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[havoc00]

Workers Share Bobby Kotick Horror Stories After He Finally Leaves Activision Blizzard

Current and former Activision Blizzard employees share their Bobby Kotick horror stories, including the time he threatened his assistant.

www.thegamer.com

 

[Deerock71]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

And still... People buy the games.

 

[amigastar]

I guess "Say something nice" doesn't belong in this thread, right havoc00 ?
But threatening to kill somebody? No way. Thats just omg.

 

[Hudo]

I don't feel sorry for the Blizzard dude, tho. Overwatch 2 and its content policy and roadmap as a service game are shit and the Steam reviews reflect that. Shit products get rightfully shit on.

 

[Krappadizzle]

How I imagined most of them employees followed him to the exit.

 

[havoc00]

How I imagined most of them employees followed him to the exit.

 

[Fake]

This will be equivalent to 'Thanks Obama' of the century for those clowns.

 

[geary]

“Horror”…

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Honestly both of these people sound like whiny little shits. Especially Andy Belford. I’d love to hear some more context so I can have all the information and make an informed opinion.

He threatened to have a guy killed? Like, c’mon. I don’t like the guy either, but I’m sure there’s a little more to it than that.

 

[ByWatterson]

He was a mean exec of a company he built from (almost) scratch and no one was forced to work there.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I don't feel sorry for the Blizzard dude, tho. Overwatch 2 and it's content policy and roadmap as a service game are shit and the Steam reviews reflect that. Shit products get rightfully shit on.

Perfect example of not every game should get a sequel. Especially GaaS. The writing was on the wall well before launch and everyone knew it would barely make a splash.

 

[zapiks44]

Workers Share Bobby Kotick Horror Stories After He Finally Leaves Activision Blizzard

Current and former Activision Blizzard employees share their Bobby Kotick horror stories, including the time he threatened his assistant.

www.thegamer.com

I hate Kotick too, but so far these "workers" just consist of a guy whining he didn't want to deal with (deserved) review bombing, and a programmer who looks like a walking sterotype.

Oh, and this article is from TheGamer, a notorious far-left clickbait site. They're basically the new Kotaku. Take everything they say with a grain of salt.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

And still... People buy the games.

Our gaming software is linked to slave labour, concentration camps and genocide. Here's what to do about it

 

[twilo99]

And still... People buy the games.

They are some good games..

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

"horrors". So far they did not share much of the horrors, aside a guy not wanting to deal with the community.

Also "I demanded his firing in front of everyone". Firing of whom?

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I hate Kotick too, but so far these "workers" just consist of a guy whining he didn't want to deal with (deserved) review bombing, and a programmer who looks like a walking sterotype.

Oh, and this article is from TheGamer, a notorious far-left clickbait site. They're basically the new Kotaku. Take everything they say with a grain of salt.

 

[tmlDan]

The first one is a bit concerning but the second one is not a concern, that person needs to suck it up. Toxic content and posts should not hurt your wittle feelings when you represent a company, it's not personal to you

 

[Spukc]

Really proof devs are lazy pigs

 

[ByWatterson]

Our gaming software is linked to slave labour, concentration camps and genocide. Here's what to do about it

Picking up what you're putting down.

 

[FoxMcChief]

And still... People buy the games.

Ehh. Bad business practices everywhere and on everything. News at 11. Sure hope you don’t like video games or any type of electronics.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I demanded Bobby's firing in front of everyone

I worked at ABK 2 years

Guess who got fired, Bobby or Christina?

The other dude is a customer support agent who didn't want to do customer support. Fucking lols.

 

[ReBurn]

Bunch of crybabies

 

[struggler_guts]

Wasn't this thread already made, same exact twitter posts in the OP?

 

[Deerock71]

 

[ahtlas7]

What a junk place to work. Horrible management and colleagues.

 

[DeepEnigma]

After He Finally Leaves Activision Blizzard​

Stunning and Brave: The Life of a Perpetual Coward

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Ehh. Bad business practices everywhere and on everything. News at 11. Sure hope you don’t like video games or any type of electronics.

But we don't support those greedy businessmen either, we better support talented studios like Vanillaware, Larian or those that do have good intentions with the players.

 

[linko9]

Wow, he made people read steam forums and said he'd kill a dude (confirmed not joking, people simply do not joke about that sort of thing, trust me).

Yikes!

