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Why is everyone forgiving Blizzard so they can play a videogame?
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Do you share that same perspective with Facebook? Twitter? Reddit? How about ICE? The employees know exactly why they are there. Just look at the data from the internal poll, most prefered their companies recent practices and choices.
They are not the same people. As an example me, if you notice i never comment anything in the hk and blizzard thread, it is because i know im very interested in the new diablo 4 game.
There is no way i will protest and buy their product at the same time. It is either one of them
There is no way i will protest and buy their product at the same time. It is either one of them
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Man, you don't gotta give a shit, but good fucking grief with this defensive nonsense trying to justify it. I'm sure some knucklehead somewhere is smugly saying the same thing about your social injustice concerns. Like I don't care if you buy blizzard products, but sitting here behaving as if not playing overwatch and/or diablo is some huge sacrifice you can't make until the injustices in the US are solved is just corny and transparent.
If I wanted to buy overwatch, I'd just do it and that would be that. This need some of you have come in here with the cliched ass "no ethical consumption under capitalism" schlock is just laughable though.
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Blizzard's hype magic works can feel like injecting a dose or morphine in your veins. I've been voting with my wallet via not buying Activision-Blizzard products since those Activision layoffs; the complicit attitude towards China was just another icing in the cake for me.
Still waiting for those boycotters to boycott Apple and the like :P
Ain't like Joe Schmo not playing Overwatch 2 is gonna stop China from taking over HK in 2047.
And that's fine with me. It really doesn't bother me because I said it's my fight.
I would never say I don't care about some else's house burning down, but when mine is too, I got to get my family out first. When I do that, I'm going to help whomever I can.
Does this include you and your friends? What did they say on why they're forgiving Blizzard?
The better question is why you thought this time would be different? People just don't care, just look at the lame ass protest turn out at Blizzcon. If the people who claim to care and planned to protest don't even bother showing up what makes you think the average gamer will do anything?
Ok, LeBron.
Ok, LeBron.
You do realize there are people who DO boycott Apple products, right?
I used to buy nearly everything Atlus put out. After the doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down they've demonstrated with Full Body and Persona 5 Royal, they will not see another cent from me. They haven't for 2 years now.
Shh... logic isn't wanted with people here.
I'll post this here like I do most other threads. Instead of going after Blizzard how are you all going to REALLY support the protesters? Something more than arm chair quarterbacking?
And maybe some of them are still buying Blizz games. To expect everyone to do everything perfectly is asinine. We all try to do our part where we can.
That's the entire point.
People are going to boycott what they are able to. And THAT'S OK.
It doesn't mean you support China.
Call me names all you want, but don't attack me because I'm not on the same page as you.
We all have different fights. Just respect mine and I respect yours. Nothing wrong with people fighting for HK, but there is something wrong with me fighting for equality in America?
Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit? Yes. Most employees are there to work for one of the most pretigious companies in the world and be able to support their families/spouses while doing so.
ICE? No.
Internal polls are inheretly flawed simply because they're internal. I know if my place of employment sent one out I'd second guess my answers simply because I'd never be too sure who was actually watching, no matter how "private" or "anonymous" they claim the polls are, especially if they're send to my work email.
I mean, you don't have to constantly be reminding people you aren't supporting a company in order you to still do so. I personally won't be buying a Blizzard game until I feel they have accurately addressed or made proper amends for their fuck up. Don't take me not posting "fuck Blizzard" in all possible threads as a sign of forgiveness.
im boycotting only hearthstone because thats where the incident happened, if blizz bans a HK activist during an overwatch tournament then i'll boycott overwatch, and so on
i think in order for me to boycott blizz as a whole they'd have to ban an HK activist from their california headquarters building
i think in order for me to boycott blizz as a whole they'd have to ban an HK activist from their california headquarters building
Imagine trying to boycott every company that kowtows to China. lol
Grats on living off berries and nuts in the middle of Alaska.
Blizzard is just one company that were dumb enough to make a public statement. In truth one probably couldn't even be a PC gamer at all if one were to boycott all the tech companies that are much more so in bed with the Chinese government than Blizzard.
you kind of answered your own question there OP. Though let's be fair, A lot of people aren't letting them off the hook.
I don't really know where I stand yet, but could someone that is for continuing the boycott tell me what you personally would like to see from Blizzard in order to forgive them?
To be fair, they askes 70 people across all of Activision Blizzard on an app, where you don't know how secure you are.
Plus many of them work there, because it still seems to be better than other places and they have a familiy to feed. It is not their fault for higher ups, propably outside of Blizzard and more in the reigns of Activision to call the shots.
But we as consumers have a responsibility, so that they know they fucked up. And the only way to ultimately show this is by not giving them money.
Sadly I don't see it happening, like at all in all kinds of media and it pisses me off on multiple levels.
You know what, let's discuss this kinda thing in here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/blizzard’s-actionless-non-apology-is-complete-bullshit.150712/
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