Blizzard Devs Confirm Harassment Allegations, President J. Allen Brack's Response Draws Backlash

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[@Mr.KittensAndGibberish]

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[@tylercalhoun6407]

But he won't. He'll only leave upon retirement or in handcuffs.

[@ofearghailthefearless6481]

You think the bastard's gonna resign! He's making big money so why should he resign? For all we know he's participating in this shitty workplace behavior

[@MysticTroll]

He won't give up his power, I just learned a terrible truth! I think J. Allen Brack is a Sith Lord!

[@Momoka7]

I am curious, WHAT J. Allen Brack is getting paid for, if he is not dealing with internals.

[@pulsar943]

The sad story is that people will still give money to Activision as soon as the next COD trailers drops out

[@groudongamer3178]

Yup. Nothing short of murder will stop them. I'm not saying anyone should do that(seriously don't), but considering people are dumb drones they will literally profit off human suffering for the foreseeable future.

[@groudongamer3178]

@@Astartes-6969 Bro, I literally said people will support them regardless. It doesn't matter. Genuinely. Even if kottick got incarcerated, he'll just buy his way out unless the justice system doesn't buy into it(and spoiler they will cuz our justice system is garbage).

[@Madwolf-gq6bb]

Not me! Hah!

[@LyriczBeast]

This isn't about Activision as a whole you idiots. Its about the blizzard Activision

[@UsingThisName]

It does involve Activision. They mention about how some employees were playing COD and those who were affect had to suffer.

[@tonyrotherham169]

I actually can't wait for the day activision goes down the drain

[@EGuerrero-qd8ct]

Another greedy company will rise to take it's place.💯

[@tonyrotherham169]

@@EGuerrero-qd8ct there's always going to be one man

[@WhiteFang103]

Take Blizz with them too. They only publish trash games these days.

[@takoeatsall]

Not only activision. But also blizzard

[@Sleepy.Time.]

they never will because idiots will keep buying their products like the sheep they are, same with EA

[@Robedpillow]

"Take full responsibility" Unless they're gonna fire the people involved, they didn't take any responsibility

[@KhaoticFrosty]

That's basically the entire staff tbh.

[@tomsakmens5571]

Well, they sure have fired hundreds of workers before just because... more money. And somehow I won't be surprised if they don't this time

[@hattersmadness4701]

"The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." Colin Powell

[@crazebamm]

“Taking full responsibility” and “apologies” at this point are just a part of the check list after these incidents happen. Do something, say sorry, repeat. It’s pathetic

[@spaceowl9246]

JAB didn't write that himself, he just checked some boxes and an AI generated that lousy text for him.

[@liloreoinya]

These people aren't sorry it happened, they are sorry they got caught.

[@CosmicAeon]

The sad part was, these pieces of shit didn't even do that at first. They said that linking their employee's suicide to them, despite the fact she did it on a company-team trip, was disrespectful and nothing to do with them, and that California are being ridiculous for suing them. Blizzard-Activision are such scumbags they couldn't even do a forced, fake apology.

[@ricardohoang8452]

Kelvin Aquino That cycle is more like do something stupid, write the very scripted "apology", say sorry through that scripted one, repeat!

[@Road_to_Dawn]

You could easily make freaking “Activision/Blizzard controversy bingo cards”. The tricky part would be making cards that aren’t instant winners. It’s ridiculous that after literally OVER A DECADE, this shit still goes on and nothing changes.

[@residentevilfan543]

I doubt there's even a shred of remorse from the men on that trip for that poor girl who killed herself. Bastards

[@mitchh3092]

Good chance some of them think that's funny. No, really. The people running this company are at best malignant narcissists and at worst absolute psychopath sadists who genuinely enjoy hurting others.

[@Madwolf-gq6bb]

Yeah :(

[@omagro8267]

@@Kacper42PL found one. Sociopath here. Yup. Lost soul that will wander the world always playing the victim and wondering why no one likes him even though his mind is twisted for seeing people this way. Youre sick. You need help if you genuinely think this.

[@omagro8267]

@@mitchh3092 this is the disgusting part. Youre right. Im almost positive see it as a badge of honor.

[@RasenRendanX]

@@Kacper42PL what is wrong with you?

[@Rhyas9]

"But guys! We support LGBTQ! See? We have the pins! We're such good people!"

[@762x69]

From my company today I kid you not.. Today we are proud to take another step forward in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) journey

[@theevilboyproductionshorts393]

Sure you do blizzard

[@ricardohoang8452]

California lawsuits: Oh really?

[@TheExi123]

Yeah, and when JAB sat down on Blizzcon to talk about the Blitzchung desaster, he also wore it and said that want to keep politics out of their games. Well... in many many countries this is a very political debate. They are living in their west coast bubble... totally forgetting that other countries of the world have other problems.

[@LegendoftheGalacticHero]

Keep in mind that inside the company there are LGBTQ employees that fight for initiatives to happen, even if you don’t believe in Acti or Blizz, rest assured there are people that care (you don’t have to buy the pins and you can just support a charity directly )

[@madprophetus]

Companies that ignore human rights outside their walls tend to ignore them inside their walls, too. Free Hong Kong.

[@ankobigboob]

“I’m sorry that we got caught”

[@zynix3698]

Did they really though? As much as I dislike blizzard, allegations are not evidence. Also California suing large companies makes sense after scaring off the rich because of high taxes. If there are real victims I want the truth to come out but is there proof?

