seriously. i mean, it was a boomer who coined the phrase 'never trust anyone over 30'. it was boomers who protested the vietnam war. how's that attitude toward authority anything like this particular young woman's attitude?...
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seriously. i mean, it was a boomer who coined the phrase 'never trust anyone over 30'. it was boomers who protested the vietnam war. how's that attitude toward authority anything like this particular young woman's attitude?...
People born after all shit their folks went through(Great Depression, WWII), to glamorize their time about how great of a place it is because they have it good now without the perspective of how they got there. A lot of Chinese kids are in the 1950/60s comparison to the US where they are experiencing great personal gain, while ignoring all the terrible shit their country is doing to achieve it. You have the Chinese generation of our "Boomer" in the making.
not every boomer was delighted with the government back then. & many still aren't. trust me on this...
Yeah I would love to see this blow up in Blizzard's face too.
uhhhh bnet wants me to provide a photo id for verification if I want to delete my account, wat.
It's proof that you're who you say you are and not an impersonator trying to delete someone else's account.
well, you could say the same about almost any generation, then, eh? most people of just about all generations are loyal to their countries. & particularly those who do well. same as it ever was..
The way things are going, they better announce Diablo 4, 5, and 6 if they don't want an absolute riot.
And even if they did have those on queue, they're not getting a dollar from me right now. I feel guilty about getting the monthly humble bundle at the moment.
Looks like some folk are trying to try Mei into a pro HK meme and get China to respond to it and Blizzard by Pooh Bearing it.
Already did this today- you can definitely verify via sms or email (unless something's different with your account). Their verification servers were acting wonky (hopefully a result of high traffic), but I finally got through:
Fucking appalling.
The sad thing is I bet that they try to bury this at Blizzcon by announcing Diablo 4 or something and that'll unfortunately work with a considerable number of their fans.
I for one, won't be giving them another cent.
The sad thing is I bet that they try to bury this at Blizzcon by announcing Diablo 4 or something and that'll unfortunately work with a considerable number of their fans.
I for one, won't be giving them another cent.
Yeah. People can roast Elise for being publicly oblivious to China's human rights violations, but there's nothing specifically unusual or crazy about her being proud of her homeland. Same goes for Americans that look the other way at things like border concentration camps. They don't want to acknowledge when shit isn't right here.
Blizzard themselves have made this a point of debate. blitzchung speaks out in favor of his home, he gets banned and everyone in range of his voice gets fired. Elise praises mainland China and downplays ethnic cleansing and Blizzard has nothing to say.
They can't just use my email? Well that's a no from me dawg
Already did this today- you can definitely verify via sms or email (unless something's different with your account). Their verification servers were acting wonky (hopefully a result of high traffic), but I finally got through:
Yeah that makes more sense, maybe their servers are getting hammered but I don't get any other options than providing a photo id
This issue in this particular thread is whether people should hold off on making a meme potentially associating the character she voices with government actions she may not have supported. Her tweets don't make her a bad person, but they certainly obviate the original concerns.
No question. I don't know her at all beyond the tweets posted here and I'm not going to go to bat defending her. Making Mei the subject of a pro-Hong Kong meme is something I'm all in favor of. Maybe my comment was clumsily stated but that was really all I was getting at.
This is way bigger.
And I also think if we were to give value to the "sin" committed between these two fuckups, this one is also bigger.
Yes- that's the exact error I got. I waited a few minutes and it worked.
Yeah, weirdly, it's crossing political boundaries from the left to the right, to the alt-right.
Saw this on twitter:
"Every Voice Matters"
Yeah ok.
Got covered up by employees
Hey look. Finally something that has united the left and right. Liberals are slamming Blizzard and even right wingers on sites like Breitbart are attacking them.
Can't see how Blizzard crawls their way out of this. If they valued morals over money (hah!) they'd reverse their decision and apologize. They won't of course. The fear of Chinese censors banning all Blizzard games is too strong. So I expect them to bunker up the hatches until Blizzcon and hope Diablo 4 and the Overwatch PvE expansion soothes everyone over.
Speaking of Blizzcon. People better dress up as Winnie the Pooh cosplays.
Let's see if any other gaming companies will stand up for HK. I'm sure they're all readying their statements as we speak. (hah!)
Speaking of Blizzcon. People better dress up as Winnie the Pooh cosplays.
Let's see if any other gaming companies will stand up for HK. I'm sure they're all readying their statements as we speak. (hah!)
Yeeeeeeah but for *some* its for racist reasons rather then human rights.
Yes capatilism has it negatives, this being a prime example. But it beats socialism every day of the week and twice on sundays. Let's ask the great people of China.
Edit : I by no means think blizzard did the right thing here...
lol
just because the chinese government calls themselves communist doesn't mean they aren't capitalist
More than racism, I think that the right is throwing shit at china because they are communists.
They will probably not care for half of the crimes that China is doing if they were done by the USA
Activision Blizzard have been doing shady shit in China for a long time.
Uh what the fuck? I didn't hear about this, and looking for more on the story isn't turning up anything right now.
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