Less likely? I think you underestimate the outrage over this. It’s more likely now. The only thing that will stop it from being widespread is that Blizzard is adding time delays to interviews so they can cut the feed and block speech they don’t like from being displayed.
Oh, sorry, I meant “speech China doesn’t like “.
Your wording makes it sound like Blizzard wants to suppress peoples opinions. Maybe try looking at it with the view that Blizzard’s events are not the place for expressing these views.
Keeping these events on topic is important or people hijack the event.
if u wanna express ur feelings towards this i dont think the classic forums is the best spot… im sure there is a section for non game related issues and discussions… im sure blizzard is all for discussions just in the right manner and in the right spot
I hate this mentality ‘they had a rule on it’.
Their rule basically said anything at their discretion can warrant a ban and removal of prize money. If you are okay with such a rule being enforced to trample on free speech then that’s scary. Do you think Blizz would have enforced this rule for a political statement that did not infuriate China? Say, for example, something anti-Trump?
This is a great job of intentionally leaving out the relevant bits to sensationalize a story. Add the context about where and how they “spoke about the situation,” if you even know.
Hint, it’s during a post-game interview that is supposed to be about the tournament: https://twitter.com/InvenGlobal/status/1180954142396710912?s=20
Perhaps you should go look at the free speech laws… they say you can say whatever you want except yell fire i a crowded room… they do not say that you are immune from the responsibility of your words…
Just because you are allowed to say something… doesn’t mean you should… you are trying to insulate what he said in free speech and that is correct… but trying to pretend he is protected from any response for his opinion is NOT part of freedom of speech.
Use this example… you can use racist words at work… no one can stop you… however if you chose to exercise your right to free speech in that way… there will be backlash… there will be a response to what you said… and you probably will be fired… you can not scream “free speech” protects me from this!
Its the same concept here…
Rules in and of themselves do not make actions right. The German government in the 1930s and 40s had a lot of rules and handed out millions of death sentences.
Rules don’t equal Right.
It is up to everyone to decide how they spend their money and it is up to companies to deal with short sighted decisions. We can disagree about whether this is one of those or not, but it doesn’t look good when Blizzard publicly takes a stand that is this controversial.
“Don’t hijack this event for politics” sounds like a good rule. Otherwise we end up with events that never cover the intended topics.
To be fair, “free speech” is about the speaking out against the US government. It has nothing to do with private events or forums.
Careful Tareir , dont use common sense on the clowns, there immune. Have to find another way too CC them.
That is not even close to true, sorry.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/17/18682099/supreme-court-ruling-first-amendment-social-media-public-forum
I can’t wait for them to announce Diahoe I moral on blizzcon. Maybe we ll get a Chinese phonecase as a bonus
This is brand new information!
Once this Streamer get picked up by another gaming company “Not In Bed” with China this type of thing will be a regular occurrence.
Wait for it…
Not a contract an agreement. An unenforceable agreement at that as it contains language that a reasonable person would determine to be coercive rendering the implied contract null and void.
They did! They did do that!
Because he was representing Hearthstone and the Activision-Blizzard brand, and in doing so his speech affects the company. He spoke out in a manner that was not only unauthorized, but was bound to cause some kind of issues for the company regardless of whether they took action or not, or their political stance.
The fact so many of the people raging about this don’t understand this simple concept would make me weep for the future of humanity if I thought humanity had a future in the first place.
Oh please, spare us the Nacis argument.
Every stupid thing that is done today is justified with a Naci comparison.
I don’t go to my barber yelling political things.
Same with game events.
It’s out of place.
This is not what the rule says. I suggest you read it.
They cause damage to a contestant and damage his reputation in the community based on a political belief or the political belief of a regime not connected directly to the events in question.
If anything future events will less likely to have political agendas because there will likely be less future events not because the injury worked.
Their over the top response was a pretty clear political message in and of itself. That is what people are reacting to. They have gone easier on hard core racists and cheaters in their games than they have this guy. Their message was very clear support for China over Hong Kong. Now, they are free to do that, but the player base is free to call them out over it.