Activision Blizzard is the Most Evil Gaming Company

[@AWormsPurpose]

I miss when game companies were greedy, not every deadly sin at once

[@abuttnugget6753]

SUPRIIIIIIIIIIISSSSEEEE!!!They've ALWAYS been like that!!Hell,any multi-miliion dollar company has always been like that!Big corporations are the antithesis of humanity!Think about it,if everything in existence has its polar oppsite,then what's the opposite of humanity?

[@brandan5708]

@@abuttnugget6753 well..there are a few well-meaning companies, cant say All tho, look at fromsoft

[@omarabe26]

@@venblackrose4571 Sir, what do furries have to do with this?

[@undiscoveredstars1002]

@@omarabe26 they’re the opposite of humanity.

[@eyyy2271]

Greedy IS the every sin lol

[@crimsonpatty6152]

Kinda sucks that "resign" has replaced "should be in prison"

[@felix-antoinechalifoux6907]

It didn’t. The thing is that legal part of the equation is none of our business

[@_Aemse]

no kidding

[@wookiewok8024]

@@felix-antoinechalifoux6907 So you're referring to the court process which has already taken place?

[@felix-antoinechalifoux6907]

@@wookiewok8024 Didn't know it had taken place, but yes. Court cases aren't public interest, criminals are punished according to the best judgment of the judge and the law, not us

[@Captain_Chromosome]

Well unfourtunately he's a rich dude and could probably lie his way out with money

[@alphacode5]

"We are going to implement zero tolerance towards sexual harassment" what was the company's official tolerance level until now?

[@riccardodellorto4267]

Yesn't

[@Myth_or_Mystery76]

First come first serve.

[@chakibboumaraf3127]

Over 9000

[@nargokx423]

Tolerance level : Free for all.

[@RoIIingStoned]

4

[@awharlan90]

Fun fact, ANY hr department is there for the company, not the employee. Their job is to make sure the company doesn't get sued. When there is an issue, they will make sure the victim is in the wrong too. HR is not your friend. ALWAYS remember that.

[@act2wasstronger182]

You're goddamn right

[@electricant55]

Human resources... It's in the name

[@reinhartgregory]

But HR is there when you want a nice settlement tho

[@winnieamictasol318]

Makes sense now why Michael hated Toby so much, cos Michael saw his employees as family and Toby from HR was not apart of that (from the office)

[@samtech4894]

Of course HR is a joke

[@_goldmask_]

EA looks like a saint compared to Activision. How the hell is this achievable.

[@nightstriker3994]

Wargaming: Am I a joke to you?

[@konstantinoskoutlas7608]

1 mostly fucks over it's players and those who work for them by firing them and overworking them. The other basically does the same but literally fucks them and threaten them with rape and death.

[@enenra7403]

As we can see, putting out shitty games and loot boxes is not the only thing that makes a company horrible. The reason EA was voted the worst company in America twice is because we all couldn’t grow the fuck up and realize that way more companies do way worse shit and that selling loot boxes to dumb children isn’t enough to make a company Hitler

[@bigsmall2842]

@@enenra7403 honestly abusive loot boxes are pretty damn on par. I guarantee there will be a massive spike in gambling addictions down the line because of how much some of these kids were exposed to it. The outrage against EA is completely warranted lol. To be fair though the whole aggressive loot box thing wasn’t even EA’s idea, they were basically forced into it.

[@suto9233]

Thats because EA is simply greedy. ActiBlizzard are just straight evil.

[@davidb8815]

"It's the easiest boycott in the world not to buy Blizzard games, because they don't even make anything good" sums it up nicely

[@Shy223]

But ... I like cod

[@leonardovieira4271]

COD is on the wrong hands, but it alone makes them millions each year.

[@colemeincke2198]

@@Shy223 i love cod too, but at the same time cod isent the same anymore. The new cod games are crap. CW was only good before the merge and MW was the last good cod game till the merge

[@spike5499]

@@Shy223 cod hasn't been good since bo3

[@spike5499]

@@colemeincke2198 fax

[@DaiKaijyuu]

The People: No Company is Worse than EA! Activision: *We're going to speed run this challenge*

[@josephbostaph9773]

Activation: I’m about to do what’s call “A pro gamer move!”

[@cheese_handler_dangerous_job]

Activision : *and i took that personally*

[@autocorrect2313]

R you sure about that?

[@chanr9531]

Interesting to see so many new competitors joining the most hated company any% speedrun category. Can’t wait to see who comes out on top.

[@Mrcaptainmorgan93]

Shit give it a few more years EA will look like saints in comparison

[@onlinepoool]

Imagine being a woman and getting a degree and trying to put it to use just to be sexually assaulted. That’s awful.

[@dude7813]

That would suck! Especially if you’re excited for it y’know?

[@tomward4008]

especially in an already male dominated field, extra fucked up.

[@pingazthegreat9476]

500th like

[@1Lazarus]

You know how people who make vases use that *really* sharp wire? Thats what i would do to the abusers

[@onlinepoool]

@@1Lazarus W

[@screwed124816]

Blizzard hiring more women in response to the allegations is like a Hollywood studio getting outed for pedophilia and saying they'll address it by hiring more child actors

[@sneakysnake7695]

Out of touch corporations unintentionally adding fuel to the fire. "instead of stopping harassment we'll hire more targets to harass and when everyone is being harassed no one will be." - Bobby Suckmadick, CEO of Activision... probably

[@Mariet31]

Or Jeffrey Epstein (if he was alive) pretending to be feminist and hiring more women to work for him.

[@auberginemanproductions1608]

It's like if Jimmy Saville, after his pedophilia was discovered, was just given more children's shows to do

[@setsers1]

Damn

[@gunk3407]

@@sneakysnake7695 he's actually Bobby SmallDick

[@S.Grundy]

Activision Blizzard: We're hiring more women and more non-binary people English translation: We'll fucking do it again

[@thijmstickman8349]

Yeah, a complaint many woman raised was they were tokenized and not taken seriously (also harassed. )

[@xxsosbrigadexx12]

Holy shit but this tho

[@wilsonmyers926]

Why would anyone wanna go work there right now though? Especially women?

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

@@wilsonmyers926 Because female game developers and designers and more are constantly looked down upon, and as such, rarely find jobs in that field. Gaming is incredibly male-dominated for something women take up 50% of, but regardless, men will act like they own the gaming business. Women who are lucky enough to get into this field despite the misogyny will be happy to work with any big name company; even rapist Activision Blizzard. It's literally that difficult to get that kind of job as a woman.

[@ArmourGX]

@@thijmstickman8349 that’s because companies hitting diversity quotas has become an important part of corporate culture. It’s basically free PR to be able to say that your workforce is diverse, so you find a lot of people being hired just because of their gender/sexual orientation/race. This isn’t equality, but so many people think it is.

[@brianburkhardt3692]

“Bobby did nothing wrong. Anyway, we’re hiring more women.”

[@thijmstickman8349]

Its even more fucked up concidering many woman said they felt tokenized and not taken seriously in the company. (As wel as being harrased of course)

[@ClokworkGremlin]

I guess that's one way to build your unwilling harem.

[@kenzinho-nh8xr]

@@thijmstickman8349 why would they except to be taken seriously when they know they are just hired to meet the gender and diversity quotas

[@burni988]

@@kenzinho-nh8xr because you should be able to expect basic respect regardless of gender. Hiring more women to fill a quota isn't disrespectful in itself (obviously assuming they are qualified and capable), it's obviously the way they treated them that made them feel not taken seriously.

