BRINGING BACK BIG SHAMAN! - Saviors of Uldum Hearthstone
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
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1:05 Skipperino the kripperino
18:05
Thanks bro, you saved my life.
Bro, get yourself a life.. There's a whole world out there.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@zyzzbrah1312
no u
Today's fact: 'Digging a hole to China' is theoretically possible if you start in Argentina.
DID SOMEBODY SAY CHINA???
I don't think you chose that fact by pure accident... Well played.
China is asshoe
So that's what they are doing with their military base on my country. Damn.
Yeah, but it's WAY easier if you start in China.
Hey Kripp, thx for your tweet about the Hong Kong situation. Thx for taking a stand and doing the right thing
WeaselJCD Hey do you have a link or screenshot to it? Found the tweet with the link but it 404ed
@@richtofen4888 it should be here - www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr1h75
More people should see this comment!
I see Kibler’s threatening to walk, but he points out that he has the wealth/employability/connections to do so without destroying his career, and that angry fans should not direct their ire at other HS professionals who do not have this luxury. However, think Kripp has a sufficient fan base that he could definitely survive walking, but maybe it would hurt his brand as an implacable, chill guy, because it might come off as histrionic/dramatic. Having said that, he’s also vegan which indicates he’s a principled or conscientious person - whether you agree with being vegan or not, it’s not for lazy/apathetic people as it takes discipline/commitment - so maybe he could take a stand if he felt strongly enough.
One would think a Vegan doesn't like Organ Harvesting
Bro, kripp is literally sponsored by G2A. His priorities have clearly always been “personal livelihood first”. Not ripping on him, it’s his decision to make, just don’t be surprised if you never see him talk about it in any real capacity.
@@Glorious_Mane Which is totally understandable by the way.
I think he's a vegan for health reasons, primarily.
Kripp likes money so he wont say anything about china
Can't support the game anymore, but you still need a job so will continue watching your quality content.
Pineapple Plague Are you seriously gonna stop playing the game cause of the hong kong stuff?
Richtofen people are stupid man haha
@@richtofen4888 He should. Tons of people are already uninstalling including me. I will still support streamers because they have families to feed.
DrewReviews good for you. I’ll be here playing my game.
@@thilaerian4418 its a matter of principle, I will continue to play , as in f2p and never spend any fiat. 😏
Heres a fun fact, kripp finally closing in on having all golden classes because shaman was the last one, hearthstone updates to have new portraits for 1000 wins.. Kripp is literally never lucky..
That sniffly snickering laugh at 17:46 was pure kripp :)
Free Hong Kong
👌🏻
@Sarah Van Ginkle OMEGALUL
Free Tibet
@Sarah Van Ginkle The levels of intelligence you are displaying is dumbfounding.
No.
I certainly never expected that my position in the Hearthstone community would lead to me making a statement on sensitive topics regarding international relations, but I have always viewed my strange place as a public figure in gaming as an opportunity to try to make the world a better place in whatever way I can, so here we are.
Here are the facts as I understand them.
After finishing his final match of the second season of the Asia-Pacific Hearthstone Grandmasters, Hong Kong player Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung appeared on the official Taiwanese Hearthstone stream for his post-game interview wearing a gas mask. He lifted the mouthpiece and shouted, in Chinese: “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!” - a rallying cry of the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
On Tuesday, Blizzard announced their ruling, claiming that Blitzchung violated one of the Hearthstone Grandmasters rules against “engaging in any act that, in Blizzard’s sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard image.”
The penalty they imposed was expelling Blitzchung from the Grandmasters league entirely, including retroactively revoking the prize money he had earned throughout the season, and additionally banning him from competing in events for a year. They also announced that they would no longer work with the casters involved in the controversial interview.
I want to start by saying that I feel what Blitzchung did was very brave. He knew that his actions would likely have serious consequences, not just for his future in Hearthstone but possibly even for his personal safety, and I commend him for the fortitude that takes.
