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I've never seen a company squander as much goodwill as Blizzard. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

It's a shame, I liked OW1, even with the tired meta and 6v6 more than I liked OW2.

The loot boxes weren't predatory, allowing unlocking of skins and content without spending anything extra was a nice balance in my opinion that I wish more games did.

They took OW1 and bastardized it, it deserves the rating it has. It used to be that new versions of games were better.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It used to be that new versions of games were better.

I for one am very interested to see the quality differences between worker owned game studios and corporate studios. But last I heard they had only just started unionizing.

And a programmer friend I talked to couldn’t comprehend why he would want to be in a union.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago

And a programmer friend I talked to couldn’t comprehend why he would want to be in a union.

I also had a programmer friend that was anti-union. He was like "If the place I'm working at sucks, I'll just find another place." Very short sighted and optimistic.

[–] eyeon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

unions are a harder sell in an industry like tech where it's common to have a diverse skill set spanning work that could arguable each be it's own union. does a full stack dev have to join the database admin union before they can write sql queries?

those diverse skill sets also make the individual value of workers fluctuate a lot more as well.

I still like the idea of unions but I just don't know how you can make them work for tech;if anyone has any good resources on the subject I'd love to read more about it

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But last I heard they had only just started unionizing

Who is/are “they”?

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Tech workers in general have been finally making baby steps with unions trying to form at goog and maybe a couple others. I think kickstarter got a union a couple years ago as well... There are some other examples too which is a big change from just a few years ago

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Word I just wasn’t clear if you were talking about a specific studio or blizzard or something.

[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

World of warcrafts team and Bethesda recently unionized.

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