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Diablo Immortal currently banned in China (Possibly due to a Winnie the Pooh comment by a Blizzard employee)
- Thread starter ManaByte
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Elder Legend
Banned
KEKW.
TransTrender
Gold Member
LOL get fucked Blizzard
Can't wait to see the apology tour for this one
Can't wait to see the apology tour for this one
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
Good, don't bend to the whims of authoritarianism...which I know they will because they have billions of reasons too.
HoodWinked
Member
China protectionism. This is a reach to use as a basis for it being banned.
They don't like money going out.
They don't like money going out.
nush
Gold Member
That's happened a few times already.
Solarstrike
Gold Member
HerjansEagleFeeder
Gold Member
Play with the bad guys. Get burned.
Jennings
Member
Blizzard hasn't been sucking massive Chinese cock for nothing all these years. They'll find a way to make this work. Just look how quickly they shat all over Taiwan when Blitzchung took a stand in 2019. I'm sure they've got liaisons working overtime to crack that particular nut.
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Sentenza
Member
All the obvious considerations about censure and totalitarian government aside, I will never NOT find hilarious how fucking touchy the Chinese leadership can be (and often the Chinese audience, too).
It genuinely feels like they are ready to take offense and throw an hissy fit over the most trivial bullshit.
…And then pretend it’s a serious matter of national pride, somehow.
It genuinely feels like they are ready to take offense and throw an hissy fit over the most trivial bullshit.
…And then pretend it’s a serious matter of national pride, somehow.
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Kokoloko85
Member
Edited because Winnie the Pooh sucks
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Tangerine
Member
He should be flattered. Winnie the Pooh was likable and wasn't a genocidal maniac. Although that would have made the books and cartoons more interesting I guess.
'Pooh... How on earth could you slaughter Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Rabbit!?
'Because, Eyore, you fucking DONKEY, they weren't part of the master bear race and there's only enough honey for the chosen few. Also they compared my likeness to that of a children's book cartoon character'
'But Pooh, you are a children's...'
'Finish that sentence, motherfucker. I bear you to say it again, pun intended... Bear comrades, seize him!'
'Why Pooh, why did you ever sign up to NeoGaf!? This isn't you.'
'Silence! Now... where's Christopher Robin hiding, the little bitch?'
Maybe the daily wire will create it!
'Pooh... How on earth could you slaughter Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Rabbit!?
'Because, Eyore, you fucking DONKEY, they weren't part of the master bear race and there's only enough honey for the chosen few. Also they compared my likeness to that of a children's book cartoon character'
'But Pooh, you are a children's...'
'Finish that sentence, motherfucker. I bear you to say it again, pun intended... Bear comrades, seize him!'
'Why Pooh, why did you ever sign up to NeoGaf!? This isn't you.'
'Silence! Now... where's Christopher Robin hiding, the little bitch?'
Maybe the daily wire will create it!
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So they delayed entire asia pacific release because they called a Chinese leader winnie the pooh. It sounds more like their legal team needs to check a few things because they were having issues releasing there to begin with. might even explain why the Netease/Blizzard employee asked when winnie the pooh is stepping down a month ago. They are having issues releasing their mtx riddled game in the region.
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PharaoTutAnchAmun
Member
I got a pm of you Kokoloko85 so i deleted my comment, so no harm done, what i and you wrote originaly will be a secret forever
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nominedomine
Banned
AJUMP23
Member
Get Rekt. Blizzard kept their mouth shut during the free Hong Kong movement when players were getting banned expressing the desire of a people to live outside of tyranny.
Blizzard has had an awful position on China, I hope they get burned. I also hope the Chinese people get freedom from their tyrannical government during our lifetime.
Blizzard has had an awful position on China, I hope they get burned. I also hope the Chinese people get freedom from their tyrannical government during our lifetime.
Holammer
Member
The Chinese glass heart is famous.
A smart guy would have embraced the meme, said it was charming and that would have been the end of it. Instead they went nuclear level Streisand.
Hugare
Member
Imagine having a great job at Blizzard as social media manager
All you have to do is to post some stuff to hype people, keep them engaged .... Just that. Easy.
And then you decide to call the leader of China as Winnie The Pooh during your job, royally fucking the game you are promoting and the company as a whole
While there are tons of decent people unemployed, we have this idiot right here having a job (well, had)
All you have to do is to post some stuff to hype people, keep them engaged .... Just that. Easy.
And then you decide to call the leader of China as Winnie The Pooh during your job, royally fucking the game you are promoting and the company as a whole
While there are tons of decent people unemployed, we have this idiot right here having a job (well, had)
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
Member
Opening up to the Chinese market was a mistake.
Kokoloko85
Member
Done lol
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mckmas8808
Banned
Is this real? Is this why Winnie the Pooh is banned in China?
Holammer
Member
KYM got a nice article about it.
Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh Comparisons
Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh Comparisons refer to memes comparing the Chinese President and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping
knowyourmeme.com
tldr: this image became a meme back in 2013 and the ball started rolling.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I guess China doesn't have phones.
Yeah, it all escalated from this image.
I don't see why asia pacific has been delayed too though. It suggests they are having problems entering that market and the post asking when he is stepping down probably stems from their troubles they were having before the tweet.
mckmas8808
Banned
Yeah, it all escalated from this image.
I don't see why asia pacific has been delayed too though. It suggests they are having problems entering that market and the post asking when he is stepping down probably stems from their troubles they were having before the tweet.
It's amazing that it's the exact same steps on both guys lol. He does look very Winnie the Poohish right that too.
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Pejo
Member
Makes my day a little better every time I watch this.
Bing chillin' into the atmosphere baybeeeeee
NoLootBoxDev
Member
The land of
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
based china, i hope it gets banned in other countries too
blizzard deserves 0 fucking money from their casino they call a "video game"
blizzard deserves 0 fucking money from their casino they call a "video game"
killatopak
Gold Member
Some new info I guess.
Guy was American or at least not posted it within China.
Affected Netease
Possibly affect licensing and game release going forward but Blizzard will probably just hook up with another publisher if Netease isn't capable.
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
Only thing new is the Netease part. The original post explained how he was from outside of China.
Whoever did it is probably in the forced labor camp with Pooh and Piglet.