[@divinesleeper]

@@burni988 hiring more women to fill a quota IS fucking disrespectful, it's saying "we hired you because you have a vagina".

[@IcarusMundi]

I was wrong… They aren’t greedy… THEY’RE BATSHIT INSANE!

[@Mike-pz7yd]

Me when MGRR reference

[@Neko_jita]

me when reference

[@DoctorBones1]

"Making the mother of all games here Jack, cant fret over every employee."

[@smolfry3438]

Fuck all these limpdick lawyers and chicken shit buercats, fuck this 24/7 internet stream of trivia and celebrity bullshit

[@Zynet_Eseled]

The executive board is filled with people who treat human lives as pawns on a chessboard. It's that simple. They dont see them as physical living people. Just things that are meant to be sacrificed to get an advantage. The board is composed of things that are in no way human. And they need to be dealt with. Violently.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Activision Blizzard trying to catch up to EA’s reputation in being the most hated company.

[@libbyobrien4017]

You?

[@davethelad7144]

Go away bro

[@cf9305]

Hi mah dude

[@midimusicforever]

Nestlé be like, hold my mass murder and slavery.

[@defiantcornball9115]

They literally Speedrunning surpassing Nintendo as a company

[@Patterrz]

I cannot imagine defending this company as a customer, why? wtf have they done for you?

[@hegpxl]

I guess they care about how many hours they've dumped into their games, which is just sad, really.

[@mydogeatspuke]

@@hegpxl the games and the company are pretty separate though. Thousands of staff work on the games. This stuff is being done by a handful of men in positions of seniority. They don't work on the games, they run the company.

[@poki961]

gamers

[@deansbian5607]

@@hegpxl I might be confusing the companies here but I’m fairly certain it came out that they treat their employees who actually create those games like dogshit with ungodly long hours and no negotiations

[@drowsyspook3455]

Hello checkmark man

[@ChrisForThought]

Why do all game companies seem to be competing with each other for who's more evil? Not very poggers.

[@brandan5708]

Agreed, although there are a few exceptions, you still spit facts regardless

[@darknesswave100]

Kinda not fair to put every game company on the same level of blizzard and EA. Some of them actually give a shit about their playerbase

[@lexiemarie4017]

@@darknesswave100 If I had to choose between the player base and the treatment of employees, you damn well I prefer the employees.

[@jaddy72]

Lmao all. Not the top 10 behemoths. All

[@UnstoppableDWade]

Fromsoft hasn’t had any major controversy and their games aren’t riddled with micro transactions

[@universeimagination7495]

Activision Blizzard: "Hey EA, c'mon join us it's fun!" EA: "Sorry, r*pe yields no profit."

[@shearman360]

EA is lawful evil, Activision is chaotic evil

[@lilporky8565]

@@shearman360 Nah man, Konami is chaotic evil. Activision is neutral evil because they have no moral boundaries, but they're at least somewhat predictable. With Konami, you have no fucking clue what they're going to screw up next. But at least they don't rape people. At least, maybe not as much as Activision.

[@doot7730]

R*pe dlc 69.96 THIS IS A JOKE!

[@kingface2029]

I'm happy EA is just greedy and not some crazed women lusting freaks

[@sippycupbandit4950]

But human trafficking does- Ea: not another word, were do we start

[@madspet9106]

Let's not forget that Kotick's name was listed in Eptsein's little black book. That alone should have been the ultimate red flag

[@GrayDaDolf]

Holy fuck it is.

[@killerbug05]

tbh it wasn't/isn't hard to predict, just look up a list of million/billionaires and then write all the names down + add powerful government figures across the world and boom you've just recreated the black book. It's just sad tbh.

[@TheOriginalFloridaMan]

All pedos and rapists should be forced to consume their own organs until their soul gives out and falls to the deepest chasms of hell…

[@redfury0385]

Bro they had a room called the "Epstein Room" AT Activision. These MFrs are sick.

[@madspet9106]

@@redfury0385 They also had the "Cosby Suite", according to the California lawsuit a few months ago. Which is obviously just...disgusting

[@egg_l0rd13]

“They made Overwatch and that’s a crime against humanity, sure-“ I am an avid Overwatch fan and even I agree with this.

[@EvictedAndy]

Same

[@OutlawedPoet]

As a TF2 enjoyer, I can confirm that Overwatch is bad.

[@Angler4]

Same

[@Crimbtw]

As a paladins player, they’re both a crime

[@arentosas]

played a good 800 hours of overwatch, and i completely agree. the game sucks ass

[@cokacobra9855]

Activision-Blizzard was the only person who took Burger King’s tweet about “women belong in the kitchen” as an actual fact and not a miss input.

[@harrizburhan]

:(

[@weedwanker4884]

MISS INPUT

[@edgarcardiff7874]

@@weedwanker4884 miss input women in the king

[@lc6997]

I mean I thought they were serious…

[@steveloge8119]

Ms. Input.

[@imberrysandy]

A little more info on the employee who died by suicide: Blizzard was her dream job. She worked on the executive board. She was harassed by her supervisor. No matter where or how much influence a woman can have.... there is always some asshole in a higher position that can destroy your career whether or not you do their bidding.

[@operatorsteff663]

Thank you sandi for sharing this with us. God rest her soul

[@joelyt1682]

Activision Blizzard: "We're sorry for sexually assaulting these women. Here, we'll hire more women to make up for it." How the fck does that make sense at all. That doesn't help anyone.

[@guisseppistrombopolis9082]

Why would women even want to work for a company like this

[@edwardwhite8253]

Let me rephrase that for you, Why would *anyone* even want to work for a company like this?

[@redryan20000]

Makes as much sense as Progressives being in favor of immigration.

[@Rahnonymous]

@@guisseppistrombopolis9082 Money. Their bills ain't paying themselves

[@aajohnsoutube]

Makes complete & perfect sense! if you look at motive for the first sexual assaults

[@skurneha7163]

I can’t believe employees were raped and harassed and committed suicide and the company hasn’t been shut down. Utterly disgusting.

[@sirjulious101]

Sense the Hong Kong protest. I stopped playing any blizzard game, fuck I would pay to see this fuckers in jail.

[@elmas968]

@@sirjulious101 same

[@anthonyfernandez82]

Money

[@vetisu_7719]

One does not simply shut down 2 billion dollars.

[@notme8232]

@@sirjulious101 Forcibly collectivize Activision as the first stage in the communist revolution

[@dreadfullyd1701]

EA be like: “Dude we’re pretty evil but holy fu*k”

[@TheTh3One]

I think EA is like "write that down, write that down".

[@snazzynasty1493]

@@TheTh3One this uncontrollable small burst of laughter crept up outta me by the end of your comment. Twas short, but uncontrollable nonetheless.

[@ockerdebokx3369]

@@TheTh3One to be devil's advocate (no i don't like ea don't be daft), but as far as i am aware working for EA is not bad at all. sure there's crunch but overall the people working there aren't even on the same spectrum of evil as the ones at blizzard. Source: have a friend that works for EA in Cologne

[@g1gg1l3s8]

@@ockerdebokx3369 Indeed, even the own workers didn't want the acutal lootboxes systems at their games, but they are unfortunely making it because their bosses commands them to do it like that.

