There is a difference between taking a shot at your preferred politicians opposite number or taking a pro or anti stance and talking about the situation that Hong Kong is facing. They actually are, literally, facing a government with a history of brutality that has cost millions of lives. I am sorry you don’t understand that, but too bad.
Don’t like it? I don’t care.
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Blizzard wants to maintain the status quo, the status quo is China genociding Uyghurs and stripping freedoms away from people in Hong Kong. It is okay, it means their shareholders get to make more money.
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All situations are different and don’t try for a second to imply that the situation in HK is currently the worse on this planet.
It’s actually the lighter one.
French police killed 100 protesters in yellow vest demonstrations, the last year.
Then you have Afganistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia Quatar.
Also Turkey invades Syria now that things were calmed and there was peace.
I can go on and on about far worse situations.
Sit down.
Exactly. Too many uninformed “people” on these forums just don’t understand that.
Which are created and owned by a United States Company bound to follow ALL laws federal state and local as part of their charter. One of the laws that ActivisionBlizzard failed to uphold in this case was that of not interfering with the policies and practices of a third party (Twitch) company (Tortious Interference) which is what they did by banning him from play. The prize money is one thing but banning from play affects more than one person or organization. In this case it affects Twitch’s revenue potential.
What did Blizzard have to do with Syria, France, Yemen or any of those others? Seriously dude, if you can only make false equivalencies in an effort to stifle opinions you dont like, you should really get a grip.
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Same applies with HK protests.
Blizz is irrelevant.
They are a gaming company.
Has zero relevance here. NONE. That case is specifically about cable operators who provide public access channels on their network and whether doing so makes them a state actor. The court ruled that just providing the channel did not make the operator a state actor.
Are you deliberately not understanding this? People are upset by…Blizzards…response to a gamer showing support for the Hong Kong protestors during a stream that was both on Blizzard time and dime. Did they have the legal right to fire their announcers and take away his prize money? Sure. But their response was both excessive and unwarranted and demonstrated a company mindset of money over morals. Whiteknight blizz all you want, you cant change the perception that is out there now.
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Are you deliberately not understanding this?
Blizz like all companies doesn’t want to be a platform for political speech.
It’s in their rules,rules which we all agree when we play of join their events.
“Free speech,” aka the 1st Amendment, only protects against government censorship. Private companies are legally allowed to compel their employees to follow their own code of conduct as long as it doesn’t break a law.
The NFL did exactly what everyone is screaming for Blizzard to do: break their own rules of conduct because they agreed with the message. Now they haven’t filled a stadium since.
Blizzard can’t help Hong Kong but we can by petitioning our government to put pressure them. Fight this fight where it’s effective.
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Lol at all of you cowardly boot lickers. But but but but he signed a contract.
It’s not about the contract at all. It’s about Blizzard censoring a call for free speech and human rights at the behest of a Communist Dictatorship.
Who gives a flying fu@k what the contract said. Calling for liberation from an ACTUAL oppressive government isn’t just another “woke” outrage.
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China using market access soft power to control and manipulate western corporations is very serious issue. They’ve developed levers of power to control western companies censorship buttons.
And at the risk of being preachy, a corporations morals are only derived from its customers.
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What was the rule?
You guys really need to watch what you say. When China takes over the world in about 20 years, you better bet they are going to see what you posted about them online.
Lol except that at a collegiate hearthstone tournament 2 days later players were holding signs up in support of the Hong Kong protesters. And that a bunch of employees were protesting at blizzard headquarters yesterday. Yep they definitely nipped this in the bud and it’s definitely just going away now.
Dragtuslivz, you sir, are dumb as ****
Blizzard isnt censoring, there taking a stand saying “Hey, not on our time”
That is all. You and your clown car filled clan need to just quit and go. Pls, your ruining the forums with your stupid ****
How do you people not understand this, blizzard just want to run there company, not be involved and thats why they threw the hammer down. So it doesnt happen again. Blizz is here for entertainment, not politics or they would have someone running for pres. Clowns…bunch of clowns.
With how some of these fools can’t pull their head out of their @ss they actually will.
“Well i don’t like being beaten by soldiers from china but the new woke president signed a contract so i guess i just have to take it”
Yes they are. Blizchung was not an employee nor was he a contractor nor was he in any way affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment or covered by any employer/employee agreement that would make his behavior actionable by Blizzard.
Liberate Hong Kong the revolution of our times! I have been so excited for classic… but I just cancel my sub and would delete my account if I could still post here and tell everyone else to do the same. Blizzard you make me sick for what you have supported.