Blizzchung is NOT removed from GM. They left that out on purpose.
While I'm glad that they back pedalled to a somewhat reasonable stance regarding this particular incident, I feel that much has been lost in terms of credibility regarding their core values.
It's not enough for me to justify blacklisting Blizzard in particular over any other company who deals with China. I personally really don't know how to move forward regarding all the China issues
Blizzard cracking down on a pro democracy activist to appease chinese sentiments absolutely is immoral. It's not about the amount of suffering they've created but about the stance they've taken.
That's how I see it and that's how a broad spectrum of the community, press and even Blizzard employees see it.
Yeah I kinda wish my favorite game developper wouldn't actively participate in governement repression.
They had some leeway how to respond to Blitzchungs stunt (official warning, a fine, banning him from future interviews) but the really went all out. On everyone involved.
After the recent South park and NBA incidents and 3 weeks before Blizzcon this is a total desaster from a PR point of view and will cost them at least my money.
Also please cut the "iF yOu ReAlLy CaReD aBoUt HuMaN rIgHtS" crap
This is the exactly type of stuff Hearthstone would be getting with any kind of competent game developper (Hearthstone is licensed by a Chinese company). They also have offcial replay functions, deck trackers etc.
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Blizzchung is NOT removed from GM. They left that out on purpose.
While I'm glad that they back pedalled to a somewhat reasonable stance regarding this particular incident, I feel that much has been lost in terms of credibility regarding their core values.
It's not enough for me to justify blacklisting Blizzard in particular over any other company who deals with China. I personally really don't know how to move forward regarding all the China issues
Blizzard cracking down on a pro democracy activist to appease chinese sentiments absolutely is immoral. It's not about the amount of suffering they've created but about the stance they've taken.
That's how I see it and that's how a broad spectrum of the community, press and even Blizzard employees see it.
If you think Diablo mobile went badly, wait until you see this...
Even if some cynics disagree, public shaming is also quite effective (the company, not the devs or streamers)
Companies should absolutely be held accountable if they do immoral things.
Yeah I kinda wish my favorite game developper wouldn't actively participate in governement repression.
They had some leeway how to respond to Blitzchungs stunt (official warning, a fine, banning him from future interviews) but the really went all out. On everyone involved.
After the recent South park and NBA incidents and 3 weeks before Blizzcon this is a total desaster from a PR point of view and will cost them at least my money.
Also please cut the "iF yOu ReAlLy CaReD aBoUt HuMaN rIgHtS" crap
Yeah this is pretty much the harshest punishment they could hand out to all people involved. This all about appeasement
Any idea why India (second biggest country in the world by population) isn't participating?
For comparison here's the survey from last February (questions answered by redditors)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQSNkm32QfDv-q9MNnXSmsYQvmp9LFystLvMbKwTV72TqvwA/viewanalytics
This is the exactly type of stuff Hearthstone would be getting with any kind of competent game developper (Hearthstone is licensed by a Chinese company). They also have offcial replay functions, deck trackers etc.
Unfortunately the west is stuck with team 5
So much stuff going on!