Today is my 15 year anniversary of working at Blizzard! They finally put a ring on it.
I’ve spent my entire career working on
@Warcraft
and I wouldn’t have it any other way. To all of you who helped get me here, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Here’s to 15 more!
Tomorrow I will be standing with my friends and colleagues in order to make our voices heard and demand real change. Together we are far stronger than alone.
#ActiBlizzWalkout
Really hope that Blizzard puts out a statement on this situation that I actually agree with and can support, and not more legal defense posturing.
Because the stuff said so far is unacceptable and doesn't represent me. And I know I'm not alone in feeling that way here.
I regret to inform you that I am no longer a Game Producer on World of Warcraft.
I am now a Senior Game Producer on World of Warcraft!
I have updated the turnip accordingly to more accurately reflect the aging root vegetable that I have become.
An Activision Blizzard spokesperson has confirmed that the company will be ending most work-from-home practices, with Blizzard Entertainment employees being required to spend at least three days a week in office starting on July 10th.
Ding! I'm thrilled to announce that today is my first day as the newest Lead Game Producer on
@Warcraft
! I truly cannot believe it, but I'm so stoked that I get to keep making this game I love. Let's go!
First order of business, let's talk Turnip Demon Hunters
@WarcraftDevs
Hey friends, I'm thrilled to announce that starting in the new year I'm moving to the
@Warcraft
Dev Team as a Game Producer. Choosing to leave the Esports team is the hardest decision I've made at Blizzard, but I'm excited to get back to my roots and work on the game directly.
Shattering Throw is such a funny ability when you think about it in RP terms.
Warrior Council: "Frost Mages are so hard to kill! I hate Ice block."
Orc in the back of the room: "What if we threw our weapon at them REALLY FUCKING HARd"
*Wild, raucous approval from all*
I stand with every woman, both at Blizzard and also across this industry, who has ever been a victim of harassment, sexual assault, or discrimination.
This shit is so fucking unacceptable.
I believe you.
If you get invited to the beta but decide to act like an ass and harass people, I am MORE than happy to VPN to work during the weekend, nuke your access, and find somebody who deserves it more and invite them take your spot.
>Mythic Jailer drops to 0%
>Raid starts cheering
>Combat doesn't end, achievement doesn't ding
>Harmonic beeps are heard off in the distance
>BAH GAWD THAT'S HALONDRUS' MUSIC
Feels soooooo good to be able to talk about Glorbo finally, I remember my first day at Blizzard we were just starting to work on implementation, and that was almost 15 years ago!
Excellent reporting to track this down👍
So you're a tough guy
Parse it really rough guy
Just can't grind enough guy
Chest always so buffed guy
I'm that bag type
Make your shammy sad type
Make your loot look mad tight
Might seduce your raid type
I'm the bag guy
....duh
If you've had a chance to play Dragonflight over the last few weeks, I hope you've felt the love, passion, and energy that we on
@WarcraftDevs
poured into it.
I know I'm looking forward to 2023, but first I'm going to take a nice break. Happy Holidays everybody, and take care!
Your adventures in
#Dragonflight
are just beginning!
With six updates planned for 2023, we're looking to deliver more content to players more often.
EP
@TheWindstalker
on the road ahead:
Even though I've been in game credits over a dozen times at this point, this one really feels special: my first title shipped as a Game Producer!
I just wish we could celebrate in person, I miss my blizz family so much.
I love this team!
Legitimately, I don't know if there's ever been this much WoW all happening at the same time
10.2.6/Plunder
10.2.7/Pandaria Remix
Wrath Classic
Hardcore Classic
SoD Classic
Cata Classic
11.0/TWW on the Horizon
NetEase Partnership
Alphas, Betas and PTRs, oh my
We've heard you loud and clear:
In celebration of Dragonflight, every Wrath Classic dungeon will be updated to use the same ridable dragon vehicle tech from everybody's favorite dungeon, The Oculus. Dragons for all!
#ThisIsAJoke
#PleaseDoNotFireMe
#SorryNotSorry
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that this weekend we had to say goodbye to the best, most loving dog in the world, Sif. Her loss has hit
@Nimithiriel
and I extremely hard and left a huge void in our hearts that will take a long time to heal.
Fun Fact: During the first few BlizzCon raid races, we had created a copy of a more deadly Hogger. So once the race was over, we could hit a button to spawn him and chew through the losing team.
Seemed a little harsh so we never did it.
But he's still there, somewhere. Waiting.
It's great seeing so many people participating in the
#ActiBlizzWalkout
today, either in person or supporting virtually from around the globe.
That said, please do not open CS tickets with words of hate or harassment - that just makes life worse for our CS reps doing their jobs.
Most people don’t know that famous comment was written by none other than Timmy Pandaria, who would go on to invent the Mists of Pandaria expansion just 3 years later
Pretty cool!
THE CANCER HAS STOPPED GROWING
it’s still there but this is the first visit where it didn’t get bigger. It might have even shrunk a little, hard to tell but definitely not bigger
MASSIVE W
Thank you for standing with us today for
#ActiBlizzWalkout
Saw so many friends today for the first time in 500 days. That human element has been sorely missing in my life as of late.
That said, this was just the first step. We have to keep fighting, and we're gonna. Bet on it
Gonna get this out of the way early: We love that you're excited about Shadowlands (we are too!) but please don't message employees directly - we can't give you Alpha/Beta access. Opt-in below and wait (patience is a virtue):
Wasn't able to attend the physical walkout today because I felt I owed it to everybody to be here to support the launch of Classic Season of Mastery.
Feels kinda weird to be launching stuff today but I'm also not sure cancelling the launch is the right answer either
Blizzard has updated the text of the System Specifications for
#Shadowlands
to clarify that minimum Storage requirements include 100GB available space on SSD *or* HDD. Before, the wording implied SSD was mandatory.
#Warcraft
WoD Stat Squish: For a spell in Grim Batol we squished a number in a script like '9431'. Thought it was a dmg value but was actually pointing to a spell ID.
So now it cast Entangle from Fankriss, which had a worldport command. You'd get a loading screen and show up in AQ 40.
Proud to announce that I've been promoted to Associate Product Manager for WoW Esports, which places me in charge of programs like the Mythic Dungeon Invitational. It's been great to see our team grow over the last 2 years. It only gets better from here!
A recent undocumented change has adjusted the level requirements to use the portals to Valdrakken in capital cities - characters must now be level 70 for a quick trip to the Dragon Isles.
#warcraft
#Dragonflight
Kinda wild to think about the fact that by the end of this year, I will have launched 4 separate WoW expansions in like a 24 month window
Live Ops isn’t boring, that’s for sure
Been working hard on weight loss since July and I just hit my first big milestone: 50 pounds dropped. Also I looked at past numbers and I’m at my lowest weight in 3 years 💪
It’s tapered off a little in the last month but still steady progress overall. Gotta keep it up!