 

[DeepEnigma]

But we don't support those greedy businessmen either,

Yes we do. We ALL do in almost every facet of our lives.

From the consoles we play on, to PC parts we game on, to sub services we sub to, food, cars, etc..

We just pick and choose our personal biases and how far we allow it from things we like to the things we don't like.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Ah yes. look who is complaining about it. A dude who thinks he is a girl in red hair ( or Nightmarely could be a girl originally ) and another woke he/Retard/him. it's always this same sad existence of sperm.

Bobby kept these idiots on a leech. " you don't like it fuck off" and "Work instead of spending time on Twitter fighting people like a retard "

now that he is gone, like stray dogs they bark. funny they were silent as fuck when he was in charge.

The guy is a legend. he turned the business into one of the biggest video game companies in the world.

Business wise I am talking here, not talking about anything else Bobby did.

Watch the company's performance sharply decline under MS management in the next 2 years ( I would hope not as I love Activision games )

 

[Nickolaidas]

She was 2-4 weeks in the company and publicly asked him to get fired? Either she's lying or she's the stereotypical radical leftist cunt that shouldn't be within a 1,000 ft radius near a company.

 

[Interfectum]

Ah yes. look who is complaining about a dude who think he is a girl in red hair ( or Nightmarely could be a girl originally ) and another woke he/him/retard.

Bobby kept these idiots on a leech. " you don't like it fuck off" and "Work instead of spending time on Twitter fighting people like a retard "

now that he is gone, like stray dogs they bark. funny they were silent as fuck when he was in charge.

The guy is a legend. he turned the business into one of the biggest video game companies in the world.

Business wise I am talking here, not talking about anything else Bobby did.

Yup. Now the purple hairs think it’s their time. Again, good luck to Phil, he’s gonna need it.

 

[Calverz]

But we don't support those greedy businessmen either, we better support talented studios like Vanillaware, Larian or those that do have good intentions with the players.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. This is capitalism. Everything you buy or support, is in some manner tarnished. You can’t have morals in a capitalist society.

 

[Arsic]

Seems like a normal dude so … good job ?

 

[Bonfires Down]

The second post says more about the guy in question than about Kotick…

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

such horror.

 

[NickFire]

Did Bobby quit, get fired, or straight up escape a dumpster fire in the middle of a circus ring?

 

[clarky]

Hahaahahahah.

Fuck off Chris.

 

[Embearded]

Yes we do. We ALL do in almost every facet of our lives.

From the consoles we play on, to PC parts we game on, to sub services we sub to, food, cars, etc..

We just pick and choose our personal biases and how far we allow it from things we like to the things we don't like.

Banned
Reason: Whataboutism

 

[DeepEnigma]

Did Bobby quit, get fired, or straight up escape a dumpster fire in the middle of a circus ring?

Bobby yesterday,

 

[SJRB]

These sources, lol.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Bobby leaves with a dignified farewell letter... and the pronoun cult comes out like cowardice vipers. Shows a contrasts in the character of these people and between this and the Insomniac DEI thread, western gaming has a massive problem.

 

[GHG]

Bobby leaves with a dignified farewell letter... and the pronoun cult comes out like cowardice vipers. Shows a contrasts in the character of these people and between this and the Insomniac DEI thread, western society has a massive problem.

Fixed.

 

[simpatico]

"threatened to have an employee killed"

When in reality he probably suggested they take a shower because their scent was disrupting the work being done. "NOT EVERYONE IS EQUIPPED TO LOOK IN A MIRROR!"

 

[simpatico]

Imagine not just getting a different job. FFS

And who goes to to work in joggers and a wrinkled t shirt? Unkempt hair? Disgusting behavior. I wouldn't mow my lawn looking like that.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

What will they say about Uncle Phil when he steps down I wonder.

 

[Crayon]

Something tells me if he wanted a grunt killed he could have done it. I have a hard time believing he'd make any sort of serious threat beforehand. Because if he could disappear one employee, he could do a dozen more. Unlikely this was his first. Would be his first, I mean.

Bogus claim. Sure he may have tormented people psychologically and killed other people but I don't see him mixing the mixing the two. He's a little better than that.

 

[Saber]

Don't like the bastard, but these employes sounds like a bunch of vultures. Why wait for the guy to leave to complain? Don't have the balls to tell upfront? This...whatever she is looks like a lying whiny bitch.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Don't have the balls to tell upfront?