The American company, in the eye of the hurricane since the incident, defends itself and ensures that in the official channels only video games can be talked about.
On the outskirts of BlizzCon 2019, shortly after Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack apologized for the recent events surrounding the expulsion of Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai, some protesters gathered to demand justice for The professional Hearthstone player. Does that mean that Blizzard will take steps to revoke the sanction? The answer is negative.
In an interview with PC Gamer, the president of the company has confirmed that he does not intend to modify the sanction. “We want official broadcasts, which are a small percentage of all created content, to focus on video games. And we want these to focus on video games, ”Brack has argued. “Again, the problem is not the content of the Blitzchung message. It's about the fact that it wasn't about video games. ”
According to the president, if they had not "taken action", if they had not "done something", in the future many other players would give a "statement" on any subject, a path that, he says, they do not wish to travel. Brack insists that all users can express themselves on whatever they want on their own social networks, but not on official channels.
The casters, also sanctioned
The head of Blizzard insists that the two casters who were also involved in the controversy and were suspended, were because they failed to “keep the broadcast focused on what should be centered, in the games, the winners and the stories that came out of there. ” According to Brack, "they were not successful in their work," so they decided to make that decision.
Just after Blitzchung was suspended, a thread was published on Weibo, by NetEase, which publishes Blizzard games in China. “Blizzard cannot legally operate or publish games in China. You have to have a partners. That is the regulation, that is the law. NetEase is our partner. NetEase is not a government agent, it is a company, ”he insists. And it was they who made the decision.
The controversy, far from dying out, continues to feed the flame.
