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"complicit", not "implicit"

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	And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?		And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?

	Whatever it ends up looking like, it couldn’t prepare us for what happened next: [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/upcoming-wow-quest-involving-a-characters-abuse-has-players-demanding-change/1100-6515272/ Them releasing a quest in World of Warcraft that made you ~~implicit~~ in the abuse and rape of a character], all in the name of [[Derp\|keeping the timeline in order]]. How Microsoft will allow the merger to happen after this, we don’t know yet, but one things clear. They took one good look at the Pinkerton incident at Wizards and said [[That Guy\|”Hold my beer.”]] More as the situation updates, but yeah this looks to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.		Whatever it ends up looking like, it couldn’t prepare us for what happened next: [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/upcoming-wow-quest-involving-a-characters-abuse-has-players-demanding-change/1100-6515272/ Them releasing a quest in World of Warcraft that made you complicit in the abuse and rape of a character], all in the name of [[Derp\|keeping the timeline in order]]. How Microsoft will allow the merger to happen after this, we don’t know yet, but one things clear. They took one good look at the Pinkerton incident at Wizards and said [[That Guy\|”Hold my beer.”]] More as the situation updates, but yeah this looks to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

	==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==		==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==

1d4chan>KeronKnight: /* Micro$oft buyout - a new hope(?) */

2023-06-18T04:18:10Z

Micro$oft buyout - a new hope(?)

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	And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?		And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?

			Whatever it ends up looking like, it couldn’t prepare us for what happened next: [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/upcoming-wow-quest-involving-a-characters-abuse-has-players-demanding-change/1100-6515272/ Them releasing a quest in World of Warcraft that made you implicit in the abuse and rape of a character], all in the name of [[Derp\|keeping the timeline in order]]. How Microsoft will allow the merger to happen after this, we don’t know yet, but one things clear. They took one good look at the Pinkerton incident at Wizards and said [[That Guy\|”Hold my beer.”]] More as the situation updates, but yeah this looks to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

	==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==		==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==

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1d4chan>Fikilili: /* Scandals */

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Scandals

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	'''May 16th, 2023:''' Overwatch 2 has its single-player PvE mode cancelled, the one thing that was established as the central feature of the up to this point tepidly received sequel to the team shooter. Fan reception has been overwhelmingly negative as not only was the original Overwatch allegedly killed for this single-player mode, the sequel is now just a barely disguised shopfront for exceedingly expensive skins for the hero characters and nothing else.		'''May 16th, 2023:''' Overwatch 2 has its single-player PvE mode cancelled, the one thing that was established as the central feature of the up to this point tepidly received sequel to the team shooter. Fan reception has been overwhelmingly negative as not only was the original Overwatch allegedly killed for this single-player mode, the sequel is now just a barely disguised shopfront for exceedingly expensive skins for the hero characters and nothing else.

			'''June 13th, 2023:''' Turns out, they ''did'' some work on Overwatch 2's PvE mode. But here's the catch; they only made the first few missions, or "levels". So, to access them, [[What\|you gotta pay an extra $15. Even at the face of backlash]], Activision just can't stop being the shittiest company on earth it seems.

	===The sexual harassment lawsuits===		===The sexual harassment lawsuits===

2001:14BA:A439:1500:D893:689F:6E0C:E0E2: /* Scandals */

2023-06-05T04:46:38Z

Scandals

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	'''October 28, 2019:''' Blizzard announced a $660,000 prize pool for their annual arena/mythic dungeon world tournaments, after previously releasing a set of promotional in-game toys, promising 1/4 of the sales would go towards said prize pool. Most fans believed the money made from the sales would be added to the $500,000 minimum that Blizzard had promised. However, after competing players confronted Blizzard officials, it was revealed that Blizzard had instead chosen to rely entirely on the sales profit for the prize pool, making off with ~$2 million themselves from the other 3/4 of the sales and contributing nothing out of their own pockets. Yet more nerd rage ensued.		'''October 28, 2019:''' Blizzard announced a $660,000 prize pool for their annual arena/mythic dungeon world tournaments, after previously releasing a set of promotional in-game toys, promising 1/4 of the sales would go towards said prize pool. Most fans believed the money made from the sales would be added to the $500,000 minimum that Blizzard had promised. However, after competing players confronted Blizzard officials, it was revealed that Blizzard had instead chosen to rely entirely on the sales profit for the prize pool, making off with ~$2 million themselves from the other 3/4 of the sales and contributing nothing out of their own pockets. Yet more nerd rage ensued.

