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"Dont you guys have phones?" Yes I also have a fucking toilet. But thats not where I get my water from.

starcraft fans for years: Blizzard forgot about us :( starcraft fans now: oh thank god they forgot about us

"Nothing brings the family together like slaying demons" Yes Blizzard, because when I play your games the first thing on my mind is, "how do I get my parents in on this?"

we need a part 2 desperately. So much has happened since then.

2010 in college: I wish to work for Blizzard one day. 2020: glad that wish didn't come true.

Blizzard gave us memorable quotes like “Is this an out of season April fools joke?” And “Don’t you guys have phones?”

That ending with the like/dislike ratio aged like milk "We got rid of dislikes to protect compa- *small creators!* Small creators is what we meant!" -youtube

I love how in a lot of business the companies have to make expensive research to get info on the client, but in video games you can just go to the community and hear exactly what they want/need, even by just looking at successful community projects of your game will be enough. Yet, the companies refuse to do so. The good thing is that nowadays big gaming companies are getting more in touch with the community. Age of empires is a example that comes to mind and look at the damm thing, the game is ancient by gaming standards yet the game is thriving

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it." - Warren Buffett

I love it when some random old guy breaks into my house, wipes my memory about something, then decides to tell me a story about a video game company

Die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. The death knell for blizzard, Diablo Immoral. It is Ironic the franchise that would show how evil the company has become is a game about hell.

Rip blizzard. You will still have a place in our hearts for what you once were

Imagine buying a 3000$ pc and these guys release the next Diablo on smartphone.

Blizzard: killing me will not stop micro transactions I DO NOT CARE ABOUT MICROTRANSACTIONS MY NAME IS VICTOR REZNOV AND I WILL HAVE MY RRRRREFUND

I'm bipolar, have PTSD, and combined, the two manifest some interesting super powers, like ultra-real night terrors for instance. In 2017, at the start of a three day weekend, I went from doing generally bad, to nearly unmanageable. Dealing with people wasn't really an option, and the idea of sleeping was out of the question, so I logged in to WoW. To occupy my mind, I set about pet farming. I didn't talk to anyone. No PvP. I just repeated a pattern over and over again until I'd get a drop, and move on to a different pet. I don't remember which one I got stuck on, but after 36 hours, nothing dropped. I was coming up on 50 hours of non-stop playing, and finally gave in to sleep, so I could function when I went back to work. After work, I discovered I was banned. They wouldn't tell me why, but I assumed they thought I had set up a bot. I poured out my conditions, but the responses only became more hostile. If you don't have either of my problems, it's not easy to understand what happens when they go rogue. It's pretty easy to write someone like me off, and just say, "Get a life, loser", but getting a life has nothing to do with it. Showing up in that life consistently would be like maintaining the same disposition immediately before, and after, you break a bone. If you were the only one who just broke a bone, it's kind of hard for everyone to relate to the sudden change in energy your bringing to the group. It's also kind of patronizing if they try. Being alone often feels better than anything else. WoW was a safety net. When I'm in a good place, I could go raid, tear around battle fields, manipulate the AH, or just chat with the guild. When I'm not good, I could log in, and distract myself, which occasionally means keeping myself from discovering what might be waiting for me if I fall asleep. I'm not really a gamer's gamer, and I haven't found any other games that could do for me, what WoW did. Neither condition is curable, and I don't respond to the known medications the way I'm supposed to. I was paying to play, banning me for playing, without considering why someone like me might occasionally stay logged in for really long stints, was pretty fucking cruel of Blizzard in my humble opinion.

That Tristram music in the background while Deckard Cain preaches is so iconic

"doN't yOu GuYs hAvE pHoNeS?"

The state of California agrees with this video

The last thing you wanna tell your consumers is "you are wrong and you need to appreciate what we are offering". A close friend of mine was a huge WoW nut and even he had many complaints about the direction of the game.

We appreciate you Act Man. Thank you for having us, I've enjoyed staying awhile and listening.

Blizzard: Merge with Activision and everything goes down hill Bungie: Joins Activision and everything goes downhill Nintendo: Stays with itself and starts making games that make them resurge from the hell of Wii U The problem is very clear in here, companies with a name starting with B are destined to fall.

“Will Blizzard ever redeem themselves?!” No. No they did not.

The decline of Blizzard. The decline of EA. The decline of Bethesda. The decline of CD-Projeck Red. The decline of Capcom. The decline of Nintendo. The list could go on and on. And I am sure I missed a few other game developers.

The first hints of corruption sounded out when Ghost grew up a game, but talked his similar talk from the past (yes, the "reap the whirlwind" part).

