Screenwriter World of Warcraft claims that Blizzard fired him for jokes about “corporate greed”
Former designer and writer World of Warcraft claims to be dismissed by Blizzard after he wrote a new dialogue designed to satyurically ridicule corporate greed.
The production specialist was added to the game in March, and designer Eric Covington wrote some of his dialogs.
They included phrases such as "Another record quarter for income", "We will call this with the adjustment of the cost of life", "it seems for me this is another yacht" And "time to return to the office".
According to Kovington on Twitter, he was fired from Blizzard after the leadership saw these lines and did not see anything ridiculous in them.
I wrote jokes that ridiculed the general corporate greed for a goblin-renter from Venture Company (very in the spirit of the character), but then the leadership showed attention to the joke after blocking the lines, while I was concentrated on work on the patches", – Covington explained ("Blocking lines" – This is when text lines are blocked and cannot be changed anymore).
Covington noted that the official World of Warcraft on Twitter actually posted a video with the best remarks of the production specialist, until he let them understand that they were advertising what he was fired for.
"It’s funny that it was good enough for marketing and promoting the game before, during and after my dismissal", – He claims. "They removed it after I pointed to hypocrisy".
No attention or confidence in order to at least ask me about my intentions regarding the character (whether he was directed at someone? No). There is no polite request to allow me to deal with him and correct some lines due to circumstances (I would readily and with understanding help).
He added: "9 years of service went into the pipe without questions due to the fact that someone looked at a harmless joke and saw a reflection. They tried to play and pull me out until the end of the month, knowing very well that the benefits expire the next day".
When he was asked to clarify whether he was fired or left in protest, he replied: "First".