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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by dmix on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:22PM (#21315497)
> Instead I changed my name for "FreedomForHK".

Blizzard isn't regulating player's political speech using it's regular game servers, it was only in regards to a professional championship broadcast from which they (way) overreacted.

I get why you're doing it but I don't think they would have had a problem with that either way. Unless you're a pro-level player planning to go into championships with that call sign.

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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by gpm on Monday October 21, 2019 @03:28PM (#21316216)
This seems to assume that the only goal here is to piss off Blizzard.

Doesn't it seem likely that GP is also trying to support the hong kong protestors...

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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by dmix on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:46PM (#21318400)
Right, I assumed his point was to protest Blizzard, not just the Chinese gov. Which IMO is not the same thing.
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