WoW Forever and the Trouble with Twitter

Episode 156 | This week on Azeroth United, WoW Forever gets its first major round of development notes, a community dueling tournament raises the stakes to $100,000, and the conversation around gold buying and RMT somehow gets even messier. Meanwhile, Blizzard finally gives us a release date for Midnight Patch 12.1.5: The Promise of Tomorrow, arriving October 13 with the Unbinding of Kith’ix, the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan, Aqir Invasions, new mid-season progression, and more. Then, in the Main Topic, we dive into WoW and the Trouble with Twitter. What began with Blizzard taking action against inappropriate names in the Forever beta quickly spiraled into developer comments, old social media posts, community outrage, and harassment. Where should the line be between developers speaking directly with players and Blizzard communicating official policy, and when does criticism go too far? For links and other information, visit our Website: http://azerothunitedpod.com Podcast Social Media: ✅ Discord | https://discord.gg/v5Yun2RE6p ✅ Patreon | https://patreon.com/AzerothUnited ✅ Twitter | https://twitter.com/azupodcast Host Social Media: ☑️ YouTube | https://youtube.com/@denethar01 ☑️ Twitch | https://twitch.tv/denethar01 ☑️ Twitter | https://twitter.com/denethar ==================== 00:00:00 Greeting 00:15:31 Mailbag 00:29:37 News 01:06:06 This Week in WoW 01:09:17 Main Topic: WoW vs. Twitter 01:27:35 Outro ==================== World of Warcraft® ©2004 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. World of Warcraft, Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Intro Music "Gone (Full Metal Jacket Mix for Tobias)" by ScOmBer is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 Azeroth United is a weekly Podcast about World of Warcraft. Covering Dragonflight, The War Within, Midnight, World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandaria, Remix: Legion, World of Warcraft Classic, The Burning Crusade Classic, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Cataclysm Classic, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Hardcore Classic, Season of Mastery, and Season of Discovery.