Even so, I do think that Blizzard was correct in issuing him a penalty for his actions. They do not want to set the precedent for their official broadcasts being used as political tools. The players agreed to particular rules for behavior, and he violated those rules.
I have seen many descriptions of the situation claim that Blizzard took action against Blitzchung “for his support of the Hong Kong protests”, but that’s not an entirely accurate description. They did not penalize him for his political stance - they penalized him for breaking the rules by using their official broadcast to promote that stance.
Anyone who pays attention to my social media feeds knows that I am not someone who shies away from politics. I am frequently quite vocal about my views about what’s going on in the United States. I have kept a deck titled “Election 2016” in my collection for the past three years, full of cards like Corruption, DOOM, and Validated Doomsayer. I would rather risk alienating those who disagree with me rather than stay silent on matters I consider important.
But when I am on the desk for an official Hearthstone broadcast, I leave those views at home. Maybe I’ll make a subtle snide remark on occasion, but I know that I am representing Blizzard in addition to myself. If I were to close a show with speech about how I feel like Trump should be impeached, I wouldn’t expect to be invited back for future events.
All that having been said, there are additional factors at play here. The punishment meted out to Blitzchung is incredibly harsh. I could understand a fine, or even a short suspension from competitive play, but removal from Grandmasters, clawing back the prizes he already earned, and banning him for a full year seems completely overboard to an extent that feels completely unwarranted and unfair.
I won’t pretend to understand either the intricacies of the geopolitical situation in China and Hong Kong or the full extent of Blizzard’s business interests there, but to me this penalty feels like it is deeply rooted in both. The heavy-handedness of it feels like someone insisted that Blizzard make an example of Blitzchung, not only to discourage others from similar acts in the future but also to appease those upset by the outburst itself.
That kind of appeasement is simply not something I can in good conscience be associated with. When I learned about the ruling, I reached out to Blizzard and informed them that I no longer feel comfortable casting the Grandmasters finals at BlizzCon. I will not be a smiling face on camera that tacitly endorses this decision. Unless something changes, I will have no involvement in Grandmasters moving forward.
However, I want to make clear that not everyone involved in GM has this luxury. Do not take your anger out on the other casters, or streamers, or employees of Blizzard. This is not the kind of decision that comes from the rank and file. Most likely they’re just as angry as you are. I know I am.
Brian Kibler
Why are you posting this here?
@@sunshineat9 as an example of how to professionally handle the situation. Kripp has the same luxury of not being dependent on blizz.
Didnt his comment also cost 2 casters their job or was that revoked
@@tommihommi1 he also isn't obligated do to anything. You don't want to watch the video or not play the game, then just go away, stop being annoying.
@@tommihommi1 except... he is dependent on blizzard and Hearthstone. Everytime kripparian streams something else he gets on average 2k, sometimes even less, viewers compared to his 8-10k+ he gets while playing hearthstone, and it's solely because of that most of his viewers come for hearthstone and nothing else. Kripp even said so himself that he can't play any other game (MTG, PoE etc.) except for hearthstone for a longer time because he doesn't find them as exciting and fun so he won't be quitting hearthstone for a long time.
Free Hong Kong! Shame on Blizzard for bowing to Chinese censorship.
Blizzard Exec Lackey
Battlecry: *Silence* voices of democracy. Collect some yuan.
7:05: Look mom, i appeared in a kripparian video and i losed, sorry mom.
Nahuel Teston why you surrender so fast?
@@YeIsBornAgain that deck is evolve shaman
And he surrender because maybe he never find the evolve and for use evolve he need board
@@RickyMuzakki not everyone who see this videos talk english for my example i speak spanish and sometimes i have grammar errors
I don't support Blizzard, but I still think of you as a bro, so, I'll keep watching your videos. Hope you'll get through this just fine and that won't affect your income.
So check it out, deck code is below. And uh... enjoy the games.
