They still have time to make this right.
I don't think they will. But they are not 100% damned yet.
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Blizzard China Defends Decision To Ban Blitzchung, Says They Will Always Defend “the pride of our country”
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I don't think they will. But they are not 100% damned yet.
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It's in the OP that this statement was made on Weibo. I will flag the title to be changed but as far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter what branch it comes from, it's blizzard.
Capitalism and money is not beholden to country borders and sovereignty.
Oh i finally got it then!
I didn't understood that it was a prior response before the "shitstorm", thanks for the clarification!
For me the damage is irreversible. Blizzard made the choice that money is more important than human rights.
I say this as a former fan of Blizzard for over 20 years.
It wasn't a metal bat either, it was more like a metal rod or baton, certainly more like an umbrella than a bat. Would have done absolutely nothing to the officer with all their riot gear on.
Looking at your most recent posts you seem to be very complimentary of China...hmmm.
Yes they are. Banning a player and broadcasters and taking away money owed over this already dammed them. Any course correction now will just be blizzard trying to spin pr and save face. When people show you who they are, believe them.
What it takes to make it right is absolutely not something Blizzard will ever be able to do - willingly wave goodbye to those fat sacks of cash from China.
The only way Blizzard grows a spine is if China kicks them out of their own accord (due to Mei memes, dissatisfaction with Blizzard, or whatever else). Then suddenly we'll see Blizzard suddenly apologize and lament as loudly as possible the error of their ways. But as long as that China money flows, they'll wipe their asses with their core values right in public and not say a single goddamned word about any of this, no matter how many Blizzcons they have to neuter or cancel.
I'm typically not one who jumps on the outrage train but this is so unbelievably disappointing. I will not be giving this company any more money. Between this, their extreme focus on esports and the mobile debacle last year, this company is clearly not the one I once loved.
I was debating if I wanted to keep Overwatch on my Switch or not since I already bought and pre-loaded it before this whole fiasco took place.
This pretty much settled it. No more Blizzard titles for me till they pull their head out their ass.
This pretty much settled it. No more Blizzard titles for me till they pull their head out their ass.
Imagine if a US company says it doesn't support the troops after they done something horrible.
It's sad, but that's what companies will do. They have to side with money
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freedom of speech until it affects our business, i no longer am buying another acti/blizzard product.
Already removed all subs and battle net from my PC.
So long blizzard
Already removed all subs and battle net from my PC.
So long blizzard
This is a strong reminder that even if we hear a placating official response from Blizzard HQ in English for the sake of damage control, we must separately keep an eye on what their regional offices are saying at the same time in Chinese.
Their corporate culture and structure differs from western ones. When Trump started his ban on Huawei I remember a lot of articles highlighting how China mandates Communist Party committees in corporations to keep everyone in line with the political goals of the party.
The presence of party units has long been a fact of doing business in China, where party organizations exist in nearly 70 percent of some 1.86 million privately owned companies, the official China Daily reported last month.
Companies in China, including foreign firms, are required by law to establish a party organization, a rule that had long been regarded by many executives as more symbolic than anything to worry about.
One senior executive whose company was represented at the meeting told Reuters some companies were under "political pressure" to revise the terms of their joint ventures with state-owned partners to allow the party final say over business operations and investment decisions.
He said the company's joint venture partner was pushing to amend their agreement to include language mandating party personnel be "brought into the business management organization", that "party organization overhead expenses shall be included in the company budget", and that posts of board chairman and party secretary be held by the same person.Changing joint venture agreement terms is the main concern, the executive said, noting that his company had thus far resisted.
"Once it is part of the governance, they have direct rights," he said.
The State Council Information Office (SCIO), which doubles as the party spokesman's office, told Reuters in a faxed statement that there is no interference by party organizations in the normal operating activity of joint venture or foreign-invested companies.
However, it added, "company party organizations generally carry out activities that revolve around operations management, can help companies promptly understand relevant national guiding principles and policies, coordinate all parties' interests, resolve internal disputes, introduce and develop talent, guide the corporate culture, and build harmonious labor relations."
"They are widely welcomed within companies," the SCIO said.
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Blizzcon will hopefully be an absolute shitshow. Though I wouldnt put it past them just cancelling all the Q&A stuff
Like the chinese branch? Hell yes, for any company that operates in China really. they dont give a fuck. Ultimately, like Hobbes said, its still the same company, so it falls in the same umbrella tho, even if I just wanted more clarity earlier.
OK we can agree that he was attacking the police man with a metal 'object' you can see from the footage that it definitely was not just an umbrella. I'm very sorry that the facts of this specific situation are getting in the way of your protest
Probably, but they can't control what people say. Especially during the QA portions. They're going to get lit up during those segments.
There have been hundreds of those lol
Maybe this'll be the start of something though(but hopefully shit gets addressed and fixed over in China more than anything).
Oh I'm sure. Job security would shut so many of us down, so i don't expect many to speak out on these atrocities. It sucks and it's a scary situation to be in, but maybe the pain that's being dealt over in china is fuel enough to get the devs speaking out.
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I expect the US to use all of the stuff that's going on for that.
I guess you'll all support it, sadly it will make some countries like mine go to shit in economics since both the US and China are our main buyers of exports, but the US is closing on itself. Hell, it will probably make the world more dependant on China
Yes. We should compare and contrast with the statement from Irvine.