BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers
IMO, Blizzards actions have been borderline incompetent.<p>I completely understand them not wanting their platform to be used to make political statements. This isn't like the NBA situation where Morey used a private social media account to show support for his private political opiniona. This was a platform owned by Blizzard with a very specific content focus.<p>But banning Blitzchung for <i>any</i> amount of time was just dumb. They have the <i>right</i> to respond that way, but it's still a dumb response.<p>They should have made a public statement following the incident that went something like this:<p>"We encourage players and community members to express themselves. However, our tournament coverage is a platform for Blizzard e-sports content only. Any future use of the platform to express personal political opinions on sensitive subject matter without Blizzard's express conscent will be met with punative action."<p>Follow that up with a description of what that punative action would look like.<p>I can't imagine any backlash to that. Many people would be unhappy, but I doubt there would be protests or letters from congress.<p>Blizzard made a mistake and they are refusing to learn from it. Now they get to deal with the fallout.