Fans are requesting that references to be removed from World of Warcraft’s alleged abuser.
World of Warcraft players demand that all mentions of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit naming an alleged abuser be removed from the game.
California was sued by Activision Blizzard Wednesday after a two-year investigation into “fratboy workplace culture.” It’s possible that this is not the case. The suit outlines a number of instances where Activision Blizzard employees were accused of harassing, abusing and dissing female employees over an extended period of time.
Alex Afrasiabi is one of the defendants in the lawsuit. He was a former World of Warcraft creative chief who left Activision Blizzard quietly in June 2020. The court papers dedicate an entire paragraph Afrasiabi informing of a specific incident at BlizzCon where he is said to have gotten drunk and started hitting female employees, “telling them he wanted to marry them, trying to kiss them and then wrapping his arms around them.”
After Bill Cosby, the rapist his hotel room at BlizzCon was named the Cosby Suite.
Blizzard executives knew about Afrasiabi’s behavior, including Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, but took no effective remedial measures.”
Kotaku has revealed that Afrasiabi quit Blizzard in the year 2020 without much excitement. Comparing that to Jeff Kaplan, who got an empathetic rebuke after he quit earlier in the year, and you’ll have the impression that something might be amiss.
Afrasiabi is also being called out by WoW players who are in the process of putting two and two together. As a former creative director Afrasiabi has quite a few in-game references, which include two NPCsand several objects, such as Fras Siabi’s Cigar Cutter and Siabi’s Premium Tobacco.
Apart from Reddit posts as well as Blizzard forumsasking Afrasiabi to scour the depths of WoWplayers, they’ve begun to leave “go away!” signs in front Field Marshal Afrasiabi within Stormwind.
In addition, WoW players have also launched an in-game protest in Oribosin which a group of players of both factions are staging protests outside the hotel.
Afrasiabi and Activision Blizzard were not charged with any of these charges. The company has denied the allegations in all respects.