	'''January 28th, 2020:''' Blizzard released the remastered version of Warcraft 3. The game came out in a notoriously unfinished, buggy and featureless state and used advertisements that bordered on being fraudulent (Australian and EU authorities actually filed a lawsuit against Blizzard for misleading advertisements), was missing features the original game had ''13 years ago'', [[RAGE\|'''claimed ownership of any custom content created for the game in the ToS in a really, really stupid move that is also illegal under US and EU law''' - especially since Blizzard is a US company]] (It's believed they're still butthurt that DOTA (Defense of the Ancients, originally a custom map for W3) joined up with Valve and they couln't obtain a single penny from the sequel) and even refused to offer refunds, which prompted another lawsuit by EU authorities against them. The game also completely replaced the original Warcraft 3 on the launcher, locking players out of the original unless they have the physical discs plus disc ports and instead prompting them to download the "improved" version.		'''January 28th, 2020:''' Blizzard released the remastered version of Warcraft 3. The game came out in a notoriously unfinished, buggy and featureless state and used advertisements that bordered on being fraudulent (Australian and EU authorities actually filed a lawsuit against Blizzard for misleading advertisements), was missing features the original game had ''13 years ago'', [[RAGE\|'''claimed ownership of any custom content created for the game in the ToS in a really, really stupid move that is also illegal under US and EU law''' - especially since Blizzard is a US company]] (It's believed they're still butthurt that DOTA (Defense of the Ancients, originally a custom map for W3) joined up with Valve and they couln't obtain a single penny from the sequel) and even refused to offer refunds, which prompted another lawsuit by EU authorities against them. The game also completely replaced the original Warcraft 3 on the launcher, locking players out of the original unless they have the physical discs plus disc ports and instead prompting them to download the "improved" version. Effectively, they somehow managed to ruin what is considered to be one of the best RTS games ever made, [[FAIL\|18 years after it came out]].

	'''August 4, 2020:''' Employees shared a spreadsheet of salaries and recent pay increases showing that few of them were given raises after crunch, and overtime. Many employees, despite working at one of the biggest video game companies in America, were struggling to pay rent and using the company's free coffee as an appetite suppressant as they cut meals. Apparently that 5-year service sword does not also pay rent.		'''August 4, 2020:''' Employees shared a spreadsheet of salaries and recent pay increases showing that few of them were given raises after crunch, and overtime. Many employees, despite working at one of the biggest video game companies in America, were struggling to pay rent and using the company's free coffee as an appetite suppressant as they cut meals. Apparently that 5-year service sword does not also pay rent.
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	'''June 2, 2022:''' The release of ''Diablo Immortal'' is met with overwhelming outcry, as it proves to be a thinly-veiled pay to win game. The micropayment system for loot boxes is not very evident or necessary in the early stages but, as the end of the game approaches, paying becomes a requirement... almost essential to keep moving forward.		'''June 2, 2022:''' The release of ''Diablo Immortal'' is met with overwhelming outcry, as it proves to be a thinly-veiled pay to win game. The micropayment system for loot boxes is not very evident or necessary in the early stages but, as the end of the game approaches, paying becomes a requirement... almost essential to keep moving forward.

	'''May 16th, 2023:''' Overwatch 2 has its single-player PvE mode cancelled, the one thing that was established as the central feature of the up to this point tepidly ~~recieved~~ sequel to the team shooter. Fan reception has been overwhelmingly negative as not only was the original Overwatch allegedly killed for this single-player mode, the sequel is now just a barely disguised shopfront for exceedingly expensive skins for the hero characters and nothing else.		'''October 3rd, 2022:''' Servers of Overwatch are shut down to push all players towards playing the sequel releasing the next day.

