{"id":5993,"date":"2016-02-13T10:58:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=5993"},"modified":"2016-06-24T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T19:45:36","slug":"my-reaction-to-heelz-latest-wow-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2016\/02\/13\/my-reaction-to-heelz-latest-wow-video\/","title":{"rendered":"My reaction to Heelz’ latest WoW video"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Oh boy… a delicious drama filled blog post by Benie! Where have we seen this before?” you might be saying, just from seeing the title. And you, sir, would be right. This WILL be a “delicious drama-filled blog post”. Except, this is more of a concern than an all-out bash on Blizzard. By the way, here’s<\/a> his video.<\/p>\n

See, I’ve beaten that dead horse so much, that it’s turned into nothing but bone dust. And as I said, this is a concern for World of Warcraft as a whole.
\nTo start, I’m sure you heard the news that Blizzard is no longer going to show the quarter numbers of their current subscriber numbers. Yesterday marked Q4 of 2015(yes I know it’s 2016, but still), and Blizzard was true to their word. So, Az decided to give his own prediction to the numbers.
\nAnd at 5:40 of the video, he gave his prediction. And it surprised me. “I Really Don’t Give A SHIT !!” was his ‘prediction’. It felt as if a nerve in my head broke or busted, causing me to “… *cough* HOW do you not<\/em> give a shit?!” And he explained his reason quite well… because it’s the same reason Blizzard would give us for wanting to know the numbers.<\/p>\n

For the first time in my life since I started playing WoW, do I actually feel concerned at this point. And the reason, isn’t because they’re going to be releasing Legion after the Warcraft movie (rumored to be in theaters in June of this year). No. This doesn’t worry me.
\nWhat worries me… they’re going to be handing out free copies of WoW to ticket holders. This is telling me, they’re trying to get new blood into the game that have no. fucking. idea.. what hell we went through with WoD and attempt to brainwash them and use them as nothing but cash cows. The fact Blizzard doesn’t want us to see their sub numbers, kind of proves my theory.
\nI can only hope that people have been well-informed of Blizzard’s practices, and refuse.<\/p>\n

But if the ones that don’t know, actually decide to join… this makes me so sick. Sick to the point I could possibly throw up IRL, of how low Blizzard has gone from what they were in the past. And I look at WoW, hiding in a corner. I want to pull out a gun and give the game a mercy kill. It deserves a clean death, than the torture Blizzard is putting on it.<\/p>\n

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\nSooooo… getting past that. Let’s talk release dates. Or, should I say, the day WoW dies? Yeah, let’s say that. From what is being said, a July-August release is possible, with some saying it could release late August.. which would be on my 40th birthday. Being on the WoD Beta on my 38th birthday, and watching WoW die a painful, slow death on my 40th birthday. Damn… that’s harsh.
\n“You don’t think Legion will save WoW?” you can ask. No. It will involve more than a single expansion. It would involve involve Blizzard doing a formal apology to its playerbase for the way they treated us.
\nAnd nothing says “We’re sorry” than keeping people from viewing the sub numbers, right?! ..Yeah. Now you see why I have no hope. My hope is as empty as their compassion for their playerbase. It doesn’t FUCKING EXIST!! :\/<\/p>\n

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\n…But, …. OK, I’m going to go on a limb and refuse to credit this, but someone in the comments section actually gave a somewhat promising theory. What if all of this shit that Blizzard is pulling off, is actually scripted to make us feel<\/em> there is no hope? And when Legion hits, we’ll be all “…. :O Oh… my… BEST EXPANSION EVER!!!”
\nBut what slightly debunks this is what I said during the WoD Beta, how I felt “Blizzard has to have something up their sleeve and will make this expansion awesome!”… and I was so wrong.
\nThis is why I can’t hold any credit on this theory. It could be true. But it’s more likely to be false. As they say… “Fool me once, shame on you.”, yet “Fool me twice, shame on me”. And I refuse to be fooled twice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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