2019 Blizzard Boycott - Images
Why does this always happen when I want something
![I should of just got it a week ago before this happend](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/213/6a3.jpg)
![I should of just got it a week ago before this happend](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/213/6a3.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Blizzard's feelings to China
![Not sure if he made it or not, but massive respect to the guy, hope his new game does well.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/165/6c8.jpg)
![Not sure if he made it or not, but massive respect to the guy, hope his new game does well.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/165/6c8.jpg)
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You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain
![You either die a hero BUT IN HERE... BEHOLD THE SWORD OF A THOUSAND TRUTHS COMED I AM FALCORN, DEFENDER OF THE ALLIANCE or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Post Office](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/148/a93.jpg)
![You either die a hero BUT IN HERE... BEHOLD THE SWORD OF A THOUSAND TRUTHS COMED I AM FALCORN, DEFENDER OF THE ALLIANCE or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Post Office](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/148/a93.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
People debating how Blizzard could be so money grubby, yet they're one of the only developers I can ...
![Dazz Following @TheVGResource People debating how Blizzard could be so money grubby, yet they're one of the only developers I can think of who charge money to watch their promotional events online. Pay £35 to watch them sell you more shi... How the mighty have fallen. 8:10 AM - 9 Oct 2019 2 Retweets 9 Likes 1 t2 9](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/139/359.png)
![Dazz Following @TheVGResource People debating how Blizzard could be so money grubby, yet they're one of the only developers I can think of who charge money to watch their promotional events online. Pay £35 to watch them sell you more shi... How the mighty have fallen. 8:10 AM - 9 Oct 2019 2 Retweets 9 Likes 1 t2 9](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/139/359.png)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
kek
![BIZZARD & DiRblo HUMAN RIGHTS? DO YOU GUYS NOT HAVE PONES amgtinoom](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/138/3ef.png)
![BIZZARD & DiRblo HUMAN RIGHTS? DO YOU GUYS NOT HAVE PONES amgtinoom](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/138/3ef.png)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
This always happens when I want something
![Why cant people just get along 😥](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/126/17e.jpg)
![Why cant people just get along 😥](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/126/17e.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Blizzard
![It's alright. You're saPe now. Look into My light. Can you tell Me your name? You don't understand! Blizzard is STILL IN THERE! Let go of Me! B... Bungie... You can't go back in there! It's a deathtrap! www.Penny-Arcade.com @2019 Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/117/434.jpg)
![It's alright. You're saPe now. Look into My light. Can you tell Me your name? You don't understand! Blizzard is STILL IN THERE! Let go of Me! B... Bungie... You can't go back in there! It's a deathtrap! www.Penny-Arcade.com @2019 Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/117/434.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Mark Ker has joined the fray!
![Mark Kern, leader of the original World of Warcraft creation team, joins the boycott of Blizzard.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/062/d44.jpg)
![Mark Kern, leader of the original World of Warcraft creation team, joins the boycott of Blizzard.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/062/d44.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Mark Kern speaks out
![Mark Kern @Grummz Team Lead for Vanilla World of Warcraft. Creator of Em-8ER, Firefall. Producer of Diablo 2, Starcraft, Broodwar, and more. Game Designer, CEO, Writer Oct. 09, 2019 3 min read This hurts. But until Blizzard reverses their decision on @blitzchungHS I am giving up playing Classic WoW, which I helped make and helped convince Blizzard to relaunch. There will be no Mark of Kern guild after all. Let me explain why I am #BoycottBlizzard I am ethnically Chinese. I was born in Taiwan and I lived in Hong Kong for a time. I have done buisiness with China for many years, with serveral gaming companies there So I think I have a valid perspective here, having been a Team Lead at Blizzard and having grown up in Asia I have watched China slowly take over as the dominant investing force in gaming and movies over the years. It's a shame US companies never believed as strongly as China and Asia in investing in games, but this allowed China to have unprecedented influence over our media. Chinese game companies have grown huge not just because of market size, but because the government subsidizes them. They get free land, free offices, and huge infusions of cash This cash was and is used to do expand and buy up stakes in US gaming companies. I've seen firsthand the corruption of Chinese gaming companies, and I was removed from a company I founded (after Blizzard) for refusing to take a 2 million dollar kickback bribe to take an investment from China. This is the first time I've ever spoken pubically about it. I've also seen how American company reps in China have been offered similar bribes to get licenses for large AAA titles. Not everyone refused like I did. Chinese companies tried to ruin my career with planted press stories. Money is often paid for favorable press in China and some of that money flows here to the US as well Unfortunately, money talks. China has succeeded in infiltrating all levels of tech, gaming and more Unfortunately, US and European companies are loath to take risks and invest in game companies legally as much as China was. China remained one of the few places mid tier studios could get funding. So again, China influence grew. I'm sure this is the same for movies as well But now we are in a situation where unlimited Communist money dictates our American values. We censor our games for China, we censor our movies for China Now, game companies are silencing voices for freedom and democracy China is dictating that the world be authoritarian. Of all the companies in the world, Blizzard is the LAST company I ever expected to give in to China's demands. Blizzard was always about "gamer first" and "don't be greedy." At least, it was when I was there It's one thing to keep politics out of games, which I am still a proponent of doing. It's another to unfairly and harshly punish voices that speak out against corruption, against abuses of human rights, and freedom I take a huge risk by saying this. China monitors all social media and I know this means that we will probably never get an investment from China for my new MMO, and probably never get a license to operate there But enough is enough. I stand with Hong Kong, and I oppose Blizzard's obvious and laughably transparent fear of China It's time for Blizzard to grow the spine it used to have, and to do what's right for gamers once again. Gamers, rise up And yes, this means I will be refusing any deal for Epic exclusivity. The money comes from Tencent. Em8ER will never be an Epic game store exclusive. This might mean we never make a dime, but more is at stake now than just games. A line has to be drawn, and I'm drawing it now.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/061/8b5.png)
