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> "We encourage players and community members to express themselves. However, our tournament coverage is a platform for Blizzard e-sports content only. Any futu
by jdoliner 7y ago
> "We encourage players and community members to express themselves. However, our tournament coverage is a platform for Blizzard e-sports content only. Any future use of the platform to express personal political opinions on sensitive subject matter without Blizzard's express conscent will be met with punative action."
> Follow that up with a description of what that punative action would look like.
Players already sign contracts stipulating that there will be punitive action for making political statements during tournament streams. I still agree with your broader point that they handled it badly, but I don't think they could have let him off with a warning and had any credibility left.
- dmix 7y ago> but I don't think they could have let him off with a warning and had any credibility left. Credibility in terms of having a punitive response which demonstrates their authority or among players who would be outraged over Blizzard not being cool with political speech mixing with pro championship broadcasts?
- CivBase 7y agoYes, but those contracts are vaguely worded catchalls and do not provide details on what that punitive action looks like. I don't consider that to be sufficient to justify their reaction.