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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

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2525 points hownottowrite | 3 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alimbada ◴[08 Oct 19 11:24 UTC] No.21191021[source]▶
It's a shame but I feel like the majority of gamers won't care. They'll either be ignorant of this or they'll just shrug and continue playing. I boycotted Activision and by proxy Blizzard when Activision acquired them a long time ago but their continuing success shows I'm part of an extremely tiny minority.
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abbadadda ◴[08 Oct 19 11:56 UTC] No.21191228[source]▶
At this point it goes far beyond just gamers. From the NBA to Google, this effect is everywhere. To be explicit, the effect is U.S. firms letting China dictate what they do or do not care about on a global political scale.
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1. MaupitiBlue ◴[08 Oct 19 13:14 UTC] No.21191878[source]▶
Let’s not forget Marriot’s capitulation last year.
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2. goatinaboat ◴[08 Oct 19 13:57 UTC] No.21192345[source]▶
Or Gap https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/15...?
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3. gowld ◴[08 Oct 19 15:26 UTC] No.21193303[source]▶
That one is more likely a case of "islands are not part of a country, because disconnected components are hard", like the US "lower 48"