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Blizzard has removed Hong Kong Hearthstone player blitzchung from Hearthstone Grand Masters and rescinded all his prize money
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Everyone else is already (rightfully) jumping on you for this, but if Blizzard was "not taking a side," then they would have done nothing.
They're absolutely taking sides.
This is brilliant. Let blizzivision get their own taste of the awful system they're siding with.
You know what... I think I'll delete my account as well. Plus that's one less client on my dashboard.
This is just sad to see. This company is unrecognizable from the legends who created these characters decades ago.
It's not the obligation of people to give Blizzard the Benefit of the Doubt. If Blizzard wanted us to think they weren't going to choose sides they wouldn't have done this in the first place.
Blizzcon 2019 will be entertaining, and Blizzcon 2020 will be in China.
There is no "not choosing sides" either you are siding with a brutal authoritarian regime over the Chinese people or you are on the right side of history
In case you needed more proof that companies saying things like "diversity matters" is just a way to get into your wallet.
Made German mainstream media at least:
Hope they get more exposure for this crap.
Hope they get more exposure for this crap.
A useful reminder that corporate "wokeness" is a ploy to separate you from your cash.
As soon as it is tested for real, it crumbles.
Uninstalled all of my games and Battle.net from Blizzard, asking for a refund on my 3 month sub. (i dont keep subscriptions active in the first place)
that is actually really cool. Blizzcon is going to be a (deserved) shitshow just when it looked like it could be fantastic (well fantastic compared to last year).
Nice gesture. Highly doubt any of the people involved with the actual development of the games agree with the decision of those at the very top of the food chain at ActiBlizz
I really hope other competitive players of Blizzard games take a stand in solidarity. Anyone with a stream or a camera or a platform could use it to decry these actions in a way that could not be ignored. Also interested to see what happens at Blizzcon.
Really disheartening and bizarrely totalitarian actions taken by Blizzard here. Feels like something they did impulsively out of fear of some kind of consequence without consideration for what the consequences for this would be. I don't know. This kind of thing really sucks to see.
Really disheartening and bizarrely totalitarian actions taken by Blizzard here. Feels like something they did impulsively out of fear of some kind of consequence without consideration for what the consequences for this would be. I don't know. This kind of thing really sucks to see.
Or better yet. Cosplay as Winnie the Pooh. It'd be fun to go as a fat diabetic bear with a honey addiction if you think about it.
Wow. Need more of these.
Gaming is the most universal medium where we love and allow players to become whoever they want to, virtually or personifically. Banning and firing people over their feeling regarding an on-going real life conflict is a complete mistrust of its userbase. Shame on Activision Blizzard.
Activision Blizzard's Third Quarter Calendar 2019 Results Conference Call will be on November 7 at 4:30 PM EST.
I wonder if any analyst has the guts to ask them about this.
I wonder if any analyst has the guts to ask them about this.
I have no doubt that the original founders of the company believed it... but they're all gone, forced out by profit-maximizing suits. Those are simply relics now and glad to see current employees voicing their dissatisfaction in any way they can.
For my part, I've deleted the launcher and all of the games from my PC... I started with Blizz with the original Orcs and Humans on dos and these last few years were heartbreaking... this final step though? Real easy by comparison.
This ain't Blizzard being somehow uniquely greedy or spineless. This is capitalism. No corporation is actually interested in doing the right thing for society or correcting injustices. No matter how friendly a face they put on or how many calculated symbolic gestures they make, they're headed by soulless suits and shareholders only interested in enriching themselves.
Checking things on twitter and reddit, you know as a company you done fucked up when both gamers on the left and right of the isle are pissed off about this.
China is like the most insecure kid ever that doesn't want its people looking at the controversial thing because they know for a fact that it will make a good point and sway people.
imagine if your friend said "haha you kinda look like winnie the pooh" and you banned pooh in your household because of it
They are idiots, this is causing way more press than a single tweet or a single hearthstone player ever could
Yep. I don't know anything about Hearthstone and have never heard of this e-sports member. I barely know of anyone from any e-sports scene anymore, outside of the FGC. I can't say I really follow the news or community of any Acti-Blizzard games.
Had Acti-Blizz taken no actions against blitzchung, and in that scenario had their been no repercussions from China afterward that could have made the news, then I would have never known that a Hearthstone player made a pro-HK statement on stream. They reacted to it though and now it's not only news here but a poster linked to where it was being discussed in mainstream German news? Seems like a majorly bad play on Acti-Blizzard's part and shows how rediculously dumb China's whole "Say something we don't like and we ban you" policies can be where they end up exposing that message they didn't like to more people and bringing more attention to it.
This is the truth of the matter. It comes down to money. And you will have some corporate boot lickers who will say, "But the purpose of a corporation is to make the most money for their investors - DUH!" And the sad thing is, they are right. They are despicable to apologize for it, but they are correct. Their 'morality' is contingent to the way the financial wind is going. They will do anything to increase their value including supporting a fascist regime to chase that money. Fuck Blizzard. I am out.
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