[@daemianmatthews2062]

How did Blizzard go from one of most loved to most hated EA is scummy but this is just evil

[@lilgoon2706]

The craziest part is that a lot of stuff like this (sexual-assault, bullying, suicide and even rape) was a very common thing on the ship I was stationed on while in the Navy. Even our chaplin, the religious dude we're suppose to go to about our problems, attempted to kill himself on deployment because word got out that he was sleeping with a much younger and low ranking sailor. In that same week we had 3 other attempts. Not to mention how awful the Navy is for the environment. People would constantly throw trash and 5 gallon buckets of paint overboard, even if we, "disposed of it correctly," they would just condense it and throw it overboard anyways. If jets have to much full before landing on the carrier they have to dump the excess. I just really want to shine some light on how horrible the military can be, because stuff like this can happen in all branches. As someone who served, I don't want to discourage people from enlisting, but I want people to understand to the true nature of some of the people they may encounter. Not to say you'll have the same experience I did, but some (not all) of our military personal are the scum of the earth.

[@Riolupai]

Did you report the criminals to the police?

[@lilgoon2706]

@@Riolupai Everything gets reported through the Navy, which is dumb imo. People can get kicked out for stuff like that but serve no jail time. The incident with our Chaplin was swept under the rug because he was a higher ranking officer and he continued to serve as our Chaplin. The police can't really do anything if we're out at sea either (which is when most of it happens). It's a very flawed and favorable system. Furthermore, anytime I personally heard about the situation was after it was reported, and even then there was over 6000 people on my ship, I doubt I would've known their names. So yes it was reported, but nothing serious (outside of the Navy) happened to anybody.

[@samaraisnt]

I've heard this abt the navy, third time this week actually (after hearing murmurs). Their job seems to be protect the abusers, and serve power over justice. It sucks cause I would pick naval over other branches but not going to protect or serve when my chance of being raped goes up like 50x by people who are supposed to be my colleagues (who I trust with my life)....might as well just join a men's prison. Honestly I wouldn't even feel it was 100% safe if I was a twink or hot young guy, you really never know with sex starved people who can abuse with no reprocutions, the military court needs to change, they are failing soooo many veterans it's sick.

[@aviation2709]

Thanks for bringing light to it. Keep it up. I'll pass it on too

[@feliciaf8]

Still not recommend for enlistinf the military industry in these days, dont fight for foreign interest

[@NightDocs]

The most insane thing about this is that Board of Directors statement. I am without words

[@yesnt8907]

you fell off

[@gumbomanmash6762]

Well, they are cucks

[@nevada5305]

Seems like they're out of words too

[@ArMentorLazada]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmHMopeLfq-Fmbs

[@chanceplace6057]

Keep in mind damage control benefits their back end too, they want too minimize damages so there wallets don't suffer. Chances are they are actually quaking in there boots but don't want to further put themselves in the hole.

[@TimeBucks]

Can't believe they overtook EA.

[@strix1598]

cant believe you get money from doing surveys 0o0

[@peabrain6872]

they did it a long time ago

[@El-Burrito]

Good job EA, you still suck! But these guys *really suck!*

[@ecks0071]

@@El-Burrito Really really really SUCK

[@yogurtmale4946]

@@strix1598 canr believe you do nothing

[@headless643]

Evil Activision blizzard be like: I don't tolerate harassment

[@nishiyori]

💀

[@julystylez5087]

It’s time to cancel Activision

[@ashroskell]

Stop buying their games? As long as he remains at the company, covering up rapes, making death threats to employees, etc, you are paying the company to continue shafting you and their employees. The power lies with you.

[@RazorM97]

We don't do misconduct. We are misconduct

[@billcipher8645]

@@ashroskell I must be honest, I got a Crash Bandicoot reboot on PS4 before knowing anything about it. I'm not going to buy any product from them ever again, not like anything particular was interesting to me anyways

[@JebAlert]

Microsoft: "That sounds great, we'll take the lot!"

[@Jack_DP]

Phil spencer probably looked at bobby kotick and said "Your ass is mine now" and bobby just looked at Phil spencer with tears running down his eyes

[@AlleineDragonfyre]

Yet a lot of people claim this gets Blizzard out of hot water. I think it just puts Microsoft in the pot with them.

[@oreo3740]

This makes EA look like that one really friendly kid at school

[@314rft]

Eh, more like EA looks like that nice enough kid who always sells you overpriced crap due to greed. Aka Ripoff Rodney from iCarly.

[@lioz1949]

E GAY SPORTS ITS IN THE GAY

[@seanlindholm7094]

Not really fuck EA lol

[@chaosincarnate7304]

EA is that business kid who is always looking to make a good deal or bargain. Pretty Greedy but not bad. Activision Blizzard is that really creepy kid who likes to sexually harass the other gender and play it off as a "joke" aka R4pist

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

EA are con men for sure but they're not tyrants, not like Actizard.

[@deusvultmarine7744]

"We're hiring more women and non-binary people" Oh, so Kotick Sempai wants some diversity in his harem

[@justacrittic1578]

Harem is such a gendered, sexist term. I believe the great femenist Bobby Kotick used the more inclusive, gender neutral term of "needing more lambs for the slaughter".

[@swayzee4382]

@@justacrittic1578 ok?

[@hadiffnazhan862]

@@justacrittic1578 HAHAHAHH

[@phony8699]

@@swayzee4382 ok?

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@swayzee4382 Whoosh?

[@EthGemsnStuff]

The saddest part is that Blizzard was once regarded as one of the most beloved game studios! They have devolved in a money hungry monkey in the last few years. And then they merge with Activision? What could go wrong lol

[@wugiwugu]

they are the worst companies after EA

[@saitamasforehead5819]

@YeaMan if you made good content you wouldnt need to sell out

[@Jeevzsk]

@@wugiwugu ea are money grabbing counts. But activision is worst, bro they made an employee kill themselves

[@sirsanti8408]

@YeaMan I mean penguins don’t have internet

[@dysae4484]

These things were going on even during that time where blizzard was thought of as a good company. It just didnt come to light yet.

[@SoloQueuer69]

Buy indie games! - Cheaper - Less greedy - More unique gameplay - If a studio turns out to be shitty, you probably DON'T own 5 of their $60 games already

[@MariOmor1]

case in point: Undertale which has a great story and unique gameplay for 9.99, and Deltarune's 2 chapters for FREE which are... I'ds ay around 3/4 the length of UT.

[@boi-p2g]

@@MariOmor1 ngl you're a bit late to the party, few years maybe

[@UnknownUser-xk5rr]

But what if I wish to play a triple A's game?

[@SoloQueuer69]

@@UnknownUser-xk5rr play it dude, most consumption under capitalism isn't ethical anyway lol and you deserve the enjoyment you want just know that your dollar is a vote--is it going towards game devs who make what u like, or is it going to some manager who likes to sell u ripoff lootboxes? ;^) my advice? pirate from AAA companies; they have enough money anyway

[@sergiorubens8475]

@@UnknownUser-xk5rr piracy

[@hevoo]

Blizzard being a moral cesspool is nothing new. I sincerely wish the worst for their upper management.

[@ordinarypigeon6918]

Sadly, we all know Blizzard's never gonna go under. Worst case, they'll release WoW for the mobile to further thrive on the Chinese market. Nowadays it almost seems like a fact that companies releasing mobile games are always the scum of the earth.

[@r2dezki]

It's nothing new, but it's worse than that.

[@hypoxicgg4451]

Not Blizzard, Activision Blizzard. All of Blizzards old higher-ups have basically bailed since Activision took over.

[@Serana64]

It's not just upper management. Countless low-level male employees engaged in constant toxic behavior whilst leaving all the work to the women they harassed. It's through the whole thing, not just a case of mean rich people

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

"Blizzard is the most evil gaming company." Boy did they sure kick the shit out of EA for *that* title, huh? I'll take shitty microtransactions over *actual rape.*

[@Strutsss]

Rape that Bobby *personally* covered up.

