> I don't see any way they could have addressed that without the hysteria still spinning it negatively. > There's a whole lot of people out there who will not

> I don't see any way they could have addressed that without the hysteria still spinning it negatively. > There's a whole lot of people out there who will not be satisfied with any answer contradicting that narrative. > Heck, even if Blizzard went out there and would fully admit "The Chinese government pressured us to shut this particular player down", then people would complain how Blizzard could ever buckle to those demands in the first place. Exactly. They did a shit thing and now there's shit on their face, of course it's going to be a negative outcome. There isn't always magic words they can say to make everything better again.