Please tell me if anything i said is not 100% true. Did you even think about the consequences of Blizzard being banned in China and what it actually means for the players there, or just like all the other shills here you just thought it was about Blizzard losing business. But yeah not giving him the money was a massive dick move, lol.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
"Free Hong Kong, revolution of our time" is undeniably incendiary. It is a literal call to revolt against the government and liberate Hong Kong. I am pro-Hong Kong, and support the protests, but I'm not going to pretend that what they're doing is peaceful or safe. It's fucking dangerous.
Blizzard has subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan. And NetEase, who operates the game in China, is also based in China.
They have only issued one public statement at present, which is the ruling that states they banned Blitzchung for violating their code of conduct.
NetEase posted an extremely jingoistic message on Sina Weibo, but that's not Blizzard taking a stance.
Last report, Blizzard is "assessing the situation."
To be clear, I don't agree with their punishment, frankly would prefer they just cut ties with NetEase, cancel Diablo Immortal, and pull out of Mainland China.
But that's also not a decision I can realistically expect any company to make. And there are plenty of other major companies that are just as bad when it comes to protecting China's interests, so I think it's very naive to single out and boycott Blizzard just to score points. I don't spend money on Hearthstone anyway.
To all ppl who says it is right to do what they did to defend their money... should not be better to do nothing, let it fade fast and get over it?
First, now chinesse ppl who might have never heard of it are aware of it. The majority of costumers won’t care but the ones who care about their government being resisted by street masses will be suspicious of Blizzard.
Second, the western gaming comunity saw it. There are trolls and capitalists here who say that what happened is ok, but the vast majority of content creators and the comunity are at least angry with that decision. The hit Blizzard will take in the west won’t be small.
Also, I’m curious if this non politics terms are omnidirectional. If I win a tournament and I say “Go Donald Trump make America great again!” Or “Go Boris Jhonson Brexit no surrender” will I get banned for hurting others that don’t think like me?
You appear to be correct
By reading this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Taiwan
It seems there is freedom of speech in Taiwan
I dont know then...im more confused than before
I personally unsubbed from blizzard over this. It's the only way they will get the message.
MMO-Champ the place where calling out trolls get you into more trouble than trolling.
Are you seriously comparing playing video games to Democracy? Didn't Liberty Prime teach you anything? He died so that Democracy could live!
Do you guys NOT have kidneys?
Make that a shirt.
Wear it at Blizzcon.
Honestly, playing it this way has brought waaaay more attention to the comment than if they had just ignored it and let it slide. Which is bad for what China wants and it's bad for what Blizz wants.
Can only hope China takes action against Blizzard anyway.