Dan Shields

LFC Fan 🔴🏆
WoW indulger 🧙🏻‍♂️
Sappnin 🕵️‍♂️

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

Not missed one yet bro 🤸‍♂️🐨

[Oliver Heldens 🕺🏻🙌✨/💹🧲 @OliverHeldens]

Thanks mate… new episode every single week 🙌

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

Im sorry but no one should be allowed to carry a knife of any sort at any time in the UK no matter if your religion allows it or not. Its common sense.

[IGN Finds @IGNDeals]

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen available for preorder at the eShop for $19.99 each. Coming out February 27 after the Pokémon Day Presents starting at 9 am ET/6 am PT. #ad

FireRed: https://t.co/d2aEAYhXEe
LeafGreen: https://t.co/a1DZatuxnS

[Method @Method]

TBC gotta be one of the best expansions

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

Say it again for the people at the back 🗣 Modern WoW is over.

[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.

[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.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

I love how there's a separate Superbowl halftime show just for the pedophiles

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

@Simon_Hypixel @rockpapershot Personally the WIP sign is based and its fun to see. Id recommend it stays due to the current player base being already familiar with the concept

[Scott (ECKOSOLDIER) @eckoxsoldier]

Hytale Settings > General > Show Entity Health Bars > you're welcome!

Work smarter not harder! 😎

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

My instant Budget reaction – everything you need to know at speed.

Feel free to share #Budget2025

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

@Tectone Hasan needs to be banned on all streaming platforms, his pet removed from his custody and actually arrested for inciting political violence.

To anyone who is watching this mf's stream congrats you now support animal abuse

[Goals Xtra @GoalsXtra]

🚨 GOAL | Virgil van Dijk
The captain didnt give up!

🏆 Liverpool 3-2 Atlético Madrid

https://t.co/mJSrBDHaFq

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Worth the wait.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: Liverpool have agreed a British-record deal with Newcastle for Alexander Isak 🚨

Sky Sports News understands Liverpool will pay a fixed fee of £125m, with the Swedish striker signing a six-year deal 🔴 #DeadlineDay

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

@Treyarch Massive L

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

@Battlefield Battlepass detected, hard L

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

@N_Tys26 Banning players is a hard L

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

@Warcraft Timeless isle isnt even available until a later patch so.... it doesn't await us.

[Dan Shields @daniel_shields_]

Yessss lads 🔥🔥🔥

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🚨💣 EXCLUSIVE: Florian Wirtz to Liverpool, HERE WE GO!

Liverpool verbally agree deal in principle with Bayer Leverkusen for package reaching €150m add-ons included.

Player side already agreed two weeks ago with move now imminent.

Wirtz set for medical and contract signing.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

"The most expensive free transfer of all time, I've never seen anything like this" 😮

Kaveh Solhekol on the "incredible deal" Liverpoool have done to earn £10m from Real Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold to join before the end of his contract 💰

[Star Wars @starwars]

To the greatest fans in the galaxy... May the 4th be with you.