LOL Blizzard owned

[Vicker]

It's significant because of the mobs of people who were angry at Blizzard's decision to advertise on a forum where a monthly fee is required to post. One of the more prominent arguments was that a third party company is responsible for serving the ads, and that would make them a liability. The argument was laughable if you look at it rationally - Blizzard is not going to take a laissez-faire approach to these ads, they're going to be very involved with making sure the correct content is shown.

However, if I was in management, one of the key points I would have made to the third party company would be - "Don't fucking EVER let gold ads show up here!" I'm sure everyone at Blizzard knows how bad it looks for that to happen, especially this soon after they introduced the forum ads.

George W. Bush, May 29, 2003: "We found the weapons of mass destruction."

You don't pay a fee to post on the forums. You pay the said fee to play the game. The forums are just a bonus. Blizzard has the right to post all the ads they want. They can also shut down the forums and make it so no one can post.

stfu and l2p

This post lacks useful information, was uncalled-for, and has no place on these forums.
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[Tonuss]

I think it's hilarious that they hosted gold selling adverts... however, I didn't see them and rarely see any adverts, thanks to Firefox + AdBlock Plus

Same here, I actually had to fire up IE in order to see what the hubbub was about.

It's not something for people to get uptight over. It's am embarrassing screw up for Blizzard, which provides some LOLs for the rest of us. I'm sure that someone got his ass reamed over it, and he might be the only person not laughing. Otherwise, life goes on.