Realistically, what could Blizzard actually do if They just moved their servers to Russia and started accepting cryptocurrency?
Same thing they do already, PinkyNothing while /v/ continues to cry about it
>>719516004theyre not going to do it because they are virtue signalling redditors. and russia already has their own pirate/private servers and they are cut off from SWIFT. no one, not even wow trannies will bother with setting up crypto wallet just for wow.
>>719516004more russian sanctions
>>719516004Let the Russian government know there is far-right imagery in it. The Russian government is actually batshit when it comes to Nazi imagery.
>>719516239>no one, not even wow trannies will bother with setting up crypto wallet just for wow.If all you wanted was to buy crypto and send it to an address, you don't need anything more than a coinbase account.
how these mfs made expansion sized content?
>>719516429Are sanctions peak USA retardation?Russia just buys stuff through proxy countries like UAEEurope now buys Russian oil through proxy countries like IndiaIt just creates 1 extra country proxy step
>>719516643So why does it openly support neo nazi mercenary groups like wagner and rusich?
Well, OP, have you considered the fact that russian servers are horrible to connect to in the US/UK? So even if they moved the game to safety, 90% of users will no longer have a fun, functional game to play.
>>719517756Just hose two servers on different ends of Russia, the one closest to the western border can be for europe and the ones near kamchatka can be for americas.
WHY DOESN'T BLIZZARD JUST MAKE A GOOD FUCKING GAME
>>719518039They are. You'll learn more about at next year's Blizzcon.
>>719516004Unless they also live in that country, lawsuits. Just hosting your servers or business outside both the EU and the US doesn't shield you from legal action if you live and conduct/profit from said business in either the EU or US. There is no loophole, and you are not the first person to think you might have found it.In fact, let's be clear. If you think you have ever found a loophole, you haven't. Someone already thought of it long before you did, and it was either never a loophole, or the loophole was already closed. Save yourself a lot of pain and quit thinking you are a genius.
>>719518468The turtle wow main dev is russian.
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>>719516887t. Ivan
>>719518648Tokarev Ivan?
>>719516887>Russia just buys stuff through proxy countries like UAEat a premium>Europe now buys Russian oil through proxy countries like Indiaat a discountThe only reason average russian's doing ok for now is because government contracts pump the wages ahead of inflation, there'll be hell to pay in the future.
>>719518468If Turtle never had a cash shop, would any of this lawsuit business have happened?
>>719516887How's trying to buy gasoline working for you?
>>719519928>at a discount LOOOOOOOOL
If Microsoft throws enough weight behind this lawsuit I don't think there's anywhere the Turtle devs would be safe outside of countries that make Russia look like a paradise.
>>719518648I'm AmericanIt's just so stupidLike all the American companies didn't just "leave", their revenue was cutoff and they became brand new Russian companiesIt literally just gifted Russia every McDonaldsThey renamed it "Tasty Period" though (yes I'm serious)>>719520189There's exactly zero legal difference whether they make money from it or not, it's equally illegalHowever Blizzard may be more mad about it and likely to sue
>>719516004Nothing, it's why Blizzard are going after the devs in US/EU and trying to paint them as a Russian mafia group.
>>719516887they probably do have an effectbut yes it looks like the west is basically delusional about the russia situationthen again things can change
>>719520189>>719520189Blizzard is literally only sueing them because shenna is a retard and can't shut the fuck up, and keeps shilling her slop server everywhere, paying for ads on reddit, 4chan, YouTube, Facebook That literally it, as stated in the lawsuit.
>>719521246Modern Blizzard can't stand when a private entity does what they do better. Makes you think it was run by women and shitskins!
>>719521246Ascension does the same thing but Dutch is probably better at hiding info.
>>719521439There is nothing good about troondle wow. All the custom content is garbage taken from expansions, and the writing is sub ESL jeet level bad.>>719521527Ascension doesn't go out of their way to shill on official forumsThe stated reason for the lawsuit is "an unreasonable amount of effort to steal players from the official servers"
>>719521819Nothing good about retail WoW either
>>719516643This, but vice versa. Let them know them to the government that the server is sponsored by the left for molesting youth minds and recruitment to NATO. You will be surprised at how quickly measures will be taken.
>>719522398Show them the picture of the game developer socks and the opinions of some of the mods in whispers
>>719521527Ascension always set themselves as an alternative and not as competition, so to speak. Even their classic+ take is heavily modified in comparison with the rest.
>>719520702Proxies do, which is the relevant point to the main topic of sanction efficiency
>shill so hard and obnoxiously even normalfags start turning on you and rooting for fucking blizzard kek woman moment
>>719522541That tranny dev got fired and i wouldn't be surprised if he was the one to rat them out.
It's like nostalrius taught yalls nothing
>>719516887russia has to sell below the market price and those middlemen pocket the difference
>>719521015I just came back from 4 weeks vacation in RussiaSanctions pretty much have no effect for average people
>>719523580oh, did you also travel to an alternate universe with sanction-free russia for 4 weeks? that's impressive
I'm really enjoying this whole turtle lawsuit fiasco ngl
>>719521246I was getting annoyed seeing Turtle ads everywhere AND shilling on 4chan. Good fucking riddance
>>719524030>pays 20 bucks a month to play classic wow with botsgood goyim
>>719523665It's actually real anonThe only difference is that they now don't have good wine anymoreEverything else is still there, maybe under another name (life kfc and mcdonald having been replaced by Russian alternatives who use the same buildings and recipes)What surprised me the most is how they don't seem to care about the war like we do: they still wear and make clothes with English wording, still consume US media, I even saw tags in English
>>719524069I don't play classic wow you stupid turtle nigger
>>719524072I understand what you're saying. I just don't care. I basically agree with you. I just don't care about your 4-week anecdote story. It's obvious and pointless.