[@targetida3999]

@@zynix3698 literally there was a clip of the president allowing some pervert validate that they use women's underwear catalogs as references to character anatomy at a blizz con panel

[@pczb2692]

@@zynix3698 There was literally a two year investigation about all of this, mate.

[@zynix3698]

@@pczb2692 It was longer than two years and this is also after hundreds of employees have been removed. The chief people officer is a woman too which makes some of the accusations odd.

[@steele2015]

Thats the perfect summary of how they have reacted to this. Either that or "It will all die down in a few months" and both are equally as awful.

[@thecliffracer]

"Do you guys not have basic human decency?"

[@lPsychoMax]

"they think they do, but they don't"

[@OrangeMelon419]

„don’t you guys have Human Rights?“ opsi wrong China uhm i mean blizzard controversy 😅

[@762x69]

Is this an early out of season April fool's r ape joke? 🤨🤨🤨

[@chainclaw07]

It makes so much sense now, they're all deranged, that's why they thought it ok to present the new Diablo as a mobile game......

[@scarletfreeman9211]

A STATE lawsuit. Holy shit. You have to fuck up big time, and with enough evidence that they can absolutely nail you on it, for a state to do this. So glad I uninstalled Overwatch a few months ago.

[@JoshSweetvale]

I don't think a PR extruded-apology-product is gonna be able to slow down the D.A. even _slightly._ :D

[@scarletfreeman9211]

@@JoshSweetvale Good. It's not as much as I would like to happen to the industry as a whole, but it's definitely a step in the right direction and it's nice to see a state hitting them where it hurts. It's not much on my end, but I can't in good conscience bring myself to reinstall OW or buy OW2 after this. The least I can do for those poor women is owe them the respect to avoid supporting their harassers.

[@bjornerlendur4606]

In my state, all it takes is some homophobic comment on the internet

[@Xidphel]

My account is being deleted.

[@Marinealver]

not really, California needs money, and Activision-Blizzard is an easy target. This is mostly about money, the harassments allegations are there just to turn public support, not that it was needed. Activision-Blizzard deserves Bankruptcy.

[@lucasameks7926]

"You think you want safe environment for women's, but you don't." - J. Allen Brack

[@embiggenedbadger4297]

As soon as the video ended I scrolled down looking for this comment to be made. Good work.

[@bificommander]

Do you girls not have mace sprays?

[@j03Biz]

They consider them ribs. Everyone loves ribs. Usually shit people don't smell their own shit scent.

[@dogtaro6038]

@@j03Biz ᴡʰᴀᵗ ʇɟ

[@fierysmile2929]

"You _think_ you want to work here, but you don't. " - J. Allen Brack, probably

[@Teranewone]

I came here for references to You think you want it, but you don't. XD

[@fierysmile2929]

@@Teranewone I'm genuinely surprised the comment section wasn't swimming with them when I got here.

[@Sunthaz]

@@fierysmile2929 More like: "You think you don't, but you do." towards the poor victims.

[@DonoTheGamer]

Kinda glad I’ve been boycotting them since the Blitzchung/Hong Kong controversy.

[@narudan]

Exactly, they also showed their true colors in the "huh what? you guys don't have phones?" debacle

[@onwardsumo5189]

@@narudan which one was that one, I must not have heard of that one?

[@skyyswaggstudios2934]

@@onwardsumo5189 when they made a Diablo mobile game and people were dissapointed

[@seekittycat]

Yup ever since they showed their hypocrisy I never looked back

[@Ermor666]

Make sure to boycott activision too

[@TheGlintJaw]

Everytime I think this is the new low, something worse happens..... R.I.P to the woman who took her life....

[@elykus793]

"We thought our employees liked being harassed, but they don't." - J Allen Brack 2021

[@meteor22]

Always suspected that guy was a p.o.s. ever since the "Apology" he gave for the Blitzchung catastrophe went down. Idk how anyone thought that was an actual apology, it wasn't even straight forward.

[@nightruler666]

Non-apology

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

@@nightruler666 **Fake-

[@Kant3n]

Straight up "we're sorry you feel that way" tier.

[@theguywhowentthere3346]

this is why the rest of the day was filled with trailers and announcements full of shit the fanboys would DIE to see. non-fans saw the smoke-and-mirror show that day, but the fans ate it all up. Seriously, as long as they get their games, they REALLY don't give two shits about this lawsuit and what's it's about.

[@SlvrWlf88]

Nobody accepted that apology. We all knew it was fake. It was just good enough for the media to let it pass

[@Zhavyne]

Diversity and inclusivity are such laughable terms, these days. It's just used as a shield now; "Oh, we're inclusive and diverse, therefore we can do no wrong!" Their "apologies" or denials always sound soooo fabricated and prewritten with no conviction or remorse.

[@thatfunnykekguy6377]

Don't you have "morals"?

[@steele2015]

Thats because their written by PR departments to sound fluffy and have no consequences for when it happens again.

[@technoir2216]

The only people who buy into the “inclusive” and “diversity” corporate shit, is conservatives who think these companies have some sinister agenda.

[@enter4none]

The inclusivity didn't reach the Overwatch League come 2020, all the POC were gone, hope their stories come up now that they might have some traction from the public opinion.

[@doomnova1946]

Let us be honest when you click that disability box it is the fast bin to your application getting tossed. Literally I knew someone who was applying to the same job with two different emails and names but literally using the same resume but just had the contact info and name changed. What did he find? Yeah, almost no callbacks from the one having the disability box checked and but would literally have call backs from the non-disability application.