![Mark Kern @Grummz Team Lead for Vanilla World of Warcraft. Creator of Em-8ER, Firefall. Producer of Diablo 2, Starcraft, Broodwar, and more. Game Designer, CEO, Writer Oct. 09, 2019 3 min read This hurts. But until Blizzard reverses their decision on @blitzchungHS I am giving up playing Classic WoW, which I helped make and helped convince Blizzard to relaunch. There will be no Mark of Kern guild after all. Let me explain why I am #BoycottBlizzard I am ethnically Chinese. I was born in Taiwan and I lived in Hong Kong for a time. I have done buisiness with China for many years, with serveral gaming companies there So I think I have a valid perspective here, having been a Team Lead at Blizzard and having grown up in Asia I have watched China slowly take over as the dominant investing force in gaming and movies over the years. It's a shame US companies never believed as strongly as China and Asia in investing in games, but this allowed China to have unprecedented influence over our media. Chinese game companies have grown huge not just because of market size, but because the government subsidizes them. They get free land, free offices, and huge infusions of cash This cash was and is used to do expand and buy up stakes in US gaming companies. I've seen firsthand the corruption of Chinese gaming companies, and I was removed from a company I founded (after Blizzard) for refusing to take a 2 million dollar kickback bribe to take an investment from China. This is the first time I've ever spoken pubically about it. I've also seen how American company reps in China have been offered similar bribes to get licenses for large AAA titles. Not everyone refused like I did. Chinese companies tried to ruin my career with planted press stories. Money is often paid for favorable press in China and some of that money flows here to the US as well Unfortunately, money talks. China has succeeded in infiltrating all levels of tech, gaming and more Unfortunately, US and European companies are loath to take risks and invest in game companies legally as much as China was. China remained one of the few places mid tier studios could get funding. So again, China influence grew. I'm sure this is the same for movies as well But now we are in a situation where unlimited Communist money dictates our American values. We censor our games for China, we censor our movies for China Now, game companies are silencing voices for freedom and democracy China is dictating that the world be authoritarian. Of all the companies in the world, Blizzard is the LAST company I ever expected to give in to China's demands. Blizzard was always about "gamer first" and "don't be greedy." At least, it was when I was there It's one thing to keep politics out of games, which I am still a proponent of doing. It's another to unfairly and harshly punish voices that speak out against corruption, against abuses of human rights, and freedom I take a huge risk by saying this. China monitors all social media and I know this means that we will probably never get an investment from China for my new MMO, and probably never get a license to operate there But enough is enough. I stand with Hong Kong, and I oppose Blizzard's obvious and laughably transparent fear of China It's time for Blizzard to grow the spine it used to have, and to do what's right for gamers once again. Gamers, rise up And yes, this means I will be refusing any deal for Epic exclusivity. The money comes from Tencent. Em8ER will never be an Epic game store exclusive. This might mean we never make a dime, but more is at stake now than just games. A line has to be drawn, and I'm drawing it now.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/061/8b5.png)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Official: Mei hates the CCP
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/050/4ee.jpg)
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2019 Blizzard Boycott
Pro Hong Kong Mei inspiered by a post on here. Fuck Blizzard.
![時代革命 反赤納粹 ANTI CHINAZI 對準政權 抗共求存 徒政 Takk Tikk |沒 只 CK 留,意返 五,唔係 Hong Kong Democracy Now FIVE DEMANDS NOT 0NE LESS 只有 安有: 五 大 訴 求](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/038/ed6.png)
![時代革命 反赤納粹 ANTI CHINAZI 對準政權 抗共求存 徒政 Takk Tikk |沒 只 CK 留,意返 五,唔係 Hong Kong Democracy Now FIVE DEMANDS NOT 0NE LESS 只有 安有: 五 大 訴 求](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/038/ed6.png)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
It would be such a shame if Mei from Overwatch became a pro-democracy symbol and got Blizzard's game...
![美站在你身邊](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/034/414.jpg)
![美站在你身邊](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/034/414.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
make it happen, nerds meme magic
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/600/024/2ae.jpg)
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/600/024/2ae.jpg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Just found out about human rights. Damn, that shit sucks.
![JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS BIZZARD EN DAMNTHAT SHuTSUCKS NT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/599/963/837.png)
![JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS BIZZARD EN DAMNTHAT SHuTSUCKS NT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/599/963/837.png)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Mei-Ling stands with Hong Kong
![美靈站在香港 Mei-Ling stands with Hong Kong ON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/599/903/b1f.jpeg)
![美靈站在香港 Mei-Ling stands with Hong Kong ON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/599/903/b1f.jpeg)
2019 Blizzard Boycott
Believe in HK.
![Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Democracy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/599/857/8c0.png)
![Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Democracy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/599/857/8c0.png)
2019 Blizzard Boycott