Method doesn’t have an npc. It’s not affiliated with blizzard either. they’re their own organization.
They’re not banning swifty from the game. They’re just cutting ties with him which means, his monuments in the game.
Method has stronger ties with Blizzard right now than Swifty ever did.
They’re doing something worse than banning him, they’re labeling him as guilty on a real life crime.
Even if he’s proven innocent, Blizzard will have marked him down as the dude to have his NPC removed over sexual assault allegations. Most people will take that to mean he did it.
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Shammoz didn’t bully anybody.
If we’re honest here you don’t like that person and you’re making stuff up.
If we’re generous it could be an allegory about the thread topic. But I’m not.
This is where I disagree, I don’t think they are judging him either guilty or innocent they are just disassociating themselves from him over what, on the face of it, is quite a serious allegation.
The NPC has just been removed, there is nothing stating that it cannot be replaced in the future. From what I have read on Wowhead and similar it wasn’t even announced that the NPC was removed and it was a player who spotted that it was gone after the latest hotfix.
Wasn’t he banned some years ago anyway?
Imagine trying to put someone down because you think they started the game later than you.
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Given the accusations and the weight behind them, Blizzard’s hand is forced on the matter. But even if it wasn’t, it’s the right thing to do. Any and every company will immediately and with zero hesitation distance themselves from anything or anyone that’s even close to what’s being presented here.
It’s just over.
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Why would you disassociate yourself from an innocent person who is victim of false allegations?
Not say they’re false or he is innocent, but to cut ties doesn’t show confidence or innocence.
I was not putting them down.
I was saying they must be new.
Imagine still using the imagine meme.
Again, this is incorrect.
They have not immediately distanced themselves from Blizzard.
The correct PR move was to do nothing until both parties put out a statement then act according.
I’m amazed that no one has made a thread about the allegations and implications yet.
Because it is a serious allegation.
I see it the same as it works in the company I work for in that if some has such a serious allegation against them they are immediately suspended from all duties until the allegations are proved one way or the other. If guilty they are sacked in innocent then they return to work as normal.
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Because that is what large companies do, whether we agree with it or not, it happens. Think of some sporting personalities who have been accused of taking drugs, they immediately lose sponsorship deals.
Maybe they are afraid of the fallout if the allegations are proven to be correct, but it is usually a decision purely about business and protecting ‘the brand’.
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But it’s still just an allegation.
If I went to your place of work and told your boss that you sexually assaulted me, even if it’s a lie, and you was punished for it, would you not be like wtf? hello can I not defend myself first?
This is why we have legal processes. This stuff shouldn’t be done publicly over twitter. It should be handled privately until we have an actual verdict, then the punishments can be handed out.
I’ll keep repeating this.
Method.
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As I said, I would be immediately suspended and have to wait for the allegation to be proven true or false. In this case, as I see it, the removal of the NPC is akin to the suspension.
I think you say that from a perspective of privilege, as an outsider looking in.
I don’t for one second believe you would rationally accept being fired from your job over false accusations without even getting to defend yourself.
Would you be ok with your child losing out on a university placement over a false accusation?
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Then don’t do it in such a condescending and sarcastic tone?
Not really a meme, mate. Just a thing people say.
No but i have been suspended over false allegations so I am looking at it with some experience of a similar situation.
As to the child analogy, no but I would expect my child to be refused entry to the university until the allegations against them had been proven one way or the other.
That’s a meme.
But they may never resolve this.
And even if they do, it’ll be too late, the academic year would have started, positions would be taken. No more room for your child.
The person who falsely accused your child gets of free, and your childs life is tainted. You would sit there and say “justice was served, this was handled correctly”?
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Then they would have to go the following year.
And as for the allegation all we know is that it is an allegation not whether it is true or false. We cannot immediately jump to the conclusion that the allegation is false.
Yeah, just set your entire life back a year, because that’s fair.
But you’re jumping to the conclusion that it’s true.
I’m operating under innocent until proven guilty. You’re operating under guilty until proven innocent.
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Nope he really did make that vid then take it down because he had big regrets.
Haha not bullying anyone, just stated a fact.