2500+ Activision Blizzard Devs Sign Letter, Call Exec Response To Allegations Abhorrent & Insulting

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[@nightwolf9375]

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[@romanbellic810]

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[@amajikalninja0]

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[@zenith5048]

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[@seamoose5654]

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[@nooneinparticular5273]

This is the solidarity we need. Activision/Blizzard is, unfortunately, wealthy and powerful enough to sweep this under the rug if people don't fight them tooth and nail and stand up to them. Good on each and every one of the employees protesting, I'm with them and the victims 100%.

[@benchillwell7498]

Every Man is innocent until proven guilty, tired of this "me too" bs so many lives ruined cz of it

[@Terranallias18]

@@benchillwell7498 What the fuck? You think this is all fake because they cancelled haha nugget biscuit man

[@Brad.M.]

@@benchillwell7498 That kinda talk ain't welcome here. Which means YOU are not welcome here. Go away, unsubscribe and leave.

[@yusukeelric]

Activision may be feeding the hordes from the background. Considering blizzard lack of profits has been turning into a baggage on activision, there is nothing Activision would like more than fully appropiating blizzard IP's and erase the company name. Trust this one. AV has been playing the waiting game for some years already, they are waiting for the moment to strike down.

[@homemadejesus]

@@Terranallias18 I suppose you think Johnny Depp is guilty despite the amount of evidence that points to Heard lying? I'm not saying all men are innocent but they certainly aren't all guilty, nor am I saying all victims are liars I'm just saying innocent until proven guilty not the other way around.

[@Teddy_yb]

No wonder Bungie was popping bottles when they left Activision.

[@IAMNOTRANA]

Lmao. I'm curious what bungie has to say about this.

[@Droogie128]

They were never owned by Activision. They just had a 10 year publishing deal

[@Droogie128]

@@coreyhale6660 saying they left Activision kind of implies it. Just clarifying. The just opted to not renew their contract.

[@DairunCates]

@@IAMNOTRANA They "coincidentally" put out an anti-toxicity pledge right after this news came out. Seems like they're pretty openly against it.

[@Vynirian]

@@DairunCates bungie's always been pretty vocal about it tbh, at least as far as i can remember.

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

There’s a biblical temper tantrum happening on a certain CEO’s yacht somewhere right now

[@TheEmoSyndicate]

In Shenzen

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@TheEmoSyndicate I thought it's in Shanghai lol

[@TheEmoSyndicate]

@@ricardohoang8452 I think it is.

[@lolzmanxd3368]

This comment hits different, I cannot describe why, it just do

[@noahmoore2608]

3 hours after trade opened up after Blizzard employees signed the letter activision stock prices fell 8%. When you take how much the company is actually worth, they lost 523 million dollars

[@melonseiiLOVE]

Good, very good. Hope they crash the same way CDPR did.

[@zwei3179]

@@melonseiiLOVE CDPR is ok but its not like they harnessed women just a piss poor game launch

[@cmdraftbrn]

@@zwei3179 that we know of.

[@RequiemJr]

@ArtBuffalo Someone died?! Awwww hell no!!! It's pitchfork and torch time.

[@zwei3179]

@@cmdraftbrn well lets not fucking just assume without proof christ

[@cjjnhj]

All of this means nothing if you keep giving them money.

[@Toastcat890]

Gamers are weak Blizzard will be back to fucking WOW up in no time and people will gladly pay to get a shitty product.

[@soulie2001]

Maybe people are still playing because they have friends that either wont leave or play anything else. Just because someone isnt doing everything you are, doesnt mean theyre evil. Pretty bleak view of life.

[@bane9951]

@@soulie2001 youre evil

[@shionkreth7536]

Don't worry, their stock price has PLUMMETED. The goal is to pressure them into making positive change, not get every employee laid off to get at the bad ones. If and when that happens, the people with money will just set up shop under a new name and do it all again. :/

[@NostalgiaNet8]

Stopped altogether. Warzone is trash before this.

[@Cynsham]

How ironic that the self proclaimed leader of this “Women’s group” within the company is just another shameless liar trying to cover up disgusting abuse and discrimination, particularly against other women, within the company. Really just goes to show how much class these kinds of people have..

[@ratatouille5172]

Seems like "Every voice matters," is actually "Some voices matter more than others, especially if you help make us a lot of money as an exec".

