WoW developers claimed they were tired of orcs. Activists saw this as oppression of non-whites and lashed out at Blizzard

In recent years, Blizzard specialists have made efforts to represent various communities, yet activists still find reasons to be displeased

Blizzard continues to find itself embroiled in various PR scandals. This time, activists latched onto the “orc fatigue” mentioned by the creators of World of Warcraft.

The logic is simple: for some reason, Blizzard hasn’t grown tired of “whites” (the Alliance), but they have of “non-whites” (the orcs):

“Blizzard devs will never tell players they're "fatigued" of Alliance races or Alliance-centric themes (read: Western/Euro fantasy).

Devs have literally told us they're “fatigued” of Horde races and Horde themes (read: non-Western/non-white fantasy), specifically Orcs & Trolls.

Until either:

1) We get an apology for them saying this ****** [nonsense]

Or

2) They announce fatigue with Night Elves, Anduin, or something of that ilk,

we're at an impasse.

Because MY faction/race choice and MY heritage/culture used for worldbuilding is being treated as lesser compared to yours [Western/Euro-white]”.

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