World of Warships employee fired after offensive message

It is unlikely that August can be called the best months for World of Warships . First, a scandal erupted due to dubious monetization, and then employees sent an offensive message to a famous streamer.

For those who don't know, last week a lot of high-profile fans started to leave the World of Warships communities due to Wargaming's dubious ways of monetizing, increasingly based on random items and loot boxes. It would seem that this is the worst thing that can happen to a game in one month, but Wargaming did not stop there.

According to PC Gamer , one of the employees decided that now is the perfect time to send an offensive message to the streamer hidden in the promo code. What does the streamer, with whom Wargaming already had a strained relationship. His name is Turry. And if others voluntarily left the Warships support program, then he was the one who was actually kicked out for criticizing the developers.

The promo code W0LAXU5FKUTURY5 , which was supposed to include a freebie for stream viewers, contained the message FKUTURY . It was not difficult for the English-speaking community to understand that this stands for Fuck You Turry . Then Wargaming itself commented on the situation, which admitted that this was a deliberate action.

It is unacceptable. We conducted an internal audit and found that this was due to the actions of a specific employee. He was suspended from work, and according to the results of the check, the most severe sanctions were applied to him. On behalf of the entire World of Warships team, we apologize to the players, to the viewers of Friday's broadcast, and, more importantly, to @Turry himself. We have made an unacceptable statement to you and are fully aware of our responsibility.

As an additional gesture, Wargaming has released another bonus promo code, this time with in-game tokens and the message TURRYWEARESORRY .