Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People'

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• rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Since the other person came in and tried to act cool or something by only caring about how it affects them (or doesn’t affect them?), I just want to put it out there that the OW team has been making lots of improvements to the game lately. The last patch added a new core game mode that has been pretty popular, along with a new hero, and they’ve reimplemented 6v6 which has been a complaint of a large portion of the playerbase since they went to 5v5 a few years ago.

  So, contrary to that other person, I am happy for the OW team for unionizing, and I hope that Blizzard doesn’t do anything to stifle the progress that they have been making lately because they have now unionized.

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  • turkalino@lemmy.yachts ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, the team has been in a good bargaining position because the higher-ups are seeing OW players switching to Marvel Rivals in droves and realizing that they need to start listening to people who actually know what they’re talking about. Props to the team for sensing this is a good time to gain some ground and unionize

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  • Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t give a crap about Overwatch but I am happy for the devs and hope this leads to more unionization in the video game industry.

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    • rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s a very fair statement to make.

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  • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lemmy users try not to say “I don’t care” challenge. Lvl impossible. Seriously why does every mainstream entertainment post has one guy talking about how he doesn’t care. Lol. Holy boomers on this app.

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    • Genius@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t care about anything 😎

      These users are time travellers from the 90s, please be nice to them

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    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      ‘I don’t care’ isn’t boomers, that’s GenX and fuck you for getting us mixed up

      Seriously, fuck you

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• Genius@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hopefully the union can crack down on the frat culture they have there. No more stolen breast milk please

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  • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think the OW team was already pretty good in that regard, and Jeff Kaplan tried to “protect” them, even if that didn’t always result in the best decisions for the game.

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  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Narrator: It won’t

    You really have no idea how deep this runs at Blizzard

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• eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Blizzard probably allowed it because Overwatch is bleeding player count, and then can use the union as “proof” that that unions harm the bottom line.

  I’m happy for them and I hope they can do something on even across other titles/teams, but I suspect Blizzard didn’t hire the Pinkertons like Amazon for a reason.

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• mrodri89@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Im happy. Best state the game has been in and can only get better from here.

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• Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Only a decade too late

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• gradual@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Cool, but it’s not going to make the game any better.

  They’ve been listening to the wrong people for too long.

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  • rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s… not supposed to make the game better? It’s supposed to make working conditions for the team better.

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    • Tiresia@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Besides, better working conditions for the team means more mentally healthy workers means a better and more creative product.

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    • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I never said it was to make the game better, only that it probably won’t.

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  • JDPoZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Actually, traditionally unions have pretty much universally resulted in better quality products. Union made products usually are crafted by well-paid artisans who apprentice under masters of said craft.

    See publicly traded companies only care about short term gains and maximum profit margin. They squeeze from every angle until everything sucks. Fire expensive experts with experience, outsource everything to the cheapest places, lower the quality of the materials, increase the price, milk every IP.

    On the other side, union workers want to keep their jobs, and the best way to do that is to make sure people like their products.

    They are not “perfect,” but they care about more than profit margins and short term gains.

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    • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It would be nice if this improved the game or resulted in better games, but I won’t hold my breath.

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