They just keep digging this fucking hole deeper.
The statement was released on Weibo YESTERDAY, China's version of Twitter.
The statement was released on Weibo YESTERDAY, China's version of Twitter.
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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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When you care more about money than human rights.
BlizzCon is going to be positively delectable this year.
BlizzCon is going to be positively delectable this year.
The chinese page is run by chinese PR people, of course they will say these words lol
No one should expect the opposite.
No one should expect the opposite.
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oh hush and give me $5 for some overwatch lootboxes and your kidney and give me your right to free speech and your right to religion and also let me watch you everywhere you go also your social credit score just went down 90000 points for making a bad comment on the internet also give me your other kidney
Wooow...fuckin hell.
At the least, not to include the bit about defending the country's pride. It's a fucking company, not an extension of the government. (Well, it should not be...but...)
At the least, not to include the bit about defending the country's pride. It's a fucking company, not an extension of the government. (Well, it should not be...but...)
They sound like one of these China bots on twitter, who are posting "One China" under several english tweets.
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the statement is new in the sense that no one thought to check Weibo to see what they said in response to the incident. This is what this post highlights.
The person who made the post is most likely chinese PR for Blizzard, that's why "pride of OUR country"
So this was a statement released by Blizzard....and they said "our country"....and Blizzard's HQ is based in the US. They have offices in Shanghai, but I'd argue that hardly counts. What the fuck Blizzard?
I said it yesterday but I'll say it again. It'll be a cold day in hell before I give Activision-Blizzard any more of my money.
It's a statement on Weibo so it's coming from whoever's doing Chinese PR. It's kinda meaningless because there's really only one thing they could say, but the absence of any statement from the US side does say a bit on its own.
I mean it's the Chinese version of blizzard saying this I'm not surprised it was the same with the nba it wasn't actually the nba saying it it was their Chinese broadcasting equivalent
On topic, this is a depressing and confusing statement. Whoever's doing their PR there will hopefully get a load of shit for this.
That's weird to me in the sense that PR should have no identity outside of the company, right? But I guess Chinese PR would play differently? Like, wouldn't this normally get someone fired (injecting a personal dimension to a statement)?
not to be that guy but this isnt new, this was the initial statement and its super creepy
yes they did, Bellular's video from yesterday had this exact statement for example
yes they did, Bellular's video from yesterday had this exact statement for example
So Blizzard US are just gonna keep their mouths shut and let the Chinese branch just say whatever. Is internal communication even a thing...
What a clusterfuck.
What a clusterfuck.
Yep.
This was obviously expected from the Chinese side. The fact that Blizzard HQ in the US hasn't acted to defend freedom of expression, of protest and of anything other than their interests in China is the disgusting act here.
Nationalism in China isn't exactly unheard of considering the alternative is "re-neducation".