Colossus of the Kripp
"The salt stirs and I awaken!"
LOOOL!!! "The salt stirs..." Holy shit that's funny! Amy Schumer, eat your heart out!!!
All in favor of asking Krip non Blizzard games he'd enjoy playing that we might agree to show interest in?
I don't really give a shit about the boycott but any excuse to talk Kripp into playing more PoE is fine in my book. Have at it.
Or maybe MTG
I know he enjoys/enjoyed PoE, but not much else. He plays some sponsored games, but I found him through HS.
Only other game I want to watch him play is Classic WoW.
Maybe Oldschool Runescape too.
@@visoth7791 > classic WoW
What, another Blizzard game? No point switching from Hearthstone, then...
When Rag is one of the worst cards in the deck, you know the deck is good.
You really can’t get mad at streamers for continuing to play HS through all this controversy. It’s easy for casual players to boycott blizzard, but for streamers it’s literally their careers. If blizzard does go out of business because of this, it’ll be more than just blizzard employees who lose their jobs. Really unfortunate for people like Kripp.
And blizzard sided with China cos of their company, don't give me that bullshit
Kripp will be fine. He has a huge fanbase that would follow him to whatever next game. HS is dying anyways, may as well move on now.
yup we're here for Kripp's saltiness afterall.
imagine thinking people will still care about this next week KEKW
Dr. Pepper honestly ur probably right
Kripp - thank you for supporting Hong Kong and freedom
13:28 New portraits I had no clue those were added 0_0
Fun stuff!
I wonder if this update is leading into a caverns of time expansion. What with bringing back old cards.
they should bring freedom to hong kong instead
Like the Taverns of Time arena event back in simpler times?
Hey, what's this elephant doing in this room? Maybe we should talk about it.
Why should he talk about it?
I would never want to hurt a single content creators source of income without him personally doing something wrong, so that elephant stays there, and ill discuss it outside
@@downnheavy Well said.
@@downnheavy I disagree with this stance. I think spreading the news about blizzard as deep as possible into the Blizzard community is exactly whats needed and any other course of action/inaction is wrong. Blizzard needs to be sent a message at least until there is some form of formal response, and the best way to make that happen is to reach as many unaware Blizzard supporters as possible. I think this takes precedent over saving a you-tubers career which has already been damaged by said events. Your discussion will not affect their well being, and if it pushes them to play other games vs hs, in the long run wouldn't that be better for them?
He tweeted about it
Bring back Blitzchung (search this name if you’re in the dark). Fight against Blizzard censorship. The threat of China is real
Liberate Hong Kong. Appreciate the video man, and your statement about HK
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FREE HONG KONG
Just found out the news kripp about blizzard censoring people cause of hk. As the biggest streamer in hs make a comment. I've unistalled hs, and never buying any of their products again. Been a sub since 2013.
awsome «You guys know me for a decade now. You know I generally don’t get into serious non-gaming issues on stream, UA-cam, or socials. This isn’t because I don’t have opinions, it is because I try to create chill and entertaining content, and give you guys a place to relax and feel comfortable. With that said, I want to be clear that I support those protesting in Hong Kong. With such a large part of their country pushing for change, they are, and deserve to be on the right side of history.
I haven't been involved with competitive esports Hearthstone for years now, but Hearthstone for me is much more than their esports division and their recent poor decision making. I invite Blizzard to reconsider their position. Sure, they are in the entertainment space, so they want to keep anything that isn’t about Hearthstone out of their official broadcast, but the penalty on Blitzchung and the casters seems just too over the top. All of us who have spent the best part of our lives on Battlenet expect better out of Blizzard.»
He made this comment yesterday
@@richtofen4888 thanks, I didn't know. The problem is this sets a president of censorship. This is why so many y of us are outraged. Sure I can don't like the constant micro transactions in games, unfinished buggy games. I can look past all that. But not this, this is different one should not be censored. Specially when we are the ones dropping coin.
