[ SECRET POST #4689 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4689 ⌋

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[Cookie Run]


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[Emergence]


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[Evil]


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[Overwatch]


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[How to Get Away With Murder]










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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

yes luckily blizzard is the only company to be tied to their profits in china and as long as we yell liberate hong kong at them we are doing our part in fighting for human rights

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, I sure hope you didn't hurt yourself reaching that far! :)

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT but I kind of agree. It's absurd to randomly pick 1 or 2 companies and punish them for interacting with China, and let every other company doing so off the hook.

To be clear, what Blizzard did was wrong and I condemn it. But there's something very frustrating about the reaction.

[(Anonymous)]

It's, and I hate to say it, 'keyboard warriorism'.

It's easy to shout Free Hong Kong - and we should - but it has to go farther.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a step, dude, and a lot of us are doing what we can. I'm fucking disabled and poor, fanart and shit like that? that's about all I can do while paying my bills and putting food on the table in the beginning of winter.

[(Anonymous)]

Obviously take care of your own needs, but does the fanart actually help the cause? It lets people think they're part of the revolution, but I don't think pictures of Mei holding an umbrella hurt China in any way. I mean if your goal is just to punish Blizzard, which they do deserve, go wild. But recognize that the even if HK protestors adopt Mei as their mascot and the Chinese government bans her, China won't be hurt by not getting to play Overwatch.

[(Anonymous)]

Blizzard did nothing wrong, they were simply punishing someone who broke the terms of their competition, not because they were bowing to China. Any political protest would have been treated the same way.

I love how people complain about what Blizzard did, but how many of the items in their homes are made in China. I don't see them throwing all of those out!

[(Anonymous)]

The reaction was so immediate and punishment so severe that it's hard to imagine China's influence wasn't a factor. They needed to enforce the rule somehow, but confiscating the winnings and banning the player from competing for a while year was clearly excessive.
It's possible that the initial call was made by panicked employees in China, but the US higher-ups backing it up and only toning it down after a backlash was not a good look.

[(Anonymous)]

They probably had the punishment already decided just in case someone did something.

I do agree that it seems excessive though, as I'm sure other players have done worse with less repercussions.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh look, another fucking shill. Fuck you and your bootlicking, bruh.