			'''May 16th, 2023:''' Overwatch 2 has its single-player PvE mode cancelled, the one thing that was established as the central feature of the up to this point tepidly received sequel to the team shooter. Fan reception has been overwhelmingly negative as not only was the original Overwatch allegedly killed for this single-player mode, the sequel is now just a barely disguised shopfront for exceedingly expensive skins for the hero characters and nothing else.

	===The sexual harassment lawsuits===		===The sexual harassment lawsuits===

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	\|Domains = Greed, Falls From Grace, Bad Ideas, Terrible Writing (Formerly: Polish, Execution, Unoriginality)		\|Domains = Greed, Falls From Grace, Bad Ideas, Terrible Writing (Formerly: Polish, Execution, Unoriginality)
	\|Home Plane = California, The Cosby Suite		\|Home Plane = California, The Cosby Suite
	\|Worshippers = Gamers,		\|Worshippers = Gamers, [[Whale\|Whales]], Nostalgic nerds, streamers
	\|Favoured Weapon = Exploit worker, Union Breaker, Retcons, Virtue Signal, Weinsteinian culture, IP theft		\|Daemon Prince = Bobby Kotick (formerly), Bill Gates
			\|Favoured Weapon = Exploit worker, Union Breaker, Retcons, Virtue Signal, Weinsteinian culture, IP theft, Removal of Creativity
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	A Blizzard is a unique weather phenomenon that in this form only occurs on the eastern seaboard of North America that, usually between November and February, causes polar winds to stream far more south than usual and massive snowfall and freezing temperatures far below what is normal for these areas, due to the lack of mountain ranges that run from west to east that could block these winds, like in Europe.		A Blizzard is a unique weather phenomenon that in this form only occurs on the eastern seaboard of North America that, usually between November and February, causes polar winds to stream far more south than usual and massive snowfall and freezing temperatures far below what is normal for these areas, due to the lack of mountain ranges that run from west to east that could block these winds, like in Europe.

