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Blizzard Bans Hearthstone Pro, Rescinds Prize Money for Supporting Hong Kong

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 08 2019, @07:59PM   
from the what-if-all-players-added-the-same-.sig? dept.

Walzmyn writes:

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.

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Original Submission

• who cares about HK who cares about HK (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @08:59PM (5 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @08:59PM (#904323)

  how about some of your attention span to iraq, the USA imposed "democracy" is still killing hundreds because of oil... I mean democracy and everyone on the faposphere of politically correct sites whining about how poor babys can't get their fix of some stupid game. Just fuck off already dumb fucks

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• Re:who cares about HK (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:35AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:35AM (#904436)

  Hong Kong is much more important than browns in muslimstan.

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• Re:who cares about HK Re:who cares about HK (Score: 2) by EJ on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:56AM (1 child)

  by EJ (2452) on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:56AM (#904447)

  What are you doing about any of those things? Posting on the Internet does about as much for them as cheering at your television does to help your team win the Super Bowl.

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  • Re:who cares about HK (Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Wednesday October 09 2019, @01:08AM

    by c0lo (156) on Wednesday October 09 2019, @01:08AM (#904453) Journal

    Posting on the Internet does about as much for them as cheering at your television does to help your team win the Super Bowl.

    So true. What was in the eds' mind when they posted this story on the front page? (grin)

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• Re:who cares about HK Re:who cares about HK (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:07PM (1 child)

  by khallow (3766) on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:07PM (#904658) Journal

  the USA imposed "democracy" is still killing hundreds because of oil...

  Which let us note is not a large number. My view is that the fate of Hong Kong is a much bigger problem in the long run than a democracy with a little violence.

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  • Re:who cares about HK (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:57PM (#905389)

    Which let us note is not a large number.

    Yeah, it's just a few people whose rights are being systematically destroyed.

    No. The individual is the smallest minority, and individual rights are paramount. Any violation of individual rights is automatically important.

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