Maxiz! said:
Everything Menace has said is true and you all know it!
You couldn't be more wrong. It's never Blizzards fault that you can't control yourself and your descisions. I konw my life is fucked up and as much as I'd love to blame Blizzard for making me addicted I know I can't because at the end of the day I made my choice.
Well i see you point, but with this comment firms always justify their wrong/lame actions.
Cigs or alcohol manufacturer always say such statements. Yes it's true, but you can't promote cigs/alcohol or a game like Blizzard did in the past without haveing somekind of responsibity to the people who are ill now because they using such a product.
Like the cig industry made in teh past. They promoted cigs as mature way to be cool. now the 11 years old kiddies smoke. gg
I know a case where a father wrote to Blizzard with the request to shutdown the WoW-Account of his son (22 years). He got unemployed, broke friendships only because he played WoW all the time. And after his father canceled the Internet he got angry crushed windows and seeked a new apartment and fall completly wasted.
How Blizzard answer? Did they freeze the account? Ofc not, but with a good reason imo: That's not our business. consult an doctor.
Ofc i know myself that the reasons for addictions are more complex than blaming jsut a firm, but let's be honest: Blizzard want such players.
So they can raise their fee without the danger of a big player lose. I know Blizzard is an enterprise and want to earn as much money as possible, but for me it's abit lame.