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Yeah. Gets to the top to be a figurehead. Doesn't care about anyone below her. Thinks she's exceptional instead of lucky. Like many C-Suites.

[@olivierr.5752]

@@ratatouille5172 Well, you know what they say : "We're all equal, but some are more equal than others."

[@JWSoul]

Goes to show that many people getting into successful positions are mentally ILL. We need more kindness and a different approach to life not this .......

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

Particularlly to black women

[@wdf70]

Man you can feel Ubisoft sweating if this protest bears fruit.

[@snarkdragon]

One can only hope they'll be sweating, and sweating bullets!

[@InfernalMonsoon]

Let's hope they keep the French spirit up and surrender on the spot.

[@ricardohoang8452]

Ubi brought the BLM symbol to their Tom Clancy as one of the terrorists right? Let's just dig it up

[@TGBurgerGaming]

EA: *Changes their name and goes into hiding*

[@bigdaddychemster1201]

At least Ubisoft bothered to let some of the offenders go. Michel Ancel got fired (although they're pretending he left willingly). Activision hasn't fired anyone. Bobby still has a job. J Allen still have a job. They haven't fired anyone.

[@Ekusupuroshon]

At this point everyone is hellbent on bringing Activision and Blizzard down Serves them right

[@Marksman3434]

And they deserve it. The whole company has gotten rotten to the core at this point. A whole damn purge needs to happen within it to get the rot out if it ever wants to come back to the spot of one of the most cherished gaming companies in the industry like it was during its heyday

[@satzbau9185]

@@Marksman3434 There's no coming back from this. They're a dead studio.

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@Marksman3434 I see you've also seen the latest Jimquisition episode XD

[@purpletoad4599]

@@Marksman3434 bit worried about that. it's always the ground-floor employees who take the hardest fall. The execs will be fine. They’ll probably be able to find some lucrative position at another company in no time.

[@nightruler666]

Women employees"We're being sexually harassed" J Allen Brack: "You think you are, but you aren't"

[@PeugeotRocket]

Well most of them are probably libtards who get offended over the tiniest things so there is a good chance they aren't being harassed.

[@LL-bh6bt]

@@PeugeotRocket I'm sorry that you feel that way and that you can't have the basic empathy to understand that people, regardless of their political views, can feel unsafe in a predatory environment.

[@robadc]

@@PeugeotRocket Kindly go back to your mothers basement

[@PeugeotRocket]

@@LL-bh6bt Yeah I'm sure they felt so endangered that they didn't quit their job haha.

[@PeugeotRocket]

@@robadc Please. We live in an age where you can't make a sex joke at work without getting in trouble because of how oversensitive people are.

[@budgetdeckmastermtg2144]

Get bent, Activision. You deserve this if what we've heard of what's happened behind your doors is true (given what I've observed, it probably is)

[@AkarZaephyr]

I'm afraid what we've heard is just a tip of the iceberg. It's only what the brave victims spoke out of, and it's only what leaked. Dear Lord knows how many skeletons are still in the closet...

[@jojotheswede8444]

@@AkarZaephyr tip of the shitberg more likely

[@Droogie128]

Tip of the iceberg for the industry. ActiBlizz isn't the only one.

[@yusukeelric]

@@Droogie128 You think activision is going to suffer loses over this? If anything fully getting control over blizzard while pretending to be heroes is like a wet dream for Activision. They are a parnership. But a hit like this could force blizzard to sell everything more when at this point Blizzard has been under Activision thumb for years now. And activision is going to be the first to offer money.

[@Droogie128]

@@yusukeelric Well. Their stock took a huge hit today. Stockholders lost $528 million. Hopefully, they'll take action. I just want to see some accountability at the top. This is an industry wide problem, though. It isn't just Activision.

[@silverdamascus2023]

It must be so sad to work in a company full of harassers and rapists, and you know what's happening, but you can't report it, call the police or tell everything on the internet, you need your job, trying to find another is not an option, blowing the lid means you may not even get another job.

[@PeugeotRocket]

You assume it's true.

[@Takokujin07]

That and the leagues of incels and company simps insisting it’s not true and defending these horrid actions

[@maevas_]

The state is making a lawsuit lul, that's always a bad sign

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@maevas_ Yeh, that only happens when they've collected several years worth of proof to solidify the lawsuit, so shit's serious, and now with several thousand employees standing up in favor of the declarations, we can accurately say shit has gotten really fucking serious, to put it mildly

[@anobody4606]

@@PeugeotRocket The state disagrees with you lmao.

