How bout dat Blizzard!? UPDATE: Blizzard responds with "China isn't involved please believe us!"

[Barkley]

DarthMetalliCube said:

Barkley said:

If a team or players denounced the evils of North Korea at the Fifa World Cup do you think they'd get away with it? You don't use sporting events to make political statements against a government. It doesn't matter if the message is right or wrong, or if it is popular or not popular. You don't do it.

It's not like the dude just shouted this statement. He was asked about it was he not?

No he did just shout the statement. Someone posted a literal translation of what the casters said to him before:

"Casters: You can just say that 8 characters and then we stop talking about anything. You can start at any time.

blitzchung: Liberate Hong Kong! Revolution of our age!"

Basically it seems they just asked him if he had anything he wished to say.

Basically it stems down to one thing, you don't use a platform given to you by someone else to make political statements against another nation and it's government. Sports and by extension Esports should be an escape, friendly competition where other BS can be put aside.

Organisers of events shouldn't have to deal with political fallout and put in a position like this.