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Blizzard Releases Statement, Reduces Blitzchung And Casters' Suspension To Six Months And Restores Blitzchung's Prize Money
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I would have hoped for a complete reversal of all suspensions. But they really couldn't let the casters go? Like, what the hell were they supposed to do? They were put in a really difficult position and just acted in the moment. No freaking way they had direction or training on what to do in that event. Why the fuck are they being punished?
Agreed; I was putting it much too charitably. But you know what I mean. This is a statement for the sake of saying "Look, we made a statement."
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lmao are you fucking serious man? Do I have to deal with these trash pro-china takes in my threads AGAIN?
Dude... bravo. I mean... putting the particular issue at hand aside, this format "[something]... Sorta Works?" with that image... glorious.Protest... Sorta Works?
Please tell me you made that up. I absolutely love it.
They encouraged the guy to "say the words" and said it would be okay if they ducked their heads under the table while he did it to avoid responsibility. They were good Taiwanese brothers supporting their oppressed brethren in Hong Kong. They knew exactly what they were doing. It's not wrong. But I think the narrative that they did nothing and were totally out of the loop and blindsided by this does them an injustice. They are supporters. Blizzard doesn't like supporters that oppose the Chinese government.
Silly Blizzard, you're supposed to put out your bullshit statement and make some comment about how you're going to donate some money to some random organization. At least that way you'd have some more rubes sticking up for you online.
Don't forget "Long live our dear leader papa Xi! One China!"
Fuck Activision-Blizzard
I'm sorry, I have been lurking for a long time and am not aware of the history of the debates here.
I'm not pro-China. I'm from the Philippines, and I definitely have quite a laundry list of grievances with the country.
But I just want ppl to consider that perhaps the framing of "HK = democracy = good" and "China = authoritarian = bad" is insufficiently capturing the conflict, and it's also playing into US imperial interests. Seems like it's not a popular stance here, so I'll be quiet.
Blizzard resides on the West coast so it is shortly after 5pm there. They posted after normal business hours. Considering the earlier reaction from their employees I know from my own experiences in work a manager doesn't want to deal with dirty looks on a massive scale.
I'd be up for believing this if Blizzard's only reaction was to go scorched earth on the VODs from that day. That's a kneejerk reaction that can be argued to be attributed to fear of reprisal from Chinese fans.
But then they went nuclear on blitzchung and even the casters about a full day later. There's no way I believe that's due to appeasing the Chinese playerbase. The only logical explanation is an intense and sudden amount of top-down pressure, and Blizzard caving to it.
Am I correct in that the shoutcasters were banned for 6 months because they happened to be the people hired for this event and we're just standing there when blitzchung said what he said? Or did they join in on it? If they just happened to be the guys there, in what world is it far for them to be punished?
Please feel comfortable on my ignorelist. I'm not into postcount shaming but 5 posts since 2017 and you're coming into this thread like this? Naaaah miss me with that.
If this had been the original punishment, I would still be as angry as I am now. No forgiveness for Blizzard ever on this.
This is an insultingly non-apologetic, very transparent, typical PR damage control response. Do they really think their audience is stupid enough to buy this bullshit?
Yeah they should've either posted that on all their sites, or at least use the full US link on their Twitter.
"We're sorry we got caught."
No apologies, no statement on Hong Kong, player is still banned but now has moolah and they hope that people will STFU after such a weak, pathetic showing.
Fuck off Activision-Blizzard.
No apologies, no statement on Hong Kong, player is still banned but now has moolah and they hope that people will STFU after such a weak, pathetic showing.
Fuck off Activision-Blizzard.
That's reasonable yeah. Given how much bullshit the rest of the post was then I guess it's easy to believe the line about China not influencing them is equally bullshit.
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China's government is bad, and is threatening Hong Kong democracy (THE DEMOCRACY PART BEING GOOD).
It isn't that hard.
I wonder if they will say the same when Mei is unceremoniously taken off the Overwatch roster.
What a load of horse shit. "We value your voice. It's all about inclusion." Unless you're trying to raise awareness for people that are being beaten in the streets and murdered by an oppressive regime's corrupt police force, I guess. Fuck off, Blizzard.
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Patrick Klepek
I just want to say youre continually awesome and I'm glad youre a voice in this industry. That is all.
This reminds me of when Blizzard censored Hearthstone artwork to make the artists "feel better" and it supposedly had nothing at all to do with China.
I did, thank you for noticing senpai
I'm surprised they said anything at all, even this cowardly Friday night drop.