There is already an active discussion on this topic right on over here.
Hey I said I was over it.
They undid the damage.
But its semi recent news the banned the americans players who did the same beforehand.
I was looking to gauge reactions
I hope you can appreciate on US forums it all moves so fast its hard to tell sometimes
So in other words the crowd moved on to another hate. So you decided to come back since it not a thing to rag on Blizzard about anymore.
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This whole issue had you “blinded by rage”? Really?
The “apology” was posted by NetEase since they’re the company that distributes Blizzard games in China. So it wasn’t posted directly by Blizzard. I don’t think Blizzard itself has posted anything since things blew up in their face.
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It was posted by an Asian speaking office. I don’t see anything wrong with it. You have to concider the source. This didn’t come from cozy Irvine California.
I wouldn’t expect an Asian based email to sound like an American one.
Taiwan is also known as the republic of China to be fair.
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Thank you to the above two for correcting the record there.
The spread of misinformation isn’t helpful.
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So how is it still a spread of misinformation ? If i have another company posting an apology for me, I would most definitly want to see the final, before it was sent. So if they posted it for Blizzard, then wouldn’t it have stated , Blizzard would not have wanted any disrespect towards the people of (insert countries name here ).
As I said they dropped the ball on proofing the apology written by another company for them. Because if you read the translation, which is what i did, that part is not stated in that fashion at all.
So there is no spread of disinformation.
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Sylvia Plath returns from the Shadowlands to post novels on the wow forums. Whoda’ think it.
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You can’t really expect an Asian speaking society to speak with the same standards we have in America. Cultures are different, they speak differently. Saving face and respect are important in Asian cultures
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Do you people research anything before you make these long winded threads?
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Do you ? Before you make a response?
just curious, because if i hadn’t how would i have know what to poat about ?
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As far as anyone knows, they posted it for their own benefit. We don’t know what Blizzard thinks about this stuff since they’ve gone radio silent since their only response to this fiasco.
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In a way you are trying to impose Americans standards on an Asian culture in this case. Who are we to dictate how they speak and talk?
The road to hell us paved with good intentions.
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Popcorn? popcorn anyone? This whole dumpster fire is wonderful.
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You are the one thinking it was posted by some guy in California.
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Im enjoying it. Not just blizzard flailing but watching people who usually support a companies right to censor doing a 180 when its its something they dislike.
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Thank you for clarifying on that point . The article that I had read from had stated this was a cadoned apology. then i will have to re-edit my topic then
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5% means nothing to blizzard. It’s more about China’s heavy hand banning anything being sold by Blizzard in China.
What people fail to realize, out of ignorance, stupidity, laziness , or whatever…
Is that china’s population is quadruple that of americas. That’s a lot of spending power China has in the world, roughly 1/5th of the ENTIRE WORLD population. Literally enough to cripple economies. every single country on the face of this earth is careful with China.
Every company and their mother try to sell in china because of this fact. Blizzard, politically, has to be careful. Having a gamer incite revolution on one of their streams would get an instant ban of goods from China. Blizzard would lose revenue and the employees would lose jobs. Divisions would be closed… etc.
So what you’re saying… is some punk kid, who shouts revolution for China, supporting the violence that is happening on BOTH sides of the fight (because rioters are extremely radical over there and hurting innocent people. AND more than likely doing it as a stunt to promote his name further as people whose livelihood relies on social presence often do… over the job security of thousands of American employees?
don’t know what country you’re living in but that’s against American values. Capitalism… growth… greed… money… that’s the American way and has been since 1776.
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