[@Notsbaby]

Fuck man id rather buy 20 loot boxes for some decent looking skins or whatever then having women get harassed to the point of suicide

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

@@Strutsss facts

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

@@Notsbaby like right??

[@sungo.]

activision has microtransactions too

[@ologhai8559]

EA: "We are the worst company." Activision Blizzard: "Hold my Bill Cosby picture."

[@edgarcardiff7874]

That's a night in the cosby suite

[@Chaos-bq6mc]

Shrine*

[@kipras1412]

EA just sucks because they’re greedy as fuck and don’t bother making good games, i haven’t really heard of any workplace harassment aside from just horrible crunch times and whatnot. ActiBlizz sucks in every way possible

[@flipsidelimited6560]

They always been up there with EA. Where the fuck y’all been?

[@TheTylerRobison]

Sick burn my man

[@oscartrevino461]

Activision: *exists* Me to EA: “Perhaps I treated you too harshly.”

[@seenl6eight258]

I’d rather have EA shut my studio down and ruin my games with micro transactions than for Activision to sexually harass me, so much I feel the desire to commit suicide.

[@pizzaeldante3446]

Jesus christ, Charlie listing the things Activision has done is like the list of side effects for a medicine advertisment.

[@LevantWasTaken]

You only watched 2 minutes of the video max

[@benc.3128]

@Cotzy I mean, it’s been like 3 minutes

[@pizzaeldante3446]

@@LevantWasTaken that is true, and I'm currently 5 mins in now

[@idontmakecontent4870]

69 likes

[@YourLocalAverageSquidMan]

Yea

[@harroschwarzbart6870]

The board is not stupid, pretty sure it's better for them that Bobby swept everything under the carpet and is the scape goat now, so they get away clean, pretending not to have known anything. The perfect employee right there.

[@edalbyek6060]

yea theres no way they didn't know about it. the board is just going to hire another terrible person with no morals that'll do the exact same as bobby

[@brydiginte6552]

Either that or Bobby got something on the board…

[@frostthrone334]

@@brydiginte6552 it's money. Kotick is a piece of shit sure, but he also makes a shitload of money for the shareholders

[@Women_Are_Objects]

HAHAHAH DREAM IS kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqqUcqN5lN-Gabc

[@vykintastvaronas452]

But they could have yoused him like a sacrificial lamb. But they stick by him.

[@Thagesthoughts]

Fun fact: a Blizz employee posted today on Twitter that they'd found out several members of the board were essentially bribed into backing Kotick, getting stock worth millions that wouldn't begin paying off until 2022-2025. This gives the board a strong incentive to keep Bobby in charge, lest they lose these Restricted Stock Units before they have time to begin vesting.

[@tegridyweed7863]

That might explain part of his major salary drop. I'm so glad I didn't rejoin the multiplayer bandwagon. Besides the D2R bundle I haven't bought anything since Starcraft 2 Legacy Of The Void. Everything else can fail for all I care. Stupid macro transaction filled trash.

[@635574]

In absence of rational options cops or assassins are the next possible options.

[@lyndseymc]

@Mr. Parrot Russians.

[@fucker9002]

@@lyndseymc bots bro not russians are you from 1980?

[@AK-og6hn]

Fit the story. Only corupted people forget about decency and common sense. And ready to close eyes on horrible crimes.

[@MadnessIRL]

Blizzard: Zero tolerance against discrimination. Also Blizzard: Doesn't fire their CEO, guilty of multitude of crimes.

[@brocki95xxx]

Is he guilty or are there just allegations? I didn't quite notice a part where a court actually found him guilty of the crimes. Not defending him I just don't like people jumping to conclusions because of allegations without proof.

[@occidereme8467]

@@brocki95xxx He is not guilty but just a shitty person who has done horrible, horrible things.

[@raghavkaushal7561]

@@brocki95xxx so mofo. if the court did not convict him does that mean there is no crime Just because courts in Nazi Germany never convicted Nazis, does that mean there is no crime?

[@juliagoetia]

I love how just getting this dude fired is the most anyone is hoping for right now. No arrests, no convictions, no legal responsibility. Really speaks to how absolutely above consequences these upper class freaks are.

[@cs40660]

maybe we should eat some of the rich

[@anjayana6150]

The law only applies to the poor. It has always been like that in the US.

[@flerperderp2094]

Fucking this. This whole thing absolutely stinks, but it's a shame that people seem to think this is some outlier and not the norm in corporate society.

[@Ztormrageheero]

Chances are, those men wont have a good time in Prison. So hopefully every abuser gets locked away.

[@flerperderp2094]

@@Ztormrageheero They may throw a couple of fall guys in prison, but the rich fucks who facilitated this rape fest will never see prison.

[@tarelsun4025]

EA: we are the worst Gaming Company Activision Blizzard: and i took that personally!

[@-NGC-6302-]

It’s a competition in the wrong direction

[@benivinson3693]

@@-NGC-6302- well at least they don’t rape their employees which isnt saying much

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

They're evolving, just backwards.

[@oldcet5277]

rockstar : amateurs

[@Djmjmichael]

they are evolving but just backwards of course

[@YoungKJU]

"Why women needed to be sexually harrassed by the company in order for WoW to be good" is probably my favourite quote this year.

[@minecraft-hw7kh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ62koV_pdiLfKs

[@Runaetus]

Transaction doesn't make sense and it didn't work, sir

[@Women_Are_Objects]

HAHAHAH DREAM IS kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqqUcqN5lN-Gabc

[@itsjustyourboihere5105]

Wow even Kim Jong Un agrees that Activision is a very bad gaming company

[@itsjustyourboihere5105]

Wow even Kim Jong Un agrees that Activision is a very evil gaming company *_Launch a nuke to blow it up pls_*

[@pinkbeatle2012]

his apology would of been better if he played a ukulele.

[@bachelorbanana982]

EA: “We care about our customer’s money!” Activision: “You guys care about human rights?”

[@Ubebread1]

dO yOu GuYs NoT hAvE pHoNes?

[@Miguel-fu7ft]

Honestly, I despise both companies. But i’d very much rather have the knowledge that EA just overprices shit and Copy/paste FIFA and Madden and other sports games over Activision/Blizzard and their allegations

[@federalcasemaker]

HOW DID ACTIVISION MAKE EA LOOK GOOD!?

[@aroix2667]

Activision is fucking their employees while EA is fucking us

[@JackTheripper911]

....how do we even know they care about human rights....? Just because nothing has come out doesn't mean anything. Nothing came out about Activision until recently, and that came after *years long* police investigation...... It didnt suddenly just happen. Just because EA hasn't been exposed for abusing their employees doesn't automatically mean they dont 🤦‍♂️ thats stupid logic.

[@Sonolo2000]

Evil blizzard be like: yes i do care about the health of my employees.

[@jimbo0386]

I get the joke but evil blizzard is just normal blizzard, and there’s no caring for employees by both, lol

[@lilporky8565]

So just normal blizzard? Good blizzard be like: "Blizzard, are you exploiting and abusing your ground level employees?" "Yeeeeesss..." *Actually treats employees respectfully and equally like a boss*

[@ArMentorLazada]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/apfOYXmHibRkebc

[@appleheaddefender]

@kenji but also kind of not

[@readmyprofiledont5060]

Don't read my name;*;##;;"

[@LAV-III]

Well well well look what’s happened now

[@cyanleafgd]

“Activision is an evil game company. Not because their games are shitty” Killed me

[@iexposedthisgayyoutuberinm2452]

*CRITIKAL IS CRITIKAL CRINGE* *I AM WAY BETTER*

[@Gota33354]

@@iexposedthisgayyoutuberinm2452 ratio

[@RandomDude41]

@@Gota33354 The bots just want attention

[@PlaceHolderMechanic]

holy shit that is a LOT of bots

[@tcmine]

Charlie's channel is always filled with youtube bots these days

[@Killboyy-kx2bo]

The way the board defended Kotick sounds like they were part of it as well.