2A02:8070:8E81:DD40:518D:46DE:3B71:E444: /* Franchises relevant to /tg/ */

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Franchises relevant to /tg/

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	*'''''[[Warcraft\|WarCraft]]:''''' A real-time strategy (RTS) series; initially [[Orc]]s vs [[Human]]s but then later games added more races. Then it became a [[MMORPG]] with [[World of Warcraft\|all kinds of crazy shit]]. Particularly notable to /tg/ because it spilled over into multiple genres: There were [[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game\|two separate editions of a ''D&D'' campaign setting]], a physical [[Card_Game#Collectible_Card_Games\|trading card game]] and has its own board games too.		*'''''[[Warcraft\|WarCraft]]:''''' A real-time strategy (RTS) series; initially [[Orc]]s vs [[Human]]s but then later games added more races. Then it became a [[MMORPG]] with [[World of Warcraft\|all kinds of crazy shit]]. Particularly notable to /tg/ because it spilled over into multiple genres: There were [[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game\|two separate editions of a ''D&D'' campaign setting]], a physical [[Card_Game#Collectible_Card_Games\|trading card game]] and has its own board games too.
	*'''''[[StarCraft]]:''''' RTS IN SPHESSSSS! <s>[[Space Marines]]</s> [[Imperial Guard\|Terrans]] vs [[Tyranids\|Zerg]] vs [[Eldar\|Protoss]]. Beyond being the national sport of Korea, the ''StarCraft'' franchise has its own board game and has its own unique version of ''[[Risk]]'' which alters the rules just enough so that it isn't merely a re-skinned version of ''Risk''.		*'''''[[StarCraft]]:''''' RTS IN SPHESSSSS! <s>[[Space Marines]]</s> [[Imperial Guard\|Terrans]] vs [[Tyranids\|Zerg]] vs [[Eldar\|Protoss]]. Beyond being the (former) national sport of Korea, the ''StarCraft'' franchise has its own board game and has its own unique version of ''[[Risk]]'' which alters the rules just enough so that it isn't merely a re-skinned version of ''Risk''.
	*'''''[[Diablo]]:''''' [[Grimdark]] [[Dark Fantasy]] setting involving the wars between [[Angel]]s and [[Demon]]s, and also not actually made by Blizzard. It was made instead by an outfit named Condor, which got bought out by Davidson & Associates, which also bought out a little outfit named Chaos Studios. Then, Chaos Studios got renamed '''Blizzard''', and Condor was renamed '''Blizzard North''', which is why Diablo ended up being playable on battle.net. Meanwhile, another group of guys named Synergistic Software got bought out by Sierra On-Line, which was in turn acquired by CUC International, which gobbled up Davidson & Associates, which was how the job of making Diablo's expansion pack, Hellfire, got farmed out to Synergistic. However, Condor and Blizzard both had veto power over Synergistic's ideas, and Condor, which was already working on Diablo II, didn't want anything to be in Hellfire that was also going to be in D2, which is why the Barbarian and secret cow quest had to be cut and why Hellfire couldn't be played over Battle.net even though the code totally worked. There was a [[fail\|short-lived]] attempt to port the Diablo franchise into both [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons#AD&D 2nd Edition\|2nd Edition]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition\|3rd Edition]] ''Dungeons and Dragons'', though the results were not particularly successful or well-remembered.		*'''''[[Diablo]]:''''' [[Grimdark]] [[Dark Fantasy]] setting involving the wars between [[Angel]]s and [[Demon]]s, and also not actually made by Blizzard. It was made instead by an outfit named Condor, which got bought out by Davidson & Associates, which also bought out a little outfit named Chaos Studios. Then, Chaos Studios got renamed '''Blizzard''', and Condor was renamed '''Blizzard North''', which is why Diablo ended up being playable on battle.net. Meanwhile, another group of guys named Synergistic Software got bought out by Sierra On-Line, which was in turn acquired by CUC International, which gobbled up Davidson & Associates, which was how the job of making Diablo's expansion pack, Hellfire, got farmed out to Synergistic. However, Condor and Blizzard both had veto power over Synergistic's ideas, and Condor, which was already working on Diablo II, didn't want anything to be in Hellfire that was also going to be in D2, which is why the Barbarian and secret cow quest had to be cut and why Hellfire couldn't be played over Battle.net even though the code totally worked. There was a [[fail\|short-lived]] attempt to port the Diablo franchise into both [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons#AD&D 2nd Edition\|2nd Edition]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition\|3rd Edition]] ''Dungeons and Dragons'', though the results were not particularly successful or well-remembered.
	*'''''Hearthstone:''''' A digital collectible card game. Think ''[[Magic: The Gathering\|MtG]]'' but all the depth and complexity got replaced with RNG bullshit. Also it only costs you one kidney to gather a good card collection rather than [[Forgeworld\|both, one leg, one testicle, and the soul of your firstborn child]] , but Blizzard seems dedicated to catch back on that missed profit by adding more content that cannot be bought with in-game currency (gold) and going the way of the battlepass...wait, what do you mean they have two passes?		*'''''Hearthstone:''''' A digital collectible card game. Think ''[[Magic: The Gathering\|MtG]]'' but all the depth and complexity got replaced with RNG bullshit. Also it only costs you one kidney to gather a good card collection rather than [[Forgeworld\|both, one leg, one testicle, and the soul of your firstborn child]] , but Blizzard seems dedicated to catch back on that missed profit by adding more content that cannot be bought with in-game currency (gold) and going the way of the battlepass...wait, what do you mean they have two passes?

2A02:8070:8E81:DD40:518D:46DE:3B71:E444: /* Scandals */

2023-05-16T23:05:12Z

Scandals

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	'''June 2, 2022:''' The release of ''Diablo Immortal'' is met with overwhelming outcry, as it proves to be a thinly-veiled pay to win game. The micropayment system for loot boxes is not very evident or necessary in the early stages but, as the end of the game approaches, paying becomes a requirement... almost essential to keep moving forward.		'''June 2, 2022:''' The release of ''Diablo Immortal'' is met with overwhelming outcry, as it proves to be a thinly-veiled pay to win game. The micropayment system for loot boxes is not very evident or necessary in the early stages but, as the end of the game approaches, paying becomes a requirement... almost essential to keep moving forward.

