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Ex-World of Warcraft developer's thread about China and the gaming industry

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408 points seapunk | 2 comments | 09 Oct 19 10:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.501s | source
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impowski[dead post] ◴[09 Oct 19 12:45 UTC] No.21202618[source]▶
Wow, he will stop playing Classic WoW for now, such a huge loss for Blizzard. As an ethnical Chinese he probably should just go to Hong Kong and protest against the Government instead of doing nothing and writing on Twitter about it. People are dying there and he just canceled his Vanilla WoW subscription. How cute :3
derision ◴[09 Oct 19 13:04 UTC] No.21202765[source]▶
It's important for those with a large following to speak out on these topics too. Not everyone has to be in the streets protesting. Some people can use their influence and following to spread the message further than it would otherwise. He used his platform to speak out, at risk of harming his livelihood and ability to do business in China. Meanwhile, you've done even less. Don't be a hypocrite.
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impowski ◴[09 Oct 19 13:19 UTC] No.21202873[source]▶
I don’t care about Hong Kong. It’s their business to deal with. Some people can influence, not him. So the guy lives in US and “spoke out” to his audience to lose “an ability to do business in China”, yeah sure. I don’t see how this makes me a hypocrite though.
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1. derision ◴[09 Oct 19 14:04 UTC] No.21203348[source]▶
He influenced me, and others too based off the replies to his message. Why are you so upset about someone speaking out against injustice?
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2. impowski ◴[09 Oct 19 20:32 UTC] No.21207707[source]▶
I'm not upset, I see this as "seeking an attention from an audience". And speaking will not change anything only taking actions which are not "I declined subscription to a game and made the world know about it". People in the Hong Kong are clearly taking actions against injustice and not the ones who sitting at home and tweeting about it. It's just how I see it and it's my opinion. Such events could happen with any public company which make a living from international deals and their business could lose money. Blizzard didn't even make it clear on what they think about those injustices and people already taking sides. This is just a consequences of taking an action to protect their business.