"... as best it could ...", not the best. They banned the player and fined him his winnings. If they did nothing it would make those who invest feel they (a) don't care or (b) are happy for political messages to be broadcast. It would then mean other players doing the same thing, leading to more political messages being broadcast. The less they do the more of an issue it becomes. As I said, it was a little much, just tell him off or something after and remind him that they are to talk about the game not make political statements.

They still are a corporation wanting money and don't want to alienate all the people they want to play Diablo Immortal (because that certaintly isn't being made for us. :P)

Blizzard are doing their best Kent Brockman impression. 

https://youtu.be/8lcUHQYhPTE

It was purely up to Blizzard's discretion, and they (*cough*China*cough*) decided wanting freedom is really bad so they should receive the harshest punishments possible.

Pardon my bad phrasing, but they definitely could have done better. While his message is political, it's one everyone should agree with so it wouldn't cause division, it's also not offensive nor instigates violence. That's just an assumption that there will suddenly be a bandwagon. If it happens they can deal with it then, no need to destroy people's careers and support oppression over a what if.

Really though, they did not do this just to enforce the rules. China most certainly made them do it by threatening to take away their precious moneys.

I just know that Blizzcon this year is going to be really entertaining.

Had the wrong video in the OP, replaced with one that has the full info, namely the rules that were violated.

I honestly thought this was going to be about the biblical blizzard occurring in North Dakota right now. Guess now lol

What does really goes to show you is how much power the Chinese government wields. Everybody is bending over backwards to please the Chinese Communists in hope that maybe they'll loosen the range on access to their market. I understand the business reasons behind what companies do in situations like this. Nevertheless, I do not support licking the boots communist scumbags like the Chinese government.

It's really no different than the companies who looked the other way so they could continue to operate in Nazi Germany. China has slave labor and concentration camps, too.  Of course, these companies would deny they would ever work with Hitler. But what they don't see is that Hitler/Nazis, by any other name, still smell just as foul.

Blizzard lost my goodwill when they couldn't make SC2 a better game than SCBW.

This just seals the deal.

I'm done with them.

Im way ahead of the game, Ive been boycotting Blizzard for the last 4 years.