[@kaydenvortex1984]

obviously they were.

[@nemanjastosic7141]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHjUqIF_asqLd6s

[@solblackguy]

That'll probably come out next. Damn I had a dream a report came out with hidden camera footage exposing them having a masked Eyes Wide Shut style party with 80's music video mist and bloodletting lol.

[@kumulonvevo6738]

@@nemanjastosic7141 bruhh, this is perfect

[@rivalx288]

Probably securing their cash before it falls apart.

[@howjet.]

Can't believe they actually surpassed EA for title of worst gaming company

[@Pure100percentfacts_]

@YeaMan no

[@RandomHaku]

@YeaMan your clapped

[@ascendingarscente]

But muh EA bad.

[@bobthepancake2870]

@YeaMan Your content is as good as your spelling

[@whatis112-s2i]

tbh they already have in my eyes, EA*rarely directly hurts people by making things super expensive and being a scumbag edit: *EA has stolen some game concepts in the past which is getting a bit morally questionable

[@Atombender]

penguinz0: Activision Blizzard is the Most Evil Gaming Company Microsoft: That's Why We Bought It.

[@M64bros]

@Toch Stuff I was thinking the same thing myself. As long as they don't screw up big time it should be fine.

[@Chloe_557]

"we set a zero tolerance policy" so the previous policy was "light sexual harassment is permitted"?

[@Tyler-si2rj]

More like go ahead and do it In the fineprint you cant but Shhh it's ok

[@withoutthehihatehappiness413]

"A firm grab and smash never hurt anybody" - Blizzard

[@highdesertbiker]

as long as Bobby thinks it's funny it's ok

[@4Curses]

Zero tolerance for snitches that talk to the media and law about getting sexually assaulted or mobbed. Duh. Activision brings in the China style, Snitches get stitches.

[@Sandvichman.]

@@4Curses k

[@ComradeXs]

I’m a fan of blizzard games, but there’s no excuse for defending this horrible behavior from ActiBlizz. Their game development doesn’t justify a workplace lacking basic human rights.

[@claudius_drusus_]

What doesn't make sense tho is that somehow Blizzard underpays female employees but they accept the abuse anyway? Makes little sense. We gotta be careful here. Blizzard should be punished for what it has done, nothing less. Nothing more.

[@groudonmario]

@@claudius_drusus_ Some people cant just leave their jobs, mostly in the current economy

[@aleisinwndrlen7113]

I still play Overwatch from time to time, but it's not like Blizz is living rent-free in my head. I mean, for God's sake they changed one of its most iconic characters just because it shared name with a scandalous staff. It's ridiculous.

[@kayden232ou]

@@claudius_drusus_ Hot take and I have 0 information on such but, maybe their being hired by blizzard because other game companies aren't taking them so they underpay their female workers to keep them in line and increase "happiness" of male workers. (Once again I don't know anything about the situation)

[@aleisinwndrlen7113]

@@claudius_drusus_ I think when they were accepted to work there, they probably had to, like, prick their fingers so they could sign in their blood, therefore selling their soul to Bobby. Considering how much he likes to throw his own employees under the bus, it's very likely that this is how it all goes.

[@YAH2121]

"Our company is evil and our leader did nothing wrong, but we're hiring more women and POC! We may be evil but at least we're diverse!" When in doubt, virtue signal.

[@314rft]

And we all know they just want more fresh meat, as Charlie said.

[@wingedhussar8552]

“At least our victims are diverse!”

[@jadecoolness101]

Well yeah, they need women to suit the tastes of ALL of their male employees! duh.... -_-

[@hardlo7146]

Just like America and it's military!

[@rok2383]

“Ooh yeah look we care about gay people, look how woke we are! This definitely isn’t a stunt to distract you from the fact that we are completely full of shit”

[@hollyrowlands6943]

So many incels in both these comments, and other platforms in which this has been discussed. No one is asking you to be a feminist or SJW or any shit like that, and you don't need to be to acknowledge that rape/sexual assault is bad (bruh the fact that I actually have to say that). Whatever the statistics are, the fact is that this sort of shit does happen, and outright refusing to even listen to these women perpetuates the sweeping under the rug that happens so goddamn often. People with power taking advantage of people that don't is not acceptable. Just admit that you think women being sexually assaulted is ok and go, stop wasting our time with your incel sounding ass reasoning...

[@Bigzthegreat]

???

[@georgeperez1839]

Wtf did incels do to you? They are literally virgins.

[@Christian-bz2cn]

If they’d stop sexually harassing their co workers maybe they’d be able to make a good game every once in awhile

[@diplodorkus970]

You guys have phones don't you???

[@Extremezotako]

Ikr

[@3Zclap]

I don't want them to make sexual harrassment simulator

[@itsyuboi3218]

@@diplodorkus970 lmmmaaao that caused me pain hahaha

[@nottoday3561]

@@diplodorkus970 its not like blizzard makes phones 😂

[@WhisperingAila]

No wonder AAA games are pretty average for their price. They’re too busy sexually harassing their employees and worse rather than making good games.

[@anonmely-6803]

Indie games are poppin off rn.

[@Jamesmac77]

What price? People still buy games?

[@anonmely-6803]

@@Jamesmac77AAA games start at $60

[@wragokumbaya]

@@anonmely-6803 naa they jacked it up to 70$

[@_Tzer]

Reminder that japanese h-games are kind of way better rn. Cough mgq is a good story cough

[@AkshayDidIt]

Activision Blizzard: "...0 Tolerance Policy..." Stock Market: Tolerate this 0

[@trader2137]

says a poor man

[@ExperimentalHero]

@@trader2137 omg look a Blizzard defender, take notes guys, he's a sicko! :D

[@trader2137]

@@ExperimentalHero you're a hater, cancel culture fanboy, you currently do harm to all the developers that work for blizzard. buy the dip.

[@tristanraine]

@@trader2137 uh, have you just ignored everything?

[@ExperimentalHero]

@@trader2137 oh im sorry, lemme just tolerate sexual assult, harassment, and suicides from a corporation who doesn't care about their customers let alone their workers just because they make vIdEo gAmEs. Fuck outta here lmao 🤣

[@Beowulf891]

I'm also a woman in the tech industry and it can be a minefield. I have experienced harassment and misogyny, though nothing quite this bad thankfully. It's brutal being a woman in a shitty boy's club.

[@mortenrl1946]

The reason why the board isn't angry with Bobby, is that he is covering for them. They knew the whole way through, and will pay for whatever legal expenses he faces. He's just taking the bullet. Such things pay well.

[@googleslocik]

People who think this are fucking morons. Charles again shows how much of a child he is, he never had a real job and it shows. Activision isnt even in the same city as Blizzard, the idea Board of Directors knows whats going on in one of a dozen of their subsidiaries when they have 5 000 employers in their main location alone is just moronic, the main publisher has 10 000 employers, and another 5 thousand in contractors. But also all board meeting are public for shareholders, any person who wants can listen to all company problems and learn for themselves if some random intern from a satellite studio and their HR complains are getting discussed or not. Spoiler, they are not. For those who are too lazy to listen through dozen of hours of meetings there is a quarterly summary, which also wont include personal information like HR complaints. All this stuff makes me realize how people want to create imaginary villains in every story. Kotick should sue the site for running with this slander.

