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Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm WilmerHale

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Re: Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm WilmerHale

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Post by dimitrios1 »

aeoleonn wrote: post #50
brainfish wrote: post #26

I cut my teeth on Diablo, and played Diablo II for probably fifteen years after its release off and on as a way to stay connected with a friend who loved it similarly. More recently, I have consistently played Starcraft II since its release and enjoy a sense of mastery over that game unparalleled by my experience in any other. I haven't purchased new Blizzard products since the Hong Kong censorship debacle[1] and qui…

Check out Path of Exile 2 -- it's the spiritual successor to Diablo 2. And it's freemium

It's a great game, but if you are concerned about Freedom in Hong Kong, Grinding Gear Games is owned by Tencent, so you are still sending money to support an authoritarian regime that is still finishing up their latest installment of ethnic cleansing and re-education camps.

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Post by totony »

cratermoon wrote: post #31
nyanpasu64 wrote: post #5

I've never heard of this news group before, all they offer for contact is a Gmail address with no names, and this domain doesn't even show up when I search Promethean News. I have my doubts about this website.

Is this better? https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-hires-union-busting-f...

In my experience Kotaku has not been a reliable source for much of anything, although I don't know the OP domain either

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Post by failuser »

minikites wrote: post #32
failuser wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it’s easier than ever. They engines are free and even individual developers can build incredible games. The harder part might be getting enough publicity.

There are some types of games only a big studio with ample resources can make, like two current Blizzard titles: Overwatch and World of Warcraft.

I would like to see why Overwatch is so expensive. They don’t have some cutting-edge tech, it could have been a Quake or Half-Life mod and have the same exact gameplay and marginally worse graphics. Ok, there is the networking and matchmaking. Ok, they need anti-cheat and perfected loot box drop probabilities. Still, free to play South Korean shooters achieve that for way less.

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Post by adkadskhj »

brainfish wrote: post #26

I cut my teeth on Diablo, and played Diablo II for probably fifteen years after its release off and on as a way to stay connected with a friend who loved it similarly. More recently, I have consistently played Starcraft II since its release and enjoy a sense of mastery over that game unparalleled by my experience in any other. I haven't purchased new Blizzard products since the Hong Kong censorship debacle[1] and qui…

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Post by runawaybottle »

biryani_chicken wrote: post #58
runawaybottle wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don’t really care that much about the American market anymore really. Something like 90% of League of Legends players are in China. The mobile gaming market is massive over there, hence Diablo Immortal. China does not care about the West’s uproar over most things. Blizzard does not care if you buy Diablo 4, they care if the East buys Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal.

It's dystopian to see Chinese people consume American products at the expense of American workers.

The irony of what you are saying here is too much friend. Americans consumed Chinese goods at the expense of Chinese workers.

I’m no CCP apologist by any measure.

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Post by belorn »

unyttigfjelltol wrote: post #9

WilmerHale is not a notorious union-busting firm. The older set might know their work from A Civil Action, and their grandparents might remember the phrase that turned the red scare, "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"[1] The marketing material is unfortunate, though, and the connection with Amazon labor work is notable. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmer_Cutler_Pickering_Hale...

Looking at the Wikipedia article, I guess that the primary reason they were hired were their connection to government. When you are sued by the government, it useful to have lawyers that has experienced from working inside the government (and possible have political connections). The connection with Amazon labor work could be part of the decision, but I wonder if there aren't then more optimal choices if that was blizzards primary concern.

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Post by zeusk »

biryani_chicken wrote: post #58
runawaybottle wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don’t really care that much about the American market anymore really. Something like 90% of League of Legends players are in China. The mobile gaming market is massive over there, hence Diablo Immortal. China does not care about the West’s uproar over most things. Blizzard does not care if you buy Diablo 4, they care if the East buys Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal.

It's dystopian to see Chinese people consume American products at the expense of American workers.

And not dystopian to see American people consume American products made in China at the expense of Chinese workers?

The manufacturing industry in Asia isn't very pretty.

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Post by andreilys »

a1pulley wrote: post #38

> "At WilmerHale 1st year counsel makes $350,000. The 24 year old 1st year summer associate still in law school walks into the office in a $1,500 Burberry suit and makes $202,500 that year. Those Amazon workers they swindled out of higher wages make less than $30,000 a year." The 200k figure is for a first-year associate who has graduated and passed the bar exam [1]. It's interesting to me that you can only hope to c…

Not to mention the upside of owning equity in a startup that IPO’s.

Plenty examples of doordash/airbnb/etc. SWE’s with less than 5 YoE making +$1M TC thanks to their equity

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Post by Icathian »

brainfish wrote: post #26

I cut my teeth on Diablo, and played Diablo II for probably fifteen years after its release off and on as a way to stay connected with a friend who loved it similarly. More recently, I have consistently played Starcraft II since its release and enjoy a sense of mastery over that game unparalleled by my experience in any other. I haven't purchased new Blizzard products since the Hong Kong censorship debacle[1] and qui…

My experience has been almost identical. What a crying shame that they've fallen this far.

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Post by okhuman »

cratermoon wrote: post #12
failuser wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any influential people that might be on the receiving end of the frat boy culture?

Why wouldn't there be? Gamergate generally? Also remember the example of Ellen Pao at reddit. Influential people can lose.

Ellen Pao was always meant to be temporary. She didn't lose only played the role she was brought on to do.
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