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> I’ll continue to play their games. Literally the first time I've seen this sentiment since the start of this debacle. Telling that it's not from a real accou

> I’ll continue to play their games. Literally the first time I've seen this sentiment since the start of this debacle. Telling that it's not from a real account.

thisisnotatest 7y ago
I'm surprised that you're surprised. Even ignoring Blizzard game players who don't follow the news, and ignoring (presumably Chinese) players that actually support the Chinese government over the Hong Kong protest movement, some percent of players are going to react by saying, "I don't agree with what Blizzard did, but I still like playing Overwatch/Hearthstone/Warcraft."
- cjbprime 7y ago
  FWIW: Am a Masters league Starcraft 2 player and haven't wanted to log in since this news. I'm sure there are people who "don't want politics in video games", but it seems like this kind of complete moral indifference is about the bar you have to hit to not be upset about this at the moment. (And I don't find tonight's explanation sufficient.)
FreezerburnV 7y ago
Here's my real account saying: I'm continuing to play Overwatch. The Overwatch developers aren't responsible for this mess. And I'm trying to get good enough to make it to at least the semi-pro level, which means taking time off for all of this to blow over and people to forget means I'm severely hampering my efforts to achieve that goal. (even a week off is going to harm my gameplay disproportionately) I can't just play something else, other games aren't interesting enough to me to try and make it to a high level of play. I can only hope that Blizzard somehow unwedges the shoe from their mouth that they're madly chewing on and figure out some way to handle things better.
66434throwaway 7y ago
If you go to the classicwow subreddit, most of the posters have moved on and are even making fun of this issue, saying it’s now karma whoring.
- TillE 7y ago
  If you go to any other Blizzard-/games-related subreddit, there are hundreds of furious comments. Also I just checked r/classicwow and they're furious too.
  - 0_gravitas 7y ago
    me thinks i smell some astroturfing from gp
- minimaxir 7y ago
  This is the thread on /r/classicwow: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/dgnuex/regarding_last_weekends_hearthstone_grandmasters/ https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/dgnuex/regardin... Anyone who is saying the statement is sufficient is getting downvoted to the point the comment is hidden.

> I’ll continue to play their games. Literally the first time I've seen this sentiment since the start of this debacle. Telling that it's not from a real account.

thisisnotatest 7y ago

I'm surprised that you're surprised. Even ignoring Blizzard game players who don't follow the news, and ignoring (presumably Chinese) players that actually support the Chinese government over the Hong Kong protest movement, some percent of players are going to react by saying, "I don't agree with what Blizzard did, but I still like playing Overwatch/Hearthstone/Warcraft."

cjbprime 7y ago
FWIW: Am a Masters league Starcraft 2 player and haven't wanted to log in since this news. I'm sure there are people who "don't want politics in video games", but it seems like this kind of complete moral indifference is about the bar you have to hit to not be upset about this at the moment. (And I don't find tonight's explanation sufficient.)

FreezerburnV 7y ago

Here's my real account saying: I'm continuing to play Overwatch. The Overwatch developers aren't responsible for this mess. And I'm trying to get good enough to make it to at least the semi-pro level, which means taking time off for all of this to blow over and people to forget means I'm severely hampering my efforts to achieve that goal. (even a week off is going to harm my gameplay disproportionately) I can't just play something else, other games aren't interesting enough to me to try and make it to a high level of play. I can only hope that Blizzard somehow unwedges the shoe from their mouth that they're madly chewing on and figure out some way to handle things better.

66434throwaway 7y ago

If you go to the classicwow subreddit, most of the posters have moved on and are even making fun of this issue, saying it’s now karma whoring.

TillE 7y ago
If you go to any other Blizzard-/games-related subreddit, there are hundreds of furious comments. Also I just checked r/classicwow and they're furious too.
- 0_gravitas 7y ago
  me thinks i smell some astroturfing from gp
minimaxir 7y ago
This is the thread on /r/classicwow: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/dgnuex/regarding_last_weekends_hearthstone_grandmasters/ https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/dgnuex/regardin... Anyone who is saying the statement is sufficient is getting downvoted to the point the comment is hidden.