Seeing rag get taken down by 2 wraths and ysera by bees makes me sad.
What about some deathrattle rogue, its pretty good now with the N'zoth and sylvanas.
Btw can you please make a separate video of your opinion on Honk Gonk
Perhaps it's time to take a couple weeks off of Hearthstone, maybe try some other stuff like MTG, Gwent, Slay the Spire, etc a bit.
WinterStarcraft is right now on a 3 week indie binge and it's cool.
Gonna address the elephant in the room?
why does he have to...? oh right, he doesn’t! it’s not his job.
@@jonathan33866 Plenty of people care.
@@thilaerian4418 I didn't say he had to, I asked if he was going to
DrewReviews plenty of people also don’t care and just want to sit back and watch a video.
calm down.
@@thilaerian4418 you calm down dude, he's just asking for an opinion and you come here insulting people out of nowere
Thank you for voicing out and supporting Hong Kong! !!
You are definitely one of the best streamer!!!
Love from Hong kong
Where is he talking about it? I'd like to hear what he has to say about it
excaliboah :c www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr1h75
excaliboah :c in short, Kripp is supporting the movement in Hong Kong and urge Blizzard to reconsider their penalty on Blitzchung
@@harrycheung9227 thank you, I wish you the best. Love from Germany for HK
kripp, i have been supporting you n your quality content for ages, also blizz products for almost twenty years. however, as a hongkonger, i can no longer bear the sight of any blizz stuff. allow me to apologise and unsubscribe. wish to see you in near future when you are no longer supporting a corporation that bows to an authoritarian regime.
You should support one Blizz thing: Mei from Overwatch. Make her a symbol of the resistance until the Chinese government recognizes it, and they'll ban Overwatch in China with enough luck.
Errr maybe you should encourage krip to change games? Then continue to watch him? But yeah, if Krip continues to play heartstones, he is supporting China communism for sure.
@@acidosis1985
That's a pretty dumb take. Kripp's just one man trying to earn a living, he can't switch what he does with a snap of his fingers and still expect to pay the mortgage. "Playing a game" and "supporting Communism" are two wildly different things.
Absolutely stop playing yourself and stop giving them any money or activity sure because it won't harm you, but it would greatly harm Kripp if he did it out of nowhere. He already said on stream he's not happy with Blizzard pulling this shit, but his livelihood is currently tied to Hearthstone p much.
@@KCzz15 There is always an alternative, there is always something better. It is pure bullshit, that he will die if heartstone is gone. So WHAT IF, heartstone really cease to exist? Will krip just die? NO, he will fight. He will do other things to keep living and earn money. That is life. Don't freaking tell me that you actually believe that THIS HEARTSTONES/BLIZZARD game will fund his entire life? NO FREAKING WAY. You really need to think hard and logically about this.
@@acidosis1985
If Hearthstone dies he'll have to change games sure, but he'll also take a big hit in viewership too most likely. Sometimes people have switched from one game to something else or multiple games and found great success, others they've faded into obscurity. It's not even remotely fair to demand that Kripp should have to change what he does for his entire career right now and take that risk just because you don't like something that the company running the game he plays did.
No game or twitch streamer career will last forever, but most twitch streamers know this and do as much as they can while the wheels on the train are still rolling and save up money for that eventuality.
...
This is more relevant than ever. Good job Gorderino
Is there a reason you never put a deck link in the description?
Edit: ooops, got it
TeaDrinkingGuy but it is?
Some blindness going on.
*wide shaman*
Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time!
Video starts at 1:05
Kripp can you do some Tess Rogue?
when wasn't aggro decks the best at any given time of HS, blizzard could fix this easily by increasing the hero's starting HP to 35 or 40
They can't... the entire game is balanced around 30. It seems like a relatively meaningless change but its roots run way deeper than you could possibly imagine. The game would be fundamentally broken if they changed the health by more than 2 any direction.
dying by turn 5 is very balanced, yeah 30 hp is made by god can't be the problem.
