Asmongold worries Activision Blizzard won\u2019t fix internal issues following lawsuit scandal Twitch\/AsmongoldAsmongold has expressed his concerns that Activision Blizzard may find it hard to improve their work conditions, after the company was hit by a lawsuit by the State of California over \u201cpervasive frat boy culture.\u201d Speaking with Dexerto, the streamer explained why it will be hard to foster a good working environment moving forward, but argued that the lawsuit may actually be a good thing for World of Warcraft if it results in a change. He also told us what he thinks of former President J. Allen Brack. Asmongold: How Activision Blizzard working conditions could impact WoW This isn\u2019t the first time that Asmongold has spoken out on the Activision Blizzard scandal. On July 22, he condemned Activision Blizzard\u2019s \u201cshameful\u201d behavior and lackluster attempts at atonement. Then, on August 1, he tweeted: \u201cFor what it\u2019s worth, I think in the long run this controversy and low point in WoW will be good for the game.\u201d For what it’s worth, I think in the long run this controversy and low point in WoW will be good for the game. I’m not joking or memeing, I really mean it For too long have we accepted complacency and mediocrity, it’s good for that to change \u2014 Zack (@Asmongold) August 1, 2021 As well as expanding upon his previous comments, Asmongold told Dexerto that he believes it will be hard it will be for Activision Blizzard to fix the problems. \u201cIt might sound weird, right? But I do think this reckoning will be good for the game. Imagine, how could you possibly do your job if you\u2019re constantly looking over your shoulder making sure your boss isn\u2019t touching it? \u201cLike you\u2019re just constantly stressed out, imagine trying to work in that environment. A person like that goes into work, and they\u2019re already stressed out driving to work. They\u2019re not thinking about how to make the game good, they\u2019re not thinking about how they want to change and innovate on a system, they\u2019re thinking some interpersonal thing because their boss can\u2019t keep their hands to themselves, or they\u2019re making inappropriate comments, or they\u2019re being treated badly. \u201cI think that\u2019s a big element of it. I hear a lot of people, and the most salacious and the worst stuff is the sexual harassment, obviously, it\u2019s really bad, but there\u2019s also the huge thing that affects everybody, and that\u2019s just a bad workplace environment. I worry that Blizzard aren\u2019t going to fix that as much as they\u2019ll be able to fix the sexual harassment stuff. I think they\u2019re going to be able to clamp down on that mostly because it\u2019s an easier problem to solve and, most importantly, it doesn\u2019t cost them money. He added: \u201cIt costs money to treat employees well and not treat them like rats in a little skinner box.\u201d Asmongold believes Blizzard President \u201cinherited\u201d problems In the wake of the controversy, several Activision Blizzard officials have stepped down from their post, including former President J. Allen Brack. While the company\u2019s current and former high-level management have been widely condemned, Asmongold has expressed some sympathy for Brack. \u201cI don\u2019t think that J. Allen Brack was a bad guy,\u201d he stated. \u201cThis is primarily me guessing, as well as things that I\u2019ve heard, but I\u2019ve never met a 40+-year-old man with long hair that is a huge corporate a**hole. I feel like he\u2019s probably just a nerdy guy that got put in a position where he inherited a lot of the problems that the company had. \u201cHe was in a leadership role beforehand, but it really wasn\u2019t him doing all that stuff. It was Mike Morhaime and the other leadership that held accountability over the previous people, because the lawsuit had started about the same time that he got his position as being President. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a coincidence that during those two years as President that his hair turned all grey. \u201cThe guy just got put in a bad position. I\u2019m not saying he did nothing wrong \u2013 he probably did f**k up a lot of stuff \u2013 but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a terrible person. At worst he\u2019s incompetent, and at best he\u2019s a weak leader. And neither one of those are a terrible thing. Not everyone can be the leader of a company, especially in a situation like that.\u201d Asmongold: Activision Blizzard Co-Leaders bring \u201cnew ideas\u201d After Blizzard fans largely praised the appointment of Mike Ybarra and Jen Oneal as Blizzard\u2019s Co-Leaders, Asmongold told us that they\u2019re the breath of fresh air that the company has been sorely lacking. \u201cThey play the game, and what I think is more important than that is that they are new,\u201d he notes. \u201cI feel like Blizzard has been a little bit incestuous, constantly keeping it in the family. Get some new people in here, get some new ideas, I think that\u2019s what the company needs more than anything. \u201cWe\u2019ve been having old ideas for years and where has that gotten us?\u201d he asked. \u201cNowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asmongold worries Activision Blizzard won\u2019t fix internal issues following lawsuit scandal Twitch\/AsmongoldAsmongold has expressed his concerns that Activision Blizzard may find it hard to improve their work conditions, after the company was hit by a lawsuit by the State of California over \u201cpervasive frat boy culture.\u201d Speaking with Dexerto, the streamer explained why it will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}