[@davidhiwa3449]

Exactly right, this attention can't die down. That's what allowed Ubisoft to move on and make little to no changes. I'm glad you keep making videos on this

[@someguywithnochallenger8178]

What if the accusations are false what if good innocent workers are actually suffering because of this wait for the trial more information needs to release 🙄

[@spqrdowns]

Sadly, people are fickle. ActiBlizz know that in one month no one will be talking about this and everyone will be back to direct debiting their accounts.

[@GrindyVine]

@@someguywithnochallenger8178 if you think about it That must mean around 1000 people have to lied, and that wasn't always possible, for them to keep lying, (because there always some people who felt guilty of Lying and holding the truth) so it isn't possible if it's a lie

[@carto4028]

Ive made sure to burn this is to my head. This wont be a passing thought i will soon forget. When i think activison blizzard THIS will be the first thought every single time.

[@richrod0122]

@@someguywithnochallenger8178 if more than 25% of your employees are protesting I doubt it’s a fluke

[@dravenwhite3166]

Is someone at Blizzard going to cover that “Every Voice Matters” tag line near the statue again?

[@Rekhan4242]

Someone should just remove it at this point, covering it won't be enough of a message!

[@Vynirian]

Put a little sign on it that changes Every to No

[@TheEmoSyndicate]

Lost after Blitzchun

[@Rodox2k10]

I guess the best bet would be to just keep it there and paint it red. It sends the message "this company's HYPOCRISY has cost one employee's life".

[@HighlordFrancis]

Destroy it with a jackhammer.

[@PaladinVII]

I've boycotted Blizzard since they silenced Blitzchung.

[@Lex_Nocturna]

Same. 👍

[@NinusMaximus]

@@Lex_Nocturna same here

[@BebopBun]

Same with me

[@loki.odinson]

Same.

[@genradiata1723]

This should have been when players first quit Blizzard, not now. Seriously..

[@Achillez098]

"Every voice matters...unless you're a woman...or someone with bad things to say about China..." -Activision Blizzard

[@blackcorp0001]

Yep yep yep ... exactly

[@Jean_Jacques148]

Perfect comment

[@Kotommi]

"-- except when there's a conflict of interest."

[@andrewmeredith15]

"Or if your a person of color"

[@GeneralEcstasy]

Because that's our economy. Our bread and butter.

[@Entropic_Alloy]

The funny thing about Fran is that she has only been at the company for a few months. What the hell does she know about the long-term culture there?

[@matthewosterman9030]

Really?

[@matthewosterman9030]

Damn

[@leitregjok2830]

Also worked for the George W Bush administration...

[@candys7285]

@@leitregjok2830 A: So did several people who worked for the Obama Administration. B: She worked for Clinton first. C: She's a registered democrat. Maybe you should take that lazy 7th grade political hackery somewhere else. There's much better reasons to hate this woman than the fact she was hired on by Bush (against Condoleezza Rice's objections, no less).

[@candys7285]

Absolutely nothing. Majority of her previous experience is in law enforcement and counter terrorism.

[@moneymandate]

It's really incredible how thoroughly Blizzard has wrecked their reputation, not even Bethesda has reached 'office rapists' levels of horrible

[@kewinabea5439]

yeah and bethesda is shit right now lol

[@vassily-labroslabrakos2263]

It reached the point EA looks like an angel.

[@akatoshslayer7599]

Fallout 4 and 76 were bad, but I don't despise the people who work at the company for their part in making it. Bethesda is making horrible business decisions, Blizzard is actively making criminal decisions.

[@katuhtonik]

"for our next trick...!" - AAA Devs

[@gloowacz]

@@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 never. EA is a insidius parasite that attaches itself to good devs, sucks them dry of strength, creativity and will to live and then spits out the dried out husk. Like it did to Origin. And Westwood. And Bullfrog. And Black Box. And Maxis. Bioware are running dry, and EA is now tumbling the remains, preparing to spit them out. EA distroyed way more lives. Way more.

[@adan3956]

As joker would say: "you get what you f*cking deserve"

[@elloneng7965]

Grand champion quote right there

[@henryviiifake8244]

Sure. But they haven't "got" anything until the abusers are in jail.