@@djafar699 Turn 5 lethal vs specifically aggro decks happens maybe once in 20 games. And the meta just before the release of the wild rereleases was not aggro.
Wish you good luck Kripp, started playing HS since Nax and have been a big fan of you since. Haven't played HS since ROS cos it really sucked and there's no way I'm going back to the game now that Blizzard has chosen to help China silence us.
Wish you all the best away from HS from an ex player in Hong Kong.
Please watch the first anime below at least. I know this is our own problem. But HK government is under the authority which... you know well enough, I believe. Please stand with us. That is what I am hoping for and why I am posting these video links.
Say No to China Extradition! (Anime English version)
ua-cam.com/video/RXAHywPLaD8/v-deo.html
721 When a Mob Attacked Protesters in Hong Kong, the Police Walked Away
ua-cam.com/video/fDtM3dEJdHo/v-deo.html
831 MTR Hong Kong Police attacking innocent citizens
ua-cam.com/video/hRoulrPY0J4/v-deo.html
#freehongkong #boycottblizzard
Hey kripp,Thank you for standing with Hong Kong.
Ask The Gods.
I see Kripp is using a new deck tracker. What is the name of it?
i played against mage 10 games last night on rank 10 and only 2 of them rolled smth like your opponent here. rest had just sa flamewaker and luna all together on the board turn 5 taking 17 hp from me.
Kripp has spoken out against Blizzard and in favor of Hong Kong: www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr1h75
And to all the people just going against Kripp and complaining he isn't doing enough, you guys are just immature babies. Do you really think that its just as easy for him to quit the game?
The rest of us can quit hearthstone and lose out on playing a game. For Kripp, he'll lose out on a lot of money for him and his family, and his reputation as the top streamer for a game with millions of viewers.
While I would love for Kripp to be able to play different games so his career isn't dependent as much on Hearthstone, that isn't the case right now. Stop acting as though Kripp should make impulsive decisions that can permanently harm his career. The Blitzchung shit is recent, and Kripp has already tweeted about it.
If Kripp wants to transition to different content or take a bit to make a decision on his content going forward, or decide on how much he wants to speak out against HK, that's fine. Stop acting like babies and complaining he hasn't quit the game right after a controversy.
Im just waiting to see what deck kripp comes up with that I am in and not my servant (Emperor Thaurissan)
Wait, he says he has sylvannas in the deck but its not on the deck tracker? also, would ragnaros work in this deck?
ThePhilPhil20 10:37
KRIPP , I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YOU 100% SUPPORT HONG KONG VS CHINA !!!!! CONGRATZ
Bring back Hong Kong.
BRINGING SHAMAN BACK IN A BIG WAY!
Where is my NoSpeechariono at?
pls try to make a deck with hir reek the bat
Whats the name of the deck tracker he is using?
Hong Kong support video when?
I’m a little torn. I dislike cancel culture and have no issue with people who are not political, but blizzard’s recent actions are truly wretched. I don’t know if I can continue to support blizzard or streamers that don’t speak out. I respect Regis a lot more than kripp now.
www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr1h75
Kripp has spoken out, so don't feel like he doesn't care about the issue. You also have to understand that for many streamers, this game is their source of income, and loudly and openly advocating against Blizzard and the game is harder for them than it is for us, because their families and livelihoods depend on it.
When is the next packrotation?
nice vid kripp
Free Honk Kong
BOYCOTT BLIZZARD BOYCOTT HEARTSTONES. IT IS TIME WE GET BACK OUR REAL KRIP THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS A REAL GOOD GAME #werememberthosedays #boycottheartstones #boycottblizarrd #ifyouplayshameonyou
i quit the game cause of blizzards recent actions but will still watch you kripp
What deck tracker is this
good job bro
Clicked on the video because of the miniature ngl
Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times.
i watched this live lol
Ditch Hearthstone soon and start phasing in MTGA or some other card games. I'm a fan, but HS is getting steadily worse and Blizzard isn't exactly making me want to give them money at the moment.