			'''May 16th, 2023:''' Overwatch 2 has its single-player PvE mode cancelled, the one thing that was established as the central feature of the up to this point tepidly recieved sequel to the team shooter. Fan reception has been overwhelmingly negative as not only was the original Overwatch allegedly killed for this single-player mode, the sequel is now just a barely disguised shopfront for exceedingly expensive skins for the hero characters and nothing else.

	===The sexual harassment lawsuits===		===The sexual harassment lawsuits===

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	And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?		And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?

	Whatever it ends up looking like, it couldn’t prepare us for what happened next: [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/upcoming-wow-quest-involving-a-characters-abuse-has-players-demanding-change/1100-6515272/ Them releasing a quest in World of Warcraft that made you ~~implicit~~ in the abuse and rape of a character], all in the name of [[Derp\|keeping the timeline in order]]. How Microsoft will allow the merger to happen after this, we don’t know yet, but one things clear. They took one good look at the Pinkerton incident at Wizards and said [[That Guy\|”Hold my beer.”]] More as the situation updates, but yeah this looks to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.		Whatever it ends up looking like, it couldn’t prepare us for what happened next: [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/upcoming-wow-quest-involving-a-characters-abuse-has-players-demanding-change/1100-6515272/ Them releasing a quest in World of Warcraft that made you complicit in the abuse and rape of a character], all in the name of [[Derp\|keeping the timeline in order]]. How Microsoft will allow the merger to happen after this, we don’t know yet, but one things clear. They took one good look at the Pinkerton incident at Wizards and said [[That Guy\|”Hold my beer.”]] More as the situation updates, but yeah this looks to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

	==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==		==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==

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	And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?		And sure enough, [[Not As Planned\|they got blocked by the UK]]. Not the EU like we thought, but specifically the United Kingdom. It still rests upon the Cloud Gaming monopoly they claim XBox has, but since it’s a single country all Microsoft has to do is not produce games for the UK anymore and they’ll likely just continue with the merger. So… I guess the merger is still happening?

			Whatever it ends up looking like, it couldn’t prepare us for what happened next: [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/upcoming-wow-quest-involving-a-characters-abuse-has-players-demanding-change/1100-6515272/ Them releasing a quest in World of Warcraft that made you implicit in the abuse and rape of a character], all in the name of [[Derp\|keeping the timeline in order]]. How Microsoft will allow the merger to happen after this, we don’t know yet, but one things clear. They took one good look at the Pinkerton incident at Wizards and said [[That Guy\|”Hold my beer.”]] More as the situation updates, but yeah this looks to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

	==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==		==[[Skub\|An unbiased comparison]]==

