Jaina’s bust and midriff and those half a dozen “not up to our rigorous standards” Hearthstone cards beg to differ. Welcome to Red Chinese hegemony! Yay…?
If you live in the US, check if your state has a vocational rehabilitation program. I live in one of the most backwards states, and the services our rehabilitation program offers are astounding compared to other benefits. A loved one had their associates paid for, got help getting accommodations, and now has a really, really decent job where that accommodates the problems they have from their autism (QA in manufacturing). My GF’s brother is now an FAA certified airplane mechanic due to similar services for autism. Getting services is usually 30x easier than getting public disability benefits.
They can also really help with a disability case if they determine your limits keep you under a threshold considered to be competitively employable. A voc rehab counselor writing a letter that you can’t maintain competitive employment is worth 300 pages of medical records.
Good luck internet person. Hope things get better.
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Yo! Blizz! Ya made the headlines!
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/hong-kong-activision-blizzard-china-censor-free-speech-ban-10000-prize-blitzchung-hearthstone
How ya like us NOW?!
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On my hour drive to work listening to news stations I heard about this issue a grand total of “0” times. Heard more about the 108 Kurds killed by Turkey, but no one here seems to mention that at all.
Got to work and looked up this issue and only found small snippets, some news sites didn’t even have anything about this issue. Again it was South Park be China and Kurds being killed by Turkey.
Issue has already blown over.
A U.S. based company in California suppressing freedom of speech on behalf of communist China against Hong Kong. No American company should ever engage in this and Blizzard doesn’t deserve the freedom it has operating in the United States if it’s going to use that freedom like it is. Don’t like U.S. laws and culture Activision-Blizzard? Go to China and operate I’m sure the government will acquire the space and resources you need on behalf of enforcing their censorship.
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“Supressing freedom of speech” - Do you have more examples or is it just one kid who knowingly broke the agreement he had with Blizzard?
The answer to extreme liberal and extreme right isn’t the polar opposite, it’s the center. Advocating for the shuttering of companies that don’t fit your current worldview is some fascist nonsense. This neo-anarchist “movement” is all for internet points with no actual activism.
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Good job blaming the victim of a currently in progress communist takeover of a previously democratic city.
It is nice to see the west slowly shake off its weird self inflicted guilt and once again flaunt its superiority.
So should any retail chain that has stores in China pull out too? Lets start boycotting McDOnalds and other companies that refuse to shut down in HK. To twtter my clowns!
You fail to grasp the point and play the fool well…
If Mcdonald starts taking punitive action against people speaking out against china im sure they will get the same level of backlash.
Do try not to embarrasses yourself so badly. I hate feeling second hand shame from such a shoddy performance.
Not really, people are claiming blizzard to be money over people in this matter by censoring (which they had every right to)
Im saying if people are gonna go up in arms about blizz, why not other companies who continue to operate in HK? Cause guess what, if blizzard didnt do anything, they might not have services in HK. What does that do to the fans there? Screws them over.
The kid was in the wrong, it was in the rules. Blizzard did right.
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Not saying you’re wrong just…
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Shhhhhh people here feel they’re doing something by boycotting Blizzard instead of doing something about the root cause, China.
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It’s not about not supporting China. lol
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There wasn’t even outrage when Steam pulled that one HK horror game or when Google pulled that HK revolution game.
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Did either one of those companies make public statements in rejection of the HK issue?
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*Insert meme *
People: “We should make society better somewhat”
You: “Yet you participate in society, how curious, i am very smart”
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Yes. Google stated sensitivities and Steam I can’t remember. They assured us it would be back and it wasn’t. All that game had was a Hidden Pooh reference.
No, I’m saying did any those companies announce their support for China and the rejection of HK ideals?