I just want to say that Alex fucked up. But he has been gone for more than two years now. Six years from the incident with the woke woman at Blizzcon. Everyone wants Bobby. I think there were other political motivations for this attack which was introductions of unions in the gaming industries. But yet, the wolves have not finished gorging on the leftovers of a once great empire. I honestly thought that mike and the rest of the gang were going to cash out their stocks and then reacquire the WOW franchise from Microsoft. WOW barely breaks even compared to the other properties at Blizzard. Candy Crush makes the mad money out of all the properties followed a close second to COD. This would be a great opportunity to release wow 2.0 on Unreal engine and modernize its look. Mike, Chris, and the old schoolers collectively have more money than God. Depending how they spin it with the media PR, they could make this work. There is no such thing as bad press. Of course, there would be some conditions that would have to be met first. But I definitely can see it working. Microsoft is going to screw the pooch on this one. To be honest they wanted the mobile side of things anyway. Candy Crush is a really huge property. Do you agree? Should the gaming companies allow unions into the industry?
This is an important lesson for VR and Pantheon here. If you have money, you get to call the shots...Blizzard biggest mistake was allowing Activision into the board room. They lost their identity. i also realize at the time it was a necessary evil with the gut of market share games at the time with the other gaming companies in the pool.
And one more thing VR can learn from the lessons of the past. There is no guild identity in MMOs anymore, I remember when names like FOH, Drow, LOS, and the Dead Toe Society meant something in the game when they showed up in a raid zone. All we have now are Paper Champions. I am glad Furror would take the time and organize raids on the weekends with not uber players and guilds.