Blizzard: *issues statements supporting LGBT rights and BLM* Also Blizzard: *shuts down streamer for supporting Hong Kong protesting agaisnt human right abuses*

**act man: gets his mind erased** Act man: what’s Blizzard? Random wizard: it’s not a story the counsel of gaming would tell you...

I remember I applied for their internship program a few years ago because I was a huge fan of them since I was a child. Boy, am I glad I got rejected lmao

This video has really aged like the finest of wines.

The "Out of Season Apirl Fool's Joke" guy is still a legend and a hero to many gamers to this day. A true paragon of virtue.

“The decline of Blizzard began” Me: “Oh god, plis not that voice for almost an hour” **Goes back to his old voice** Me: “oh thank god”

Two years later. Video still young but already aged well.

Good as this was I wish you had brought up just how absolutely, fucking dirty they did HotS. Failed to listen to general feedback, promoted it terribly, tried to cater to its e-sports scene over the general player base, tried to force its e-sports scene into being the next overwatch league - and when it didn't get there they left the entire pro league without any information about next season just to say its cancelled and they completely fucking gutted development and support for the game.

I dont understand why they didnt pitch Diablo immortal as a "have this while we work on 4" it would have spared them a lot of embarrassment

Love how the Actman still puts in a bunch of effort. Even when he was a small channel his videos were great and they still are today.

I am saddened by how well this video has aged. Really hoped blizzard would be better by now, but nope

Aged like fine wine

Blizzard has literally become "That one good guy that got corrupted" trope that they love to spew constantly in their media.

"Do you guys not have phones?" Was the biggest insult ive ever been handed by a gaming company. Even after all this time it makes me rage to hear it.

The fact this was made 3 years ago and what we are witnessing with Diablo 4 and overwatch 2 is just sad.

From what I understand of the Blitzchung incident, Blizzard already had rules in place that participants were not permitted to make political statements during playtime. That doesn't excuse the ludicrous penalties that Blitzchung suffered (and they were NUTS), but the guy did break the rules.

Fan base: "You were the chosen one!! It was said you were to destroy Activision not join them!! Bring balance to fans expectations, not leave it in darkness!" Blizzard: "I HATE YOU!!"

"Where once Blizzard was dedicated to it's fans, they're now dedicated to their shareholders." And China. Don't forget China.

Blizzard "do you guys not have credit cards.... I mean phones?"

They actually got even worse which is beyond shocking

"Your father ruled this company for seventy years, and you've ground it to dust in a matter of days."

After learning about the workplace and what transpired, this video hits WAY more.

This aged well.

Man, I was there for the RealID fiasco. My favorite moment was when one of the community managers martyred himself in that massive thread by posting his real name to show that it was totally no big deal. His address was posted to the thread within minutes.

I watched a Taiwanese guy talks about the decline of Blizzard. He said : "Look back to the decline of Blizzard its like when you were a kid, you adore this cool teen guy who is funny with great ideas that always impress you, somehow turned into an old tedious pathetic salesman that doesn't have the goal of life anymore and all he wants is to sell his shit to you so he could grap the money from your pocket."

Wow. I genuinely forgot that the head of Nintendo at the time took a pay cut. Knowing that it was required to keep the business afloat. Even worse looking at Blizzard for decimating their employees just so the higher ups could get bonus checks.

I was legitimately addicted D2 for 4-5 years and kept playing it sporadically years after. I bought D3, played it for less than 1 day, still haven't even tried to log back in, nor have I bought any other Blizzard game since.

D3: After 4 hours of gameplay. "This ain't it chief" D4: After 4 minutes. I'm fucking done.

I dont know about you guys but that old man kinda looks a bit like act man, but thats probably just me

Blizzard: "Do you guys NOT have phones?" The crowd: "Can you guys NOT develop PC games?"

15:08 the best middle finger I've ever seen! XD XD XD

This aged like fine wine

Fans: "What is your mission?" Blizzard: "To ensure the survival of our fanbase and franchises." Fans: "You are about to fail that mission!"

Over years I grew to despise J.Allen Brack. His condescending and dismissive attitude towards the playerbase always made my blood to boil. If you are not listening to us, if you don't make games for us, if we are not your audience, then who the hell is your audience, Mr. Brack?!

I was a software developer in Silicon Valley for most of my career. I would do a project and get laid off when it was finished. That’s how it worked. Once I was at any one place for two years, I freshened up the resume and started looking. For another job.