[@diplodorkus970]

@@googleslocik lmfao ok

[@diplodorkus970]

@@googleslocik also ignoring that, if you'd watch the video, you'd see that Blizzard isnt even the only Activision subsidary that this shit is happening at

[@stevesteve222]

@@googleslocik hey guess what? Nobody important cares what you have to say):

[@thusharsm]

@@googleslocik how much does activision pay you?

[@OasisMusicOfficial]

EA: "Everyone hates me because of our greed!" Activision: "That's cute"

[@PM-AM]

At least they made BO1 and BO2.

[@fluoridehater]

@@PM-AM Treyarch made all the black ops games, Activision only published it I'm pretty sure.

[@mrdeath9198]

@@PM-AM Bruh

[@neolordie]

they are also absolute asshole with their employees

[@zSion]

@@Fataliese bo2 is the best cod game of all time stfu

[@Aegis824]

It did come out that the Overwatch team didn’t participate in the atrocities that the rest did. Jeff Kaplan poured his life into protecting his team from “corporate bs” and it now makes so much sense why he left. Great man, horrible company.

[@JaceAce22]

Damn, I hope anyone who felt vulnerable on the team walked out too. With how dangerous the Blizzard work environment is, it isn't worth it to maintain the game if the office is dangerous to work in

[@Killerwhale-kp2fm]

I agree with your comment to the fullest extent

[@ombricshalazar3869]

we don't deserve daddy jeff

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Why did he not say anything? When he left he never told anyone why. Was he afraid to speak out? If he was afraid to speak to the fans about it then if he tried helping his employees why was he not afraid to be vocal with his bosses?

[@Aegis824]

@@ADreamingTraveler because they’re already under lawsuit, and Jeff was literally Vice President of blizzard and it wouldn’t exactly give current employees confidence if he went and ousted everyone at the top. There are still good people at blizzard, for now.

[@TereusHecatonchires]

I would really like to see how LITTLE people dislike this video... THANKS KZbin #FreeDislikeButton

[@Ith.977]

my favorite Blizzard's fan defense is "hey! leave Dairy Queen alone"

[@isopodcrane]

Lmao

[@darknesswave100]

Kinda reminds me of Corona beer being kinda fucked over when they named it the Corona virus lol

[@XxRubenYoxX]

Mine is "It's not Blizzard's fault It was all Activision

[@thewind652]

hey! leave Dairy Queen alone

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@darknesswave100 lol

[@SoniasWay]

“We set a zero tolerance policy” So the previous policy was “we allow light sexual harassment”?

[@Eilhea]

R*pe being the "light" SA lol

[@trader2137]

you mean 'men nature' policy

[@snazzynasty1493]

@@trader2137 noice that'll help fix all this.

[@bread5231]

@@trader2137 the "boys will be boys" policy

[@bane9951]

Well... if kotick knew and allowed it then yeah

[@DarthCheese]

And people thought EA being obsessed with micro transactions was bad.

[@benivinson3693]

EA = Bad for Players Activision = Bad for everyone

[@LikeASirr4231]

this is so unbelievably unrelated, but nice pfp

[@DarthCheese]

@@LikeASirr4231 Thank you.

[@martingarfunkel8992]

It still is bad. Idk theres so many of these comments. EA is still shit and doing bad stuff. Acti/Blizz is just despicable in tons of ways

[@LikeASirr4231]

@@DarthCheese Ye :)

[@mute1795]

Activition sounds like the brewery where Peter Griffen works at

[@SilverZenCompass]

This is a good time to bring back the small time indie game developers

[@kyleterry5190]

And then have them slowly eaten and killed by EA again?

[@full-timepog6844]

@@kyleterry5190 ^^^

[@roccobastone1441]

@@kyleterry5190 those games were gas tho

[@jimbomclimbo7467]

Small time indie dev's are everywhere already dude

[@gabrielpineirogarcia2078]

@@kyleterry5190 EA is kronos eating the Child (indie developers) i think its a good image

[@shadowtrigbear8408]

Leaking or sharing nudes has to be one of the most childish things people do and for a billion dollar company to have employees that do this stuff is horrific and sad.

[@mrpizzacat8273]

There is no way to rationalise it or defend that one. Doing that is straight fucked up.

[@ArMentorLazada]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/apfOYXmHibRkebc

[@Boricosa]

@@mrpizzacat8273 I remember reading some comments on facebook that said it was "their fault for taking nudes in the first place" and then gave up on humanity

[@claudius_drusus_]

@@Boricosa you still shouldn't take nudes tho. Just like a rich man with expensive cars shouldn't stroll thru ghetto NY with no security.

[@bruhmoment2172]

Cuz men

[@dugoose777]

The Sins of the Gaming Industry Activision - True Lust EA - True Greed Nintendo - True Ignorance Valve - True Sloth

[@alexmartinez5859]

Sony-True Pride.

[@mollywinegar241]

What does that make Sega?

[@A.R.T.3]

@@mollywinegar241 Dead

[@idignifyyy70]

@@alexmartinez5859 Microsoft is true pride. 🌈

[@findlewandler]

Bungie - True wrath

[@thstan4062]

I feel disgusted that I've ever put money into anything Activision/blizzard owned..

[@strxwbxrry_420]

I could never understand why someone would defend sexual harassment for the sake of a company/person that doesn't care about them outside of them consuming their content.

[@kenz2756]

Is anyone even defending them? If anything they're just 'defending' in a sense that they think it's BS.

[@mileshill7196]

Welcome to being cucked by capitalism.

[@lyuris277]

@@kenz2756 i mean this video has 1158 downvotes so i guess that some kind of defense?

[@fart63]

@@lyuris277 downvotes?

[@SpookyTiles]

It would just be sad for someone to defend them I won’t and I’ve played close to 2000 hours of overwatch what went on behind closed doors is sad and it’s down right wrong

[@Rawrr661]

Never quite understood the whole defending a company thing. Really think they would defend you a consumer on an individual level? It's so bizarre to me.

[@gregdipietro260]

I'm fed up with rich ppl and politicians. They get away with WAY TOO MUCH and it needs to stop rn.

[@rafaelmaleakhilumbanbatu9873]

i think we need to give people where it due, not just blindly defend or attack, where in this case, blizzard is fucked up ofc

[@ilovemanunited6179]

@@gregdipietro260 exactly. They’re all in the same club and we’re not in it. Defending politicians, corporations, and mega rich assholes is pathetic.

[@darkpit37]

A bunch of female employees: *complain about being sexually harassed* This company, which apparently has no knowledge of basic pr concepts: *advertises that they're hiring more women*

[@WallachiaTacos]

“Oh this man is torturing hamsters? Well SEND HIM MORE”

[@MelloriNoMori]

"You want to leave or be fired? You're all replaceable!"

[@djmanoedits8683]

OW2 Comes out and it seems like no one remembers this stuff.

[@searchingforyourmemesandwh5388]

I didn’t know about this when the game came out

[@adscomics]

While other companies may not sexually harass their employees, the gaming industry as a whole is an absolute mess, with people being overworked and underpaid. Almost got a job for a game company in LA County where I would have made 40k a year, which is poverty money there. Thankfully I work as a game designer in Huntsville, AL instead, and make $60k a year. As someone who majored in game development, don’t work in the AAA game industry, folks, or at least tread very carefully. There are way better places to apply your skills.

