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Azzanation on 12 October 2019
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twintail said:

So being a gamer means you can't have political views? 

I'm not really sure where you are going with this.

What does political views got to do with playing video games?

DarthMetalliCube said:

Seriously? I'd argue the opposite. Real gamers care about human rights and tend to have an anti-authoritarian bent.

This isn't the freaking climate change or abortion debate.. This isn't a "political stance." It's not a controversial one. It's a city of downtrodden citizens fighting for basic human rights against an oppressive communist government that literally beats and shoots protestors in the streets, and has ACTUAL concentration camps for "undesirables" like Muslims (Uighurs). And if Blizzard is going to sacrifice their soul just to pocket a little extra change then they're dead to me. That's dirty money as far as I'm concerned. I know as a souless corporation $$$ is the ultimate bottom line but jesus christ, do you draw the line ANYWHERE. Peronally I'd rather be homeless in the street than sell my soul and fill my pockets with dirty money. And wtf why do these guys feel the need to be Chinese bootlickers all a sudden? Is the Western capitalist market full of hundreds of millions of potential consumers not enough??

Blizzard are a video game maker and a business not a justice fighter for peoples rights. What happens in another country is not controlled by Blizzard. They have majority of there market share there and are not willing to lose everything over a war that cannot be won. I feel sorry for the Hong Kong people as I have many friends who are from HK however Blizzard are still just a video game maker and boycotting good games over political views to me are simply not true gamers at heart. I could care less if the devil makes video games, if the video game is good and interests me than ill buy it regardless.

A smarter sense in these situations would be to keep political views away from gaming so these things don't happen.

Last edited by Azzanation - on 12 October 2019