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Old 10-14-2019, 07:13 PM   #13652
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Update to recent Blizzard Heartstone eSports controversy news as the company recently announced they have reduced the punishments given to a Heartstone eSports player and two commentators for their involvement in an interview that brought up the Hong Kong protests.

The pro eSports player had his suspension reduced to six months and will be allowed to keep all of his prize money earned while the two commentators had their punishment reduced to just a 6 month suspension instead of an automatic firing.

Even with the reductions, Blizzard is still facing a lot of online backlash due to releasing two different official statements on the issue. The statement in English mentioned the punishments were not done to appease China and were mostly due to taking the focus away from the game's event and broadcast.

The statement in China however was a lot more harsher towards those punished and included a line where the punishment was due to needing to "defend the pride and dignity of China at all costs."

https://www.destructoid.com/blizzard...y-569369.phtml
Blizzard's official statement: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/bliz...ers-tournament
Blizzard's Chinese official statement: https://i.redd.it/nflv6tzldpr31.jpg
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