OP is right: The only ones you should be directing whatever frustrations you have are to the people who run Activision Blizzard
The Blizzard game devs, support staff, social staff have no liaisons with them, or at least very limited ones
Streamers are there to stream and entertain, and having their chat spammed with things that should be focused on Activision Blizzard can intrude with that, and of course they don’t talk to Bobby and co.
Gotta focus on the right things
The problem is the mob is always like a pack of wild animals, they lash out at those easy to get.
Are you going to be able to get someone higher up to respond to your death threats? No.
However, you can pressure other people and make them follow or die.
I was just trying to get a context if this was related to the current situation or just the “usual kind of harassment”.
While harassment isn’t something I condone and its something people shouldn’t do, still these types of public persona’s walk into a situation where this kind of bad behavior is commonplace and they know what they are getting into.
Frankly, some streamers act like Howard Stern and other “Shock Jocks” and intentionally create these situations and make money off of it. Their peers are encouraging the behavior and when the sh-- flies it lands on everyone.
This. And cookies.
Sure. but there is a difference between criticism and harassment.
I’m talking about the regular player preparing his/her cosplay for blizzcon, not some kind of celebrity.
Blizzard upheld a contract, end of story. Everyone is trying to paint that as more than what it is.
He willingly agreed to their terms and conditions then broke them and as such suffered the consequences.
Did the contact require Blizzard to apologize to the Chinese government?
And why did Blizzard take action against the match commentators, if it was just that player’s action?
Try some actual facts
1: the commentators did in fact take part , know what he was going to say and oking him saying it by verbally telling him to " say your eight words".
2: Ban was initially handed out by NetEase employees immediately and harshly, though later confirmed by Blizz here in the U.S.
3: Blitzchung said he knew he would lose everything per his contract but did not care, so drop the outrage over the banning and prize money, it was no surprise to him.
4: Blizzard did not Apologize to China… Said Netease employees (a govt owned company) who run blizzes servers there did.
I to was mainly referring to just the regular folks who are getting crap on social media. However, you shouldn’t be harassing the streamers either just for their stance on the issue. Even if they might be trolling a bit. Just ignore them is what I say.
Their money = jobs for US citizens, so ya. They did it for themselves and for the people that work for them.
It’s not really about the streamers or the gamer. This is the latest flash point in people being sick of corporate psychopathy (profits for shareholders is our only concern).
The Tipping Point, by Malcom Gladwell does a pretty good job setting up a framework for trying to understand this and other moments like it.
he got what the rules said he’d get. Banned and his prize taken away. I can dig up the quote again, I suppose.
100 pct right.
Him admitting to knowing this was wrong, justifies a life time ban, being able to play the “I didnt know better” card warrants a 1 year, but doing this on purpose, causing the friction it did. No one cares about HK, just ablout blizz. Too funny.
Crap!!! out of likes for a bit but well said! While social media in itself can be awesome for staying in touch with long distance mates,it also tends to unfortunately bring out the ugly in people.
When he did it, he knew what was likely to happen with blizzard. Losing Hearthstone was worth it to him. HK losing it’s autonomy was more important to him.
PS. His social credit score in china is going to be sub zero until he denounces himself publicly (Brainwashed by dangerous western propaganda yada yada yada).
ATVI just chose to show the soullessness of the modern corporation. Which is what the real anger is about.
It’s worse than “lame.” It’s flat out wrong to “harass” people on their stance over any issue. Disagree with them, yes. Point out why you think they’re wrong, yes.
Harass them? Bully them? Try to silence their speech? All very, very, wrong.
Irony of Ironies, people expect Blizz to have the same values. Being or working for a corporation shouldn’t excuse you from decency.
Don’t be disingenuous. You and me and everyone else here knows that the reason why people are upset is because Blizzard immediately went nuclear on the kids involved and then issued an apology promising to uphold the pride of “their” country, China.
If they had just done a minor censure for the rule violation, people wouldn’t have been nearly as upset.
Blizzard can do whatever they want, within the law. But in doing so they have to assume the consequences of their actions.
I don’t care one tiny bit if Blizzard claims they are justified because they wrote a rulebook for themselves that they can point to. It’s plain where their bread is buttered and their response to the situation made plain that they will stomp hard on whoever they have to in whatever way they can to appease a communist human rights violator.