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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by Rebelgecko on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:23PM (#21265678)
One one hand, sure he broke the rules. If they had said "don't do that any more", or given him a slap on the wrist it would be understandable. But they banned him for a year and revoked the winnings he had already received in tournament play—

Blitzchung got a worse punishment than people who got caught cheating at Blizzard games. I think that says a lot about where their priorities are.

Based on past events (even Blizzard's own presentations at Blizzcon) it's already clear that the rule against offending people is being selectively enforced.

Edit: And I'm presuming it's being selectively enforced based on who is offended by a statement.

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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by tgsovlerkhgsel on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @09:25PM (#21266119)
> One one hand, sure he broke the rules.

This is a very generous (towards Blizzard) interpretation. The rules weren't "no politics". The rules were a generic "don't piss us off or do anything we may find objectionable", basically.

Per the Verge, 'The rule in question forbids players from doing anything that “brings [them] into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages [Blizzard’s] image.”'

It's designed to be arbitrary, because if you were to strictly enforce it anyone would violate it simply by existing nowadays.

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