The news spread on the Chinese social network 'Weibo', so the comments were scared.
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Government brain washing and a social credit system that rewards you for defending the government...beyond pathetic.
The news spread on the Chinese social network 'Weibo', so the comments were scared.
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The news spread on the Chinese social network 'Weibo', so the comments were scared.
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Last year was my first time going and that Diablo Immortal thing definitely soured the experience a little in addition to it being an off-year. This year seemed promising for announcements but with this I'm wondering if I can even succeed in selling the ticket. I think I'm pretty locked in.
The news spread on the Chinese social network 'Weibo', so the comments were scared.
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And state capitalism is what the more honest of folks in the wider world call it.Socialism "with Chinese characteristics" is their euphemism for it.
Apparently this happened:
American University Hearthstone team holds up "Free Hong Kong, boycott Blizzard" sign during Collegiate Hearthstone Championship. Blizzard quickly cuts their broadcast.
They really are hoping this will go away.Apparently this happened:
American University Hearthstone team holds up "Free Hong Kong, boycott Blizzard" sign during Collegiate Hearthstone Championship. Blizzard quickly cuts their broadcast.
The news spread on the Chinese social network 'Weibo', so the comments were scared.
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The news spread on the Chinese social network 'Weibo', so the comments were scared.
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I don't really understand how 9/11 is in any way analogous to supporting a democratic movement in HK.
Man, BlizzCon is gonna be a fucking disaster. I'm so excited to see how that shit turns out.
There's always different ways to watch it anyway.I almost want to get a digital ticket to hopefully see the crowd chants...... but I really don't want to give them any money
Because that's not what they're seeing. What they're seeing is the protesters burning down the city.
That they are terrorists financed by western powers.What is the state media telling them re: the reasoning behind burning down the city?
What is the state media telling them re: the reasoning behind burning down the city?
What is the state media telling them re: the reasoning behind burning down the city?
So has Blizzard really not said anything since all of this started a day ago?!
This is their angle of report: the extradition bill was made with good intentions and only natural since Hong Kong have that with many other states (which conveniently not mentioning all these stats have rule of law, and Hong Kong have the final say on whether to go forward the actual extradition, but in this bill the central gov have the final say.)What is the state media telling them re: the reasoning behind burning down the city?
Not verbally, but they're continuing to take action against anyone talking about Hong Kong
They'll cancel BlizzCon and do a Blizzard Direct.Blizzcon is just 3 weeks away, I think if it was further away it could die down but with such a short timespan I think the whole thing is gonna be a greater clusterfuck than 'Do you guys not have phones' fiasco.
The least I can do for now is cancel WoW subscription, but I'm really hoping this blows up at Blizzcon.
They are brainwashed by state medias into believing that the Hong Kong social movement in the past 4 months is in fact terror attacks branded as a pro-democracy movement.I don't really understand how 9/11 is in any way analogous to supporting a democratic movement in HK.
Unintentionally, they got the point, because you can absolutely say you think 9/11 was a good thing/support it/whatever in the U.S. and not get instantly thrown in jail by the government. People of all parties also openly joke and talk about California leaving the union all the time.
10k upvotes in a country of 1.4 billion seems like nothing.
Blizzcon is just 3 weeks away, I think if it was further away it could die down but with such a short timespan I think the whole thing is gonna be a greater clusterfuck than 'Do you guys not have phones' fiasco.
The least I can do for now is cancel WoW subscription, but I'm really hoping this blows up at Blizzcon.
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...
It's not a terribly surprising move, because they've seriously painted themselves into a corner here. If they reverse the decision, then that's the end of their business in China, but if they double down, that will get China off their back (until the inevitable next thing), but at the cost of justifiably pissing off everyone else even more (and they've already managed to piss people off quite a lot just with the initial move, it kind of struck a nerve). Basically the only "winning" (if we define winning as not losing) move they really have is to just sort of wait it out and just hope it goes away. Though, with Blizzcon so close, I have some doubts as to the how effective that strategy will end up being.
It's not a terribly surprising move, because they've seriously painted themselves into a corner here. If they reverse the decision, then that's the end of their business in China, but if they double down, that will get China off their back (until the inevitable next thing), but at the cost of justifiably pissing off everyone else even more (and they've already managed to piss people off quite a lot just with the initial move, it kind of struck a nerve). Basically the only "winning" (if we define winning as not losing) move they really have is to just sort of wait it out and just hope it goes away. Though, with Blizzcon so close, I have some doubts as to the how effective that strategy will end up being.
Given China's rather... uncompromising stance on things like this, I think Blizzard getting banned from China is basically inevitable at this point. The question is increasingly looking like "when" and not "if".
It's not a terribly surprising move, because they've seriously painted themselves into a corner here. If they reverse the decision, then that's the end of their business in China, but if they double down, that will get China off their back (until the inevitable next thing), but at the cost of justifiably pissing off everyone else even more (and they've already managed to piss people off quite a lot just with the initial move, it kind of struck a nerve). Basically the only "winning" (if we define winning as not losing) move they really have is to just sort of wait it out and just hope it goes away. Though, with Blizzcon so close, I have some doubts as to the how effective that strategy will end up being.
Given China's rather... uncompromising stance on things like this, I think Blizzard getting banned from China is basically inevitable at this point. The question is increasingly looking like "when" and not "if".
The chinese 'netizen' (hate the word) response shows how sheltered and immature the Chinese psyche is.
Chinese expats and their children living overseas exhibit similar behavior. Reacting with incredulity at any hint of criticism of China, but they talk shit about their adoptive country and of course the Americans all the time.
The lashing out and going for the low hanging fruit nature of the comments, unless it's just from a form letter propaganda appartus, shows a lack of sophistication. It's a very gut, fuck you too response from the asshole in the room after being called an asshole. no introspection.
They probably won't. They won't reverse course and risk relations with China, and a carefully worded letter basically saying nothing won't cut it either.So has Blizzard really not said anything since all of this started a day ago?!