Blizzard. Activision. Blizzactivision. Activizzard.
I'm sorry, but it's over. I wish it weren't. We had so much fun, back in the day. I was happy to spend time and money with you, buying battle chests for Warcraft 2 and 3, for Diablo(the one with 2 and its expansion), and the Starcraft one twice so I could give one as a gift.
I even hung out with you for a year on WoW, and that was where we had our first breakup. We got together again easily enough afterward for Prorotype and had a blast throwing cars at helicopters, and I eagerly snapped up Starcraft 2 when it came out. And it's good, very good. I enjoy it thoroughly. But it is also where the problem lies.
I feel like you don't trust me, Activision. I feel like you're peeking over my shoulder every time the game synchs up with the servers between single-player levels. I feel like you're grilling me whenever you ask me to sign in to play the campaign.
I have been faithful to you for all this time, Blizzard. I've purchased each one of these games, in some cases after being given illegitimate copies by a former friend with truly convoluted ethics. And still you do not trust me. Every time your software fulfills its paranoid urge to check in with your servers is a slap in the face, and it taints whatever fun I have with the game. I can't take it anymore. not like this.
So that's it. I'm not buying any more of them. The world is full of games, and many of them have eyeball-twitch inducing measures taken in an effort to dissuade the making of illegitimate copies that serve primarily to insult and inconvenience those of us who get legitimate ones. I may still buy some of those, if they look very, very good and review well, but for the most part, it's over.
I want to play with someone who will trust me, and not demand a background check every time we meet. If you can ever become that someone, Blizzactivision, then maybe we can get together again.
Goodbye.
I'm sorry, but it's over. I wish it weren't. We had so much fun, back in the day. I was happy to spend time and money with you, buying battle chests for Warcraft 2 and 3, for Diablo(the one with 2 and its expansion), and the Starcraft one twice so I could give one as a gift.
I even hung out with you for a year on WoW, and that was where we had our first breakup. We got together again easily enough afterward for Prorotype and had a blast throwing cars at helicopters, and I eagerly snapped up Starcraft 2 when it came out. And it's good, very good. I enjoy it thoroughly. But it is also where the problem lies.
I feel like you don't trust me, Activision. I feel like you're peeking over my shoulder every time the game synchs up with the servers between single-player levels. I feel like you're grilling me whenever you ask me to sign in to play the campaign.
I have been faithful to you for all this time, Blizzard. I've purchased each one of these games, in some cases after being given illegitimate copies by a former friend with truly convoluted ethics. And still you do not trust me. Every time your software fulfills its paranoid urge to check in with your servers is a slap in the face, and it taints whatever fun I have with the game. I can't take it anymore. not like this.
So that's it. I'm not buying any more of them. The world is full of games, and many of them have eyeball-twitch inducing measures taken in an effort to dissuade the making of illegitimate copies that serve primarily to insult and inconvenience those of us who get legitimate ones. I may still buy some of those, if they look very, very good and review well, but for the most part, it's over.
I want to play with someone who will trust me, and not demand a background check every time we meet. If you can ever become that someone, Blizzactivision, then maybe we can get together again.
Goodbye.