Social contract, why? Added value?

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Is there any specific reason to enforce a social contract upon logging into World of Warcraft retail and classic, when there is allready things like the Terms of Service etc … Is there any added value when agreeing to something like that upon logging in, rather than when installing the game?

Should the government send us a letter in the mailbox, to agree if we step outside, that there is a chance someone could insult us, or that we could insult someone and that this is not the right thing to do?

In addition, given the history of blizzard headquarters and it’s staff, including the bill cosby suite, which there is an awkward silence about lately, … is it really the appropriate thing to do?

Seems it’s an inner issue from blizzard staff, a sort of personal deflection they outward towards the world, based on what lives inside at blizzard HQ, rather than what lives in the playerbase. Otherwise one might not feel the need to specify such a contract.

Please do not punish the playerbase for personal problems in the workarea at blizzard headquarters. Not signing.

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Research ESG and there you have your answer.

We, ‘the playerbase’ are not this company’s primary customer. It is somebody else.

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It is a simplified reminder of the ToS, you’re free to agree and play or decline and walk away. They’ll periodically do this, I got it recently too.

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Yes, because it’s probably somewhere in their policy. This way they can prove to any auditor that they are a socially aware company.

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It is completely pointless . Like disclaimers below emails.

They can already kick you, ban you and do anything to your account however they wish. Without any recourse

This looks more like a marketing measure to me so you can take a screenshot for any ESG investors

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I liked the fact that underneath the contract the Options were “accept” and the reasonable one which I chose “Exit Game”.

Thank you and good night

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remember that it was Blizzard that lost 60% of its stock value after they were sued by the US government for r wording their employees and them ending up committing seppuku. But they want us to sign an agreement to not be mean to each other.

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The thing is most of that “let’s all hug” stuff is not enforcable.

I mean healing someone if you wander past them?

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I’ll report you if you don’t heal me.

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i could heal you . you could vanish / FD / bubble - i get the aggro and i die. good deal ?

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