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This event should've put to bed any notion that Epic is controlled by Tencent: https://www.businessinsider.com/epic-unlike-blizzard-wont-ban-players-talking-pol
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
This event should've put to bed any notion that Epic is controlled by Tencent: https://www.businessinsider.com/epic-unlike-blizzard-wont-ban-players-talking-politics-hong-kong-2019-10?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/epic-unlike-blizzard-wont-ba...
In an incident where even fully US-based organizations were caving to maintain these Chinese market, Tim went full "I don't care what China thinks about what our players say on streams".
Pretty sure Tencent is just in it for the money, Epic's a pretty good investment.
- abc-xyz 6y agoThe degree to which Blizzard kowtowed was absurd. I don’t think we should exonerate a company for choosing not to ban players that voice support for democracy in Hong Kong. It would be interesting if Fortnite allowed people to make/sell custom skins and see how they would react to a Winnie the Pooh/Xitler skin.