Wasn't there only one anniversary pet, being Ony? That was for year 5, no? I am sure there's a design to the annual rewards. Let's be honest, WoW isn't going anywhere, so the 6th year isn't too significant.

 

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Wasn't the polar bear cub an anniversary pet?

Lies!?

 

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It was in the form of questions because my memory and play history are both spotty

 

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So I guess it is only 1/2 milking the customers if 50% went to charity. If you wanna play the charity card, why didn't they give ALL the money to charity? Sheesh, even their spin is starting to sucker people in.

Activison is greedy. Period. This is evidenced by everything they do, from RealID and FB integration to mini transactions.

Bobby Kotick is even quoted as saying "I want to take the fun out of gaming"

 

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Why can't anyone ever be happy that Make a Wish got 1.1 Million dollars they would not have otherwise gotten?

How big are your charitable contributions?

Why is it always "omg they could do more!!1", and not "wow, they did SOMETHING they didn't have to do!"?

--Sly

 

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the main basis of your original point was to say they didn't profit from the sales which isn't even remotely true. They profited 100% on every pet but two. And on those two pets their donations were for "limited" times. Their profit level was still way over 50% on both of those.

The part you disagree with in my post was that I consider it a dumb purchase decision. You don't have to agree with it. But at least get your facts right before making blanket statements.

Resorting to the asshat label as you lose standing is worth a .

Did you or did you not make a blanket statement on the the proceeds not going to blizzard at all???? Were you wrong??? Just address the points instead of attacking the person. It just makes you look small. (insert appropriate that's what your wife/gf/bf said joke here)

 

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Are you guys faulting a business for being a business again?

 

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The main basis of my post was that people shouldn't act like blizzard is out to steal their money (using terms like '"milking" the customer' generally is associated with immoral if not illegal business practices akin to stealing). I think you somehow missed the main point, actually.


Anyway, since you seem fixated on my secondary point (charity proceeds and such) yes, I did say "the pet sales" and that was overgeneralized, and also I overstated in suggesting all proceeds went to charity, for all pets sold. Very blanket statement, and as you correctly stated, not correct. I accept the criticism for making a blanket statement regarding how many of the pets were sold with what percent going to charity for what limited time. My bad, for sure.





The only part of your post I responded to was the part I took offense to, plain and simple. I wasn't trying to dodge the rest of the comments, I just don't like that you slammed people who buy these pets just because you don't want to (and seem to feel somehow Blizzard is trying to milk you of your hard earned wages, evidently). I simply didn't know that it was required to acknowledge your valid points in order to call you out for being a jackwagon with your one comment. Sorry, I just can't keep up on the rules.

 

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they should have given to a better charity like medical or food. make a wish is a waste of money