BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers

Re:BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers by hermitdev on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:25PM (#21314134)

Blizzard has since reinstated his winnings and reduced the ban to 6 months.

> Blizzard originally banned the Hong Kong-based player for a year and withheld his prize money after he said "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!" in Chinese during the livestreamed event. That penalty was later reduced to a six-month suspension, and Chung's prize money was reinstated

Second paragraph in https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/10/us-legislators-urge-b...

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Re:BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers by metalliqaz on Monday October 21, 2019 @01:52PM (#21315171)

Yeah, after they were raked over the coals by everyone from their own fans to the US Congress. Perhaps a bit too late.

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Re:BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers by hermitdev on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:22AM (#21320576)

I was not making any commentary on Blizzard, I was just pointing out that they had backtracked, to an extent from what the GP was posting.

Personally, I disagree with Blizzard's stance, but it should be noted that they partially backtracked. They're letting him keep the prize money, and down to a 6 month suspension from 12 months.

Blizzard's terms about not causing offense are so broad that one could hardly wish someone a good morning without risking offending someone.

To reiterate: I am not defending Blizzard, just pointing out they had a partial mea culpa.

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