[@adastial2104]

The only game devs i currently trust are the devs for dota 2 and from software since they make gold constantly

[@adastial2104]

@@ManicxAnimations always depends on where you decide to work or how you work best case tends to be indie developers

[@adscomics]

I highly recommend government contractors. It may not sound like it, but a lot of the software they develop (if they do at all) involves game design principles. They often pay more, are in a more affordable location, and give way more benefits. I work for a contractor in Huntsville, AL and make $60k plus benefits. That’s entry level. Company culture is infinitely better too.

[@adscomics]

For sure. Although indie companies likely pay less due to their size. The company I almost got the job for was a pretty large and well known indie company, so I doubt smaller ones pay any better.

[@adastial2104]

@@adscomics fair enough as well im not in that world the game design so my word should be taken with a ton of salt plus I'm a cook so the only similar thing is the total pay per year which for me is 60 to 80 k euros

[@phnt0mhiv357]

The fact people are defending them just proves how miserable their fans are

[@LordOfWaffles32]

I love overwatch, favorite game. but what they have done is completely unacceptable.

[@_Kuma_]

@@LordOfWaffles32 it’s not my favorite but I do like overwatch and I played WoW for 15 years… really unfortunate that my youth and probably thousands of dollars was given to such a scummy company. Feels pretty bad when it comes to all my nostalgia.

[@PlahaKumar]

A company like them should not be defended.

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

And even if bobby gets kicked out the board of directors are just as bad as him and nothing will happen to them

[@aleisinwndrlen7113]

Yes. Unfortunately that probably would be the case

[@bigacg]

I mean its clear that they lack both brain cells and any kind of knowledge on how to run a company so they will drive it into the dirt regardless

[@ArMentorLazada]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/apfOYXmHibRkebc

[@DM-qd7gw]

I like when corporate sociopaths try to have "friendly" names. "Hey guys you can just call me Bobby" It's like awe thats so cute, he thinks hes people

[@quora_the_sith7345]

and now they are owned by microsoft

[@John-kd2tc]

Microsoft probably leaked all this to use it to bargain for a deal.

[@DeevDaRabbit]

The original founders of Activision would be so disgusted to see the company they once formed become this bad.

[@GeoNeilUK]

It's almost as if Activision has become several orders of magnitude worse than Atari could ever have dreamed of being.

[@sheppik4252]

Same for blizzard. Its so sad

[@drinsano5255]

Everyone said the same about the original blizzard guys till info came out showing they were bad too. I'm sure the OG Activision guys are just as bad 😂

[@DeevDaRabbit]

We can't assume that. Those guys are all in their 50s and 60s now. Activision is much older than Blizzard.

[@drinsano5255]

@@DeevDaRabbit are you saying cause they old they can't be doing the same stuff every other corporate big shots seem to do? Like during their careers.

[@henrydikes6704]

Pro tip: if you absolutely HAVE to play an activision game, pirate it, nothing feels better than swiping money out of Kotick's pocket.

[@MoVySaN]

You're in absolute delusion to think pirating it does anything to him.

[@piival]

@@MoVySaN it doesnt but its better than even giving a cent for that company

[@OutlawedPoet]

I've been pirating Activision games for years now, purely because of how expensive the old COD games are. Like seriously, 40 bucks for Black Ops 1 and $15 each for the DLC? An 11 year old game?

[@redninja3231]

@@piival i mean the people affected by that are game devs not the ceo and the devs did nothing wrong

[@a_angry_bunny]

Normally, I still would be against this as it is hurting the people that working for him as well. But in this case, it sounds like most of Activision is a cesspool of degenerates so screw it and go crazy.

[@miraqen7801]

"So, what do you bring on the table?" "Being a decent human being-" *"Never should've come here!"*

[@redacted8839]

“HYYYA-HA-HA!”

[@DarkestPrinceKazma]

Priceless

[@samyazaazazyel7701]

You just had me cut someones head off by shear reflex reaction

[@nicholastaylor6185]

@@redacted8839 thank god i could translate this to english i had no clue what you said

[@Wilson-kt8or]

Goddamnit Todd you did it again

[@DustBinny]

The fact that these guys are still in business…sickens me. Edit: Bobby Kotick literally got re-elected as CEO just a few months ago. 🤦‍♂️

[@M64bros]

Good news! He's officially gone

[@pastaman1337]

EA is probably grinning that they are being dethroned as the worst company

[@coneburger9081]

@@Soapia99th without the f

[@coneburger9081]

@@Soapia99th ;)

[@Wowzival]

EA looks like a fucking Saint

[@Soapia99th]

@@coneburger9081 back!✝️ back I say!

[@Oreggon]

EA wasn’t even evil, just extremely greedy. They’ve also at least made an effort to save their reputation and have mostly recovered. Activision-blizzard is literally just disgusting and evil in every way. I feel terrible for the good-hearted devs that want nothing to deal with this and just want to make games that they love.

[@skude3]

Hire more women is such a stupid “fix” it’s actually unreal. How does that have anything to do with sexual harressment?? It’s incredible how a billion dollar company puts out a statement this stupid.

[@EsteemedReptile]

The people who make these statements are barely human. They live in their tiny corporate bubble complete out of touch with the world and speak like robots with bad AI.

[@starshine9662]

Lots of corporations have this mentality. Its all about virtue signaling. Keep in mind, just because they have a diverse staff does not mean all staff members are treated equally. Im a chick in the tech field and some, not all, of the people in high positions absolutely have predispositions of certain groups and treat different groups differently

[@voltinator]

What are they supposed to do? Offer virtual rape counseling in World of Warcraft? Also the demand for more female and ethnic employees was part of the lawsuit.

[@EsteemedReptile]

@@voltinator What the fuck do you mean "what are they supposed to do?" How about not abuse people in the first place?

[@pole8740]

@@voltinator shut the company down and have everyone involved with the sexual assault shot or hanged or burnt

[@akiramasashi9317]

It wasn't called the Epstein Room it was called the Cosby Suite. But Bobby Kotick *WAS* in Epstein's black book.

[@siren8624]

I wouldn't be surprised if they also had the epstein room somewhere in the hq

[@akiramasashi9317]

@@siren8624 No doubt. Absolutely disgusting goblins.

[@dannydanny2789]

I think it was called the Spacey Lounge

[@calmkat9032]

@@dannydanny2789 nah I think they meant the Fogle Flat

[@austin31697]

They're now owned by Microsoft

[@mandalorianperseus4662]

Long story short: Boycot Activision and shame them for all eternity. Dont let them get away with this.

[@muskularchicken]

People still buy their games. Not one thing will ever change, sadly.

[@eskaban_edits_beats_and_more]

as long as i enjoy their product i keep using their product. i despice what they did tho. but why would i prevent myself playing my fav game bc of it.

[@AleksandarBell]

@@eskaban_edits_beats_and_more Because it’s allowing these monsters to profit.

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

@@AleksandarBell yeah but a lot of the devs are not necessarily responsible for this behavior. Many of them have been outspoken for years, or have been threatened into silence. There are still very talented, normal hard working people at both companies. I personally will not buy their games, extra now because of this, but also just because I don’t enjoy them and think they aren’t fun. That doesn’t mean some people don’t find value in them.

