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DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
May 29 2010 21:14 GMT
#21
Blizzard has stated multiple times on the WoW forums that activision has absolutely no say in WoW or SC2 devlopement. Blizzard owns 51% of activision anyways.
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silverwind
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada40 Posts
May 29 2010 21:18 GMT
#22
It's Activision, of course they want to monetize everything.
jstar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada568 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-03 17:38:55
May 29 2010 21:20 GMT
#23
"Over 500 employees fired due to 'modest' Starcraft 2 sales"

"Blizzard files lawsuit against own parent company"

"ATVI drops 70% to an all time low"

ahh.. the perfect world.
Roggay
Profile Joined April 2010
Switzerland6320 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-03 17:42:59
May 29 2010 21:21 GMT
#24
Mod edit: please don't make death threats.
Bloodyrock
Profile Joined March 2010
Ireland150 Posts
May 29 2010 21:21 GMT
#25
Activision ruined COD MW and Starcraft
FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
READYALREADY
Kinslayer
Profile Joined April 2010
United States129 Posts
May 29 2010 21:21 GMT
#26
Sigh... They were better days when gaming was not a cash making machine.
SoL[9]
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Portugal1370 Posts
May 29 2010 21:23 GMT
#27
Great job.
Now everything makes sense...
I Can Fly...
norbertg
Profile Joined July 2009
Hungary40 Posts
May 29 2010 21:23 GMT
#28
Best topic in ages. Awesome read.
Really informative and shows the whole situation in depth.

Now I'll just need to get a date for Saturday night.
Coraz
Profile Joined May 2010
United States252 Posts
May 29 2010 21:24 GMT
#29
GREATEST POST IN THE HISTORY OF TEAM LIQUID!!

I didn't know half of that, I always wondered why blizzard went to ****
Dr. Stan is my hero ((: - http://www.soundwaves2000.com/radio_liberty/
Reach_UK
Profile Joined December 2009
United Kingdom68 Posts
May 29 2010 21:25 GMT
#30
That was brutal
renshank
Profile Joined April 2010
United States41 Posts
May 29 2010 21:25 GMT
#31
I seriously want to throw up. In other news, I think that a case could be made that this guy (Kotick) is demonstrably a sociopath. Seriously. It's sort of scary that these types of people are often the CEOs of companies (to me).
Memento Mori
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12247 Posts
May 29 2010 21:26 GMT
#32
There's a LOT of quotes here taken out of context and spun very negatively. Bobby Kotick is well known as someone who speaks directly to his investors and not to fans, obviously always telling them what they want to hear, usually to the fans' chagrin. He is definitely the "money guy" that just about every gamer hates, but I think the connections between him and Blizzard's decisions are overstated. Blizzard still has a lot of core gamers and veteran developers high up in their ranks, and their virtual autonomy allows them to push back on most of what Kotick tries to enforce upon them. That's not to say Blizzard isn't interested in money as well, they just know when to say when, unlike Kotick.
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Rashia
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden68 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-03 17:43:35
May 29 2010 21:27 GMT
#33
Mod edit: please don't make death threats or advocate illegal activity.
Coraz
Profile Joined May 2010
United States252 Posts
May 29 2010 21:27 GMT
#34
On May 30 2010 06:25 renshank wrote:
I seriously want to throw up. In other news, I think that a case could be made that this guy (Kotick) is demonstrably a sociopath. Seriously. It's sort of scary that these types of people are often the CEOs of companies (to me).


you have to be a sociopath to sell your soul to satan for corporate profits
Dr. Stan is my hero ((: - http://www.soundwaves2000.com/radio_liberty/
jstar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada568 Posts
May 29 2010 21:28 GMT
#35
On May 30 2010 06:26 Excalibur_Z wrote:
There's a LOT of quotes here taken out of context and spun very negatively. Bobby Kotick is well known as someone who speaks directly to his investors and not to fans, obviously always telling them what they want to hear, usually to the fans' chagrin. He is definitely the "money guy" that just about every gamer hates, but I think the connections between him and Blizzard's decisions are overstated. Blizzard still has a lot of core gamers and veteran developers high up in their ranks, and their virtual autonomy allows them to push back on most of what Kotick tries to enforce upon them. That's not to say Blizzard isn't interested in money as well, they just know when to say when, unlike Kotick.


Except when they offer bonuses even higher than their salary, money > fans.
Mortality
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States4790 Posts
May 29 2010 21:29 GMT
#36
Loved this article. Glad there are citations too.

So is there anybody who still thinks that any change from KeSPA is a good one? I don't like the potential here of going from bad management (as KeSPA currently is -- they've done a lot for e-sports historically, but they are too controlling these days) to worse.
Even though this Proleague bullshit has been completely bogus, I really, really, really do not see how Khan can lose this. I swear I will kill myself if they do. - nesix before KHAN lost to eNature
G3nXsiS
Profile Joined July 2009
United States656 Posts
May 29 2010 21:33 GMT
#37
Activision, the new dictator in the video games industry. Just like Kespa is to esports. Fuck them!
Hope is the first step on the road to dissapointment
ahwala
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany418 Posts
May 29 2010 21:34 GMT
#38
Great post. Thanks for the effort!
KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
May 29 2010 21:34 GMT
#39
Great article, i never liked the fact that Blizzard merged with other companies.

Blizzard is Blizzard and doesn't need any help from other developers that will just fuck up their games
ocho wrote: EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS THING HAS APM TECHNOLOGY OMG
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-03 17:47:33
May 29 2010 21:34 GMT
#40
On May 30 2010 06:14 notrangerjoe wrote:
Show nested quote +
The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games.

Mod edit: please don't make death threats.

Seriously, this guy is a terrible human being.

He's almost so evil it makes me feel like it has to be a cover for something =[
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
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