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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by belltaco on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:23PM (#21265680)
Posted not by Blizzard but by Net-Ease, a Chinese company that isn't owned by Blizzard.
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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by detaro on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:29PM (#21265731)
At the same time posted by a company officially representing Blizzard, unchallenged by Blizzard, and thus attributed to their brand.
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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by magashna on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:54PM (#21265921)
> NetEase also partners with Blizzard Entertainment to operate local versions of Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Overwatch in China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetEase

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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by belltaco on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:58PM (#21265942)
They aren't owned by Blizzard.
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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by magashna on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @09:16PM (#21266063)
I'd imagine a licensee, hosting nearly all their games, has much more responsibility in their public statements compared to Blitzchung
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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by EpicEng on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:05PM (#21272699)
I don't own the law firm I use to defend myself in court, but I do pay them to act on my behalf. Blizzard has also not done anything to backpedal on that statement. Honestly, how many mental hoops did you have to jump through to convince yourself that Blizzard doesn't endorse what NetEase said?
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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by stale2002 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @09:17PM (#21266070)
They officially represent blizzard.

If blizzard thinks that they said something wrong, then the burden is on blizzard to correct the matter.

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Re:Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event by ryanlol on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:21AM (#21267910)
If belltacos lawyer makes a statement “belltaco supports child rape”, should we assume that belltaco is a nice guy just because he outsourced the vile statement?
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