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Blizzard President Confirms Blizzard Will Not Repeal Suspensions of Hearthstone Casters in Interview
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Blizzard President Confirms Blizzard Will Not Repeal Suspensions of Hearthstone Casters in Interview - MMORPG.com
In an interview with PC Gamer, Blizzard President J. Allen Brack confirmed that suspensions for the Hearthstone casters won't be repealed.
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Netease is a Chinese company. It's entirely possible that people in China agree with their own government. Just like we have people who voted for trump.
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Oh gawd. Someone please tell him what he looks like.. Please.
I don't even remember the last time I saw such an impressive example of what a company thinks of its audience: "See these pins that half of us are wearing? It's a proof that at Blizzard, every voice matters. You can't fake a badge, duh!"
Except for the fact that kneeling during the national anthem wasn't breaking a rule, so no not the same.
These people are not honest actors and are unwilling to make a good faith attempt to reason fairly, consistently, or justly.
You can't afford to keep silent as a big company when something like this hits the limelight during your watch.
/2c
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Blizzchung is not a victim, he did a act of civil disobedience. Then took the thing he pretty much knew was coming like a champ. Shrugged his shoulders knowing that he had done what he set out to do.
As for the casters... Do they actually lose anything by this ban...? I am not sure.
Blizzard did pretty much as little as they could. Care to know why...?
Because of human freaking nature, more specifically a little quirk called copycat syndrome (ok not really a actual syndrome but still a interesting quirk).. You see, had this not been punished we would have had a bunch of people quickly getting on the bandwagon just to get their 5 seconds in the spotlight... leading to even more people doing it.... And so on and so forth.
Now while that initially is good for the signal to noise ratio of the issue.. it is shit for pretty much everyone else... especially if half your biz is running events publicly. Because soon things will have gotten out of control and that is when the big hammer drops and from where i sit... That is a PR nightmare that makes this one seem like a fart in space.
Now if you think i make this shit up... Just look up viral trends... No matter how stupid or dangerous they are you have people copycatting for their five sec. This would be no different.
Not to mention that beyond that initial improvement of signal to noise... It quickly get hit with diminishing return that then goes in to a negativt as fatigue sets in and people simply don´t give a shit any more.
This have been a good conversation
He makes it sound like if they rolled back the ban people would suddenly start taking over gamecasts to promote their political agenda. Such weak BS, makes me wanna vomit.