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Will you boycott Blizzard?

Yes 46 63.01%
 
No 21 28.77%
 
See Results 6 8.22%
 
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the-pi-guy said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/djug36/congress_sends_letter_condemning_blizzard_for/

Congress sends letter.

Pot calling the kettle black.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Easy for congress to tell Blizzard to take the fall.


It's funny that when Sony announced the ps5 to be a greener console everyone was up in arms to leave politics out of games. Not so easy now. Self censorship has been going on for years when it comes to the Chinese market. Odd place to make a stand now.



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If there's one thing more pathetic than political tribalism, it's brand tribalism. Good grief, what a sad, ugly thread.



SvennoJ said:


It's funny that when Sony announced the ps5 to be a greener console everyone was up in arms to leave politics out of games. Not so easy now. Self censorship has been going on for years when it comes to the Chinese market. Odd place to make a stand now.

Not really that odd actually. I've heard about Chinese censorship for a while now but most people didn't care about the censorship of skeletons or whatever silly crap the Chinese gov. decided to censor. Censoring someone on an on-going protest for human rights is obviously going to create a lot more of buzz and support worldwide.



Azzanation said:

Well it seems all this time I thought I was debating with someone who actually liked Blizzard games, but it seems your true colours have come out. Boycott there games, I wont because there games are quite good. I also don't like punishing people that have nothing to do with the event that happened. It just shows that you are no different to the Chinese, taking people out with collateral damage to have your say. I am sure if Blizzard banned a guy at there event for a year if they stood up promoting communism at a US event you probably wouldn't give two shits. Its all politics, something I stay out of. If it frees up Blizzards servers than you are only doing me a favour. Sorry but that's just my opinion and I wont be changing my mind on it. 

Or you could go out and hunt the Members of Blizzard that enforced the law of the ban, don't blame it on a brand especially since it had nothing to do with there games. That's what ill be doing in your shoes. Only way you can get me to boycott something I like is if it was directly related to the games I am playing, like if Blizzard were banning gamers in game for having free speech etc.

Not trying to change your opinion, just pointing out how flawed and unreasonable it is. You wanna keep buying their games? Sure that's fine. Unlike you I have no problem with people using their freedom to buy what they want and not what they don't.

Now, for you to say anyone who doesn't buy their products is the equivalent to the CCP means I can only laugh my way out of this increasingly stupid conversation.



Lonely_Dolphin said:

Not trying to change your opinion, just pointing out how flawed and unreasonable it is. You wanna keep buying their games? Sure that's fine. Unlike you I have no problem with people using their freedom to buy what they want and not what they don't.

Now, for you to say anyone who doesn't buy their products is the equivalent to the CCP means I can only laugh my way out of this increasingly stupid conversation.

Cool.

I dont buy products based on companies political views. They could worship satin for all i care, but if they make Diablo 4 i am in without question on buying it.

Yes, to me you are no different in your attitude on demanding your choice of opinions by making others suffer in the process. You are just showing it in a different way. Plus it seems you never cared for there games in the first place.

I stand by keeping political views out from my gaming, its a entertainment buisness. If it frees the servers up on gamers who care about crap outside of gaming than good riddance. Thats my freedom of speech right there.



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Azzanation said:

Cool.

I dont buy products based on companies political views. They could worship satin for all i care, but if they make Diablo 4 i am in without question on buying it.

Yes, to me you are no different in your attitude on demanding your choice of opinions by making others suffer in the process. You are just showing it in a different way. Plus it seems you never cared for there games in the first place.

I stand by keeping political views out from my gaming, its a entertainment buisness. If it frees the servers up on gamers who care about crap outside of gaming than good riddance. Thats my freedom of speech right there.

Seems like you're trying to convince yourself at this point, repeating the same debunked, hypocritical, and outright idoitic shlock over and over. Stooping so low to blindly defend a billion-dollar corporation that gives no shits about you, only your wallet. That's pretty hilarious.



Lonely_Dolphin said:

Seems like you're trying to convince yourself at this point, repeating the same debunked, hypocritical, and outright idoitic shlock over and over. Stooping so low to blindly defend a billion-dollar corporation that gives no shits about you, only your wallet. That's pretty hilarious.

Like I said cool.

That reply is exactly what I expected from you. Sounds more like someone being called out of being a hypocrite to me, but nothing I don't expect from people involved in politics. 

Boycott, its your choice. I wont be boycotting something that's not related to this sad incident. Ill be playing Blizzard's next big game regardless.

But lets leave it there. We agree to disagree.



Azzanation said:

Like I said cool.

That reply is exactly what I expected from you. Sounds more like someone being called out of being a hypocrite to me, but nothing I don't expect from people involved in politics. 

Boycott, its your choice. I wont be boycotting something that's not related to this sad incident. Ill be playing Blizzard's next big game regardless.

But lets leave it there. We agree to disagree.

I can't disagree with reality, saying "cool" over and over doesn't disprove or make my claims go away. So you really are serious then, you calling me the equivalent of the CCP for being a consumer. That post is one of if not the dumbest non-troll post I've ever seen and I will never let you live it down. xD



Lonely_Dolphin said:

I can't disagree with reality, saying "cool" over and over doesn't disprove or make my claims go away. So you really are serious then, you calling me the equivalent of the CCP for being a consumer. That post is one of if not the dumbest non-troll post I've ever seen and I will never let you live it down. xD

Not sure if i should be worried or.. 

But

Cool.

;)



Azzanation said:

Not sure if i should be worried or.. 

But

Cool.

;)

You're fine with being a laughably wrong ignorant and hypocritical corporate slave? That's cool with me.

Since you don't know when to stop for your own good, I'll let you take the last word since that's clearly your only purpose at this point.