Not true. They did it to appease China. If it was for the “violation” he committed, he would have had something far lighter than what he got. That’s a sign that it was as brutal and harsh as possible to make an example out of him, as well as firing and shaming the two casters just to be utterly petty and to be even more appeasing.
They also immediately censored a stream in the UNITED STATES to appease China, because some American University students had the balls to hold up a protest sign in front of the camera.
I think some people are arguing that the punishment was too harsh, while others are arguing Blizz was indirectly or directly censoring freedom of speech. I don’t know, this whole thing is so damn convoluted and seeing it make it to Fox news was even worse for me. It’s been blown out of proportion and there’s no stopping this train until the minds leading it just cool down. Ultimately all of this will eventually become irrelevant. The support to HK protesters might not, but all of these post will eventually die down.
I think you will find that it in fact, is a rule. It’s unilateral but it is enforceable. You are free to elect not to agree to the terms. But that is all.
They acted within their rights. To say correctly is to state it as a moral judgement. Morality being subjective and all makes such a statement confrontational, I suppose?
Like I’ve said yesterday, this is a tricky situation Blizzard and everyone involved found themselves in. Free speech isn’t guaranteed or protected by Blizzard nor is it enforced onto Blizzard as they are private company. The major take away is China is wielding their frighteningly growing economic and geopolitical power in a way that should be a cause for concern.
China plays by its own rules, not the worlds. Not a good thing.
Trust me, I am sure there will be people here to prove that statement wrong. I’ll be one of them.
It’s still morally wrong to do so in the name of a foreign power and traitorous to do so. Again, working in accordance with a foreign power to prevent their propaganda from being weakened isn’t legal.
He offended me. Blizzard’s ToS they enforced says they can ban anyone they like for “offending the public”.
All of these actions are completely within Blizzard’s rights and the company is entitled to take appropriate measures to ensure that one misbehaving bad actor doesn’t screw up their business.
Blizzard could, if it chose to do so, also sue this bloke for damages caused by his remarks, his breach of the agreement and any damage to Blizzard-Chinese business relations.
People are arguing that his punishment was to harsh, and that punishment was intended to silence him and others like him.
The situation, and the rationale about why this is an issue, isn’t convoluted. You can be forgiven for thinking that it is, though, given some of the nonsense being written by both sides.
It hasn’t been blown out of proportion. Not yet, at least.
I think some people are underestimating the staying power of this issue… especially with Blizzcon right around the corner.
Treason is a very serious offense. Your saying Blizzard/Activision committed Treason against the US with this incident? Do you know how heavy of a charge that would be to a multi billion dollar gaming company?