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[JustDadGames @GetEmOffMe8]

@Stuhni I can carry you from Masters all the way to gold! 🤣

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@devlin_fehly1 Watched that shit live while I was on a teams meeting. Literally threw my coffe straight up in the air and screamed into my mic…everyone else on the meeting was very confused

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@sacredx3 @Enemy_APEX Get this man a real IGL and watch what happens

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@Stankiniii I’m extremely sorry to hear this. Our prayers are with you and your family in this difficult time.

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@Jxmo_1 EWC only contract or is it for the remainder of split 1 and split 2?

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@Dorkstrict @TheCoachFrosty I volunteer as tribute and will pay for the service. 40 year old dad, terrible at apex and swapped to MnK so I’m even worse now

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@Dom2Cracked_ I mean I’m a 40 year old dad of 4, work a full time job and have hit up challengers circuit…iv also hit masters. Oh and I coached 12u volleyball so I’m about to be a pro coach in spare time

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@daisyymichelle Try using your real personality and not being “what people want to see” on camera. McDonald’s cashier drive up is more mentally taxing that streaming. Most of you find it “exhausting” “mentally difficult “ or whatever because your acting fake

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@EternalEEC @DIGVIBEZZ These stats are actually insanely impressive

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@Jxmo_1 can we please get a coach stream during some scrims? Would like to hear your analysis and stuff as games happen.

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@Dorkstrict I think if someone is busted cheating in any game. Steam should hardware ban them

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@Dorkstrict “Look at me with a 99 one clipping in the range. See I don’t cheat”

While every gold+ player can do that same thing

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@NutzzKF @PlayApex @RSPN_Hideouts Gotta be honest. Using anR99 for one clips on the range as proof you don’t cheat…kinda fail bro. Even is diamond players can clip a dummy.

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@devlin_fehly1 G19 gen 5 mos. Or 43x if I’m in sweats/basketball shorts

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@devlin_fehly1 I absolutely love everything about the game itself. I just wish they could fix match making, ranked and deal with the cheating.

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@1synesthesia You do realize with the current SBMM, his lobbies were already masters lobbies. It’s not like he went from hard stuck gold 4 to masters. He just learned to navigate the same lobbies he was already in.

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@ApexLiveComms Who’s got the montage of streamers getting banned live?

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@Vozskii This is the issue with social media. People can’t stand to see others having fun. Life is short and everyone will realize that as they get older. Enjoy what you like, encourage others to enjoy what they like and don’t be a shit human.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a senior vice president at a $68.7 billion gaming company.

Activision-Blizzard.

We have a 30-year-old franchise.

Warcraft.

Millions of players. A subscription model that prints $15 a month per user. A cash shop on top of the subscription. Paid expansions on top of the cash shop.

Our former creative director just told the press he wishes we hadn't called it "Warcraft."

He said the name sounds intimidating.

He helped create the name.

We ran focus groups. The focus groups said the brand needed to be "more approachable." We asked the focus groups if they played the game. They did not. We took their advice anyway.

Our VP told an interviewer we want players to experience "weddings, raids, and new adventures." She listed weddings first. Before raids. In a game called Warcraft. Nobody in the room flinched.

She also said "No one thinks the same about Warhammer."

She compared our franchise unfavorably to a competitor. On the record. As a defense of the franchise.

The forums are on fire. Twenty-year veterans are writing goodbye posts. One thread is titled "Think I'm done with WoW." Another calls our pre-patch a "player purge."

We called our GDKP raiders "delusional."

We timed a cash shop bundle to launch during the Trading Post anniversary -- the one event where players earn free cosmetics. We offered 200 discounted items but kept the monthly currency cap at 1,000. The math doesn't work unless you open your wallet.

The community noticed. We described their concerns as "feedback we're monitoring."

We are always monitoring. We have never once changed course because of monitoring.

The players say we're "Disneyfying" the game. Turning gritty into cute. War into weddings. Orcs into mascots.

They're not wrong.

The data says approachable properties have wider TAM. Total addressable market. That's the metric now. Not "subscribers who love the game." Not "community that built this franchise." TAM.

TAM doesn't post on forums. TAM doesn't write goodbye letters. TAM doesn't have 20 years of muscle memory and lore knowledge and raid nights that turned into real friendships.

TAM is a number in a slide deck that makes a board feel comfortable.

We added player housing. Players have asked for it since 2004. We launched it in 2026. Twenty-two years. We described this as "listening to our community."

We are very good at listening. Eventually. When the feature aligns with a monetization roadmap.

Here is what I know and cannot say in a meeting:

The name was never the problem. The name built this. The name survived server crashes and subscription drops and an activision merger and a harassment scandal and a $68.7 billion acquisition.

The name is "Warcraft" and for 30 years nobody was confused about what it meant.

The problem is not that new players find the name intimidating.

The problem is that old players are starting to find us unrecognizable.

And we don't have a focus group for that.