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American University Forfeits The Rest of Their Hearthstone Season After Blizzard Decides To Not Punish For HK Protest Sign Held Up During Broadcast
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Because, going by Blizzard's reasoning for what they did to Blitzchung, they should've been banned for a year. The fact that they *didn't* shows that Blizzard's reasoning for what they did to Blitzchung is bullshit.
Bingo
This is the greatest fuck you so far, and good on them for doing it.
Blitz got banned for doing the same thing and yet somehow they don't.....it's obvious why and people are standing up for it
They also fired the castors who had no idea blitz was going to say what he was going to say.......
Good for AU; it was the right thing to do. It's disappointing, but Blizzard has dug themselves into a real mess of a hole with all this.
Does it change the fact that we have double standards?
but yes it was in china
Yes. So really all this implies is that those who punished Blitz are different than those who deigned not to punish these kids. Not really surprising. Blizzard employees in the west are likely wondering just where the limits lie, how far they can push, too.
Yeah it means there's different people in charge that made the call.
I wish Blizzard reps were more vocal about what's going on regarding any of this at all.
This was an American broadcast, the Blitzchung incident happened during an Asian broadcast. I wouldn't really call this double standards as it's a different situation and different people involved.
But yet the higher ups kept the call and have yet to make a statement or reverse the decision
They really need to speak up about it and release a statement already. Its crazy to me they're being so tight lipped.
Each day passes by with no statement and we inch closer to blizzcon........
When something bad happens they like to be separate, but when something good happens they are a whole, a single unit, a force.
They need to communicate before big things like the Blitz situation are done. That reflects on their brand and company. It's on them.
They need to communicate before big things like the Blitz situation are done. That reflects on their brand and company. It's on them.
I imagine some people will be protesting at that con at this rate.
This whole thing is extremely fascinating from an observer perspective. Blizz are positively screwed no matter which way they lean, and even on social media everyone seems pretty unanimous in saying "Nah you screwed up" but there's real money and real stakes on the line. They sacrifice their bottom line no matter what they choose and situations like this show how finnicky and grey all this stuff with Blizz is (Specifically their handling, not the stuff in China or anything, as I am very uneducated on the truths of that side of the conversation).
So now that people are going to start poking the bear we get to see what their reaction is, and what Blizzard's stance will be moving forward. I don't envy anyone working for/with Blizzard on this, but they made the decision to cave for an authoritarian government's cash.
Blizzard certainly isn't dead or done as some would think, but if we thought Diablo Mobile was a shit show this will be a hundred times worse I feel.
So now that people are going to start poking the bear we get to see what their reaction is, and what Blizzard's stance will be moving forward. I don't envy anyone working for/with Blizzard on this, but they made the decision to cave for an authoritarian government's cash.
Blizzard certainly isn't dead or done as some would think, but if we thought Diablo Mobile was a shit show this will be a hundred times worse I feel.
it really comes down to do they want 1/3rd of the worlds money in China or 2/3rds.....although I think they made only 12-13% from Asia markets last year.....but it might be a growing market hence why they are afraid......either way they are losing something
Would be a real shame if we kept linking all their games and characters to pro-democracy protests...
It's not like the crazy guy in charge there would ever ban them like he would an innocent comparison to Winnie the Pooh... Nope.
I keep imagining their lawyers/crisis crew/whoever telling them to stay silent but I think it's only hurting them too.
yes they did. It was awful to fire them and the whole thing is a shitshow, but they clearly knew what he was going to say, hence they duck udnearneath the desks and giggle. Come on now.
except that if you piss off China you actually WILL lose that 1/3rd, if you piss off the west you wont lose 2/3rds, that's the scary difference.
Also this is quite fantastic to show that (duh) the only reason Blitz got the punishment he did was because it was in Taiwan (I think it was in Taiwan?)
lol no
Honestly, people are angry now, but they'll eventually cool and go back to buying Blizzard products. Especially if they announce something big at Blizzcon this year. I don't know, people suck.