[@pootispiker2866]

"Don't you guys have a sense of pity? Please feel bad for our stock holders!"

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

And I dreamed of working for Blizzard in my youth. Bullet dodged.

[@Dre2Dee2]

all software is a total hellhole, good move

[@commiedeer]

Never meet your heroes... All the companies that made the games that defined my childhood are dead.

[@Dark_Tale]

Zero tolerance policy at the workplace rings about as well as the zero tolerance bully policy my old school had... In which case, you got bullied a ton and any time it was brought to light the victims would always get the short end of the stick. Sometimes even getting forced into the spotlight which would only increase the harassments.

[@wilmagregg3131]

the problem is they often go to far in the other direction so instead of HR being complacent they overactive and will immiedatly punish and fire employees over accusations with no investigation

[@inuclearpickle8628]

Worst part of schools is if you fight back you’re the one punished. I was subjected to it by few guys I knew in class typically jocks where I’d go out of my way to avoid sitting near them in class because they would always play jokes on me I didn’t like

[@livingcorpse5664]

Zero policy is a red flag, so is "we treat our employees like family" as it's code for we act like an abusive family.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

@Hastur Dagon People also have the right to a safe workplace.

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@sluttyMapleSyrup facing your accuser should still be a higher right both sides should be allowed to defend themselves before judgement

[@Wyren09]

That “Thank you Blizzard” at the end of the email had the same effect as “Hail Hydra” to me.

[@3Rayfire]

@Sypha Flowen That's true Hydra was very subtle.

[@ricardohoang8452]

@Sypha Flowen Maybe because Activision Blizzard is the worse Hydra lol

[@holdit490]

"Every voice matters.............. IF it is being recorded"

[@almalatino1]

Small nit-pick, but an executive of a company should know the phrase is, "it goes WITHOUT saying," meaning the statement should be common knowledge and implied. Also, that leadership team needs to be completely changed, and all violators personally held responsible. I, for one, will speak with my dollar.

[@Lyubimov89]

Yeah that was weird. I though that it was intentional - like he made a point of some kind with this?

[@Seracen]

"It goes - with saying," the phrase is "WITHOUT saying." He isn't even competently pretending to care. Not that I expected anything better from this fool. At this point, I'm glad Activision/Blizzard haven't made any products I enjoy in the past decade...because I'd be disgusted to have supported such behavior.

[@r0bw00d]

I've never understood the phrase in the first place. If it goes without saying, then why do you immediately follow that up with saying it?

[@justifiedkill7766]

@@r0bw00d its another version of "Its obvious that...." Its a statement of something that shouldn't have to be said because it should be common knowledge. It goes, without saying, leadership at Activision/Blizzard are pieces of shit. But I am going to say it anyways to remind/reinforce everybody of this fact.

[@lokilxix]

Glad I am not the only one. I know it's pedantic given what's going on but damn man get a proofreader.

[@KotCR]

He probably talks about how he "could care less" instead of "couldn't care less" too lol.

[@innocentbystander3317]

@@lokilxix He would of gotten a proof-reader, but there readership is usually worse. Dont @ me, errors are there on purpose, and you know just how common such "idioms" really are in certain places with nearly nonexistent academic standards.

[@DRaGoNThEBeSt60]

"Don't you guys have psychologists?"

[@Hex-Mas]

What good is one? I mean i can do that without $500 a session just talking to my friends inside my head. They told me the dog pic is cute.

[@Imperator_Chrysalis]

Good one :D

[@midoribookstore]

"Ethics" is the word you're looking for.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

*psychiatrists

[@TheCommentaification]

@@Hex-Mas the friends in my head also agree, the dog pic is cute

[@loki.odinson]

Ouch. That Blizzcon panel was pretty damning. Wasn't expecting that. Yeah definitely time for both him and Bobby Kotick to resign. Just absolutely reprehensible behavior. Disgusting.

[@Sorrowdusk]

What did the audience think? 🤔

[@loki.odinson]

@@Sorrowdusk wtf?

[@nexum9977]

"We here at Blizzard are sorry that State of California found out it distubing, so we created a new store mount"

[@probablyacabbageisuppose1711]

First time I laughed all day. Good 👍

[@AkaiAzul]

What does it mean when I can't tell if this really happened?

[@theocan]

Have literally zero interest in their response. They're only doing this to save face. Everyone remember that if this court case didn't hit the headlines, they would have swept this under the rug instantly, and the horrific abuse would have continued without a single moment's hesitation.

[@CiaranMaxwell]

They're not sorry for doing it. They're sorry for getting caught.

[@toanuva6178]

I fully expected another *“iM sOrRy AnD i TaKe FuLl ReSpOnSiBiLiTy”*

[@gabrote42]

So long as that responsibility is multi*b*illion dollar fine, jail time, and punishment to accomplices

[@VintageNarwhal]

Makes me think of the South Park episode with the PB oil spill “we’re sorry” lol

[@ruggedlemmings9163]

I can picture him rehashing his Blitzchung speech: "We had a difficult sexual harassment moment. Erm...moments. Annnnnnd we decided to do fuck all about it."

[@ferminangelcarhuajulcaguil1196]

And then gamers will forget about it and keep buying their games, again.

