the next person, really, but not every Big Corporation is out to fuck with you, at all times, out of some sense of greed.
The only thing Blizzard got out of it was a lot of fan backlash and bad publicity, and the idea is that they knew that would happen and did it on purpose just to get in the news? I doubt it.
It's like me calling up the newspaper and telling them I just raped and killed someone, then denied it after the story hit, all so I could get people to know my name.
Anyway, this is really all off-topic, so back to the SC2, yeah?
Having a blast, sitting near the top of my Silver league right now. Zhar and I had an epic 2v2 yesterday that was a lot of fun. So feel free to add me and hit me up if you want to play! Friend ID in an earlier post.
Anybody, feel free to add me! I kinda suck, but I'll play.
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