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Someone turned Mei (Overwatch) in a pro-Hong Kong symbol.
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So rather than use rubber bullets, which have been used in the past, they use live ammo to shoot and potentially kill a protestor because a policeman got hit by a metal bat when he has full body gear on?
This is the hill you die on?
The police were using metal 'objects' on the protesters too, I guess that's ok though? You were not stating a fact so I corrected you. Again looking at your posts it seems like you have a very obvious agenda/bias so I think it would be better for yourself if you come out with your reasons for defending China at every chance you get.
I'm not sure that's how it works when it comes to Chinese branches of American companies. Not that it makes it right or anything, but I don't ever expect a Chinese subsidiary to openly go against the will of the Chinese Government. At least I haven't seen it. Not sure what would happen if they did.
You have to be more subtle man, not starting to lick the boot immediately.
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It's still Blizzard. They still have agreed upon communication policies regarding talking about Hong Kong and how to address the protests. Doesn't matter if it came from China or Canada. The message is the same. They don't fucking care.
more important is what did J. Allen Brack said, which is fucking nothing.
"Let's keep politics out of our tournament please, anyone opposing the Chinese government can get the fuck out tho"
why are you "phewing" tho, its still bad lol.
Right now you have a creepy ass "PRIDE OF OUR COUNTRY" statement from China, and NOTHING from NA so...yeah...
"Sorry, what? I wasn't paying attention. I'm busy counting my money from China."
Has this been posted yet?
Someone turned Mei (Overwatch) in a pro-Hong Kong symbol.
They are sharing it everywhere in hopes the Chinese government notices and bans Overwatch in China. Mods on r/overwatch deleted the image when it was shared even though it didn't break any rules.
I expect to see lots of Mei cosplayers at Blizz-con.
Nintendo of America is still Nintendo. If they say something we usually say Nintendo said it. Same with Sony UK. Microsoft Europe.
Different regions does not make anyone are a lesser part of company... and in this case the US based PR is totally silent
I'm not justifying the action taken, I'm just against the spread of disinformation, any arguments based on falsehoods are invalid and fail to hold up. So when we discuss these very serious issues we should be careful to not forget the facts of what we're discussing.
Tencent invested a lot of money on reddit recently. No wonder they're censoring stuff
Depends on how their reporting structure in the company is set up, that may very well be part of the problem. That they all have an equal say. It is possible that, for example, Blizzard US, EU, and CH (I think that is the China short name?) are fully independent. Haven't worked for them, but it is possible.
I cannot imagine people in the US or EU being very happy about this situation right now. Especially people on the Hearthstone team that probably had nothing to do with this whole situation.
Hopefully a LOT of people will go to Blizzcon in protest this year.
It absolutely needs to happen.
It absolutely needs to happen.
Yes, but redditors hate the Chinese government. Lots of anti-chinese posts reached r/all when Tencent invested money on Reddit but they weren't deleted. I think r/overwatch mods must be paid Blizzard employees. I saw one mod quit r/hearthstone over this debacle.
It was to be expected the Blizzard China would say this, I think that openly criticizing the Chinese government would be pretty dangerous for them. It's the US branch that should really do more against this.
Honestly at this point Activision Blizzard had their chance to release a meaningful statement. After the Chinese branch spoke on the behalf of the company, I don't think there's any way to redeem themselves - except by actively cutting their ties with the PRC and releasing a pro Hongkong message... which they will never do because they're cowards.
Looking at Twitter, the backlash is already biting them hard in the ass.
Looking at Twitter, the backlash is already biting them hard in the ass.
I find the surprised reactions to this a bit strange. Welcome to (global) capitalism. Corporations want that 🇹🇷💵💵of the fast growing Chinese middle class.
Pretty much this, no one should expect anything different from the Chinese arm...of anything really. There is still plenty to be mad about but this statement should not surprise anyone.
There was a tweet someone posted in one of the other threads that showed at least some Blizzard employees aren't happy about this.
I imagine the morale is rock bottom for low level employees working on Blizzcon material right now, where Blizzcon is virtually guaranteed to severely stripped down or outright cancelled at this rate.
I'd argue after last year the idea of giving the crowd a microphone would be up in the air, now... boy, that show is going to be a thing to watch.
Of course there is, Blizzard is a company with thousands of employees spread across multiple countries. There are going to be plenty of people who aren't happy about this.
Just out of curiosity, is "Fuck Blizzard" something all political divisions in the US can get behind? Or are some of them pro-Chinese atrocities for some terrible reason?
I've also seen people post Mei as Pro-China as well though tbh.Has this been posted yet?
Someone turned Mei (Overwatch) in a pro-Hong Kong symbol.
The in-game chat for BFV censors out Tiananmen.
Too many US and Western tech companies have their fingers in the fascist pie. This isn't a problem with only Blizzard.
Mostly. But there are some of the "keep politics out of gaming" shits going to bat for Blizzard.
A bit, sure, but there's a movement to make Mei pro-democracy and that's got a LOT more momentum right now.