Stop Buying/Playing Blizzard Games Now

I've never played a Blizzard game, as for Activision, yeah, no. Unless, you go way back.

Nah man, I'm good.

People seriously play Activision games? WHAT?!

No. but have fun with that, I'm gonna go play DJ Hero while I wait for SC 2.

uh, no. 

So lets look over your logic, let them make fantastic well polished masterpieces of games, then reward them by not buying it. 

nope im going to keep playing them....well im outta gas off to BP 

IW got in the bed with devil, and now they're paying for it. I guess no one knew EA would turn around like they did though.

If Blizzard begins pumping out crap instead of the quality games that they have been producing, I can care less. The actions of a corporate giant that makes lousy products are inconsequential. Just dodge them.

I don't buy Activision games to begin with because of their business/management style. As such, the games made this way never see a copy sold because of me. That said, Blizzard does not have these styles. The studio, from what I've been able to tell, is untouched by Kotick's influence outside of maybe a bit of funds to help promote it. As such Blizzard will see my money.

" Why would i punish myself by not playing Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3?  That's just retarded. "

I'm not playing any Blizzard games right now, but Starcraft 2 is coming out, Diablo 3 on the way and that unnamed new MMO they were talking about should surface soon..
 
Not gonna happen. Even if every user at GB would quit Blizzard, do you think it'd matter? Do you know how many people play WoW? Have you noticed the original Starcraft is like a national sport over in Korea?
 
The situation you describe really sucks for those people but the games are far too popular to be able to influence in this manner.

Can't do it... but honestly how much sway do you think Kotick has on Blizzard. I bet their meetings pretty much go, Kotick: "How's Starcraft and Cataclysm coming?" Blizzard: "Good", Kotick: "Ok, see ya in a month!".

" @Marz said:

" Why would i punish myself by not playing Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3?  That's just retarded. "

Because the way Activision is going thanks to Kotick those games will continue getting poorer in quality as time goes on and you will have only yourself to blame for supporting them and not trying to do something to make them change.  What people don't realize is that he is basically giving the finger to all his critics and Activision followers after the Infinity Ward fiasco telling them if you don't buy our console games we don't care we still got WoW, so stfu. "

Why would I target Blizzard, a company that has continually pushed itself to support PC gamers superbly and has no control over what Activision does as a whole, to get at something Kotick has said/done. 

why are blizzard being blamed for what activision did? i dont understand?

'Fraid I can't do that, broski. I will pay whatever company publishes StarCraft II/Diablo III. And at this point in time, that happens to be Actiblizz.

Jesus, is this topic still alive?  Let it rest.

Yeah man count me in screw Activision, i don't need to play any of their...sorry what? 
...starcraft 2 is coming out when?... 
 
....nevermind i'm out

i would kill a room full of babies to get to starcraft 2 
fuck these stupid boycotts

I couldn't stand any Blizzard game after Diablo 2 so I'm good.

I would make some fantastically witty post, but I ran out of my funny essence on the black ops thread a couple minutes ago. Let's just say, NO!

I hate Kotick as much as the next guy, but I'll buy an Activision or a Blizzard game that is a quality product.  I'll probably be getting Starcraft 2.

It's not like they produce very many games worth buying, anyway. 
 
EDIT: Yes, including Starcraft 2.

I'm a consumer whore when it comes to Diablo and Starcraft. Your call for a boycott is in vain.

i've been anticipating the releases of sc2 and d3 for years.  their development predates this corporate nonsense affecting blizzard, and i'm not going to deprive myself of quality games that are going to receive incredible levels of support and content.  
 
if it makes you feel better, i understand where you're coming from, and at least i won't be buying any other activision-related products in the foreseeable future.  it's not like i was buying them to begin with, though.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that this thread was going after all this time. My resolve is the same if not more so since my initial post, I feel for a great deal of people here that are going to to be mistreated by companies like Activision Blizzard in the future.
 
I am obviously representing a group of people who do not feel the need to reveal themselves in any form, except when at the register purchasing games by companies who publicly disrespect their consumers and talent.  
 
Believe me when I tell you that this is the best course of action anyone can take against a company who conducts themselves in this manner.
 
I thank you all for your time and consideration.

Lol @ the OP. Lookin at what was said 8 years ago, after what all has happened in the past 6 months... It's hilarious.

Ha. Wow. Some stuff doesn't ever change.

I actually thought that this thread was made recently. Some of these comments haven't aged well at all. For reason, people 8 years ago were really mad that this person asked to other people to join a boycott.

Way ahead of you, Blizzard hasn't made anything that interested me in quite some time.
I'll check back when they do another warcraft, which is probably never going to happen and if they do, it will have been changed so much by two decades of WoW.

I'm with you that Bobby Kotick is a prick but that tone's making me REALLY wanna go buy a shit ton of Blizzard games...

People really wanted to believe that Blizzard was entirely separate from Activision

Old threads like this are a good reminder that maybe it’s not so bad that the forums here are dead nowadays.

Damn you kids, get off this thread's lawn.

I haven't truly enjoyed a Blizzard game in 19 years, though i will give props to Starcraft 2's Terran campaign for being ok.

This is like opening a time capsule from 8 years ago and realizing how little things have changed. I wonder if everything will still be the same 8 years from now?

Activision ..... Activision never changes.

Also

"You know,I could've sworn this same cycle surrounded Rockstar not too long ago.(Circa Red Dead Redemption development)"

"Implied Corporate Oppression > Small Group of People Cry Foul > Nothing Really Changes > Game Releases > Everyone Forgets Whole Thing And Plays Damn Game"

The same thing happened in 2018 where stuck in a time loop!

Somebody call the time cops!

This is not the Time Cop we need but the Time Cop we deserve.

This may be the only time I get to ever use this image from this failed TV series no one ever watched.