Blizzard now: do you guys not have money

30:37 "How can a company actually deteriorate a product's value 18 years later." **cries in Star Wars**

9:00 my favorite part of the whole RealID fiasco was when one of the Blizzard employees posted their real first and last name to show that it's not as dangerous as people think. Within minutes, players posted details about him, such as his tax records, SSN, the names of his kids and where they went to school, what kind of car he drives and the license plate number, etc. Within an hour, the thread was taken down and Blizzard reversed their decision.

This got recommend to me the day xbox bought Activision blizzard

11:32 No no, it was DEFINITELY Cataclysm that was the turning and dropping point. MoP continued the trend but Cata was absolutely the turning point.

Blizzard: "The customer is always wrong"

"This Company shall fall... And from the ashes, shall rise a new order that will shake the very foundations of the Industry!" -Blizzard.

I gotta say man your videos are so good, i just recently found your channel and you remind me every day of how good gaming used to be.

That music That old Man My nostalgia classes are fogging up Am I crying?

God when they were introducing Diablo Immortal, you can see the guy pausing cause he was expecting applause and was just met with complete silence

Stuck on the toilet glad this was uploaded

Press F to pay respects for those unfortunate enough to work there.

It's so sad looking back on all of this, for myself personally, I think 26 years of gaming history and my own personally history intertwined with it.

I think it's time for "The Decline Of Blizzard Part 2"...

"I dont think you can point to a single mistake" Me: Points at Activision.

They have also completely destroyed overwatch. The game is actually unplayable. They added a feature where if someone in the game has a worse internet connection, it’ll automatically slow down the rest of the players to match that guy so no one has an advantage. It is literally unplayable because every match is filled with rubber banding and straight teleporting. Blizzard has failed in so many ways.

Re watching a bunch of your videos at work. Love your stuff dude so glad I found you a few years back! Much love brother

Feels weird when you realise EA has less controversies as of late compared to Blizzard

This is what Karl Marx warned us about. In the communist manifesto it says: “Micro transactions are GAY. It will be the fall of video games.”

This is a great video thanks The Act Man for posting. It kind of reminded me of how Nintendo successfully launched their NES classic. It was retro and had the library of games fans wanted (but not having Mike Tyson in Punch Out is a sin) and bad controller cords. But as a whole it made long time Nintendo fans happy to relive those days with our kids now and show you how it was back in the day. NES was games were hard, none of this save everywhere bullshit or creampuff difficultly. Whereas the boneheads at Blizzards didn't get it with the old version of WOW. There is a reason why Diablo 2 was considered the best PC game of all time. It earned it now Blizzard is mad at its own fanbase for wanting a quality PC game on par with the excellent games of the past. Blizzard botched Diablo 3 and you never hear a peep out of the Starcraft 2 sequel so that was probably not as good as the original either. I remember fondly hours and hours of gameplay with Warcraft 2, and Diablo 1 and 2. The old designers wouldn't release any game that wasn't the highest quality now it is all about money over making a great long lasting game.

If only you could see how far they could fall...

“No, you think you want that, but you don’t” Good lord that hurt to listen to

The Act Man has continued to create excellent content absolutely necessary for game developers to consume. The more they watch your videos, the more they will continue to improve.

Came here after they dropped overwatch 2 pve. this really need another update

What killed WoW for me was the reworked talent tree. Before you could build the character you wanted and played how you wanted. But after the change, if you wanted to tank, you NEEDED this talent path with no deviation.

"You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind."

Blizzard in the past: A role model for the entire gaming industry Blizzard now: Can't even remaster an old game properly

Anybody here after Microsoft gottem?

"I dont think you can point to one moment" Activision. The Activision sale.

Blizzard: Am I so out of touch? No. It’s the consumers that are wrong.

Not to forget how they were boo'd for immortal by THEIR FANS at their OWN convention

I just discovered your channel and this vid was one of like 10 I've watched now. I swear we had the exact same childhood. SC was my jam. And my siblings and I played Halo almost non-stop. Keep up the work man, love your content

I stayed up binge watching The Act Man, I love this channel

"do you guys not have phones" will go down in internet history as one of the worst PR blunders

This video was made with more effort than any of the Blizzard games of late.

Man i miss the days of Warcraft 3 the frozen throne. Blizzard fell apart after WOW. Imagine what could have been if they retained their integrity (and made a Warcraft 4)

34:30, how many times I've watched this and I finally recognize where I heard the background music; Babylon 5, I feel bad about that

I’ve always appreciated when act man places his ads it doesn’t break up the pace at all

That quote "Is this an out of season April fools joke?" was better than anything else in Blizzcon 2018

24:54 Totally got by surprise with this Tales of Vesperia soundtrack