Lonely_Dolphin said:
The most extreme example of Azz being disingenuous. You're not fooling anyone, it's in the OP. There's no way one could know about this without also knowing it was in fact at a Blizzard event as that's why it's even relevant. Only god knows what point he was gonna try to make with this. "China has over 620m players compared to the US's 166m players. Blizzard has a huge following in China. The fact you choose to ignore this bothers me.." "You honestly think the Chinese goverment sees this as harmless free speech? Serious question." These lines should bother everyone, he know Blizzard's actions are all about greed but still defends them. I wonder if Azz even realizes that's the main issue here, Blizzard is letting the CCP, a corrupt authoritarian regime that oppresses it's people, influence them for money, going back on their own principles, and then lying about it. The Chinese Gov. doesn't give a shit about their own people and are so childishly petty they've banned Winnie the Pooh. That's some audacity to say Blizzard should care more about what they think than the rest of the world including their own country. That Blizzard hypocritically doled out the most severe punishment for something harmless is secondary. |
Was it at a Blizzard event for the US protesters? That still proves my point that Blizzard doesn't care for communism as they allow freedom of speech where its allowed. People act like they are going out hunting protesters instead of understanding they are trying to save there brand in China. Yes I disagree with Blizzard and they should have taken a better approach but a business is a business and they only care for money. They just see numbers like 600m+ potential customers. Its greed and all major corps are the same.
Either way, I don't really care what happens next with this Chung vs Blizzard, its gone too deep now. All I can say is I wont be taking it out on quality games as the hard working devs don't deserve childish and immature practices. If you really love something you clearly wont give it up however it seems boycotters don't really love what they boycott so its not really a loss to them. Its a gain for me because it clears the servers out and allows me to avoid players that simply don't care for the games. Take that as you wish. If you think Boycotting Blizzard is going to save Hong Kong? Please tell me what you are drinking, they banned Winnie the Pooh you think they will stop there? They will just ban the people from Blizzard games as well. Ill never understand the logic behind it.
A bigger question would be if we reverse the situation and a protester spoke at a Blizzard event that was promoting communism in Hong Kong using Blizzards branding, would you be happy hearing that at a gaming event? Or would you rather Blizzard penalise them? Serious question.
