“ Diablo IV is a result of our incredible teams working together to craft and support genre-defining games, build legendary worlds, and inspire memories that will last a lifetime. “On behalf of Blizzard, we want to thank the millions of players around the world who are immersing themselves in Diablo IV,” said Mike Ybarra, President of Blizzard Entertainment. With a prominent streamer like Asmongold speaking up for these people though, it’s likely we’ll get word from Blizzard soon on what caused this blunder, and more so if this huge error is going to be fixed.The heroes of Sanctuary, the world in which Diablo is set, have already played more than 276 million hours, or more than 30,000 years. One that could have easily been prevented had the list been publicly revealed before the statue was finished. However, without any official word from Blizzard on these exclusions, we have no way of knowing why these people were not included, and so far it’s looking like a genuine but unfortunate mistake, no doubt caused by a large number of submissions to keep track of. Preferential placement is given to streamers (though someone with over 600k followers has been discluded).Their name or tag is inappropriate or offensive and been censored by Blizzard.
Limited spaces on the statue, so those with longer player names haven't been included.This could have violated the rules of the race. Using experience point exploits, which involve resetting dungeons by leaving and rejoining the party.
Potential reasons that players have speculated about so far: One player has even pointed out his entire group have made it on to the statue apart from him, despite them all posting their achievements on the same day on Twitter and as per the rules of the competition. Why certain players have not been included remains a mystery, and people are trying to work out if there have either been specific rules violated or if it's just an oversight from Blizzard themselves.