Blizzard Hate and Debasement of Individuals

To:  Humanity

We, in the year of our Lord 2008, hereby declare the company of Blizzard Entertainment delinquent and deliberately negligent in their duties to provide their customers with satisfactory quality, per the Terms of Service Agreement and Consumer Satisfaction Act of 1997 (CSA).

As cosignatories of both the TSA and CSA (per clause Chapter 4, Clause 16 in CSA), the buyers of Blizzard's Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne have shown their dissatisfaction with the quality of Blizzard's support. The chief complaint lies in the speech files found in the Warcraft 3: TFT game, specifically the 'UndeadAcolyteSpeech' file. This file, when played in-game, consists of a portion of recorded text read aloud when the unit is selected by the player. This cause of complaint lies in the content of one selection excerpt from the Undead Acolyte. What follows is a direct quote:

"We demand additional lumber."

Not only does this quote imply that the mere Undead Acolyte has power over the player, but it clearly states a desire for the player to act by the wishes of a pixelated undead-worshipping human from a land called Azeroth. This is simply ridiculous- Blizzard, by using this text in a unit's speech, has essentially forced the player of the Undead race to sacrifice their individuality and free will in the game to obey the commands of an evil human slave. This inevitably causes a lowering of the self-esteem of the players of the game, hence the increased rates of suicide and acts of violence by those individuals involved in the video game world.

If Blizzard truly respects the rights of gamers and of people worldwide, they would remove this offensive line of text and come to grips with the damage they have done. I, for one, find it hard to believe that such a 'respected' gaming company could stoop so low as to input subliminal messages of hate, degradation, and depravity in their games.

Do what is right, Blizzard. Redeem yourselves before the might of God himself strikes you down for your heinous crimes against humanity. We, the undersigned, pray for your souls.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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