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	*'''''[[Warcraft\|WarCraft]]:''''' A real-time strategy (RTS) series; initially [[Orc]]s vs [[Human]]s but then later games added more races. Then it became a [[MMORPG]] with [[World of Warcraft\|all kinds of crazy shit]]. Particularly notable to /tg/ because it spilled over into multiple genres: There were [[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game\|two separate editions of a ''D&D'' campaign setting]], a physical [[Card_Game#Collectible_Card_Games\|trading card game]] and has its own board games too.		*'''''[[Warcraft\|WarCraft]]:''''' A real-time strategy (RTS) series; initially [[Orc]]s vs [[Human]]s but then later games added more races. Then it became a [[MMORPG]] with [[World of Warcraft\|all kinds of crazy shit]]. Particularly notable to /tg/ because it spilled over into multiple genres: There were [[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game\|two separate editions of a ''D&D'' campaign setting]], a physical [[Card_Game#Collectible_Card_Games\|trading card game]] and has its own board games too.
	*'''''[[StarCraft]]:''''' RTS IN SPHESSSSS! <s>[[Space Marines]]</s> [[Imperial Guard\|Terrans]] vs [[Tyranids\|Zerg]] vs [[Eldar\|Protoss]]. Beyond being the national sport of Korea, the ''StarCraft'' franchise has its own board game and has its own unique version of ''[[Risk]]'' which alters the rules just enough so that it isn't merely a re-skinned version of ''Risk''.		*'''''[[StarCraft]]:''''' RTS IN SPHESSSSS! <s>[[Space Marines]]</s> [[Imperial Guard\|Terrans]] vs [[Tyranids\|Zerg]] vs [[Eldar\|Protoss]]. Beyond being the (former) national sport of Korea, the ''StarCraft'' franchise has its own board game and has its own unique version of ''[[Risk]]'' which alters the rules just enough so that it isn't merely a re-skinned version of ''Risk''.
	*'''''[[Diablo]]:''''' [[Grimdark]] [[Dark Fantasy]] setting involving the wars between [[Angel]]s and [[Demon]]s, and also not actually made by Blizzard. It was made instead by an outfit named Condor, which got bought out by Davidson & Associates, which also bought out a little outfit named Chaos Studios. Then, Chaos Studios got renamed '''Blizzard''', and Condor was renamed '''Blizzard North''', which is why Diablo ended up being playable on battle.net. Meanwhile, another group of guys named Synergistic Software got bought out by Sierra On-Line, which was in turn acquired by CUC International, which gobbled up Davidson & Associates, which was how the job of making Diablo's expansion pack, Hellfire, got farmed out to Synergistic. However, Condor and Blizzard both had veto power over Synergistic's ideas, and Condor, which was already working on Diablo II, didn't want anything to be in Hellfire that was also going to be in D2, which is why the Barbarian and secret cow quest had to be cut and why Hellfire couldn't be played over Battle.net even though the code totally worked. There was a [[fail\|short-lived]] attempt to port the Diablo franchise into both [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons#AD&D 2nd Edition\|2nd Edition]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition\|3rd Edition]] ''Dungeons and Dragons'', though the results were not particularly successful or well-remembered.		*'''''[[Diablo]]:''''' [[Grimdark]] [[Dark Fantasy]] setting involving the wars between [[Angel]]s and [[Demon]]s, and also not actually made by Blizzard. It was made instead by an outfit named Condor, which got bought out by Davidson & Associates, which also bought out a little outfit named Chaos Studios. Then, Chaos Studios got renamed '''Blizzard''', and Condor was renamed '''Blizzard North''', which is why Diablo ended up being playable on battle.net. Meanwhile, another group of guys named Synergistic Software got bought out by Sierra On-Line, which was in turn acquired by CUC International, which gobbled up Davidson & Associates, which was how the job of making Diablo's expansion pack, Hellfire, got farmed out to Synergistic. However, Condor and Blizzard both had veto power over Synergistic's ideas, and Condor, which was already working on Diablo II, didn't want anything to be in Hellfire that was also going to be in D2, which is why the Barbarian and secret cow quest had to be cut and why Hellfire couldn't be played over Battle.net even though the code totally worked. There was a [[fail\|short-lived]] attempt to port the Diablo franchise into both [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons#AD&D 2nd Edition\|2nd Edition]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition\|3rd Edition]] ''Dungeons and Dragons'', though the results were not particularly successful or well-remembered.
	*'''''Hearthstone:''''' A digital collectible card game. Think ''[[Magic: The Gathering\|MtG]]'' but all the depth and complexity got replaced with RNG bullshit. Also it only costs you one kidney to gather a good card collection rather than [[Forgeworld\|both, one leg, one testicle, and the soul of your firstborn child]] , but Blizzard seems dedicated to catch back on that missed profit by adding more content that cannot be bought with in-game currency (gold) and going the way of the battlepass...wait, what do you mean they have two passes?		*'''''Hearthstone:''''' A digital collectible card game. Think ''[[Magic: The Gathering\|MtG]]'' but all the depth and complexity got replaced with RNG bullshit. Also it only costs you one kidney to gather a good card collection rather than [[Forgeworld\|both, one leg, one testicle, and the soul of your firstborn child]] , but Blizzard seems dedicated to catch back on that missed profit by adding more content that cannot be bought with in-game currency (gold) and going the way of the battlepass...wait, what do you mean they have two passes?