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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: 0.264s | source
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beart ◴[08 Oct 19 11:57 UTC] No.21191233[source]▶
As I recall, Blizzard decided to remove skeletons and some other things from World of Warcraft years ago in order to enter the Chinese market.
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1. hannasanarion ◴[08 Oct 19 17:06 UTC] No.21194423[source]▶
Removing/changing artistic depictions because they have unintended meaning in a different cultural context is one thing.

Cutting LGBT characters and banning people who criticize the regime is entirely different.