[@LunaMane]

I can guarantee you that the executive thought the "plebian workers" wouldn't take her to task for what she said. So to see this happen makes me smile.

[@termnus77]

She's an ex politician. She doesn't even know what accountability and being taken to task even is.

[@LunaMane]

@@termnus77 Well she's going to learn the hard way, it seems. She'll either bail and claim to have been a victim herself and the male executives told her to say that, or resign and lay low.

[@ZombieFlanders]

Take a shot every time Fran Townsend mention the word “company”

[@katp4397]

We'd die of alcohol poisoning

[@jarotheboar8398]

I would like to live, plz

[@InfernalMonsoon]

ITSHHHHH MUH PRIDE AND UHHHH *HIC* JOY TUH WORRRRK AT DIS *HIC* COMPAN- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@Weiswolfe]

@Andy_s05 if you are dead how you are speaking :thonkemoji:

[@jarotheboar8398]

@@Weiswolfe hes using the force

[@enviousgaming3250]

"Much of Activision blizzard leadership have much to answer for" Id say every damn one of them. Not only should they be sued they should step down or be fired and then arrested and charged with said crimes the company is sued for

[@TheSoapThatCan]

Since the tax payers of US actually PAY Activision Blizzard money each year instead of the company paying taxes, that company should be disbanded. It's actually stealing tax payers money. Ain't tax heaven loopholes amazing? I can't believe the law hasn't been changed to fix this. Then again, that's probably the point. So corrupt officials and business owners can do this in perpetuity.

[@Joppi1992]

@@TheSoapThatCan That isn't how tax havens work. They still pay taxes, but they pay much less taxes in a random very poor country where their "official" headquarters is located than they'd be paying in the country where their "inofficial" headquarters is located. But that's what the Biden administration is trying to spearhead and change in exchange for a global tax requirement for big tech companies, to prevent these overseas loopholes.

[@TheSoapThatCan]

@@Joppi1992 I see. Yeah, something has to be done.

[@Anarkey]

Yes, continue this negative press for them. BURN THEIR STOCK TO THE GROUND. The exec team MUST BE PURGED!!!

[@MrUltimategamer44]

Sounds like a perfect time to invest lmfao

[@cyberruck]

Time to burn this company to the ground

[@59hawks]

Tomorrow: Activision Blizzard had unfortunately layoffed 2500+ employees due to financial reasons, what a shame😪... Luckily Bobby will still get his bonus

[@kevingame3198]

Only a day later Activision blizzard has been hacked and stolen info

[@Expat_Out_Loud]

Oh, wouldn't THAT just be so good for the company! Let's add a class-action unfair dismissal lawsuit to the mix as well! Because why not? 🤣

[@kevingame3198]

@@Expat_Out_Loud Maybe the hackers will find the reason why Activision blizzard is laying off employees each year and this will lead to them being arrested or fined

[@0816M3RC]

The executives would get lynched if they tried something like that.

[@JmAnYoShI]

EA thought they had most hated company in the bag this year, looks like Activision had an ace up their sleeve.

[@Archimonde45]

EA at least got a successful remaster out. Blizzard successfully destroyed one of their most beloved IPs with its "remaster."

[@jkakaqw]

@@Archimonde45 what’s the remaster?

[@DecayOfAerith]

No wonder the guy that harassed and stalked me, and even threatened me, on WoW, never even got a three day ban. Even with screenshots. That's good old Acti/Blizz for ya.

[@fadedGun]

YIKES

[@nowi9776]

Activision Blizzard is a mess. Don't forget everything they've done. Keep boycotting them.

[@PseudoReality28]

Glad I cancelled my WoW subscription during the "Free Hong Kong" incident.

[@dimitri4457]

I'm genuinely curious as to how fast players will forget all about this once a trailer for a popular game of theirs is suddenly released like Overwatch 2 or something. We need players to respond appropriately to mirror the actions of these 2,500+ employees but that will never happen.

[@carto4028]

Yeah, i feel like this is gonna burn them at least a little bit but theres just so many gamers out there im not sure of the drop will be large. I already think overwatch 2 is not going to be nearly as big as the first but still.....

[@xx_senkuro]

Now imagine if all those employees who signed it gets fired for retaliation.

[@SlvrWlf88]

They'll blame covid

[@Hybris51129]

Probably would give them a opportunity to move their offices to India or somewhere in southeast Asia where they can hire folks for a fraction of the costs and are much less likely to sue.

