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Bloomberg, Endadget and the rest of the digital news world are reporting on Blizzard suspending a Hearthstone Pro for adding a pro-Hong Kong message at the end of his stream.
From Bloomberg
A unit of Activision Blizzard Inc. has punished a player for expressing support for Hong Kong's protest movement, the latest example of a U.S. company attempting to rein in speech that might displease the Chinese communist party.
Blizzard's official release says that he violated competition rules, namely
Engaging in any act that, in Blizzard's sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard image will result in removal from Grandmasters and reduction of the player's prize total to $0 USD, in addition to other remedies which may be provided for under the Handbook and Blizzard's Website Terms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @08:55PM (1 child)
I have been boycotting them continuously since 1999, between Diablo and the LoD expansion coming out. I regretted that decision a little when WoW became so popular, but overall I have been happy with it, and this is just an example of why. Blizzard is now emulating Games Workshop's behavior in all things. That should financially punish both of those companies and yet they are both raving successes. The cult of personality is strong if you make it exclusive, or inclusive enough, or sometimes even both.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @09:27PM
Or most people enjoy the games and never hear much about these political stories, and the small % that do many don't care or are apathetic that boycotting will make a difference.
Not a cult of personality, just the same old large group stats at work.