Kripp's response to the Blizzard/Blitzchung situation: "You guys know me for a decade now. You know I generally don’t get into serious non-gaming issues on stream,"
So what if Blizzard would sell child-pornography, still not enough "serious non-gaming issue"? Or deport and gas all of Romania?
Where is the line, when would you react? I'm sorry but I will say good bye. The person I follow on YT or Twitch, whatever, should at least esteem some of the values, I like to hold dear, too.
It's not about HK alone, it' about how Blizzard handles the situation.
Highlander hunter is still the strongest deck in the meta.
PepeHands
What is his deck trackers name? I use HS deck tracker but im sick of it
Firestone
Whats happening with blizzard and hong kong and y everyone uninstalling
nice
I was hoping for some big hearthstone streamers to address the current issue. But if they would get banned it would threaten their entire existence.
Free Bobby Kotick and Blizzards employes.
Free Hong Kong ✊
You support Hong Kong??
Obviously he isn't. If he continues playing this game is supporting China and Blizzard
@@acidosis1985 That's 100% absolutely INCORRECT
www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr1h75
He plays this game because... oh i don't know... its his fucking job? Just piss off if you think that someone should abandon their main source of income just to please people like you.
@@acidosis1985 Dude, what the hell are you smoking? He has a family to take care of and this is the game he has been playing for a very long time. He works by playing this game and I am sure he isn't taking sides in this matter too be honest as it will damage him. He is probably neutral in all of this.
@@scrumpy2004 seems like support to me
@@PhiloWarrior Support of?
wtf are u talking about bringing big shaman BACK? Where was he?
also playing the new update without any signle new card jeez
@@brunochojnacki9229 What do you mean by "new" card? There aren't any "new" cards, just old cards re-released. Kripp used a few of them in this video: Ragnaros, Sylvanas, Thaurrisan.
Bring back BEEG YOSHI
Come on guys! I'm sure if you type the Hong Kong copypasta over and over again, the people of China will become free eventually!
Come on guys, I'm sure if we dump one more case of tea into the ocean our colonies will definitely be free eventually! -some idiot, 1773
Spoiler, there are no new cards
But king kong did nothing wrong PepeHands
KRIPP I went 8 and 3 with a 67 point deck in arena ! I don't really play arena either , it was my best run ever 😅 Like so he can roast 🤣
HK
Free Hong Kong.
Were is arenaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Free Hong Kong!
Are you going to change games since the blizzard China Hong Kong situation or are you anti-freedom
Save King Kong!
Generic awesome comment to increase UA-cam analytics
three hundred IQ. You must be talking about yourself.
just reminding people that playing f2p means blizzard gets nothing
Active player numbers are a boost to their portfolio and improve the game for the paying people by reducing game wait times. Best thing you can do is uninstall and just not touch it, rather than give them numbers to tout to investors.
Gives them player count, which gives their p2p playerbase a more enjoyable experience (shorter queue times). If you don't think that matters try playing ranked in literally any multiplayer game with a dwindling playerbase
I'm sorry krip but I wont watch anything blizzard related. I dont know what I'm going to do on lunch break now.
imagine giving a darn about something that no one will remember in a month
Why are people soo petty about the Chinese stuff. Blizzard had no choice so they had to do something. The outrage mobs is real but at the wrong target. Maybe go after the actual problem (hint: it's not the Asia branch for hearthstone/blizzard)
No blizzard could have done just nothing. But they decided to actively take a stand against human rights. They are scumbags and there are no excuses for their behaviour.