[@jackmesrel4933]

That would be the worst move they can make to preserve the sliver of good image they still have I give them a month max

[@dandan3045]

That would be illegal and just add to the lawsuit.

[@IntrusiveThoughts838]

The dislikes are the executives that found this video change my mind.

[@Jakster840]

And the fanboys chirping "what if it's not true" in the comments. Mmm boot taste good.

[@brendleellipsis7773]

@@Jakster840 Tell me about it. The cognitive dissonance with these people must be insane. "No, clearly all the thousands of employees speaking out about this problem and the whole damn state suing this company are lying, actually. My favorite video game conglomerate could never do something this heinous!" Some people just don't live in reality, I guess.

[@Bmacthesage]

i believe it was Jim Sterling that said "the executives, the ones that are making all of the decisions but rarely suffer from their own failures." unfortunately the realism of the situation is that the executives that leave are going to jump with their golden parachutes out of the company, just to land somewhere else to fuck up. sadly nothing ill be done to them i bet.

[@connieellerbe-maycock7115]

These workers need a union. Maybe now they will form one.

[@Vynirian]

They've needed one for years.

[@Jakster840]

My job needs a union too

[@jman7481]

@@Jakster840 I work at Safeway and am part of one:)

[@connieellerbe-maycock7115]

@@Vynirian True. The higher ups have been keeping them from getting one.

[@willwunsche6940]

I want to see jail time for the specific employees involved

[@elevown]

Someone should dig up that plaque and replace it with one that says "Every dollar matters!"

[@danielscher1614]

I hope those employees get the justice they deserve. To be honest the gaming industry could use a good win.

[@Marksman3434]

The gaming industry in general needs to fucking unionize

[@PeugeotRocket]

@@Marksman3434 No, unions are horrible and anti-capitalist.

[@Marksman3434]

@@PeugeotRocket 😂😂😂

[@PeugeotRocket]

@@Marksman3434 Yeah I'm sure they did such good for all our children who couldn't go back to school because teacher unions were backing up teachers who wouldn't listen to science that the children weren't covid spreaders.

[@BrotherRoga]

@@PeugeotRocket Good. Capitalism needs knocking down a peg or two.

[@shifterlocker2361]

LETS GOOOOoOOoOoOoOo! Get wrecked Activision.

[@xCeL46]

Blizzard. Not activision

[@Redatcarndal]

@@xCeL46 wait is it both Activision and blizzard being sued not just blizzard

[@kevingame3198]

I wonder Ubisoft and EA is next on the list

[@Weiswolfe]

@@xCeL46 they are the same, they just used that monicker to fool blizz fans

[@sgtspoon2313]

"The tyrant is the man who is allowed to commit crimes against you" - Alan Watts

[@royedking]

What?

[@TheForbiddenOne55]

@@royedking 🗣 “THE TYRANT IS THE MAN WHO IS ALLOWED TO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST YOU” - ALAN WATTS

[@royedking]

@@TheForbiddenOne55 🦧

[@kegananderson3588]

Please, keep updating me, the more I hear about Blizzard squirming the better!

[@TheSaraGames]

I disagree about them stepping down. They should be fired and it be publicly known. Why? Then they can't hide it per say. A firing hurts them more than a simple stepping down.

[@InfernalMonsoon]

Slap some cuffs on those predatory hands already California

[@TheSaraGames]

@@InfernalMonsoon Something I'm wondering is if this goes to trial, i.e. not settled out of court as it is actually about wage disparage, is a wrongful death suit. If the evidence is there could the family of the poor woman who is no longer among us (ugh, YT makes it so hard to say things that need to be said) and have a good chance at winning against Blizzard.

[@JubeiSenpai]

Good on them, I cheer them on from the sidelines Take their leadership to task and get rid of ALL offenders

[@ozzcoremidmx8287]

I cannot wait for a Crowbcat video about all of this. Someone should do a video combining all the reports towards Activision Blizzard with Come Sweet Death from Evangelion.

[@ninjartist36]

"If our employees protested, the police would've "descalated" the situation" - Tecent probably

[@InfernalMonsoon]

@Andrew Holt They're basically a front for the Chinese government so yep I'd say a terrorist organization is very accurate indeed.

[@HeroHero-kd5tg]

As a wise man once said what goes up must come down

[@Rodox2k10]

Hopefully that works for their stock prices and stays down.

