Comments | wow_ladies: Open letter to Blizzard

auntiesiannan in wow_ladies

Open letter to Blizzard

Oct 25, 2011 11:06

[ETA: please feel free to link or repost this as you see fit. I think the word needs to be spread.

change.org petition hereBlizzard Entertainment ( Read more... )

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mythrai October 25 2011, 16:52:03 UTC

yeah, I am really unhappy with the way this has panned out, particularly the blue response. I'd rather they have remained silent until something could be said that wasn't "it's just a joke" (Zarhym what are you doing)

Have you thought about Change.org as a place for your petition?

auntiesiannan October 25 2011, 16:56:44 UTC

You read my mind, I was just setting it up:

http://www.change.org/petitions/blizzard-entertainment-apologize-and-for-homophobic-statements-made-at-blizzcon-2011

blue_scarab October 25 2011, 17:11:41 UTC

Petition signed, petition (and letter) linked on Facebook, physical letter printing out now. Thank you for this.

auntiesiannan October 25 2011, 17:20:20 UTC

No, thank YOU. :) I can't tell you how heartening it is to see that I'm not the only one upset by this.

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sophiaserpentia October 25 2011, 17:26:54 UTC

I would be happy to add my signature to this as well.

auntiesiannan October 25 2011, 17:48:00 UTC

Thank you :)

sophiaserpentia October 27 2011, 15:03:27 UTC

I guess it would help if I listed my toons. (d'oh!)

Sobralia of Wyrmrest Accord
Hyacynthe of Argent Dawn
Coraxo of Argent Dawn
Zaphinne of Uldaman

jestana October 25 2011, 17:27:48 UTC

This. Yes. I'm behind you on this. I hate bigotry and intolerance because of what happens when it's taken to extremes.

/signs

lync October 25 2011, 17:37:34 UTC

This is an incredibly well written letter and I signed the petition at change.org and shared a link to it on my facebook.

As an aside, can anyone link me to the threads with Bashiok and Zarhym's responses? I couldn't seem to find them and I got impatient with the forums to be honest. lol

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lync October 25 2011, 17:57:07 UTC

I have found some threads complaining about the homophobia and have commented on them but a lot of the replies are "lolz gay" type things. :(

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eclairpuff October 25 2011, 18:02:15 UTC

I'm with you on this all the way. You wrote this beautifully and it needs to be heard. There's no reason things like this should happen, or even have a large corporation allow to have this happen. I'm just ... mind-blown, really. It's very upsetting.