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Stop bashing Team 5s silence…
This has nothing to do with them not WANTING to communicate. I PROMISE that …
A few years back the owner of a company i worked for was accused of raping a fellow employee during an out of state meeting at a hotel. Had hotel footage and all. It was a large company and media was all over it much like this…
We were emailed and received strict gag orders to speak to media or anything of the events until the trial was complete.
Our jobs were threatened if we did and further legal action against us if we spread false rumors or bad information.
Sooo… I guarantee legal is not LETTING them talk… to ANYONE, about ANYTHING, until the official statement comes out from the legal department on how they’re moving forward.
You can hate blizzard for a lot of things… but stop bitching at team 5 for not talking. It’s not their choice. I promise you that.
Iksar
Our focus has been on supporting each other and planning action for how we can make our work a better place for everyone. Something we've clearly failed at in the past.
Having any celebration is a hard sell right now. I can assure you the only hesitation we have with moving forward with things like streams or card reveals is out of the respect for our co-workers. This is an incredibly important time to reflect and make sure we chart the best path forward. There is no gag order, no legal team telling us what we can and can't say. Our focus is simply on each other right now.
All that said, we still care about our work and are still passionate about delivering a great game. It's the whole reason most of us are here in the first place. We don't have plans to delay our launch or push back further developments. We are just taking time to make sure we get this moment right.