Greed is unattractive

[Emobear-firemaw]

@Bagdawg-moonglade

To say that Blizzard haven’t been affected in a negative way is just showing pure ignorance, their workers also have had to self isolate, work from home etc. and that isn’t a positive thing.

They are more capable of working from home then most others. They have the resources, and their main line of work is through computers/internet/technology.

Cant ever be compared to per example a construction company, a oil rig, a hospital, a shop , a school , well pretty much most of what keeps a society running.

Either way, a period like this is likely to generate more subscribers, how much more i dont know, but it wouldnt surprise me if it was alot more.

@Bagdawg-moonglade

Pretty entitled of you to say you ‘helped Blizzard out’ by buying a sub, it was a business transaction, you pay them a fee for access to their server. Unless of course you made a donation to them for no benefit to yourself.

People have been subscribing to blizzard regardless of the games many ups and many many downs, people have been frustrated with alot of thing but they have stayed loyoal, and blizzard have made billions of billions from it.

@Bagdawg-moonglade

Blizzard aren’t a charity, they exist to make a profit for their shareholders just like any other business and if they don’t make a profit they cease to exist and there would be no more WoW. I’m not saying this because I necessarily agree with it but because that’s the way it is and how the business world works.
If you can’t accept that then tough, real life is tough.

Who said they were? Only thing i said was that it would have been a nice gesture.

They wouldnt cease to exist if they helped a few people out in a limited period of time. As i stated i believe they would be getting more subs in the future for something like that.

Alot of people have ubsubbed because they dislike the actions of blizzard. Now they are exploiting the corona virus to get more subs. And yeah i dislike it to the point im considering unsubbing permanently. No whining, just unsubbing and ill never play this game or speak on this forums again. And im not alone.

Dont lecture me about real life bro. In my line of profession i see the dark side of life every single day.

You play the hard guy, doesnt really fit you. Helping out some poor people is a OK thing to do, thats what i stated, nothing else. I dont need free subs. I can pay for my subs and these days and in the future ill be making more money then usual because of hel l of a lot of overtime.

A little thoughts for others never hurt anyone. Not even hard badboyz like yourself.

[Aibury-hydraxian-waterlords]

@Bukachu-ravencrest

pretty sure that’s not a definition of greed.

Can’t believe I am on your side on this, but… I looked up the definition for it. Basically it said “Intense and selfish need for something”.

As far as I can tell, there isn’t anything selfish here. Unless you count “Free 30 days for players” selfish.

[Bagdawg-moonglade]

@Emobear-firemaw

They are more capable of working from home then most others. They have the resources, and their main line of work is through computers/internet/technology

Maybe so, but I’m pretty sure that they won’t want to work from home unless Blizzard paid them extra for using their own electricity and equipment, or maybe Blizzard bought new PC’s for them to install at home for them to use, I don’t know but I’m willing to put money on the fact that Blizzard have been hit with some increased expenditure to cover the working from home.

If your boss asked you to something away from the workplace but you would have to buy and run the extra equipment to do it from your own funds, would you ?

I don’t disagree with offering to help where possible, but Blizzard isn’t a person, it’s a business entity with no morals, scruples, emotions or any other human attributes so expecting them to act like one is unrealistic.

[Emobear-firemaw]

@Bagdawg-moonglade

Maybe so, but I’m pretty sure that they won’t want to work from home unless Blizzard paid them extra for using their own electricity and equipment, or maybe Blizzard bought new PC’s for them to install at home for them to use, I don’t know but I’m willing to put money on the fact that Blizzard have been hit with some increased expenditure to cover the working from home.

Blizzard is one example of a company that to a large decree can do the same work from home. And im pretty sure they can arrange for more suitable office-conditions on work aswell, they have huge resources.

Not everyone CAN do their work from home, the list is long so im not gonna mention them as it sais itself.

@Bagdawg-moonglade

If your boss asked you to something away from the workplace but you would have to buy and run the extra equipment to do it from your own funds, would you ?

My work is not behind a computer, and its impossible to do from home.

I dont think any of this is a problem for Blizzard. For a small company with 4-5 employes, sure, another story, but blizz? ofc not. Im sure they have alot of alternatives for this already long before the outbreak of this virus.

@Bagdawg-moonglade

but Blizzard isn’t a person, it’s a business entity with no morals, scruples, emotions or any other human attributes so expecting them to act like one is unrealistic.

Its run by humans, with all those morals and emotions, a business isnt a life on its own, its always driven by people. These days we see big business owners doing different things, we see those who exploit the situation to make more money, we see those who try to ease the burden on its customers, and we see alot in between those two.

[Bagdawg-moonglade]

@Emobear-firemaw

Not everyone CAN do their work from home, the list is long so im not gonna mention them as it sais itself.

Thank you for that illuminating bit of info Captain Obvious, however it bears no relation to what you quoted

@Emobear-firemaw

My work is not behind a computer, and its impossible to do from home

I asked a question and like a good politician you failed to answer it, instead you answered a totally different question.

As for lecturing you on life, it seems you have a very feeble grasp of reality. It doesn’t matter whether a company employs 2 or 200 thousand people they are both going to feel a negative impact from the current situation. I’m also pretty sure that No one, including Blizzard could have anticipated this situation.

I’m not your ‘bro’, using that expression makes you sound like some mentally challenged teen and if pointing out a few facts about life is construed as being the ‘hard man’ then being in denial of those facts must be the realm of the dumb guy.

Pointless carrying on this debate seeing as you appear to be reading something different to what I’m writing.

[Pvpvendor-lightbringer]

@Gizmatix-quelthalas

Looks at thread topic

its about customer retention.

@Gizmatix-quelthalas

The entire thread is political…it’s about economics

keeping poor people subbed during tough times has nothing political in it, its about business model. Blizz isnt gvrmnt.

@Gizmatix-quelthalas

Politics is simply marketing an economic strategy.

Thats true.

@Gizmatix-quelthalas

that creeps me out

[Toboro-argent-dawn]

Well it’s a good time to quit Wow then!
If I had any problems with money, that would be among the first expenses I’d cut without even thinking about it. There’s still plenty to do with games or other things.

[Twiwuna-argent-dawn]

I weally want bwoost!

[Tokyojoe-eonar]

Yes its only 10 yoyos so stingy blizz can afford that. In the end it will only matter to some incredibly rich dickhead so yes im all for some rich dickhead not getting his money to horde it some account while others around the world struggle.

I say kill the rich and eat them.

[Gizmatix-quelthalas]

@Pvpvendor-lightbringer

that creeps me out

Welp, we keep getting told that other people shouldn’t get triggered, because it’s all just banter…