[@thebamboozler3383]

In my head: "Yet my feet don't touch the ground"

[@CeHee123]

Let's get this message out. These corporations need to be regulated! Employees deserve better.

[@xdjrunner]

There is enough regulations for corporations. There needs to either be sweeping of old execs or Flat out Class Action Lawsuits. Something needs to happen but there are enough rules and regulations , *people now have to exercise the **_existing_** law and put them to work.*

[@countingtelescopes]

by who?

[@xdjrunner]

Addendum: there can be regulatory action against tax havens but that doesn't _exclusively_ affect corporations. *Taxation in general* (aforementioned havens funneling tax dollars into tax less overseas accts, non-existent taxation on *investments* for billionaires, *Because that's how they hoard wealth) should be addressed, But regulations in those areas are also minor, it simply takes rewriting tax brackets, which basically happens with every new political cabinet.

[@CeHee123]

@@countingtelescopes Any organisation that will punish this kind of treatment.

[@randallorndorff]

@@CeHee123 That's literally done through laws and regulations. If there were enough enforced regulations, then this wouldn't be happening over and over and over again.

[@kwright663]

EA: we’re the worst video game company Activision: hold my beer

[@loki.odinson]

You stole my quote from the last video, but I still agree with the above.

[@kwright663]

@@loki.odinson I didn’t see your comment but sorry if i did stole it

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

Ubisoft has slipped out the back door

[@wesberg3444]

All companies are bad. Not one person should ever be in charge of another living being.

[@silverdamascus2023]

This will probably happen to EA as well. Or not, robots don't have any sexual desire, this is what EA workers are supposed to be.

[@DUxMORTEM]

"executives often treat their employees as tools" I dunno about you guys but as a machinist and maintenance worker i take good care of my tools.

[@markcobuzzi826]

As Jim Sterling suggested, “fuel” sounds like a more apt comparison.

[@andygreen3575]

The leadership statements had two purposes in the following order 1) minimise any losses to the share price 2) Protect the executives as much as possible. Those are the sole reasons they were issued.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

Yong, please don't pour gasoline into the fire. Use Liquid Napalm instead.

[@ProfPuffOfficial]

Gasoline and Styrofoam makes napalm (don't actually try this)

[@Pyxis10]

@@ProfPuffOfficial A substitute for it. Not the actual substance.

[@Pyxis10]

@ArtBuffalo You have a map of the universe? Can I see it?

[@InfernalMonsoon]

Chuck in a tsar bomb while you're at it. Mmmm, nice and toasty.

[@DeusNyx]

Blizzard: 1 Free DLC for everyone! ....if you make this go away.

[@jkakaqw]

And it’s a 5 dollar worth skin on Cold War

[@skwarrior14]

it only took a state wide lawsuit for these employes to think this was bad

[@mediumvillain]

No, it took a state lawsuit to show the employees that they arent alone, their complaints wont be swept under the rug, and bolster them enough to be able to speak out without fearing they'll just be singled out and fired. Goes to show why they should be unionized, this kind of group action cant be taken without support from too many employees to just fire

[@yt_Ajay_]

I'm actually hoping Activision dig their heels in. Their crappy official statements tell me this shitstorm needs to grow much much bigger. Enough to be something they can't just sweep under the rug so that we'd get updates next year that 'nothing's changed actually', like we did with Ubisoft.

[@TheStealker]

how come once my beloved game studio reduced to such state...it's just sad

[@FALLENSK8ER1995]

theyve always been like this

[@petergriffinson1907]

When it became about money and china

[@RomainDelmaire]

Well, you're once beloved game studio has always had that culture internally. It just became public recently.

[@ax.discord6002]

The people who made your favorite games are probably long gone from working in the company. The only thing that remains is the name

[@Ehh.....]

Man I used to really want to work for this company in high school. Glad that plan fell through.

[@acidsugarz]

I really hope this is the beginning of the end for Bliz-Activision. Something tells me it's only going yo get worse for them. Justice for the employee who ended her own life. 💪💔

[@nathan_drake1237]

This might be the end of Activision as we all know them...I hope 🙏

[@TheForbiddenOne55]

Hopefully. Their employees deserve better

[@Zharrgrim]

“We decided to give everyone a free 1 month membership during our company hardship. Thank you for staying with us during this turmoil.” - Bobby Kotick

[@Expat_Out_Loud]

Oh, come on now! You know Actiblizz never gives out free game time. Have some honor points!