>>719516004I don't get you people. If the thing was free with some extra content, sure, but it's the same griftery as nuBlizz does. The main difference is that those people use all assets and code right from Blizzard.I can't imagine shitting on Blizzard for wanting to shut down a server which isn't just a typical private server, this one is led by grifters who want your money, just like retail. Is anyone surprised? Me? Certainly not.I wish for the current Blizz to crash and burn, but one evil doesn't make the other evil good.
>>719520189Yes, because Turtle were also idiots who openly stated they're planning to port blizzards code and assets into Unreal 5 and their PR manager's a retard who kept trying to antagonize Blizzard under all their social media and running ads on blizzards own videos.
>>719524303Turtle is providing what players want, blizzard is notAlso, I really never felt like they asked for money too much, unlike pay to win private servers
>>719516004if they explain-- or better yet take down the cash shop linked in game the lawsuit would have no bearing Blizz doesnt care there are pservers they care if anyone is profiteering from them and taking profits from blizz
>>719516738In real countries a LOT more effort is involved than that. They make you do a whole bunch of shit to prevent tax evasion
>>719517002You Westerners still are like children in a mist when coming to dealing with Russia.Your and (previous) presidents keep having this weird, romantic kinda image of Russian rulers and think they honor their side of a deal they sign. You don't understand that they will sign anything, as long as it's good for them, for example, buying them more time.The only logical thing Putin avoids doing is declaring general mobilization - because that would make him look weak among Russians and ruskies hate weak rulers. I mean, general mobilization against some little Ukraine? That's why it's still a SMO which got out of hand, as they never expected Ukrainians to fight that hard. They're buying time to occupy as much of Ukraine as they can, while still framing it as a completely voluntary war, but we know they've been already conscripting "undesirables" and even norks to spare as many actual Russians as possible. Ruskies aren't blind, they can see cemeteries growing, so it's better to just tell the family that dude got MIA. Or deserted somewhere and lies In hiding.Russia was always imperialist and aggressive towards that goal, they won't stop until a goal of some kind is reached, perhaps freezing the conflict and keeping Ukraine destabilized like many countries before it - see Yemen, Syria, Congo, etc.
>>719525381massive cope going on here. they lost, and they're going to stop because they have to stop the bleeding
>>719520702Yeah. We get a discount, just please accept millions of dalit saars which we hate, have no real use of, as they're considered subhumans even in India.
>>719521246It's Croggey doing this not Sheena because he wanted to win a dick waving contest with Epoch.Sheena just goes on vacations constantly.Also >Unironic shill thread full of paid indians
>>719525441Which side are you talking about?Both sides are getting tired and want the war to end
>>719525621I'm talking about Russia. Russia lost. You're talking about "destabilizing Ukraine". It's Russia that is going to be destabilized in the wake of this war. They got completely gapped on the intelligence front and there was an attempted coup DURING this fucking thing. You talk of Putin avoiding looking weak. This whole affair has exposed Russia on a global level and completely destroyed their soft power. They're basically a vassal of China now.
>>719520958Russia is the same regarding businesses as China. There's a lot money to be made since it's high risk. At any point of time, if one guy belonging to nomenklatura (I'm not even talking president/first secretary) deems your business as destructive because it puts native businesses out of market, the dude can just "nationalize" all your assets in that country, which in practice means some bigwig ruskie or chink takes over everything you have there for free and now it becomes a national business, which is good.Consequences? What are you going to do? Cry about it?
>>719525786Kinda true, but support for the war is wavering in the west and Russia is holding all the territory they actually want to annex: I expect them to simply hold the frontline for a while before considering peace. They probably have a lot more prisons they can empty if needed> there was an attempted coup DURING this fucking thing.I still can't believe the retard simply backed down and expected to survive
>>719525441The game is still going on. The war hasn't ended. Therefore, nobody lost yet. All we can do is make predictions, or "educated guesses". I'm Polish myself and I know very well that once Russian boots enter a territory, you will have a hard time getting them out of there. They left Poland only after 60 years, same with Eastern Germany and other republics that announced independence. They didn't leave Baltics without a fight though, but at this point, 80 years of economic mismanagement, deep divisions within Soviet people themselves, the active desire of non-Russian republics to secede and be free of Russian boots deciding for them and using them for resources (see Aral Sea for an example) led ultimately to their downfall. The anti-war movement which they supported in the West, came around to bite them in the ass. Putin grew during USSR and even worked for KGB. This is the kind of a dude you can't trust with a dinner, let alone world politics. He believes Russia should forcefully regain their place among Superpowers.
>>719528310I love those fakes. If Barron played WoW or worse, XIV, he'd soon become a tranny.
>>719528481I can confirm. I played WoW for ten years, and I couldn't resist the urge to rip by dick off and change my name to Jessica ever since.
>>719519928>at a discountnoindia buys at price, EY buys at a premium>ahead of inflationRuble improved relative to the dollar lately. The inflation isn't going any faster than it is in USA, and the hell will not be any hotter for us than it will be for you.
>>719516004Why did they give this turtle a "fuck me eyes"
>>719529475Only you would look at a turtle and think to fuck it, you degenerate retarded faggot.
>>719525621 Nah man, you're coping if you think Ukraine and Russia are equally "tired." Ukraine's literally fighting for its entire existence, their civilians, homes, everything-while Russia's tossing prisoners and conscripts at the front just to save face. Russia thought this would be another 3-day war and now they're in year three getting hammered by NATO leftovers and donated drones. If Russia actually wanted peace, they’d pull out and cut their losses. But nope, still pretending it’s a "special military operation" while half their economy is duct-taped together and the ruble is begging for mercy.
