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Vault_News  Title: 0110011010
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Posts: 982
Registered: 2005-10-18 12:53:17
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
Bashiok posted:
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Dear members of the Blizzard community,
I have read your feedback and comments about this year?s BlizzCon, and I have also read the feedback to the apology from Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain. I?d like to respond to some of your feedback here.
As president of Blizzard, I take full responsibility for everything that occurs at BlizzCon.
It was shortsighted and insensitive to use the video at all, even in censored form. The language used in the original version, including the slurs and use of sexual orientation as an insult, is not acceptable, period. We realize now that having even an edited version at the show was counter to the standards we try to maintain in our forums and in our games. Doing so was an error in judgment, and we regret it.
The bottom line is we deeply apologize for our mistakes and for hurting or offending anyone. We want you to have fun at our events, and we want everyone to feel welcome. We?re proud to be part of a huge and diverse community, and I am proud that so many aspects of the community are represented within Blizzard itself.
As a leader of Blizzard, and a member of the band, I truly hope you will accept my humblest apology.
? Mike Morhaime
President, Blizzard Entertainment
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Spookysheep  Title: Lieker of Cheese
Posts: 1,248
Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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Date Posted:
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
Seriously, how the (#($ have stockholders not removed this complete idiot from his position?
Seriously.
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-Peo-  Title: Caveat Lector
Posts: 408
Registered: 2005-2-2 08:38:42
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
Now if only he would apologize for keeping Greg Street employed as Lead Dev, and then fire him.
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Rill_of_WE Title: WoW Vault Site Manager
Posts: 557
Registered: 2002-8-6 09:16:33
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
I usually turn off BlizzCon at the closing ceremonies. They've always been too crass and vulgar for my tastes. My standards are admittedly higher than most but it surprises me that something they did elicited an apology like this. Extra glad I missed this one and will still be turning it off at this point in the future.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
Morons.
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Arunne  Title: The Anonymous
Posts: 177
Registered: 2003-11-3 14:11:47
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
I missed something but i was hoping he was apologizing for the debacle that Cataclysm was.
Edit -
Ah after googling it, I now see why he is apologizing. Yeah that was pretty poor taste. These guys are just a train wreck that cant stop themselves from shooting themselves in the foot.
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Ugh_Lancelot Title: Ooo...bouncy!
Posts: 766
Registered: 2002-6-17 14:37:05
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
lol...so who's got a link to the uncensored and highly offensive version?
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Arunne Title: The Anonymous
Posts: 177
Registered: 2003-11-3 14:11:47
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
This is the page I found that had the uncensored video. The uncensored one is at the bottom. I was listening and my wife was like WTF was that.
http://gaygamer.net/2011/10/antigay_speech_at_blizzcon_201.html
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Ferrydust Title: Iron Chef Jennifer
Posts: 938
Registered: 2002-9-4 20:32:54
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
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edited version
I decided I better not post the unedited. Not sure what we can post in that regards.
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Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Apology from Mike Morhaime |
I get the PR issue but come on, he was just screwing around and trying to "be a hard ass" while admitted to his metalhead fans that he plays an online roleplaying game.
His intent wasn't to "gay bash", even if people ended up taking it that way. So much hate in the world, do we have to try so hard to find it?
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