Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
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Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#2If that's real, that's a surprisingly bad PR move from Blizzard. I understand this was targeted at a Chinese audience (since Weibo) but they must have known this would get back to their English speaking audience almost immediately.
There has to be a better balance then "We will always respect and defend the pride of our country" (even if that is a slight mistranslation).
Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#3If that's real, that's a surprisingly bad PR move from Blizzard. I understand this was targeted at a Chinese audience (since Weibo) but they must have known this would get back to their English speaking audience almost immediately. There has to be a better balance then "We will always respect and defend the pride of our country" (even if that is a slight mistranslation).
There is a good chance it was not authorized by HQ and might be some China-specific PR division acting autonomously.
I have a feeling blizzard just wants this problem to go away, otherwise people are going to turn blizzcon 2019 into a shitshow
Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#4NBA did the same thing.
Their Chinese statement was way more apologetic than the English one.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2019/10/07/nba-chin...
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Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#6If that's real, that's a surprisingly bad PR move from Blizzard. I understand this was targeted at a Chinese audience (since Weibo) but they must have known this would get back to their English speaking audience almost immediately. There has to be a better balance then "We will always respect and defend the pride of our country" (even if that is a slight mistranslation).
There is a good chance it was not authorized by HQ and might be some China-specific PR division acting autonomously. I have a feeling blizzard just wants this problem to go away, otherwise people are going to turn blizzcon 2019 into a shitshow
Redditors are already talking about going in Rockets gear and Winnie the Pooh shirts.
Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#7If that's real, that's a surprisingly bad PR move from Blizzard. I understand this was targeted at a Chinese audience (since Weibo) but they must have known this would get back to their English speaking audience almost immediately. There has to be a better balance then "We will always respect and defend the pride of our country" (even if that is a slight mistranslation).
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Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#8Big corporations doing big business in market too big to be ignored...
Still, I think they should grow some balls.
Acting like this now mean it will be worse in the future.
Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#9What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
Re: Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
#10I would feel a lot better about companies talking out of both sides of their mouths here if what they said in English wasn't already so compromised. Firing the broadcasters and banning the player shows which side of their mouth Blizzard is speaking truth out of, I think.