Message from @Tervy
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I'm sure Blizzard would have reacted the exact same way if he made such a pro PRC statement, too
firing the guy, his interviewers, freesing funds, etc etc ?
sure it was stupid stunt but overkill reactions to please country X
is even more stupid
specialy when dude was not in official capacity on the interview ?
Yes. Just don't talk politics when you represent a company. That's like the first thing you learn before being publicly interviewed
He did something brave but he totally had it coming
Chinese people are stupid and he knows it. Chinese government is aggressive and he knows that, too
but to be honest his martyrdome brings good things in this case
it forces blizzard and other companies to show their true colours
and take those political stances
maybe china will learn ? maybe not ?
He put Blizzard in a lose-lose situation
but at least its not in lack of trying
I know how these events go
not really lose lose.. they could have just vent "invidual persons statement does not in no shape or form represent that of blizzard"
and thats it done did
clean and professional
China wouldn't have accepted this and they can't risk losing access to the Chinese market
i doubt china would have said anything to that tbh
after all that what it was , personal opinion on personal gains of lone person. its not like the company CEO vent official on "#freeHK"
Just look at how many Chinese people play Blizzard games
65 Chinese WoW Classic servers
8 EU servers
Which market do you protect?
they would have protected it just by saying that previous statement
instead of picking sides
Yes but are you sure not picking sides would have been enough for a small dick aggressively barking government like the Chinese one?
China needs pats on the back from white countries all the time
We need to tell them how great they are or they lose self confidence and start banning products
😂
also the calculus would need to be done chinese wow server in total versus rest of the world
not just cherrypicked EU servers vs whole of china
also china for sure would have been "okay fine" on the not picking sides
specialy if they have that many more gamers, forcing companys hand and company having smallest chance taking the "china servers shutdown in end of month as blizzard pulls from china"
It keeps happening