[@InfernalMonsoon]

"Please don't photoshop devil horns on me please it will ruin my dating life wait STOP STOP WAIT STOP DON'T MAKE THEM BIGGER I'M NOT THAT EVIL I SWEAR! Please come back Olga I'm really a nice guy!" - Bobby Kotick

[@josie_the_valkyrie]

"I dun want eet." - Jon Snow

[@LoxfeCL]

I'm still waiting for Blizzard: Classic.

[@kevingame3198]

I wasn’t playing blizzard games until overwatch came out in 2016 because racing games on ps3 need for speed and gran turismo

[@sexylazercatwizard]

@@kevingame3198 that's cool bud

[@TheLoPresti]

I'm glad you keep making videos about this. We need ppl with your reach to keep this story alive.

[@michellepartridge8558]

Thank you for keeping up the coverage.

[@Drosera420]

A pink "We respect women" Pegasus mount with the purchase of a 6 month World of Warcraft subscription.

[@gymclasshero1982]

"Here's a 5.99 store mount and the money will go to the victims we sexually abused" -blizzard executive

[@DarkSerris]

*capped at $ 1.000.000 because above that threshold we don't get any tax cut back anymore

[@montreauxs]

Money can't raise the dead girl..

[@Dgmcln452]

Im surprised none of my local or any news networks i know of is covering this. Other than the content creators on KZbin for the coverage this truelly needs and deserves to get more people aware of what's going on.

[@diboxide]

Most often, leadership IS the infection.

[@corradosecchi6810]

Hi Italian here. Nice video as always, keep up the good work. Honestly I do not think an open letter is going to change anything: public outcry can only go so far. Striking employees and plummeting shares might be go much further in terms of forcing the company to change. That being said, the astonishingly tone deaf PR statements from the company are kind of fascinating . Even taking into account the legal ramifications (they clearly plan to fight the lawsuit, so they have to publicly dismiss it) they are still 'ohmyGodwhatwereyouthinking' level of bad. I mean, did anyone even bother to proofread them?

[@Andri474]

These people are so far away from the concept of "professional" that it makes the Moon seem closer.

[@ScreenMasters369]

Activision deserves this and then some. Our voice will be heard.

[@lerbyn]

Its important to adress activision blizzard here since many of the complaints come from blizzard

[@legendarybeatzprod.4843]

Wow Yong is finally on time on the YT news cycle, good job!

[@M4rckkk]

Just remember to make a weekly vídeo on this to keep people in the loop and this Will never blow over

[@itzFinn_]

And so the house of “frat boys” cards are beginning to fall. Get rekted

[@AbsoluteSkycaptain]

I wouldn't start counting chickens just yet.

[@dankhill6851]

"Every voice we agree with matters, as long as your not saying anything"

[@abukh86]

Keep these videos coming Yong!

[@elhazthorn918]

If these guys at the top are actively sweeping crimes under the rug, that's being complicit to the crime. Not just an accessory to it.

[@seanbarker4610]

Activision Blizzard management are completely divorced from reality! In any other industry even allegations of bullying would be enough to cause resignations and shareholders to demand investigations be carried out. It shows how completely fucked up the gaming industry has become

[@DairunCates]

Sadly, not so much anymore. The sociopaths in higher management all band together to protect each other from harm. You have to get a Harvey Weinstein level scandal to get people to turn on each other. Otherwise, they'll just deny and wait out the storm. At this point, the only thing that's gonna fix this kind of behavior are mass criminal charges and severe jail times. An 8 month stay for ruining the lives of thousands of people isn't gonna do it.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

You know that the lashings a company is getting is good when YongYea's videos on them start popping up in your recommended.

[@spiraldown2710]

This is worth making a ton of videos Thank you for continuing

[@qcjoey2000]

Great job!

[@MobileDecay]

I know everyone will forget about this and keep buying their games like they did with them before. 🙄

[@Diphenhydra]

Should people not?

[@ryanmurphy5316]

Every person I brought this up to in real life says that they have not heard about it so it did not actually happen and continue to play hearthstone and overwatch. Which is pretty sad.

[@TWDub]

This news makes me very happy.

