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[Warnen]

Lets all hold hands and hug as we begin to heal…

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[Saint Boot]

This will absolutely save the company and make a difference in the lives of all those women who were hurt by a name shared by millions of other people around the globe.

 

[BlackTron]

"to make things right"

All they accomplished is that every time I see Cole's name on the roster, I'll be reminded of their sex scandal.

 

[ManaByte]

Fuck Blizzard.

Fuck them up their stupid asses.

 

[01011001]

everyone's gonna still call him McRee...

 

[Guilty_AI]

they can redeem themselves by closing down their company and making all their IPs and source code public

 

[GametimeUK]

Finally I can sleep safely at night knowing this evil has been removed from the face of the earth.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Bragr]

This amazing moment deserves some dancing.

 

[Interfectum]

Blizzard has stopped sexism. Grats guys.

 

[recursive]

I don't even know wtf this is. Is McCree gay or trans now? What did this solve?

 

[Guilty_AI]

something something bad bad employees did poopy things, and now Snowstorm corp is going stalin.

 

[Danjin44]

something something bad bad employees did poopy things, and now Snowstorm corp is going stalin.

 

[LaughingStock]

Hey, wait a minute... Are we sure there aren't any sex offenders called Cole or Cassidy?

 

[Little Mac]

I heard the name Ben Derhover was in the running.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I'll stick with McCree.

 

[TLZ]

I'm with you

No idea what's going on.

 

[kiphalfton]

Giving video game characters a background when nobody GAF...

 

[InterMusketeer]

McCree was named after a real Blizzard employee who was allegedly involved with a sexual harassment scandal at the company, and so they felt they had to change the name to something else to "make things right" despite no one giving a rat's ass about any of this.

 

[Deft Beck]

I really doubt this is going to make much of a difference. People have been calling him McCree for years.

 

[bargeparty]

What a stupid name

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[CuNi]

They can change him to whatever they want, I'll still call him McCree in callouts and nothing will change that.

 

[*Nightwing]

Yeah, a REAL outlaw name and not a downgrade to a stupid criminal of the week name at all huh?:

PolkCountyToday.com

Up-to-date news concerning Polk County Texas

www.polkcountytoday.com

Edit: 5 minute google search Blizzard…. You people are so incompetent you couldn’t even do a quick google search…. Goddamn fucktards

 

[FoundryMusic]

What a stupid ngame

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Guilty_AI]

They can change him to whatever they want, I'll still call him McCree in callouts and nothing will change that.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

This is embarrassing. How does this even begin to make things right.

 

[Fuz]

 

[YukiOnna]

This is so stupid. Do you get reported now if you call him McCree in mic/chat?

 

[Yoboman]

Make the character into Colette Cassius or no deal

 

[dreamcastluvr]

Lets all hold hands and hug as we begin to heal…

Wow, it's like magic... Suddenly, everything is okay. I no longer have a negative view of Blizzard. They are now the most virtuous, principled, and righteous company in the gaming industry. And I will now buy all their games and DLC at full retail price.
Because it's obvious they are all about doing the right thing and making the world a better place for you and for me and the entire human race.
There are people dying
If Blizzard cares enough for the living
They make a better place for you and for me

 

[Saint Boot]

Fuck Blizzard.

Fuck them up their stupid asses.

I'd rather not.

 

[RoboFu]

So blizzard had bad press not long ago about it’s sexist work place and now they think they can fix it by doing some dumb shit that the people who raged about it don’t even care about?

 

[Ailike]

Yeesh. So many people acting personally attacked by this. What's with the hot take that it doesn't solve sexism and create world peace, so nothing at all is worth doing? So many people can't wait to be outraged by gestures because it attacks their own personal status quo. It's a video game character. It's totally a dumb gesture that does nothing, but gnashing and crying that it was done is almost more sad.

 

[Fare thee well]

Yay, feeling accomplished with nothing accomplished at all

 

[ZehDon]

I can’t believe Blizzard turned it all around, and all it took was renaming a character in a dying game.

 

[Fare thee well]

Yeesh. So many people acting personally attacked by this. What's with the hot take that it doesn't solve sexism and create world peace, so nothing at all is worth doing? So many people can't wait to be outraged by gestures because it attacks their own personal status quo. It's a video game character. It's totally a dumb gesture that does nothing, but gnashing and crying that it was done is almost more sad.

I think it's more of the frustration with the company than it is the matter of the dev who was awful. The thing is, actblizz will just buy their way out of trouble and appease their public image without actually changing a thing that really caused harm in the first place. At least, that is my frustration with it. I don't mind a symbolic action from a person or company that actually proves genuine. But for corporations a lot of us are jaded because they have a track record of being all talk. Things like the Blitzchung incident really drive that home for me.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

Oh thank God. Redownloading now. I feel so safe.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Maybe like...reel your actual flesh and blood employees in and make them take a fucking Summer seminar about how introducing yourself to women with your middle aged game dev penis is untoward in the 21st Century instead of like....changing the name of a fictional character? I'm not naive enough to fail to realize that they're screwed either way in this situation, but you know....avoid the big whoops early to avoid the smaller Oops later on.

 

[bender]

I'd rather not.

 

[killatopak]

Cole sounds so bland. Couldn’t they at least choose a better name?

 

[Guilty_AI]

Cole sounds so bland. Couldn’t they at least choose a better name?

COLE PHELPS, BADGE 1247

 

[LordCBH]

Waste of development time and resources.

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

This amazing moment deserves some dancing.

Yeah it does

 

[Facism]

So very brave of Bliz

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

 

[Holammer]

People on the twatters are having a laugh right now saying there's a pornstar called Cassidy Cole.
Did a fact check and yes, it's true. Found her profile on a site called babepedia.

 

[Warnen]

People on the twatters are having a laugh right now saying there's a pornstar called Cassidy Cole.
Did a fact check and yes, it's true. Found her profile on a site called babepedia.