Quote Originally Posted by Melorie View Post
Most of the people tend to use the whole lawsuit situation as a way to justify their hate for a video game, while forgetting that all the victims were actually workers at Blizzard as well. That the entire discussion around the lawsuit was game dev industry and how Blizzard isn't the only company with these problems.
The victims of these actions also helped build the games. The people at Blizz Walkout are workers too.

Even the Activision employees said that boycotts aren't going to change anything and might do more harm than good. This just impact the workers' bonus.

Truth is, if WoW was in a good state or at it's prime time like FFXIV is now, many wouldn't bat an eye, since it doesn't serve their own narrative of treating a video game as some source of evil. People are just using a sad and grave situation to fuel their opinions about something that has little to do with it - a game.
Boycotting is the only thing that actually works. Anyone who is actually a serious person who is serious about making changes within a company like Blizzard would support a boycott of their products to communicate the desire for change within their company. Hitting them in their wallet is a tried and true method of getting a company to listen when all else has failed. An unserious person who is unserious about making changes within a company would oppose boycotts, however. Continuing to give said company money inspite of your complaints only communicates that they don't need to take your complaints seriously as you still continue to financially support them anyway. The only kind of person who would oppose a boycott is someone who is not a serious person who seriously desires any meaningful change.

Those workers should not be working at a company that they themselves claim to be so horrible that their own basic human rights are violated. Any serious person would immediately stop working for such a company and use their skillset to find work elsewhere within the same industry where they will be treated with the respect they deserve. An unserious person who doesn't actually care complains about workplace mistreatment and yet continues to work there. I have walked out on more jobs than I can even remember because I didn't like how I was treated. I have contacted government labour boards many, many a time over workplace rights violations without hesitation and won in every instance. I would never stay anywhere where my basic rights as a worker were being violated unless I didn't actually care. Because I am a serious person unlike the unserious workers still continuing to work for Blizzard in spite of their myriad complaints.