[@brendleellipsis7773]

@Dan Smith Being happy to see abusive companies and executives get their just desserts and consequences for their actions is sadistic now? ...okay, man. Hope that boot tastes nice

[@NeoAstrisk]

These systems do NOTHING to stop the abuse if they don't follow up with punishment.

[@dasauce8279]

Great work yongyea love your work

[@kwright663]

Now this puts a smile on my face

[@capitaldea]

There’s a easy way to give the Executives true fire: everyone just buys a share of their stock and demand explanations to the CEO and his Leadership. Also there is a chance to push for resignation. If every WOW player does that…they’re getting serious trouble…

[@Faraci999]

Thank you for the videos man!

[@davidhalseyhiller4955]

Here would be the most evil thing Activision Blizzard could do - fire anyone on the open letter who has ever had any sort of complaint (or countercomplaint) made against them. Look, problem solved, there are consequences for harassment! No one will ever complain again. Not that such an action will save them in the lawsuit. But it will let them get back to plan A of denying everything.

[@unhomme643]

I mean Sterling has been calling this shit out for a while now. At least you’re covering it now. I hope this becomes a normal trend for your channel. I’m not knocking you either or your subscribers. Whatever the time frame, the coverage is wonderful and I support it.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Nice….. Other than that, if Activision Blizzard ended up collapsing. Who would you trust with the Crash, Spyro, Skylanders, and Tony Hawk IP’s along with their developers? I’d personally go with Capcom considering their track record.

[@Nightmark2]

I want that Sony take Crash and Spyro...

[@krwp29]

Nintendo

[@brianmartinez5453]

Not sure about Skylander franchise.

[@ericsebena1734]

12:27 - Yes! Absolutely hit the nail on the head! I was literally typing that comment and you said almost the exact words I was in the process of. This is incredibly important, folks! To any who are involved with this at Activision Blizzard - Hold your ground!! Your working in your best interests and the best interests of hundreds of thousands of employees around the world!

[@lolzmanxd3368]

Over 2,500 people have lost their jobs, more have gone missing, Activision-blizzard says "they knew the risks"

[@kromtastic]

Imagine being one of those accused of sexual misconduct as this list is going to everyone in the office but you... >.>

[@gokublack4211]

Can't believe that 1 lady took her life, cause of those degenerates Shit is straight up sad

[@Inuitman]

true, I uninstalled ow

[@only4posting]

If she was still alive, at this precise moment, she would probably be in a restaurant with her direct boss, to talk about her promised promotion ... Too sad she lost her life, and made some family members, friends and colleagues really sad. But we need to wait a few months, until a lawyer, friend or journalist eventually writes an article about what really happened, what has led to the situation, who was involved, who did what, when, etc etc.

[@Inuitman]

@@only4posting nah

[@90snetworkproductions79]

*Wasn’t this the same company who covered the motto on THEIR OWN STATUE, that read,* “All voices must be heard.” *Their hypocrisy has stayed their feet, and they TOTALLY deserve it.*

[@piratemousey]

Keep up the great work Mr. Yong. Keep these videos coming because,-like you all us appreciators will never let this disgusting practice get brushed under the carpet. Keep it going fella Thank you!!!

[@vale18]

I guarantee you that Activision Blizzard is about to lay off 2500 employees and Bobby Kotick is about to get a 30 million bonus right after.

[@penedrador]

As sterling said in the last video: You cannot 'fix' rot, you have to cut it out. Heads must roll or nothing changes...

[@flipergonzalez3878]

Power to the people!

[@ninavale.]

The execs response WAS insulting. Imagine being a victim of harrasment or rape, and hearing the responses. Imagine hearing that just bc someone didn't encounter the problem it's suddenly a thing of deep past. Imagine being parents or siblings of the woman who took her own life because harrasment was so bad, and hearing 'well it's not THAT bad...it's all in the past anyway, so lets just move on". And one of the guys who KNEW about it all, whom-if you've expirienced harrasment- you wrote to or tried to talk to about it, claims he's a good man and that he cares about everyone, and that he finds it sad and disgusting. This must feel like such a slap in the face.

[@AbsoluteSkycaptain]

I would love for everyone to not collectively forget all of this happened the moment they announce a new project. Please?

[@SlamBolts]

It'd be so awesome for all of them to just walk out and leave the company in shambles

[@gamerkingdom1442]

Badass open letter! This has to change. May God bless these employees that justice is done!

[@jman7481]

Yup

[@Stukov961]

Hell yeah collective action!