🏓 Why are people posting about Hong Kong? [Explanation]

[Ijekiel-2635]

@Crissan-1144

In this case Blizzard is in the right by applying the rule as the political talk had no place in that medium

No. Political talk that disagreed with their political stance had no place in the medium.

@Crissan-1144

the player KNEW he was doing something wrong

Nope. He just knew that he could get in trouble for it.

@Crissan-1144

Next thing we know everyone is doing whatever the hell they want because “the rules were vague” or because “there are no consequences to my actions”.

More like, they should have more specific rules and should be banning any sort of commotions to political talk. They shouldn’t just ban the stuff they don’t like.

@tuscoggy-2305

It’s obvious. Put two and two together, "If he state this on this live broadcast, it will one; give Blizzard a bad image because of the choice taken (if they ban him) or, it would backfire at him, meaning he would be punished for his actions, banned and lose money.

Can you reword this? I’m confused. Sorry.

@tuscoggy-2305

The rules applied to his statement and Blizzard banned him for going against the rule.

Again, they banned him for going against their political stance which is contrary to their policy of “political neutrality”. All they had to was make rules that couldn’t just be applied to anything in the world and they could’ve saved all the trouble. But no, they decided to implement an intentionally vague TOS so they be more flexible with the types of thing they can censor. Scratch that last part.

@tuscoggy-2305

They are the deciding factor and are allowed to judge his actions as the “company he signed to.”

That’s the issue I’m highlighting. Them and their biases are allowed to decide what political jargon is allowed and not allowed which completely goes against their policy of “political neutrality”.

@JimothyJohn-1949

One can do both. The question is not if he was their to compete. The question is did he use a platform for a purpose other then its intended use and was it against the rules. Emphatically yes on both fronts.

Last one, no.

@JimothyJohn-1949

Rules are not arbitrary and the player knew very well that he was breaking them.

The rules in question are arbitrary and the player in question knew of this as he himself was unsure whether he’d get in a lot of trouble or not.

@JimothyJohn-1949

It is not an assumption but part of the agreement when participating in a official competition.

No it’s not. The participants for the competition aren’t suddenly the voices for Blizzard and I’m going to need a citation if they suddenly do embody the entirety of Blizzard when only participating in a competition hosted by them.