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Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Re: Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Post by anthony_doan »

ayakura wrote: post #12

My own take throughout the whole thing is similar to Brian Kibler's [1]. To me, even though it made sense that Blizzard wanted to stay neutral, the punishment was too severe for all of the people involved (zero prize money, 1 year ban) so it's nice that at least one of them was reverted. [1]: http://bmkgaming.com/statement-on-blitzchung/ Sidenote, Linus is reading the statement on the WAN show and he mentioned that B…

> it made sense that Blizzard wanted to stay neutral

To me it made sense that Blizzard wanted China's money, see diablo mobile.

"Do you guys not have phones?"

Also there are reports Blizzard is stopping people from deleting their accounts.

Re: Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Post by randallsquared »

> We now believe he should receive his prizing. We understand that for some this is not about the prize, and perhaps for others it is disrespectful to even discuss it. That is not our intention.

It's a little weird that they say they "believe he should receive" his prize, rather than saying that he actually will. It's hard to think of a reason they would word it that way, except to give the false impression that he's getting the prize he won.

Re: Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Post by chloerei »

I support Blizzard's decision, it kept the bottom line. I feel ridiculous, in order to support the riots in another country, some people were so passionate. I think this people are affected by anti-China sentiment.

I write a post, tell everyone what happened in Hong Kong and try to persuade everyone not to make political opinions so easily, especially if a place is very far away from you.

Stand with Hong Kong, but which side? https://chloerei.com/2019/10/11/stand-with-hong-kong-but-whi...

The content may make you uncomfortable because it is different from the reporting position of some Western media. But looking at the problem from multiple angles will give you a more comprehensive understanding.

Re: Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Post by 14 »

I have a question, what if he was to thank his mom while on a broadcast that would not be about the content of the game either will he be banned for that? Talk about foot in your mouth Blizzard now we can all count down to Blizzcon and watch the fireworks I am sure there will be.

Re: Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Post by JeremyBanks »

taneq wrote: post #49
mullingitover wrote: post #41

Command + f "sorry": 0 results Command + f "mistake": 0 results Command + f "apologize": 0 results They still aren't listening to a PR expert, and this is only going to throw gasoline on the fire. This blog post [1] counseling Burning Man back in their dumpster fire of pain when they switched to a lottery system is very instructional, Blizzard should be following it to the letter if they intend to get out of this hol…

> They still aren't listening to a PR expert, and this is only going to throw gasoline on the fire. Of course, if they had listened to a PR expert and written a first-rate apology letter, then we'd be calling them out as insincere and saying it was just PR fluff, a la the StackExchange letter recently.

That's mistaken. Everybody called out the first Stack apology because it was like this -- not an apology. The second Stack apology was much better recieved because it was actually written as an apology, even through their actions didn't change at all.

Re: Regarding Last Weekend’s Hearthstone Grandmasters Tournament

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Post by edanm »

cpeterso wrote: post #45

Ellen Pao (former Reddit CEO): "Tech companies: We tolerate harassment and hate so we can enable political dissent, public squares, free speech Also tech companies: Censor the Hong Kong protestors and kill all their communication channels" https://twitter.com/ekp/status/1182710608887611394?s=21

So different tech companies act differently? Why is that surprising.
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