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Can you imagine paying $100,000 to win a game, only to not be able to play it because you’re too powerful? Well, we’re not lying to you, this is what happened to player jtisallbusiness or JT for short, who took advantage of the game’s pay-to-win system to create the most powerful character ever, spending the aforementioned amount of money. The irony is that JT ranked so high in matchmaking, that it’s impossible for him to play against anyone else in PVP, and it’s also impossible for him to participate in activities in his clan. Literally… he was left alone.
Ugh, where do we start? Before we criticize Blizzard, let’s talk a little about JT. Can you imagine being so hungry for validation and meaning in your life that you simply break the system of a pay-to-win game by spending $100,000? If this sounds pathetic, that’s because it is. Let’s face it: most horrible pay-to-win games are powered by just these players, called “whales”. These are the people with less maturity and self-esteem, but with a lot of money, enough to buy their validation by mastering a game designed just to exploit them. But here’s something even more interesting: Technically, JT threw his money away because Blizzard isn’t cynical enough to throw balance out the window yet, so his character is unable to find a match by design alone.
And this brings us to Blizzard. The reality is that the disappointment of the players before Diablo Immortal it is not a simple coincidence. Precisely situations like JT’s show the disaster of adopting a pay-to-win philosophy made to exploit “whale” players. For example, have you ever wondered what those horrible games are like that appear in all the advertising of your favorite YouTubers? Yes like Raid: Shadow Legends and else. They are literally just that: scams where whale players simply validate their existence by buying the win. As we said, the irony is that in this case, Blizzard still has the decency to create a balance system, which has left JT locked out of existence… but it’s not the worst of it.
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JT complained about this on the Blizzard forums and on YouTube. Blizzard has already promised to “fix” the issue, which means they will basically allow JT and his unbalanced character to be the terror of the server. This for the simple principle that the one who pays is always right. So even the “solution” is terrible, because it involves destroying the game balance in the name of profit. Sadly, this is what Blizzard wanted, even though they were hesitant to implement.
In short, we can not say anything else. It is obvious that a pay-to-win game is designed to be exploitative. There’s no point in dressing it up. JT himself has assured that most players do not spend money on the game, so it makes perfect sense for Blizzard to give in to his wishes, since he has spent 100 thousand dollars, perhaps the most anyone has spent on this. A real misfortune. Anyway, don’t play pay-to-win guys, it’s not worth it. Or they’ll be… alone, like JT.
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