World of Warcraft

[Corn Flakes]

A lot of people who just found out about FF14 are treating it as the rebound after a messy breakup.

FF14 and World of Warcraft are both theme park MMOs. If you're a WoW refugee looking for more of that "press buttons in the right sequence, watch enemy health bar go down" experience, FF14 is essentially more of that. And if you're looking for something new after years of going back and forth all over Azeroth and neighborhoods, FF14 also provides that.

In short, FF14 is the brunette next door. She's got cat ears and a tail but is otherwise very similar to the MMO they just dumped.

My corp has better autists than yours.

But does it have better spreadsheets?

 

[Fcret]

A lot of people who just found out about FF14 are treating it as the rebound after a messy breakup.

FF14 and World of Warcraft are both theme park MMOs. If you're a WoW refugee looking for more of that "press buttons in the right sequence, watch enemy health bar go down" experience, FF14 is essentially more of that. And if you're looking for something new after years of going back and forth all over Azeroth and neighborhoods, FF14 also provides that.

In short, FF14 is the brunette next door. She's got cat ears and a tail but is otherwise very similar to the MMO they just dumped.


But does it have better spreadsheets?

FF14 also rips a lot of its endgame design decisions from Wrath/Cata/MoP-era WoW. It's almost tailor-made to appeal to mainline WoW boomers.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Like Korean-grinder bad where you move from hallway to hallway killing squirrels and collecting bear asses.

Ooooh boy, you never played L2, right?

 

[Dante Alighieri]

But does it have better spreadsheets?

Absolutely

 

[Disc]

FF14 also rips a lot of its endgame design decisions from Wrath/Cata/MoP-era WoW. It's almost tailor-made to appeal to mainline WoW boomers.

Yoshi-P is an admitted WoW fanboy, so this is all expected. It's got a lot of the strengths of JP mmos and Englsih mmos precisely because it's at that intersection.

 

[TVStactic]

The devs don't owe you shit in terms of their interpersonal relationships and workplace behavior. I barely have enough time to play vidya, let alone time to play the wokescold towards the people who make my vidya.

Here's the deal I have with devs: Make fun games, don't attack me, and I will pretend like you don't exist. Force me to notice you at your own peril.

hey, last E3 tried that shit.
Take Two lost 7% due to annyoed investors...

But does it have better spreadsheets?

If it's EVE, then fucking yes.
EVE will infect you with a disease that causes flowcharts and spreadsheets.

 

[Fcret]

If it's EVE, then fucking yes.
EVE will infect you with a disease that causes flowcharts and spreadsheets.

Isn't EVE going through a developer-induced recession right now? I wonder how many autists have Black Tuesday'd...

 

[Well Intentioned]

It's a shame the literal prostitute Alex Afriasiabi dated couldn't satisfy his urges.

For those not aware, Alex was involved with a member of his EQ guild, someone who went by the name Ravenn (real name: Lori Crosby) (lol Crosby Suite.)

There was a falling out, Lori apparently had a bunch of substance abuse issues and she ended up wandering back to Kentucky and becoming an escort.

Also, another day, another case of Blizzard impropriety:

Blizzard Recruiters Asked Hacker If She ‘Liked Being Penetrated’ at Job Fair

Company employees at a hacking conference made several inappropriate comments to a security researcher who was inquiring about Blizzard’s job openings.

www.vice.com

 

[Marissa Moira]

It's a shame the literal prostitute Alex Afriasiabi dated couldn't satisfy his urges.

For those not aware, Alex was involved with a member of his EQ guild, someone who went by the name Ravenn (real name: Lori Crosby) (lol Crosby Suite.)

There was a falling out, Lori apparently had a bunch of substance abuse issues and she ended up wandering back to Kentucky and becoming an escort.

Also, another day, another case of Blizzard impropriety:

Blizzard Recruiters Asked Hacker If She ‘Liked Being Penetrated’ at Job Fair

Company employees at a hacking conference made several inappropriate comments to a security researcher who was inquiring about Blizzard’s job openings.

www.vice.com

They're criminalizing puns now.

Pratchett warned us about this, they'd eventually come for our loaded puns.

 

[Corn Flakes]

They're criminalizing puns now.