[@michaelkelley7826]

@@gabrote42 multimillion is chump change to these guys when they gave Bobby a 200million dollar bonus. Just a few they would never notice and go back to same old same old in a few years

[@coreyg3658]

What makes me sick is that this has apparently been going on for years, at least a decade and the entire time I have been buying their games and supporting the company. Its not only the females of their company Blizzard has betrayed, it is also their customers, basically making us unknowing accomplices in what they have done

[@CMONCMON007]

I know man.....its brought me a lot of shame....I loved Starcraft and Diablo and Warcraft...but that love for their products was not deserved...i feel so guilty now....a woman even took her own life because of them...I feel terrible...we were all taken for a ride by these sinners

[@flarestorm9417]

12:04 *Jon Tron:* "that one didn't age quite so well."

[@SuperRamos619]

I love how JAB doesn't even refute the claims, just states that the actions are reprehensible.

[@randallporter1404]

I noticed that too, great post.

[@philm2054]

Duh, he is a head of a company facing legal action. Their legal team wouldn’t let something like that to be said. Admitting ANY kind of fault can hinder their ability to defend themselves in court. The court room is where all the facts will come out not over KZbin and Twitter. JAB definitely has things to answer for but that time will come in court.

[@steveozone4910]

I loved how Bungie stepped in and said they don't tolerate this behavior. After they bullied composer Marty O Donnell, fired him and then didn't pay him for the work he did on Destiny!

[@Ghostrnaut]

What are you talking about?

[@manuxx3543]

And fucked up his youtube channel too a few month back

[@bigdaddychemster1201]

Sexual harassment isn't the same as royalty disputes. Nobody bullied Marty "I don't understand copyright laws" O'Donnell into committing suicide.

[@actually-will1606]

Sorry but even has a halo fan Marty is far more than just that. He had been doing some really upsetting and overall idiotic things on twitter and Reddit recently.

[@khaychi]

Don't forget they got even greedier mtx wise than under Activisions umbrella before. 🤣

[@Luvimor]

Just FYI, the video of that panel you included is incorrect. The guy who is literally under the name "Alex" is actually named Tom Chilton. "Alex" is next to him at the end.

[@goast_cuard]

Wow, a company that constantly states how inclusive they are and "stand against [insert negative topic here]" are one of the biggest perpetrators of it? Shocking

[@gaelangaudette9576]

This is absolutely disgusting. Those responsible need to be held accountable, along with anyone who protects them.

[@JimmyJoeBob]

They wont though.

[@bioxid]

i would like people to actually stop taking allegation as given FACTS before the end of trials. shred them to bits once the allegation has been proven. until then, be reasonable.

[@gaelangaudette9576]

@@bioxid What is unreasonable about wanting people to be held accountable for their actions? I'm not advocating for any kind of vigilante action. There should be an investigation, and if there is enough evidence found, prosecution.

[@gaelangaudette9576]

@Zirgiot Beufordt III At what point did I ever say that the allegations were true? All I said was that people need to be held accountable for their actions. If the allegations are false, then false accusers should also be held accountable for their lies. Either way, the matter needs to be investigated.

[@SamsarasArt]

I agree

[@aeden8008]

The only thing ActiBlizz applies "zero tolerance" to is supporting Taiwan and Hong Kong.

[@ThatWhichObserves]

basically their zt policy is whatever the CCP's zt policy is..

[@kiriruro]

Why should they support Taiwan and Hong Kong? They are not a country, they don't do politics so - why?

[@l4dl4dl4d]

@@kiriruro First line from googling Taiwan - "Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is a country in East Asia."

[@ThatWhichObserves]

@@kiriruro by openly banning blitzchung they tacitly confirmed the ccp is the pervasive interest of the company... They want that China buck

[@marshallmills3296]

Bad as that was (and it was VERY bad), this is FAR worse Poopysoft and Hacktivision-Shitwizard are the Weinstein Comapny of the gaming industry

[@cormoran2303]

"Do you guys not harass women into suicide?"

[@michaelwardle7633]

“And some employees brought buttplugs..” We at Blizzard are sorry for the misunderstanding. The giant buttplug walking around the facility is actually J. Allen Brack, who is admittedly buttplug-shaped. We hope this clears up any confusion.

[@aphronadeshiko]

With all the shit that Blizzard did when it came to censoring the Hong Kong protestors, they 100 percent deserve this.

[@Brandon_Powell]

It would be nice if companies like Activision and Ubisoft we're actually held accountable for abusing their employees. There are frightening amount of people who view this sort of thing as inevitable and unchangeable. It isn't. It has to change.

[@MrHellknightimp]

To hold them accountable the victims need to stop taking settlement money.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

It's not necessarily unchangeable it's just every avenue for taking down this behavior has such horrid repercussions for the employees which is why it's happening in the first place. The big thing that needs to happen: ppl who've faced abuse should be able to come forward without repercussions or ignorance and for that to happen society needs to change cus society is usually always the culprit

[@groudongamer3178]

Well considering you have the issue employees will have no job and people keep supporting them mindlessly yeah I think they are virtually invincible. Especially kottick.

[@MrHellknightimp]

@@Astartes-6969 I agree, I don't play cod or wow.

[@groudongamer3178]

@@Astartes-6969 I doubt it. I've already spread the word best I could. But I'm not optimistic anything will happen.

[@BRUXXUS]

Glad I deleted my Blizzard account and haven’t given them a penny since the Hong Kong situation. None of this matters, though. Activision and Blizzard will continue to just take in cash from clueless and callous players that only care about themselves.

[@randallporter1404]

Clueless... How many gamers are even aware of the lawsuit? How many have viewed this channel; 158,470 views as of my post. How many millions of copies of each game they release for now on will they sell? The number of aware gamers is a drop in the bucket.

