11-01-2019, 02:25 PM
(11-01-2019, 01:32 PM)G.Irish Wrote: Really all Blizzard had to do in the first place was ignore the problem and it would have died down on its own. But you go out and ban a pro-player and claw back his winnings for being pro Hong Kong and now you've created a needless firestorm.
Majority of players don't care, but it only takes a small number of people to create another incident that will anger China, and in turn put pressure on Blizzard to do something heavy-handed and dumb.
I don't boycott Blizzard on purpose, I don't care for their games and I'm glad Bungie escaped.
And yeah, yeah, politics, but we live in a global world now, and China's in yer base, Killin yer d00ds, so to speak.
Blizz's response was hamfisted and dumb, but it won't be the last hamfisted and dumb response from a video game publisher over offending china.
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