Activision cancelled its WoW: Shadowlands stream to “make space for other voices.” Where was that space when Blitzchung and Hong Kong needed it?

[Redaktion]

Activision Blizzard recently announced that it would be delaying its World of Warcraft: Shadowlands livestream to make way for "more important voices." However, the decision appears insincere, especially in light of Blizzard's treatment of Hearthstone Grandmaster Blitzchung for speaking out about the Hong Kong protests.

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[Dan6]

Because games and sport is not a place for political voices. If I want political news - I can watch TV.

[TruthIsThere]

First, Activision / Blizzard is an American company and our people matters, FIRST, more than other countries politics do just like Asian companies like vivo, Xiaomi showed when they boycotted against our American organization and its players the NBA. (Where were your questions when that was going on?!)

Second, Americans are tired of our great troops fighting for countries that will eventually hate on us and disrespect our troops and their most ultimate sacrifice defending/liberating them just for them to stab us in the back and want us out their country FAST when we've finished the job that they were too inferior to accomplish themselves.

You know, hypocrites!

[Dan6]

"Second, Americans are tired of our great troops fighting for countries that will eventually hate on us and disrespect our troops and their most ultimate sacrifice defending/liberating them just for them to stab us in the back and want us out their country FAST when we've finished the job that they were too inferior to accomplish themselves."

OMG, are you serious?! You probably watch CNN 24/7 or just a troll..

[Hannes]

The Blitzchung incident was the wrong thing to do, no doubt about that. This time they make the right decision and get blamed for that also? Did they have any option that you would not hold against them?

[Drujo]

Because games and sport is not a place for political voices. If I want political news - I can watch TV.

They are though, look at Tommie Smith in the  1960's, way before people started "politicizing" sports and games. I don't get why it is wrong to speak up about issues your people have suffered in an event viewed by thousands, if anything it is the perfect scenario for issues like this to be speaked about. And this in particular isn't political, this is more of a human rights issue. China has done and is doing terrible things to taiwanese, nepalese, tibetan, the Uyghurs, hong kongers etc.

[Drujo]

The Blitzchung incident was the wrong thing to do, no doubt about that. This time they make the right decision and get blamed for that also? Did they have any option that you would not hold against them?

They are criticizing Activision because what they are doing is totally hypocritical and they are just guided by money, which is what companies do, but don't try to pass it as if you were in favor of human rights when you have the CCP up your arse.

[Andrew Corbett]

Crazy how blizzard is all about being involved here when it doesn't involve their Chinese overlords paying them less.

[Freedom?nothanks]

Second, Americans are tired of our great troops fighting for countries that will eventually hate on us and disrespect our troops and their most ultimate sacrifice defending/liberating them just for them to stab us in the back and want us out their country FAST when we've finished the job that they were too inferior to accomplish themselves.

You know, hypocrites!

Hating on those who bomb their country, kill their people and steal their oil and natural resources in the name of freedom.
Yeah, hypocrites!

[Jtmoney]

Obviously they learned from their mistake, duh.

[joseph]

I don't know; that just seems too bad. Its only an event, what can you do about it?
After all, 'kashmir'

[Fake news]

That's no fight for freedom but just destroying the economy.  Please use
real human eyes to see what they have done to HK last year but not through your monitor

Stop crying infringing people's right or freedowm of speech. Come to HK and see how people is free to complain everything  in HK still.Even those who set fire to stores or hit people badly they are still [FREE] from being caught.

If still no guts to admit what they have really done, so please stop political stuffs here.

[Marach]

Things to check before writing an attack article. Is the company that caused the outrage over Blitz the same as the one making the announcement now.

The answer btw is no, blizz Asia is not blizz rest of the world.  Blizz rotw actually reversed as much as they could in the blitz case but they couldn't force blizz Asia to reinstate him.

[LL]

Of course Blizzard is hypocritical, leftists is all for show, they are baizuo. 18 death in Chicago in just 1 day did anyone saw any protest?
Of course not, the left does this for power.

"Hating on those who bomb their country, kill their people and steal their oil and natural resources in the name of freedom.
Yeah, hypocrites!"

You know that more than 100000 French were killed by Allied forces liberating their country. Maybe instead of spouting your ignorance, try to check who owns the oil...

[TruthIsThere]

You just gotta love the ignorance about some damn oil nonsense.

America 10,000% energy efficient, complete extreme superpower militarily, economically, education, science, technology and sooOOoo much more.

Fact, American troops lost of lifes are in the thousands fighting beside countries that HATE US AFTER THE JOB IS DONE!

Fact - America has spent over 20 TRILLION DOLLARS FIGHTING WARS AND HELPING THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES and those countries NEVER OFFERED TO REPAY AMERICANS NOT ONE DIME! SO, WHAT DAMN OIL, JEWELS, LAND, MONEY?!?!

The BS is thick in here from BBC RT, Sputnik, Aljazeera, etc.