5150Joker
Supreme [H]ardness
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- Aug 1, 2005
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Heres the cold hard truth to the matter, Im sure the guy had sponsors and had to sign on a dotted line. Once he did that, Blizzard owned him. At that point they can do whatever they see fit to do. Same with any other sports athlete. Don't play the game if you don't want to play by the rules.
This seems to be the main point everyone is missing. All these esports kids are owned by the companies who's league they are competing in and they usually sign contracts that forbid anything that can hurt the sponsors image. If making a political statement hurt blizzards image with the Chinese, then it's a violation of the contract and they were within their right to do what they did.
If people are truly upset about China, then boycott Chinese products.