I literally laughed so hard coffee came out of my nose.
I mean, if you get kicked out, then you join the protest outside.
"Welcome to BlizzCon."
So they won't refund anything revolving around tickets or attendance. That's obvious.
"We" didn't politicize anything. Blizzard made their politics clear with their banning and lame attempt at a make good apology. If you want to blame anyone for this mess and for 'destroying gaming' look to Blizzard.
If Blizzard thought things were bad now, wait until photos and video of protesters being dragged out flood the internet. :)
Re: point 3, I'm pretty sure that's how Blizzcon usually goes. Opening ceremony contains all the major announcements/reveals, then the individual panels get into details.
Only said that looking at website's like chinasmack if it is still around and how the posters the news articles refer to one another. From what I sa saw there is hate between mainlanders and hong kong. And the one who usually talks bad about the other is usually mainlanders.
You know, I had a niggling suspicion that 'some' of this anti Blizzard sentiment wasn't solely based on anti-totalitarian ideals, but instead might have been rooted in good old fashioned racism. You just confirmed my worst fears.
How the hell is this destroying gaming? You can keep living in your bubble, ignoring it and buying your games.
they have work to do if they want to top the Diablo Immortal reveal.
Actually he didn't break any rule. The ruling brought up when questioned was basically just a safeguard for Blizzard to ban anyone for anything at their own discretion. There is no official rule that states you may not do what he did. Why were the casters fired? Why didn't the collegiate team receive the same ban? Why did it take blizzard over a year to ban a known cheater while they let him compete in the mean time? The overly harsh reaction was to appease China. We didn't make this political, Blizzard did when they decided to take a stance on the issue whether they wanted to or not. They could have did what most companies do and put out a simple statement regarding how blitzchung's views are not fully representative of Blizzard Entertainment. Discussed it with him, or issued a warning. Instead they tried to make an example out of him. They took the harshest reaction possible and people noticed. Eggs on Blizzard's head for being the cowards they are.
How does a troll post confirm your fears? There are thousands of posts here on this topic that are authentic in their concerns and have no racist aspects to them at all but you choose one post that is an obvious troll as confirmation of something?
like I said I once on a blue moon usually visited chinasmack and there was mainland vs hong kong hate even in the articles original comnents even from the posters on chinasmacks comnents. I was not serious in my response but I love supporting the oppressed.
I love how that dude's comments were PAGES ago, and yet he is deservedly still being dunked on. His is the worst takeaway I've seen from this whole thread.
That's one of the most remarkable things about this situation. Blizzard was all set for this Blizzcon to be full of positivity and excitement after the relative flop that was last year, and now all that potential goodwill has been obliterated by their own shortsightedness. It's a masterful display of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Every one of my gaming friends and I have been talking about this, they were poised to have a legit great Blizzcon. With a new WoW expansion, possible Diablo 4, and that Overwatch PvE thing everyone (except Starcraft fans) was gonna get something to enjoy, and they just ruined it.
I've had a niggling feeling that some of the 'screw China' sentiment I've been reading (here and at other places), go beyond a critic of the Chinese government, and sometimes cross over the line and represent real hostility towards the Chinese people.
That was the first non serious post I ever made here calm down
. Won't happen again.
The thousands of posts that aren't racist should assuage your concerns. You can have niggling feelings all day but you can't pick and choose just to support those feelings. If the majority of what you are seeing is not racist then you need to acknowledge that. The discussion on this site has been exceptional and not racist in the least.
The fuck is this garbage. It's the government in China that's shit, not the citizens.
Do not put words in my mouth. I never said that the majority is racist. I said I believe that some is. I still do.
As long as you see that all of the discussion around here is in good standing:)
LMFAOI hope Blizzcon is this and Blizzard just leaves the venue.
There have been religious picketers outside for years. One of the benefits of the expanded security perimeter last year was that they couldn’t get anywhere near the entrance to the venue, whereas before they’d be right by the doors. I’d expect more of that this year: more fences, more security, more police.
I have no tolerance for open support of fascism and genocide. That's the side Blizzard took whether they like it or not.
As it should, they're free to be stupid but what a dumb thing to say. It's a damn game. Go play it and ignore everyone else if that's what you want, he's acting like this stupid woman over here.
Yeah, glad Nintendo is avoiding promoting it.
