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Question for all of y'all: what would happen if an Olympic athlete expressed or signalled a strong political view (beyond just "my country good, your country bad") during an official Olympic ceremony?
Wish bigwigs would keep it brief and to the point. This was all I need to hear: > official broadcasts [should] remain focused on the game and are not a > platform for divisive social or political views. Same goes with NFL and the kneeling. Just say "hey, we're a business" and leave it at that. Hate all the moralizing.
> One of our goals at Blizzard is to make sure that every player, everywhere in the world, regardless of political views, religious beliefs, race, gender, or any other consideration always feels safe [..] playing our games This HN comment from 6 years ago comes to mind: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6154475
I might believe this, if the American team who made the exact same statement (pro-Hong Kong) in a virtually identical context (on a stream with shoutcasters) had received the same punishment. They didn’t. They didn’t receive any punishment, they were immediately moved on to the next match. So, Blizzard is not acting any anything resembling consistently on this matter. Some voices matter more than others; in this case…
So now some Chinese player should make a statement praising China and condemning Hong Kong.
(But I've already said it: with Blizzard controlling a huge money market in WoW and China being big on farming that gold all day every day, there's zero chance Blizzard would give that up.)
Whatever Blizzard set out to do, it’s exceptionally naive not to acknowledge that demand changes a public technology.
… but of course we know what this is about. We know it’s about not wanting to cut off a large revenue stream.
Wish bigwigs would keep it brief and to the point. This was all I need to hear: > official broadcasts [should] remain focused on the game and are not a > platform for divisive social or political views. Same goes with NFL and the kneeling. Just say "hey, we're a business" and leave it at that. Hate all the moralizing.
Not a great look. This line: > The actions that we took over the weekend are causing people to question if we are still committed to these values. We absolutely are and I will explain. Is basically saying, "What we did actually exemplifies our values", or maybe saying, "Well actually, our values..." Combined with the complete lack of acknowledgement of wrongdoing and not addressing their initial online response at al…
Question for all of y'all: what would happen if an Olympic athlete expressed or signalled a strong political view (beyond just "my country good, your country bad") during an official Olympic ceremony?
* Blitzchung will receive all his prize money.
* Bliztchung's suspension from pro play halved to 6 months
* Casters will now be allowed to cast Blizzard events after 6 months
Key statements:
* In hindsight, our process wasn’t adequate, and we reacted too quickly
* The specific views expressed by blitzchung were NOT a factor in the decision we made. I want to be clear: our relationships in China had no influence on our decision.
* We have these rules to keep the focus on the game and on the tournament to the benefit of a global audience, and that was the only consideration in the actions we took.
* If this had been the opposing viewpoint delivered in the same divisive and deliberate way, we would have felt and acted the same.
Source: Reddit comment