What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
Blizzard is an old and famous game development company. Released big titles, such as World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, and the game that is causing the controversy: Hearthstone.
Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China
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#12What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
The video game company who made WoW, Starcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, etc.
They recently banned a player and revoked his winnings for speaking out in support of the Hong Kong protests.
https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/hong-kong-hearthstone-b...
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#13Original post on Hearthstone weibo account: https://www.weibo.com/3229779100/Iax22g4xQ
similar post on the Blizzard account: https://www.weibo.com/5883095259/Iax1avYRU
Which links here: https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23179289
EDITED: to add hearthstone account link.
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#14What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
The video game company who made WoW, Starcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, etc. They recently banned a player and revoked his winnings for speaking out in support of the Hong Kong protests. https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/hong-kong-hearthstone-b...
Ah, thanks for the context.
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#15If 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).
Seems legit. Weibo verified account with 700k fans/followers. You can check the page at:
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#16What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
It’s the first result on google. In fact it’s not even a result it has its own special box below the search bar.
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#18What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
Poor Dairy Queen PR people trying to figure out the reason for the sudden influx of hate.
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#19What's blizzard? Can't tell from the post.
There's been several front page news articles on HN about this. A handy guide.
The original issue:
"Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21190265
Follow ups:
"Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21204172
"Gamers propose punishing Blizzard by flooding it with GDPR requests"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21199701
"After Hearthstone player’s ban, Blizzard is in hot water with lawmakers"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21197991
"Overwatch's Mei Is Becoming a Symbol of the Hong Kong Resistance"
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#20If 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).
Anyone know if a shit storm is also on the chinese side?