Blizzard renames WoW character based on musician who made homophobic remarks

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Blizzard is renaming another World of Warcraft character, following the re-emergence of homophobic comments made by its real-lifespan inspiration.

Gorge the Corpsegrinder was added back in 2008 as a nod to Cannibal Clay vocalist St. George 'Corpsegrinder' Fisher (thanks, Metallic element Hammer). The artist was a person-proclaimed "pathetic nerd" for WoW, talking in length all but his rage for the game and his Drove characters in a 2007 question. But things took a turn when Fisher began ranting about his hate for the Alliance, using homophobic slurs and telling those who play the faction to kill themselves.

"I don't play no homo-Alliance either, I don't play no fucking Night elves or gnomes," Fisher said. "It's fucking orcs and undead. Fuck the Alliance, fucking expire you fucking emo cocksuckers."

His Alliance rant persists for a few more transactions, in front saying "you ever see in World of Warcraft, the undead throw a dance and they do the metal sign and get laid their psyche, playing guitar. Yea, go fucking cry in a river and tell me how you're gonna slit your wrists you night hob f****t."

Blizzard is continuing to puddle targeted adjustments to #WorldofWarcraft on the Patch 9.1.5 PTR, renaming a credit to George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, while changing dialogue in the quests Damsels Were Made to be Saved and The Day that Deathwing Came.https://t.co/SUC1JcpdVf pic.twitter.com/4B7x6nvl2xOctober 17, 2021

The interview clip above was shown at BlizzCon in 2011, albeit in a to a great extent expurgated data format, as part of a musical performance at the consequence. Rash senior art director Sam Didier introduced Fisher to the audience equally "the unofficial ambassador to the mighty Horde."

The appearance of the video prompted an apology from former Rash president Mike Morhaime at the time, calling the decision to show information technology "ill-considered and thick-skinned." The character remained in the game though, until now. A tweet from Wowhead shows that recent changes to patch 9.1.5 on the PTR has changed the NPC's name to Annihilator Grek'lor.

Snowstorm has been gradually pruning the game's type names and quest dialogue, having already removed references to Rash employees accused of sexual torment earlier this year. The company has also same it'll no longer comprise naming future characters after employees operating room prominent figures crossways wholly its games. Aside from WoW, Overwatch hero McCree is also facing a name transfer sometime in the future.

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