[@RobTheDoodler]

@yoda gaming A phone call to the cops is a joke. They wouldn’t do jack shit about it, and the person would simply be out of work.

[@ehoffart529]

@yoda gaming I mean going on strike could be possible...... if they had a Union. Otherwise a couple voices would call out for a strike and not enough people would be networked to make it effective. Unions could organize a strike that would be actually meaningful but the AAA industry( much like Amazon) has squashed any chance at Unionization everytime it even slightly pops up. The HR departments are corrupt at most large corporations and atleast with a Union they would have a third party HR department to report these accusations to and not be told they're being a brat.

[@bluesrike]

@yoda gaming "They need to deal with the problem in-house" Never gonna happen. How do you deal with an issue like this in-house when the house itself is the fucking problem?

[@gulferamus4999]

I know it's not the focus here, but the way they respond "wait, which catalogue would you want them to step out of" it's so *douchey*

[@AnymMusic]

"We are SO sorry you reacted in this way. Something like this should have never happened, and we will do better (hiding these issues) next time." - J. "PoS" Allen Brack

[@JudoGuy]

Yep that's pretty much it

[@absolutezero6423]

Thanks. Its always good to have "corporate=speak" translated after one of their caustic memos or speeches.

[@cjp2099]

J Allen crack n sack 😁

[@thechugg4372]

They're basically japanese politicians!

[@AnymMusic]

@@absolutezero6423 Google should add that to translate

[@alexisflores1593]

Activision Blizzard: "You calling me a liar?!" California: "I ain't calling you a truther!"

[@CeHee123]

Considering Drake Bell was involved with some law troubles himself, this quote is even more fitting.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

@@CeHee123 Considering Josh Peck is still going strong getting Disney deals, *even more so.*

[@TheInterestRates]

"This was a tough e-sports moment, and I'm sorry."

[@twilightgryphon]

Going to art school out of college it was actually my dream as a younger man to work at Blizzard, contributing toward the games that I'd grown up loving as a kid and a teen. I used to be depressed by the fact that I never made it there. Now? Seems like it was a big goddamn bullet dodged.

[@WoollyMittens]

Never forget that HR exists to protect the company against you, not the other way around.

[@BunnyChamberX]

Unfortunately, Ones job experience is entirely based on how HR treats them, One person capable of making your issues look like a joke

[@kevingame3198]

But law enforcement sould is involved more

[@Zdub212]

100%. Human "resources" use ppl to the company's benefit.

[@embiggenedbadger4297]

I'm really getting sick of seeing this. I work in HR. This blanket statement is not true. The purpose of HR is *NOT* to protect a company from its own employees. That's horse shit. The companies where that is happening - like Activision, Blizzard, Riot, Twitch, the list goes on ... - are high-profile corporations that don't know what the fuck they're doing outside of cranking out franchises and media events and don't see people as individuals. There are PLENTY of companies where the HR department actively advocates for their employees. Unfortunately, those companies are not the ones who are (deservedly) being sued and publicly shamed, usually because they're not huge in scale or household names. Don't lump every single HR department in America - and CERTAINLY not worldwide - into the same awful category.

[@BunnyChamberX]

@@embiggenedbadger4297 Well im not from america so I suppose things might be seen different on my end

[@ernestlemmingway1124]

I'll say it again: we *_need_* a repeat of the 1984 Video Games Industry crash because the industry leaders are just too rotten to salvage. Burn it down and let new groups rise to power.

[@kjj26k]

The new groups will surely commit the same sins, why wouldn't they?

[@bladelazoe]

The entire industry needs a revolution. This type of behavior isn’t sustainable long term. Even though it has been going on for decades.

[@Sorrowdusk]

@@kjj26k not if we never let them forget it

[@TenebrusI07]

Its all about regulation. They get away with so much because america panders to the corpos. Add more employee rights and a better investigative agency so employees can report things like this and punish the company.

[@legendnodensetsu8423]

Highschool teachers when they see bullying: J. Allen Brack: hold my beer

[@33melonpaws77]

Yup

[@ehoffart529]

Well considering some of the higher ups are drinking at work, they wouldn't be holding his beer.

[@April_808]

12 yr wow player now on second day playing FF. Never going back.

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

Same!!

[@TheExiagundam]

If he has "spent his entire career" fighting bro culture then he hasn't done enough to fight it. It should be "I fought bro culture in our workplace and squashed it like a bug."

[@orangutantapioca1530]

That or “I fought this culture all my career and have failed to correct it and thus am tendering my resignation.”

[@RoosSkywalker]

Sexual harassment is not bro culture, wtf?

[@BlackBinderGames]

@Josh Hes right

[@Dre2Dee2]

youd have a better chance fighting gravity TBH

[@JoshSweetvale]

It's called 'lying' - And you need to assume more people are doing it.

[@blanchfor]

I was playing BC but totally boycotting them now. They need to go down.

[@VintageNarwhal]

Same. I’m done 🤷🏼‍♂️✊🏻

[@xlrrockmusic]

@@MrDylanski burning crusade

[@DefineHatespeech]

Had 3 separate accounts for TBC. I canceled all 3 yesterday. Done with them. Not even touching their future diablo games, this not only isn’t the same company that we loved in our childhood, but has become completely sick and evil.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

Lets play it for real then, bring the 'Crusade of Burning' to Blizzard.

[@AIC5150]

No they don’t. The lack of leadership needs to be addressed and corrected, but the company doesn’t necessarily need to “go down.” A lot of jobs would just be *poof* gone.

