Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:54 pmNationStates
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:21 pmSo I just picked up Rainbow Six Siege and I am definitely enjoying it so far. The more tactical slow paced team oriented aspects of the game has been pretty refreshing and fun to me. Just wish it had a single player campaign.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:24 pmPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:43 pmXi banned Winnie the Pooh from China because people kept saying he looked like him. He can't however, ban him from the rest of the world, which means people can use Pooh Bear to make fun of him.
This is basically Blizzard admitting that they're siding with China in this whole mess.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:29 pmNew haven america wrote:
Xi banned Winnie the Pooh from China because people kept saying he looked like him. He can't however, ban him from the rest of the world, which means people can use Pooh Bear to make fun of him.
This is basically Blizzard admitting that they're siding with China in this whole mess.
They banned a Canadian icon over him being made fun of?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:30 pmThe Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:New haven america wrote:Xi banned Winnie the Pooh from China because people kept saying he looked like him. He can't however, ban him from the rest of the world, which means people can use Pooh Bear to make fun of him.
This is basically Blizzard admitting that they're siding with China in this whole mess.
They banned a Canadian icon over him being made fun of?
Yup
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:35 pmPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:20 pmNew haven america wrote:
Xi banned Winnie the Pooh from China because people kept saying he looked like him. He can't however, ban him from the rest of the world, which means people can use Pooh Bear to make fun of him.
This is basically Blizzard admitting that they're siding with China in this whole mess.
https://twitter.com/Yuumei_Art/status/1 ... 2684175361
Blizzard banned pro Hearthstone winner for supporting free Hong Kong and took away his prize money. It would be SUCH A SHAME if Mei became a symbol of Hong Kong democracy and got #Overwatch banned in China like Pooh did
#FreeHongKong #MeiWithHongKong #MeiSupportsHongKong
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:27 pmCan we not with the politics and just talk about games?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:39 pmAmeriganastan wrote:Can we not with the politics and just talk about games?
Can't separate politics from art.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:47 pmPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:50 pmPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:03 pmPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:03 pmAmeriganastan wrote:Can we not with the politics and just talk about games?
When corrupt AAA companies sell out to China and punish Pro Players for angering their Chinese overlords, then no.
If anything, in this case, the more people bring up this shit storm in regards to Activision-Blizzard, the better. This isn't some shady wannabe Dev spouting pretentious shit on Twitter, or people bickering about journalism, but a multi-billion dollar company punishing players and making a political statement by supporting China in the name of potential profit.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:12 pmSo are there physical copies of Tales From The Borderlands? Cause Borderlands 3 keeps mentioning stuff from it and I'm tired of not getting the story references.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:13 pmWhy real world affect my gamer time 
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:30 pmThe first Galactic Republic wrote:Why real world affect my gamer time
Yeah, why? I'm in here to talk about games. Not listen to the latest #Activism fad that you'll all forget about in a month.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:38 pmPurpelia wrote:The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:Activision blizzard did something fucking stupid.
Why is it stupid? Pissing of a country with 1.4 billion potential buyers and a known history for protectionism, censorship and banning foreign companies to make a political statement would have been the stupid thing to do. This is just good business.
It's just good business.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:12 pmVery mad at people who want the world to be a better place or to think about games as more than Skinner Boxes.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:34 pmOh, give me a break. You people acting like you're changing the world by boycotting a video game company.
Pop quiz: Where do you think your computer was made? Your phone? Your game consoles? Your TV? Didn't see any outrage from you people over the sweatshop conditions you know all your devices were made from. But suddenly a trendy new hastag pops up, and you're all revolutionaries.
This is why I hate internet activism. People pretending to care for likes. You don't really care, this boycott will do nothing, China will continue making all our stuff, Blizzard will still be rich and you'll find a new fad cause to jump on in a few weeks.
There. That's my 2 cents. Now let's talk about games.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:07 pmAmeriganastan wrote:Oh, give me a break. You people acting like you're changing the world by boycotting a video game company.
Hard to boycott a company whose products I have never bought anyway.
Ameriganastan wrote:Pop quiz: Where do you think your computer was made? Your phone? Your game consoles? Your TV?
My bedroom, Korea, doesn't exist, Japan.
Protip, not everyone is the amoral hypocrite you want them to be. I go out of my way to avoid products made in developing nations where possible.
Ameriganastan wrote:There. That's my 2 cents. Now let's talk about games.
You don't control the direction of this thread's discussion.
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:07 pmPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:00 amAmeriganastan wrote:Ifreann wrote:Very mad at people who want the world to be a better place or to think about games as more than Skinner Boxes.
Oh, give me a break. You people acting like you're changing the world by boycotting a video game company.
Pop quiz: Where do you think your computer was made? Your phone? Your game consoles? Your TV? Didn't see any outrage from you people over the sweatshop conditions you know all your devices were made from. But suddenly a trendy new hastag pops up, and you're all revolutionaries.
This is why I hate internet activism. People pretending to care for likes. You don't really care, this boycott will do nothing, China will continue making all our stuff, Blizzard will still be rich and you'll find a new fad cause to jump on in a few weeks.
There. That's my 2 cents. Now let's talk about games.
Political events tied to video game companies and video games themselves more than belong here and you cant stop that. If you dont like it dont participate in that discussion and talk about something else.
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:02 amAmeriganastan wrote:So are there physical copies of Tales From The Borderlands? Cause Borderlands 3 keeps mentioning stuff from it and I'm tired of not getting the story references.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/2K-Games-47739-Tales-Borderlands/dp/B01BXAFRT4
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:04 amIfreann wrote:New haven america wrote:Xi banned Winnie the Pooh from China because people kept saying he looked like him. He can't however, ban him from the rest of the world, which means people can use Pooh Bear to make fun of him.
This is basically Blizzard admitting that they're siding with China in this whole mess.
https://twitter.com/Yuumei_Art/status/1 ... 2684175361Blizzard banned pro Hearthstone winner for supporting free Hong Kong and took away his prize money. It would be SUCH A SHAME if Mei became a symbol of Hong Kong democracy and got #Overwatch banned in China like Pooh did
#FreeHongKong #MeiWithHongKong #MeiSupportsHongKong
bit hilarious tho