[@AleksandarBell]

@@TheGamerApocalypse Peoples well-being/personal enjoyment

[@floopismcfloorpus4396]

Honesty, the Blizzard board bragging about the new zero tolerance policy would be like McDonald’s bragging about how their burger patties are longer made out ground up dead rats…

[@GamerSisters]

I literally, unironically recently had a McDonald's commercial show up that was literally like "we now have 100% real beef in our burgers". Like what do you mean *now*???????

[@hijisfriend9030]

@@GamerSisters lmao 🤣

[@j.r.huffnstuff3549]

@@GamerSisters for the longest time they advertised up here in Canada that they had only "grade A Canadian beef," but the whole thing was a sham. They literally owned a company called "Grade A Canadian Beef™," which somehow allowed them to advertise it. 🤷

[@KizaruB]

@@j.r.huffnstuff3549 😂

[@johanpersson2416]

Or like a woke person spreading Internet hate based on rumours - being too stupid to realize what he is doing.

[@bananaman7433]

The Board of Directors won't kick Bobby out because he probably gives them $10,000,000+ bonuses. I wonder how much Bobby paid them to stay on his side?

[@sevenapollo6882]

Honestly that wouldn't surprise me at this point

[@nateatkins4593]

iirc its like 6 ppl on the board of directors who are personal friends of bobby, have been at the company for more than 15 years, some 20+, or both

[@tropinnka]

The Board of Directors pay the CEO not the other way around.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

@@nateatkins4593 Yep, he handpicked these people, they are chummy with each other.

[@crompee]

It costs them £300million to sack him, so they basically need to keep defending him until he costs them more than that. Unfortantly, tanking the reputation won't stop people buying the new CoD, so what's happening isn't actually costing much money as they know the stock will bounce back as the dip isn't due to anything profit wise but just media.

[@M64bros]

So.... Who's coming back here after discovering that the CEO is leaving on December 29th?

[@peeranutpompim3276]

Bobby just did “company downfall speedrun (any%)”

[@Shorteagle]

Nah it's a 100% run

[@rndmdude387]

I thought he was always doing it

[@Finn_DeGreef]

Underrated comment

[@ArMentorLazada]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5LXiKCZobmoadk

[@TheSpellShell]

I guess his got a big cut already

[@CyborXT]

Not only evil, they are the worst at developing games now.

[@kagamiuchiha5837]

Maybe the developers are lowkey taking strike by making bad games, so they can get creative freedom again. I’m really hoping that’s the case that they are purposely hurting the company to get the higher ups gone

[@aleksamarkovic8411]

Overwatch, last decade of World of Warcraft expansions, Warcraft III reforged, Diablo mobile...

[@Women_Are_Objects]

HAHAHAH DREAM IS kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqqUcqN5lN-Gabc

[@atari9477]

It's just a sequence at this point: bad people make good developers leave, which makes the games bad/delayed, which makes good players leave and the cycle continues...

[@illdeletethismusic]

look at the garbage R* just released, i"d say they are worse at game creation now

[@derpixonisagreatname7153]

The thing is, this isn't even about money, just pure evil.

[@piival]

fr EA looks like paradise now

[@Rickkhry]

Nice pfp, AE86 trueno

[@ethangreen5416]

@@Rickkhry Shut up, thats off topic

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

At the very least EA screws its employees and customers over with the somewhat logical motive of profit turned up to the abusive extreme. Meanwhile these fuckers actively sacrifice their own possible profits by actively creating a shitty, inefficient work-environment soley to allow a bunch of fratboys to spend their work hours playing video games and sexually harassing, assaulting, or just generally harassing the productive staff members. Its like some cartoon villain motivation.

[@danielreader4814]

@@Rickkhry Only reason i recognize that is Gran Tourismo 1 lol

[@stevenyoung9738]

100% those board execs are blackmailing each other. They wouldve dropped bobby and shat on him if they werent.

[@BBWahoo]

They definitely have their backs against the wall for one reason or another. Yours is an interesting take

[@skyhlarmyers2008]

I feel like they kept Bobby to use him as a scapegoat

[@gabeux]

Of course they are all fucking involved. Little time ago people were saying shit like the CEO had nothing to do with it, and that all of this was related to Blizzard only..look at where the story is now. It's a disgrace if they just get away with some stupid fine that they can instantly pay and get off the hook. They need to be made into an example.

[@Capnsensible80]

@@gabeux I mean, no one who had even the slightest shred of knowledge on the subject at all said it was Blizzard only. As soon as the announcement of the investigation's conclusion it was actually the opposite and people thought Activision was worse since the woman who killed herself wasn't tied to Blizzard, just Activision.

[@Underdogger]

My dad actually was offered to go work at Blizzard in California as a project manager - he turned it down because it would be a minor pay cut but it would also cost almost double to live in California instead of where we currently live. Glad he avoided all of this drama.

[@setsers1]

Yikes

[@KazeHorse]

That sounds like a terrible deal right from the get go - why did he even take the interview?

[@Underdogger]

@@KazeHorse he used to play hella Diablo and, I mean, it's Cali lol. But once they sent their offer for pay he turned it down.

[@KazeHorse]

@@Underdogger ah fairs I thought he went in to it knowing the pay and that it’s Cali 😂

[@S3verusMyG]

In an alternate universe, your dad would be partying more than you could ever, and would be fucking bitches on the daily

[@Jargonecius]

Let's not forget that Bobby was in Epstein's black book... kinda creepy.

[@BigGayIncorporated]

holy fucking yikes this makes a lot more sense now

[@Insanity2thePrawn]

@@BigGayIncorporated Matt Groening has also been on private jets with Epstein, its amazing how far things reach.

[@alatsus]

AND they had a room called the 'epstein room' in the office.. yuck

[@whotftookthuurs]

@@alatsus it wasnt epstein room, but something else. I dont remember the name, but it was some rich and famous guy who abused or killed his wife, i think

[@thomaspaul8114]

Wait they had a relation or am I gullible

[@joshuausguitarboi6948]

I can't believe that my childhood games were made by these lunatics.

[@ethanbentley7057]

it’s so sad all this happened. ruins a lot of peoples lives to varying degrees. feel sorry for all the victims and the employee who thought they were getting a dream job and now are going to be pushed away from it. I used to play a lot of hearthstone but have stopped over the past few months because of all this.

[@serraramayfield9230]

Start unsubscribing. EVERYONE needs to.

[@cookieblobber]

I mean if you got the game, you got the game. Might as well enjoy every last bit of it. Just try to not buy any future stuff from activision going forward

[@pole8740]

@@cookieblobber i doubt they'd be making any remarkable games after this, hell what have they done the past decade that was remotely good

[@pohancekkrompircek3469]

@@serraramayfield9230 yes time to start unsubing from all these fake pretentious youtube cotnent farmers who spreading misinformation around and abusing people good will to make ezz drama money. btw 0 proof of any accusations. and u alla redy ruined many careers that has nothing to do with his bs

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@pohancekkrompircek3469 "0 proof of any accusations" of what?

[@paladin_au]

Blizzard doesn’t have fans. People just enjoy some games they made 20 years ago.

[@nyumyu4265]

That’s so painfully true

[@sonder006]

Yep. I'm a diablo 2 fan, not a blizzard fan.

[@mikemayo4812]

then who the heck is going to Blizzcon?

[@ArMentorLazada]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/apfOYXmHibRkebc

[@HouseOfAlastrian]

Unfortunately Blizzard still DOES have fans. Between the copium addicts and the shill content creators who still cover WoW and nothing but WoW, there is still a fandom. But there are also those of us who used to be Blizzard fans before their games went to shit, before we heard anything about the vile workplace culture who mourn for a company whose games made such an impact on us growing up.