Pratchett warned us about this, they'd eventually come for our loaded puns.

Donglegate was an omen of things to come!

Fratboys will be made illegal soon.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

Pyromancer, long time lore video creator, has been playing FFXIV on stream lately. He's been alluding to his discontent with Blizzard the last few weeks, but a troll today just set him off. He unloaded on this seven minute rant earlier today that was fucking amazing. I feel for the guy, his videos have been some of my favorite on the Wow lore side. And honestly, I think his theories are better and more thought out writing than anything the WoW writers have come up with in the last damn near decade. Timestamped below.

lol even as he yells, it come off being so low energy and lacks testosteron.

 

[ZMOT]

Also, another day, another case of Blizzard impropriety:

Blizzard Recruiters Asked Hacker If She ‘Liked Being Penetrated’ at Job Fair

Company employees at a hacking conference made several inappropriate comments to a security researcher who was inquiring about Blizzard’s job openings.

www.vice.com

oh boy, you really don't want to look into that one, if you think the suit and "literally shaking because of a review" was dumb, this one takes the cake (it's vice so no surprise).

Spoiler: lol

choice quotes:

When she got to the table, she said she asked about the penetration testing position. Penetration testing, or pentesting, is the industry term for a security audit. Mitchell said she was wearing a t-shirt made by cybersecurity company SecureState, which had "Penetration Expert" on the front. One of the Blizzard employees first asked if she was lost, another one asked if she was at the conference with her boyfriend, and another one asked if she even knew what pentesting was.

"One of them asked me when was the last time I was personally penetrated, if I liked being penetrated, and how often I got penetrated," Mitchell told Waypoint. "I was furious and felt humiliated so I took the free swag and left."

Mitchell said she did not report the incident to Black Hat's organizers in 2015, as "I didn't feel comfortable saying anything to anyone at the time because I was a single mom who needed a job, and I didn't want to do anything that may have jeopardized my chances of landing a new job."

fucking misogynists, how dare they ask someone such question wearing this at a job fair:

Spoiler

 

[King Dead]

oh boy, you really don't want to look into that one, if you think the suit and "literally shaking because of a review" was dumb, this one takes the cake (it's vice so no surprise).

Spoiler: lol

choice quotes:




fucking misogynists, how dare they ask someone such question wearing this at a job fair:

Spoiler

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Good lord, maybe if you don't want to hear immature jokes about penetration, don't wear a shirt that says "penetration expert" on it. Socjus crowd would go yadda yadda victim blaming, but it's like, what were you expecting? You wear a shirt with sexual innuendos on it, people are going to assume you're fine with jokes along those lines. Also ree mansplainers thinking she didn't know what penetration meant, those dirty misogynists!

This just reminds me of my networking teacher in high school (a woman) who cracked jokes about strippers and dykes in class. Guarantee she'd smack this bitch for these frivolous complaints if she met her.

 

[AcidityLiquidity]

Looks like J Allen is their fall guy. Slowly pandering more(but doing nothing of substance) to the outrage mob soon to follow I'd imagine.

New Leadership at Blizzard

A message for the Blizzard community.

news.blizzard.com

 

[CHARizard]

Great news honestly, Brack is the guy that said "You think you do, but you don't".

VV has done pretty good work with Crash and TH so maybe this is a sign of someone coming in that can churn out content? And I think Ybarra was part of creating game pass which in my opinion was a huge positive for MS.


Looks like he actually plays the game as well, which means Ion must be sweating if this guy is going to be his new boss.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

Here's your new leaders bro

>Jen Oneal: When we were working on Crash, we were remastering a 20-year-old game. The original was great. But every time Tawna would come on screen with her oversized chest and blank stare, looking like a dumb doll, I would go, “Blech.” It made me not like the game.

F

 

[Corn Flakes]

I would like to see those studies. proving that "diverse workforces are more profitable".

Unless they're talking about hiring a bunch of Indians to do your coding for you and making more money by cutting your expenses.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

women takes over the company?

its over.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

Good riddance.

also lol just before the Q2 report.

 

[Well Intentioned]

Blizzard fanboys are already back at the trough.

"The new guy plays the game!" they proclaim.

Crisis averted.