Blizzard bans HS Pro for political statement - Page 5

On October 09 2019 18:29 Ej_ wrote:

Of course they aren't. Trump won't ban your games in America .

And Americans themselves won't rally to keep politics out of the game.

On October 09 2019 17:41 stilt wrote:
Don't see the problem.
Hk is like a Singapore, a parasite city with ultra privileged rich citizens who got special rights. I am glad China is finally taking actions against it even if I am bit upsed for their light reaction, why don't they intervene with the army for god sake. They are nothing but rich kids who would flee, it's a disgrace.

All in all this is a struggle between the same international bourgeoisie who exploits billions and destroy the planet and the last nation state who can deal with it, if China loses it, it just means nothing can be done.

On October 09 2019 18:35 Schelim wrote:

but that's my point. they didn't enforce the rule because they're so intent to always enforce that rule, they did it out of fear of political consequences.

On October 09 2019 19:05 Waxangel wrote:
Anyone aware of Blizzard's history and consistency with handling political statements during esports broadcasts? And I mean OVERTLY political statements, not wisecracks about Trump from Tastosis that have ambiguous political leaning.

Marineking bringing up the Dokdo territorial dispute in 2011 is the only example I could think of in SC2, which I recall simply fizzling out without any public response from anyone. I do feel this has limited applicability (if any), as this was a GomTV operated league (directly operated by blizzard vs receiving some funding from Blizzard is a meaningful difference), and probably years before Blizzard had serious esports aspirations/policies.

It would be interesting to hear if there are examples from other Blizzard esports titles, or examples from SC2 that I missed.

'we shall defend the country's honor' or something. Can anyone confirm this? If it's true, it's even more hillarious tbh.

On October 09 2019 16:20 Destroya5 wrote:
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Blizzard clearly have no moral integrity whatsoever in this instance, it's like if Hearthstone was around in the 1940s and they censored a Jew on their platform from complaining about their plight with the upcoming Nazi regime in Germany. Yes, there are rules but they should at the very least not seek to appease the wrongdoings being committed against the Hong Kong people, they must publicly apologise and revoke the ban issued to this young gentleman, and return his prize money.
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On October 09 2019 19:42 ihatevideogames wrote:
Political statements like this are a big no-no. So they guy knew exactly what he was doing.
That said, I can't believe Activision-bliz didn't realise this would blow up in their faces. They shoud have just said something along the lines of 'No politics plz' and banned him for a a couple of months, instead of going full on crackdown on the whole thing.
With all the bad press they've been getting over the new CoD, surely you'd think they want to avoid more drama. You just gotta wonder, how can they spend so many millions in marketing and still get into shit like this?
Also, some reddit user had a translation of the chinese Activision-bliz statement that said something ludicrous along the lines of 'we shall defend the country's honor' or something. Can anyone confirm this? If it's true, it's even more hillarious tbh.

On October 09 2019 20:00 Alejandrisha wrote:
what a crock of shit. spineless executives bowing to communist regime. the people who own you are the people you cannot criticize.