Zarhym Burns Down the Rumor Mill

Ever see those posts where someone goes into a rant about Blizzard and what direction they are going? Then you sit there and think to yourself what they are basing all their "conspiracy theory's" on... Well blue poster Zarhym had read enough and began to give the "Facts" of the state of Blizzard and WoW. The following are quotes from Zarhym and we will call him M.informed:

M.informed:
" So it's looking more and more like blizzard is spreading out achievements and making changes to the game so that achievements/goals take longer."

Zarhym:
" It's difficult to believe you'd have this view if you had played extensively at level 60. The content has become nothing but more accessible over the years for a wider range of players. "

****** Warning Rumor Mill INC!**********

M.informed:
" Rumor is they will not be making any more expansions for WoW. "

Zarhym:
" Rumors are fascinating, given that they don't need a shred of evidence in support of their basis to spread like a wild fire. In fact, in the past we've provided nothing but evidence -- vague though it may be -- that would contradict such a rumor. "


****Would you like some mustard for that foot?*****

M.informed:
" I've heard that they are focusing on other projects. If this is true you can expect more of this, and less customer service/content. At this point they can just sit back and add some new arena/pvp gear every4-6 months and that's it. "

Zarhym:
" This a common misconception. Such a misconception requires nothing but assumptions and misinformation to hold water. We have completely independent art and development teams for each project on which Blizzard Entertainment is working. Sure, people switch positions and may move to other projects from time to time. This is common practice in any company, whether or not the company develops games. But if a position is vacated, it is filled. You may have seen earlier this year that Jeff Kaplan, former game director for World of Warcraft, announced he would be leaving his position to begin work on the new, unannounced MMO. Tom Chilton stepped up to fill his role on the World of Warcraft development team. We're never short on talent and our teams are constantly growing. There's absolutely no reason or evidence to support the theory that we've shifted focus away from the Warcraft franchise. I'm surrounded by employees in this building working hard every day that can attest to this, were they not too busy working on a prioritized list of new content for this game to speak directly. "

*** How that other foot taste?****

M.informed:
" People are saying that there is another MMO in the works at Blizzard. Seriously, if there was, they would be advertising it already. "

*** He is seriouz peoplez, I wouldnt lie****

Zarhym:
" We have nothing to advertise for the new MMO because it's a shell of a game thus far. We've already stated it'll be a brand new franchise, which means the lore, art, and game play are being developed entirely from scratch. It's an overwhelming process, but a process through which we excel. Our track record supports this. "


At this point you get the jist that Blizzard is not abandoning WoW and that guys like M.informed are everywhere so ignore the rumor mill. Hopefully this "factual" dose of reality to M.informed will have him thinking twice before posting up some heresay rumor garbage. But from all this atleast go away knowing they are not abandoning anything. Blizzard is still working on content and have no plans of just ditching WoW.