No choice? Oh, they certainly had a choice: China, or freedom. They had to do something? They shouldn't have done anything. The actual problem? Large corporations supporting the abuses of human rights by totalitarian regimes isn't a problem? Yes, the actual Chinese government is the biggest problem, but groups supporting it are also a problem. People aren't targeting Blizzard exclusively, it is a mere fact that when talking about Hearthstone (which we are since we are watching a Hearthstone video) Blizzard is the main target in this instance.
Tizian K. They definitely couldn't do nothing. There is no way they could set a president that allowed anyone to air any political opinion on their official platforms, they wanted to try to remain neutral. They punished him I the way their contract said it would (although it was much much too severe). My severe issue with the situation was the Chinese branch of blizzard saying that he was only punished because of, effectively, a "national pride" issue. The part of blizzard that instigated the ban was simply making a statement for their intention to remain separate from these issues. There really is a time and a place for making a statement, and using a tournament, likely watched by a large audience of children is not it.
A very similar event happened over the summer in Rugby Union, where a player called Isreal Falau was fired because he used his position as a professional rugby player to further his deeply Christian views, which included some very homophobic remarks. This was in breach of his contract, and to save the World Cup (happening right now) from being mired in this controversy, he was fired.
This is a very similar issue, but one where the protestor is voicing a concern that is completely correct (in my opinion. What is happening in Hong Kong is NOT ok). So, for me, the issue lies with the Chinese branch that made it extremely political, not with the devs over here that are probably just gamers trying to make a great game. You can call me a "fan boy" if you want, or whatever you want, but that is what I believe was the rational behind Blizzard.
The main problem with this is that we know from past experience that Blizzard isn't neutral, they want that sweet, sweet Yuan. The fact that they are willing to bow to China's every whim is the problem. While I agree that a sports tournament is not the greatest place to present your political opinion, that doesn't mean that Blizzard shouldn't be taken to task for this. Blizzard has, through their actions, demonstrated that they don't care about human rights, freedom, or anything other than money. Diablo Immortal: all about Chinese money. Hearthstone card art changes: all about Chinese money. There is no way this isn't about Chinese money.
If that guy had said something about Trump, do you think Blizzard would have done anything? I doubt it, because saying things about Trump is a normal thing, if anything it would make Blizzard more money by gathering attention. It seems to me that this was merely an attempt to save face for China, they didn't really care about the fact that it had violated their contract. I think that this is made most obvious by their statement that "Upon FURTHER review we have found the action has violated..." this implies that they had already deleted the VoD, and then looked for justification for it.
Maybe I'm wrong about the specifics, but what Blizzard has done is seriously fucked. Maybe not as bad as I currently think, but it is wrong, and anybody should decry this. I don't care if you still play their games, they are fun. I don't care if you still want Warcraft 3, it's a good game. But if you think that Blizzard is okay, I think you are wrong.
The choice was not easy or realistic in the slightest. They wont stand up to a government that has rules (that blizzard agrees with before entering the chinese market). So you have to operate by them when you are performing tourneys in their country. The Chinese part has nothing to do with our constitution because they literally follow NONE of our laws. They did over react by trying to make a point but it was likely the only way Blizzard would be able to continue to operate in their biggest market. NO COMPANY would 100% turn their back on their biggest supporter because they want to influence democracy(our ideals) in a communist country(into their ideals). How many companies would? Many companies and institutions have done much, much worse than blizzard but everyone still 100% supports them.
China has to change from the inside and thats the real world. Could they have taken a stand and lost the whole Asian market? Yes They could've. But why would they? Most people in our country hate blizzard and do not support them in the first place. It's literally like losing over half of your profits over something that's not related to the game and shouldn't be broadcast in any of the games content
This is hearthstone not ww3.
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Kripp bows to Chinese fascists.
Can't play and support this game anymore
Well guys and kripp... I am quitting hearthstone forever or at least until Blizzard gains some morality. It’s been fun, and I saw and kept up with many of your videos but I can’t morally support Blizzard after what they did. I love you guys, keep enjoying life and live long.
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