Blizzard has stepped into a cultural battle it cannot win
Nov 04, 2019
2 minutes
It’s hard to tell if Blizzard knew how much crap it was stepping into. In mid-October, pro gamer Chung ‘Blitzchung’ Ng Wai gave an interview during a Grandmasters tournament stream, during which he donned a gas mask and goggles, and then shouted “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!”. He was for 12 months, and that his prize money would be forfeited. This punishment was meted out in keeping with its Grandmasters competition rules, which forbid engaging in any act that “in Blizzard’s sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard’s image…”
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