Well this situation is going to go nuclear fast. Blizzard might risk a strike or a large amount of people quitting their company.
Iâll give you an example.
In my country a few years ago a former presidentâs doughter was an employee in a tv station. One time, when she was on air she started to explain her fatherâs behaviour (which was controvelsial at that moment). And guess what? She lost the job instantly.
There doesnât have to be the rule âdo not defend your father when youâre liveâ.
The player knew that those claims would backfire at him and he would be punished. Doesnât that mean it was clear enough?
Save that it has no bearing on Blizzard.
Yes. Saudi arabia has very much polticized their religion.
But has Blizzard allowed anyone to make any political statement against them?
Have they? No? Then guess what? They are being consistent.
Your entire point of bringing in Saudi on the discussion was to conflate the idea that that since Blizzard has made SOCIAL statements about LGBT that they are some how showing a double standard on politics.
However, the social statements they have made are NOT poltical in any sense of the word. They did not come out and say âDown with the anti LGBT saudi government!â they simply made a general statement on LGBT in their game without targeting or even eluding to any political body.
Have we already forgotten the backlash Susie Kim got for saying that LGBT events should take a step back like a month ago ? Not that alone, but also mentioned Korea and that people see therapists and have high depression rates. They are being oppressed, thatâs why. Itâs not a mere taboo to laugh about.
She was crucified in social media for even implying that such movements should âstay asideâ for others to take their place instead ( even called her a bootlicker of the Chinese ) and now all of sudden what changed ?
Also, the Christmas comic is still banned in Russia. You can check that one out.
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Oh my gosh dude at this point you didnât even read one of the replies I made.
Oh I did. I think you are just not taking the time to understand mine.
Because he knew that Blizzard wants to please China. 
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I literally made a post describing to you the point someone was making abotu Saudi Arabia at no point have I or anyone else said ANYTHING about Blizzard placating to the Saudis.
It was a very simple description of âhey this is not just a religious practice. this is a whole animalâ
Thatâs a baseless assumption. His reasoning for that claim was because he desired a platform where he could spread his views, not to show the world âBlizzard is evil.â
Mei: âTime for a Blizzard!â bans all of Hong Kong
These Mei jokes sure as hell make me laugh. Nice addition to the thread.
What makes you say he knew that? Did he say so? I genuinely donât know the answer to that, so maybe Iâm missing something. But even if he did know, the rule is still a discretionary rule in which Blizzard basically decides what it doesnât like, and here it decided it didnât like these particular views. It would therefore be natural for people who support the views the player expressed to be mad that Blizzard made a discretionary decision that it dislikes those political views.
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I wouldnât have mind if they stopped at deleting the interview but to ban him for 1 year, take his prize money away, and fire the 2 casters. That is outrageous. I donât see how anyone can defend this decision. All this shows is how much influence China has. This isnât about a player being political. This is about keeping China happy.
And for those that say he deserved it for breaking TOS. Have you read the rule he broke? With that rule, blizzard pretty much has the power to ban you for anything. That how broad it is.
It is saddening to see a country with an authoritarian regime have so much power. And whatâs more saddening is there are people actually defending it.
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Really? No one? At all?
Save for the person I was responding to and you immediately jumped into the conversation on?
I donât think I am the one not reading things hereâŠ
Well it was nice meeting you Messiah see you in 2021.
The person you were responding to didnât make an assumption of Blizzard placating to Saudia Arabia. They even say âblizzard doesnât do that and doesnât back down from themâ they even say it for you.
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Itâs unreasonable to assume that the ban was justified just because the player in question had a bunch that he could get banned because of arbitrary rules.
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