[@MrDrProfessorSir962]

Do they not know Gloria Steinem being revered comes off as, “Be warned of Gloria Steinem suing us!”

[@digitalunity]

"What catalogue would you like them to come out of?" What the absolute FUCK is that?! He said that and is still in power?! Wh-... WHAT?!

[@Sorrowdusk]

The thing is female characters are designed to look good instead of designed to look like what they do. Male characters are jacked as unholy fucc. Can even get away with wearing no armor except a single pauldron. Their costumes design is made to show how strong they are. 🤨 But here's the thing, a lotta female characters don't look strong in the same way. I think the Conan/Boris/Frazetta look is fine for some characters but the female characters look more like runway supermodels.

[@zannynyx4297]

Pretty sure in that clip he also called the coming up speaker a cow ...(atleast that's what it looked like to me, don't know the context)

[@digitalunity]

@@Sorrowdusk I'm guessing you and I are on the same side here, yeah? It's not OK to openly joke about making your female characters sexualized for no purpose other than you want, quote, "Sexy sexy Amazon warrior?" Activision and Blizzard are disgusting

[@Sorrowdusk]

@@digitalunity what if ....Blizzard had been an Eroge game developer? 🤔 That would justify a lot of character designs. In fact any character design at all. I think that man chose the wrong industry with that attitude.

[@randallporter1404]

@@zannynyx4297 There is no cow level... ;)

[@petergriffinson1907]

This is the company that told their core fans “don’t you have phone” when asked if d2 immortals will be on pc or not.

[@Dre2Dee2]

which was their most heinous offense IMO

[@littleshy3080]

And the current president who also said "You think you do, but you don't..."

[@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev]

@@littleshy3080 Sounds like a super villain in a Bond movie.

[@h-e-acc]

Rule 88685: the more corporations claim to be that they’re for diversity, tolerance and inclusiveness, the more it is really actually the other way around.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

It's all talk cus having a good public image is essential. It's why I hate ppl acting like corporations are fine for simply posting "We like inclusivity" cus it's so beyond fake

[@richardpatterson1694]

"Looks at T2"

[@richardpatterson1694]

@@TheT3rr0rMask it's hilarious that people actually fall for it.

[@davidlanceescandor1310]

Worse, those victimized by the company act like battered wives and defend them sometimes. Its disheartening that it had to take a major action for them to act against the company.

[@richardpatterson1694]

@@davidlanceescandor1310 basically stockholm syndrome

[@XianDesignCo]

I saw my brain my eyes rolled so far back listening to Brack's little email. Thank you for that.

[@Mishomish0]

It's heartbreaking seeing that fan being booed for a valid complaint and receiving the smarmy comments from the people in charge and then seeing her bitter half smile while she tries to retreat from the spotlight...

[@zanon__]

Kotaku, Polygon, PC Gamer will still continue to cover their "future releases" while casually trying to sweep this under the rug once ActiBliz wave at them with a cheque. They did it with EA Spouse, they did it with Ubisoft. This won't be any different. I want them to prove me wrong but I hold no hope on that.

[@Sorrowdusk]

All they do is talk about game stories. You know there are people that will still buy from Blizz. Not just whales 🐳 - but them too. It's not a matter of a check from Blizzard. Quite a few people who actually generate the adrev by visiting the page are gonna wanna hear stories about those products.

[@owlcircus6811]

This isn’t a video game specific issue all industries do this

[@Obantrash]

You want journalists to "cancel" Blizzard? Are you 12?

[@zanon__]

@@Obantrash You want Journalists to keep pretending the abuse doesn't exist? Are you sexist?

[@zanon__]

@@owlcircus6811 And who said it was specific to this industry?

[@MobileDecay]

J. Allen seems like the type to let that go on and even join in.

[@skinchen]

I wouldn't be surprised if he did

[@RestingBookFace]

Theres a clip going around from 2010 showing pretty much that

[@simplebidnessman]

@@RestingBookFace link?

[@RestingBookFace]

@@simplebidnessman It is actually included in here 11:46-12:44

[@Lucascraft]

Is there a link to the full Blizzcon panel that was shown in this video?

[@jordansrhoads]

I work at a relatively small electronics company (no more than 40 employees) and shit like this still happens even at this level. 2 team leaders and 2 employees all reported the manager together for (overtly) sexually harassing an employee and HR brushed it under the rug. They don’t even try to hide it either. I can’t imagine how bad it is with companies as big as blizzard…

[@Carnax6969]

These stories truly anger me. I heart goes out to all employees who are subjected to this shit workplace culture in any company. To have your nudes spread around during a party, to think your only escape is suicide, to have Managers abuse their position etc. These abusers must face punishment if/when found guilty in court and be removed from employment, and that goes for higher-ups who are friends with these abusers, it's likely that they were aware and in on it.

[@FlyJonat]

Let me guess, they're going to announce that another character is lgbt to try to mitigate the backlash just like they did with soldier 76.

[@yanuarmustika5816]

Lol. I stop play long ago after orisa out. Then stop caring entirely when 76 get hit in the ass.

[@yanuarmustika5816]

@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 Homophobic? Lol. Ok, sure whatever.

[@ringer1324]

Reminder:this is a problem with companies and rainbow capitalism not with LGBTQ+ people

[@altosforteaquax5083]

@@yanuarmustika5816 Are we sure you don't work for Blizzard? You didn't even have a rebuttal , you just bandaged the comment away. Just like Jay.

