Tickets have already been sold. Blizzard already has the money, so might as well let them have it on the inside.
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Blizzard has removed Hong Kong Hearthstone player blitzchung from Hearthstone Grand Masters and rescinded all his prize money
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May corporations see which market will cost them more money and may the morality of that market be the victor.
Yep, they're willing to erase the entire thing to appease the Chinese govt and money.
The second I think. It's a very tight relationship and some reddit mods in Blizzard subreddits have gone over to be Blizzard community managers (I know this happened with HoTS specifically).
No, I think it's far more simple than that. There doesn't need to be a conflation, the average attendee just has to know that bringing up the China situation will embarrass Blizzard. Even if it's unplanned livestreams could easily be disrupted by people who are pissed off in the moment. And you can't screen for that at the door.
It really doesn't require projecting, just remembering the backlash from last year. So it's totally possible that it could happen again but focused this time on China.
I wouldn't care if they apologized and reversed their punishment. This is a disgusting decision on the same level as thq nordic's actions, regardless of whether or not it was "accidental" (fyi thq's PR person did not bail before starting the 8chan ama - he even agreed with some of the horrible opinions spouted by members of the site)
I didn't think my opinion of Blizzard could sink lower.So much for Blizzard's 'core values':
I am wondering if Valve has a plan in place to deal with a situation like this. Both DOTA and CSGO are huge in China and it is pretty likely that some CSGO/DOTA pro might make a statement like that.
Are they gonna burn him like Blizzard did?
Are they gonna burn him like Blizzard did?
They asked a caster to remove a badge supporting HK protests at TI
Valve's situation is interesting since they finance the prize pools themselves and afaik are not beholden to sponsors (at least in dota 2).
The company makes $1.5 billion a quarter. The negative PR will do far more damage than a few thousand dollars lost.
Holy fuck that is disgusting! Living in a democracy while forcing others to deal with a fascist regime of Nazis, for money!
Fuck you blizzard! You worthless fucks.
Fuck you blizzard! You worthless fucks.
I wish I had more than 2 middle fingers for that shitheel company.
I will continue to not buy anything Activision/Blizzard related.
I will continue to not buy anything Activision/Blizzard related.
No shit. I have a feeling the atrocities China is committing are just a trial run...
That is pretty mild (from the caster) though and I assume it happened off air.
What happens if someone does a post game interview on air and decides to denounce what China is doing in HK?
I dont think the Sponsorship side of it matters much. China can (and will) threaten to cut off a VERY sizable userbase of their two most profitable games.
I can see China hurting Dota 2 more than CS GO at this point. However, given the history and Valve's investing in their own esports, I think bowing to China would be counter to their philosophy of being independent. We'll see soon enough though, the next Dota 2 major is in China and the real test will be if any pro player decides to make a statement there.
That's risky- they could detain you like North Korea does, and torture you in a concentration camp.
Better play would be to refuse to attend with this stated as reason.
What's scary is that we always thought that the liberalization of China would eventually lead to more freedoms for people on the mainland.
Instead... we got the opposite. There's so much business in China, now companies are scared of working with anyone who would talk out against an authoritarian regime.
Instead... we got the opposite. There's so much business in China, now companies are scared of working with anyone who would talk out against an authoritarian regime.
The real test is how Blizzard will handle BlizzCon because it will get disrupted over this. The Q&A portions are guaranteed to be cut, but I suspect there will also be protest interruptions which will derail things quickly.
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