Blizzcon (World of Warcraft) presents anti-gay slurs at concert

[Prism]

Uh oh. During last week's Blizzcon, a senior Blizzard representative introduced a video in which Alliance players are referred to as faggots and cocksuckers who should die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGsNsSX-iO0


A wave of outrage is pouring through the forums at the moment. A fairly good representation here:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3424796168?page=1

Blizzard's response?

It's just a joke . . .

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3424795434?page=12#221

Wonder if GLAAD will catch wind of this. People are seriously upset.

[Ohio Joe]

1. As much as I love Blizzard games, they do have some real assholes working there

Geoff Fraizer, one of their web guys, is a racist and homophobic douchebag. His own web site is down right disgusting at times. That Blizzard allows an employee to be so open and public with his hatreds, while still keeping him is telling.

[Initech]

3. I knew there was a reason I haven't liked Battle.net as much as Steam...

With assholes like that working there, as much as I want to play Diablo III, I may have second thoughts now.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. World of Warcraft fucking sucks anyway, so I'm not surprised.

RIFT is a new game which blows WoW off the map, and they show no indication of being a bunch of ignorant bigots.

[WillParkinson]

4. I'd quit in protest...

If I didn't quit almost a year ago.