Wait what? They really going to put this in the court of law have a judge rule on this? That is little extreme is it not?
Honda. As far as I’m aware thats japanese.
Dont need to.
If it says ‘Made in China’ on it, dont buy it.
Good luck. Most everything is made or built in china in most stores these days.
The casters had the chance to stop this. Read my prev post. They are totally idiots.
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Which is why it’s completely asinine argument to make, “You can’t protest blizzard /china cus you have a phone her der”
Ofc i can. Watch me.
Here’s a response from an actual Blizzard employee saying that they went against the spirit of the rules though.
https://medium.com/@bmkibler_5280/statement-on-blizzard-and-blitzchung-9e4b4aec39ab
All that having been said, there are additional factors at play here. The punishment meted out to Blitzchung is incredibly harsh. I could understand a fine, or even a short suspension from competitive play, but removal from Grandmasters, clawing back the prizes he already earned, and banning him for a full year seems completely overboard to an extent that feels completely unwarranted and unfair.
I won’t pretend to understand either the intricacies of the geopolitical situation in China and Hong Kong or the full extent of Blizzard’s business interests there, but to me this penalty feels like it is deeply rooted in both. The heavy-handedness of it feels like someone insisted that Blizzard make an example of Blitzchung, not only to discourage others from similar acts in the future but also to appease those upset by the outburst itself.
That kind of appeasement is simply not something I can in good conscience be associated with. When I learned about the ruling, I reached out to Blizzard and informed them that I no longer feel comfortable casting the Grandmasters finals at BlizzCon. I will not be a smiling face on camera that tacitly endorses this decision. Unless something changes, I will have no involvement in Grandmasters moving forward
When your biggest Caster quits because of a massively disproportionate punishment, even when he agrees that Blitzchung should have been punished, I’m going to hazard a guess and say that yeah, the punishment wasn’t right.
They received compensation both before AND after they were caught. They had absolutely zero winnings stripped from them.
They should not have had to.
I think probably as many or more people protested real id than no flight. And again, in both cases, Blizzard caved to pressure from its own customers.
It still could happen in this case. I just don’t think it will.
“I’d prefer virtue signaling since actually DOING something to affect china will be too inconvenient”
I wonder if the oppressed Chinese man would give up some crap to fight this battle? Im betting so.
How am i virtue signaling? More so, why do you give a flying duck? Just go home if you don’t like our decision to protest Blizzards corruption of their own stated values.
Every voice matters my smoothass! Not every voice matters, the only voice that matters is money. Money talks, Human rights walk.
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That’s it, I’m busting out the Matt Bors comic!
https://puu.sh/EqP9t/5dc70e08f9.jpg
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Being an idiot is sadly not agaisnt the rule 
Theres no bit parts that I omit,
Banned for politics is really all.
They rest that came is collateral damage. Casters losing their job because they didnt do anything and actually went on with the player, and the chinese comm team is trying to do dmg control. Theres most likely bad translation and etc.
You really think this?
it wont. Huge numbers of players would protest their game being affected.
some guy somewhere getting banned for breaking the rules just isnt anything most of us care enough about to threaten to quit over.
The ruling they used is not for political view even if they try to explain it as is, it’s for offending the public and damaging Blizzard image which can be anything. Considering the mess it created, I’m pretty sure Blizzard caused more of that with what they did. And no the translations has been deemed good.
Yes. It has happen with similar things in the past… you can see similar examples in life with that. Im sure you can think of many examples.
Oh there have been many threats, but few follow-throughs.
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Freedom of speech doesn’t apply to privately held events or corporations… Otherwise I could tell my boss he’s a small wanged little twatwanker and have no re-precautions…
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all talk, no action.
Get rid of the chinese made stuff you have and dont buy anything made in china again.
Talking in here doesnt hurt blizzard or china.
Taking money from them is the only thing they understand.
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