[@altosforteaquax5083]

@@ringer1324 the problem is both

[@VictorLopez-er2fm]

congrats on all your success been awhile since i've seen your channel good know you still broadcasting honest gaming news an too the point as well.

[@DormDwellorCross]

That one woman who committed Suicide! Jesus!! My heart goes out to her family!

[@slusheewolf2143]

"A serious talk does nothing, esp if an individual is inherently shitty and knows that they will not suffer serious consequences." -YongYea, 2021. Men, Women. If you're in an abusive relationship, please seek immediate help. I was in one months before this video dropped.

[@scpepsilon7090]

When you tell someone off they'll do the same again When you smack them and beat them they won't do it again that's why society is a joke we need to beat good into people words do nothing now

[@aliceiscalling]

If they keep apologizing and never fix the problem, they aren't worth it. If they make promises and never keep it, then their words mean nothing. It's not worth staying in a relationship with someone who can't be trusted to mean what they say.

[@kingoverseas9052]

Where can I find that clip at 11:48?

[@steffenml]

As someone who’s worked with PR for five years, I’m always shocked when a company releases shit like this. This isn’t 1980. You gotta own up to your mistake and at least PRETEND to have changed.

[@Krokodilius]

i'm still confused how everyone is allowed to walk around drunk all day.........

[@user-Cata7sti7ma7]

its not different at SE,Ubisoft and EA studio... its pretty much standard everywhere specialy Hollywood in my own experience. I would add in politics too, but its risk of triggering nationalists authoritarian people..

[@user-Cata7sti7ma7]

@@ZeroHxC07 same people. any form of nationalist, of belonging to, is a form of * Commun *. Everything that unites is communist. the antonym of communism is the total and universe individualist. in all values. include justice. Which is not too much in the idea of the possibility of a Human society.

[@BlackBinderGames]

Most likely its an exaggeration, or someone was joking about it. This all seems very sketchy.

[@carolinehaf21]

@@BlackBinderGames it's not an exaggeration. This is a detailed lawsuit the state of California is bringing after investigating Blizzard for 2 years and not being satisfied with how they have "rectifed" these multiple breeches of human rights. The state is suing them because they haven't done anything to change this environment and it has damaged many women including causing a suicide.

[@astracrits4633]

@@BlackBinderGames It really isn't, though. Somebody was *confirmed* to have *killed themself* over this.

[@omega.ak1]

Hopefully this isn't forgotten in a month.

[@unc54]

It likely will be. Look at Ubisoft.

[@noisetank6620]

There getting sued by the state that type of thing doesn’t just go away

[@blackliquidsorrow8249]

@@noisetank6620 even then, lawsuits take a very long time

[@thecommentguy9380]

@@blackliquidsorrow8249 the lawsuit still put a hurt on them tho... problem is the diehards will keep paying for their half-assed product because they're "too big to fail"

[@steviegilliam5685]

@@thecommentguy9380 I hear that statement a lot of the time I don't believe in it

[@PhantomLAM]

Minor correction Alex was the guy on the far right, the guy you labeled as Alex in that Blizzcon Q&A clip was Tom Chilton. His response is still disgusting, but that wasn’t Alex.

[@TvTrollByIvy]

What!? Are you saying a greedy company that does not care about human rights and exploits their customer base for money at every chance they get also mistreats their employees who they dont listen to? IMAGINE MY SHOCK.

[@Dingus_Khaan]

I'm convinced that this is the plot of "Revenge of the Nerds" taken to its logical extreme.

[@bladelazoe]

I’m starting to think the same thing.

[@Sorrowdusk]

Exactly

[@CurbUrEnthusiazm]

Revenge of the Incels

[@d8l835]

I now have that song from the movie stuck in my head...Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!

[@FrostySnow1000]

Tech bros frat boys is the worse combination

[@DarkstarArchangel]

Of course J Allen is going to give a lazy, unapologetic message in the midst of all this. He is an employee over there after all the fact he was also silent about the situation until people lashed out and just digged the hole deeper for himself by pretending to care. Anybody knows that a real apology does not come from words, it comes from actions. Talk is cheap. Everyone should STOP ALL PLANS for playing Diablo 4 or any other Activision Blizzard game.

[@cablefellow5315]

Most fraternity dont act like this. In fact most would be banned off campuses. So calling it frat boy is not a fair assessment. How about calling these actions “major sexual harassment”

[@Dre2Dee2]

yeah, I agree. You cant get away with this at any campus

[@Sorrowdusk]

Because it's the stereotypical image . Me though, I don't think they were frat boys. I think they were NERDS. 🤓 The worst kind

[@cirizarry5433]

That video with Allan and Alex on the panel is gold. I wish it was plastered on all the articles talking about the suit in Cali.

[@mittensfastpaw]

They know they’ll get away with it like Ubisoft. The fine will be a joke against the profits made and nobody is going to get jail time. Until punishment actually happens at a level that matters the industry will continue to be utter trash. Especially since gamers still support these companies.

[@aceclover758]

You should’ve seen the amount of idiots that called out Randy Pitchford yet still bought Borderlands 3

[@AliciaOnlineGameplay]

Euthanasia for all of them

[@user-Cata7sti7ma7]

Its totaly the same in the Music industries and movie industries for more that a century. It's literally a part of the business culture. You completely want to fix the American culture ? Public schools should be monitored more. because bullying and the American social circle /Social caste is literaly the USA identity lul. It's good to dream, But the only way to change a country is to destroy it. It's good to dream, But the only way to change a country is to destroy it / be totally invaded by another whole culture. No country changes on its own.

