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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

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2525 points hownottowrite | 1 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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FillardMillmore ◴[08 Oct 19 12:44 UTC] No.21191608[source]▶
So we are at the point where American video game developers are banning people from e-sports competitions for their comments over a domestic issue in a foreign country? Because the Chinese government probably didn't like his comments, that counts as 'public disrepute'? This is just wild to me.
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taytus ◴[08 Oct 19 13:00 UTC] No.21191753[source]▶
It is wild, but it's also part of their own rules: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGVTuRlXkAA0ovF?format=png

Honest question: Can we call this unfair if it was already laid out as part of their rules?

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1. thieving_magpie ◴[08 Oct 19 13:26 UTC] No.21192008[source]▶
That's vague wording on purpose to cover anything they want. So what we've determined they want is to avoid any public show of support for the people of Hong Kong. I don't know if I'd call it unfair so much as showing their true intentions.