I believe it's still a mystery.
I believe it's still a mystery.
Probably announce a special deal where dissident employees will be promoted to Blizzard China, become fully nationalized Chinese citizens overnight, and asked to relocate to mainland China as soon as possible, but are not permitted to disclose any information of the event to the public.
So a "rogue mod" set the subreddit to private and then deleted their account yesterday? So weird.
I think the root cause of the issue is that instead of negotiating with protestors (and addressing concerns of the people) China attempts to make them forcefully submit. Not much to do with merits of 2s1c. Multiple systems can work together, as shown by EU. People of wildly different cultural and ethnic backgrounds forming a common government. Mutual trust and cooperation, not forceful submission.Agreed. The two systems one country thing was inevitably lead to problems.
The EU works differently though, it's not a supergovernment but a cooperation coalition, even though it does show that multiple countries can work together. I would've loved to see something like that in South America, but many economic and political powers don't want that kind of self dominance. What China does about not negotiating with protestors is what usually happens, sadly. See what's going on with Ecuador for example. After some time, negotiations can take place with enough social pressure, but I don't think that China will do it in this caseI think the root cause of the issue is that instead of negotiating with protestors (and addressing concerns of the people) China attempts to make them forcefully submit. Not much to do with merits of 2s1c. Multiple systems can work together, as shown by EU. People of wildly different cultural and ethnic backgrounds forming a common government. Mutual trust and cooperation, not forceful submission.
I want to see endless chants of free Hong Kong and for them to have to mute the streams.So it seems the plan at the moment is to allow the live Q&A, wonder if they backtrack on that sometime soon...
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Pretty much.No way they'd do a proper live Q&A unless they're using plants.
Asking a random blizzard support person about the companies future plans for blizzcon is pointless. They don't know.So it seems the plan at the moment is to allow the live Q&A, wonder if they backtrack on that sometime soon...
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What...? This is ridiculous. They are an American company.Is the 1000 year ban on their forums for discussing Hong Kong true? I saw it r/HongKong.
Wow it's the same company that offered to pay for the winnings that Blitzchung lost. The Gods Unleashed devs.Has this been mentioned yet?
A startup in Sydney was hit by a cyber attack right after declaring support for Blitzchung.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/sydney-startup-under-fire-online-for-supporting-pro-hong-kong-protest-gamer-20191009-p52z2g.html
Lmao jokes on them they're gonna be fucked when all the bans lift at the same time in 3019Is the 1000 year ban on their forums for discussing Hong Kong true? I saw it r/HongKong.
Just do it. Feels great. Fresh start.the longer they delay on a response, the more tempted i am to delete my account.
Seriously, taking his won winnings is BS. I'm not against punishment for voicing political views on esports, but the length, severity, and lapdog-like need to accommodate chinese government and population sentiment is bullcrap. The casters should be publicly reprimanded AND NOT FIRED, he should have been banned for like one tournament (which is like a month i think, instead of 2 years), AND DONT TAKE HIS FUCKING WINNINGS HE ALREADY WON.
Depends on your region’s data laws.Is it legal for Blizzard to disable all ways to delete your account? Maybe there can be a class action lawsuit.
In Europe I can 100% guarantee you that it's illegal. GDPR and all that.Depends on your region’s data laws.
You technically don’t own the account.
Is it legal for Blizzard to disable all ways to delete your account? Maybe there can be a class action lawsuit.
Are they?
Apologies if already mentioned.I've found tweet on other subreddits about "NoExtraditionToChina" included in WoW profanity filter: https://prnt.sc/pha84v
But it was not possible to cross-post it here, so I've checked by myself what's included there, and next to "NoExtraditionToChina" found a few interesting too:
Edit: All those keywords were added in 8.2.0.30888 PTR version that was released Live at June 25 as 8.2.0.30920 version. Here you can see full list of keywords added in this patch.
- ExtraditionLaw
- NoChinaExtradition
- antiELAB
- freeHongKong
Goddamn, someone hand Blizzard a couple wet-wipes.Yep
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This gamer's punishment over Hong Kong protest shows China's sway over U.S. companies
Blizzard Entertainment's punishment of a gamer who praised the Hong Kong protests is only the latest example of an American company scrambling to rein in speech that rankles the Chinese government.www.latimes.com
Is this in the SEA client only, or CN? Or worldwide?https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/dfugfq/world_of_warcraft_clientside_profanity_filter/
Apologies if already mentioned.
Well did my part and uninstalled battlenet and HS. rip I guess. Maybe I will take up Magic The Gathering. Hopefully China bans Blizzard games.
The hero we don't deserve, but the hero we need
I don't get the Talesin is a shill idea on this issue. Have you guys not watched his Twitch streams in the past week? He's as anti-corporate as they come. Though he does blame the casters for having foreknowledge of the speech, which could be a point of contention. But he straight up said Blizzard handled this horribly.Exactly, I really don't expect T&E to be anything more than Blizzard PR.
Can't tell if picture was deleted or joke I'm not getting.
The fact that it's not just reddit memes for Americans now is fantastic. That's how you actually get this to do something.
I don't keep track of his pro-corp/anti-corp stances, I just know that I've never heard him say a bad word about Blizzard, even when Blizzard blatantly fucked up. I'll be happy to see examples of where he did that, if I'm being unfair.I don't get the Talesin is a shill idea on this issue. Have you guys not watched his Twitch streams in the past week? He's as anti-corporate as they come. Though he does blame the casters for having foreknowledge of the speech, which could be a point of contention. But he straight up said Blizzard handled this horribly.
The MDI casters on the other hand... well you can see that most of them don't want to endanger their livelihood before Blizzcon. *shrug*
Should be up rn.
The joke is the comment paired with it.
Guessing that quote is not normally there at the bottom?
MTG Arena is a far, far superior product to Hearthstone although I think the current standard meta kinda sucks.Well did my part and uninstalled battlenet and HS. rip I guess. Maybe I will take up Magic The Gathering. Hopefully China bans Blizzard games.
Probably not but there are I think 3 Chinese backed teams and I think a few Chinese players still left, although they may be free agents by now. Not sure what OWL specifically can say given the cost to buy in to those 3 teams was pretty hefty. Also consider OWL wants to do more regional games and I can only assume that includes having some live matches at some point in China.I'm probably super late in asking this, but has there been any statements from Overwatch League, be it the players or the league itself?
I believe they usually add quotes like this to all tickets, but this particular one is very suitable for the situation.Guessing that quote is not normally there at the bottom?
If so. Clever.