[@DarkstarArchangel]

I would not be too pessimistic about it because it would be a false statement to say "they will always get away with it". If we could stop terrorist leaders then we should be able to get these trash arrested and sentenced to prison. This is happening because a lot of people, even ones outside of the company are ALLOWING it to happen by giving their money to them and not hard spamming hate mail against them or not sending their government reps to attack Activision Blizzard.

[@sentientmustache8360]

@@user-Cata7sti7ma7 The United States have basically turned into an irredeemable crumbling empire that only cares about money, the only salvation it can find is in its own destruction, for real, they are all about freedom yet they endorse and create dictatorships at their own convenience, the usa deserves to fall.

[@mediawatcher9225]

J Allen Brack needs to resign, right now!

[@Brot_und_Spiele]

good video! thx a lot

[@CBlade0]

That Blizzcon panel clip was an ultimate mic drop.

[@Cr1ms0nRav3n]

People need to be jail. This is beyond resigning or monetary loss/compensation imo.

[@Demonmagnos]

Replace "jail" with "prison" and I wholeheartedly agree.

[@tzarkronus1511]

Aren’t they too old for this “Frat Boy Culture“ how old are these dev? I’m serious…

[@ninjacat230]

The company has been around since the 70s

[@eyeguydojima7131]

Also that it's Blizzard, of all devs. I thought frat boys picked on guys that played WOW.

[@shallot4991]

Literal man children for devs.

[@jimothygoldfish]

Same company that made Overwatch where the skins are somewhat revealing in their currently active summer event, I'm not surprised they have weirdos like this at all.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

It's kinda shocking how many ppl lack any self awareness, like robots driven by their stupidity. Plus they have the power to act this way so they choose to

[@BrianTBooher]

Moon Guard? Where was the World of WarCraft sit-in held on that server? Goldshire Inn?

[@GreatGloves]

Greetings from Finland!

[@redohealer2]

There's some real scumbags taking up space on this planet.

[@Sorrowdusk]

They are legion

[@scpepsilon7090]

Yh like the kkk antifa all world governments isis corporations people who vote for 2 evils remove all that restructer the world to benefit it and the people not benefit the rich and the scum

[@AlexanderMacAoidh]

“When I fall I don’t want no fuss” Blizzard “When you fall, they’ll be a party” gamers

[@nikhilsinha7730]

Red Dead Redemption 2, Lenny

[@destroyazoid2060]

LENNEH!!!!

[@razorback9999able]

"When you fall, I take my turn, and fan the flames as your Blizzard burns" - Mike Shinoda

[@starviper1813]

Please stop calling them Blizzard. Blizzard no longer exists except within the hearts of their classic titles (except Warcraft 3 because Activision-Blizzard fucked up the original when they launched the remaster). This is Activision-Blizzard. Blizzard is dead

[@microbark9756]

LEmNy!

[@xMawkKnightx]

Why would anyone dislike this video? It's reporting on an important case.

[@kurieb]

The old video of the Blizzcon panel is labeled incorrectly! Alex Afrasiabi's name is above Dan Chilton's head....

[@Nicmadis]

A tear for what blizzard once was. ...Fire for effect. Leave nothing.

[@texitocfyd]

Well, ten years ago they were like this so they werent exactly different.

[@JustinHunter-Gaarindor]

@@texitocfyd 10 years ago original Blizzard was already dead. Merger with Activision started in 2008

[@wesberg3444]

They were probably always like this.

[@duskripper6650]

That email made me want to vomit 🤣 basically "my mother is a woman too therefore I am not capable of enabling sexism in the workplace!". The equivalent of "I've got black friends" lol

[@keeysOST]

I hope his mother disowns him honestly. Imagine having no remorse.

[@duskripper6650]

@@keeysOST exactly, imagine having your son use you as a shield when he's called out for being a shitty person. I'd be LIVID

[@Bitna01]

Yeah, I'd disown him the absolute MICROSECOND that happens.

[@richardpatterson1694]

@@duskripper6650 guys said "my mother is a woman" as if everyones mom isn't female.

[@KaliFortuna]

Even worse, imho. At least the “I have black friends” defense shows the person is somewhat capable of liking a person of color. This is equivalent to saying “rapists don’t exist because every rapist has a mom”

[@zimbu_]

JAB pulling out the "some of my best friends are black" card. Except it's "some of my best family members are women".

[@FelipeKana1]

Why people go to the HR department instead of going to the police????

[@technoir2216]

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman." - Blizzard

[@user-Cata7sti7ma7]

Most Blizzard employer are definitely Redditor, 20-50 years old virgin with no enough social skill to get a woman in thier bed. Just good enough to make money.

[@songohan3321]

It's not "that woman" because it probably was "those women."

[@DragonXL47]

Busted out laughing

[@nrXic]

Err... The stuff at Activision wasn't consensual. At all.

[@Sorrowdusk]

@@user-Cata7sti7ma7 And to think they believed money was all you needed

[@wookie_ze]

Activision about to rebrand "Any hole's a goal"

[@diakor9991]

"You people are not very _fucking_ _nice_ !"

[@Uldihaa]

Want to "take full responsibility"? Start firing the harassers, then resign. Oh, and fire the entire HR staff for ignoring or covering this shit up.

[@highlanderknight]

I wonder how many people will rage at Activision/Blizzard yet immediately throw money at them when the next game comes out. Just about all of them I imagine.