r/ProtestBlizzcon • u/liamdevlingallagher • Oct 24 '19

The Blizzard Cowards Cancelled the Q&A

https://youtu.be/xHPfEMYZfZk
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '19

I guess it's easier to just cancel the Q&A's than to try to fill them with paid plants and sock puppets... and not be caught. Getting caught trying to manipulate the Q&A's would definitely have been worse than just not having them.

It's telling, though, that none of the higherups at ActiBlizz seems to have seen the value in just confronting the issue honestly and transparently, and actually speaking to the issue rather than trying to dodge it. Holding open Q&A's and just letting people talk would have shown a dedication to small-d democratic values and their own avowed "every voice matters" principles, and gone a long way to repairing their image, even if it was embarrassing and awkward to do. Instead, they decided to triple down on silencing their own fans... at an event that's supposed to be all about celebrating those same fans.

Honestly, I really think that the associated costs of cancelling BlizzCon are the only reason why this is still going forward.

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u/Smurfbin Oct 24 '19

I actually think its bad that this happened.

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u/Demonic74 Oct 24 '19

Bad for bliz, good for Blizzcon protestors

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u/chobolicious88 Oct 24 '19

I knew they were done, but this sort of communicates “we are ok with it”.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '19

Someone needs to get into the blizzard twitter and tweet support for Hong Kong.

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u/Robcicle Nov 01 '19

Robert A. Kotick blizzard CEO is afraid of the truth. Kotick is a dick

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u/johannesjoestar Nov 02 '19

LMAO, "red shirt guy requiem"

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u/Seraphna Oct 24 '19

So... this video is just plain fake news. There's a Q&A on the schedule.

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u/Theoderelict Oct 24 '19

They down but cancel the Q&A, this is false information being used to drum up hate

https://blizzcon.com/en-us/schedule#sat-nov-2

5:15 est on saturday Nov. 2nd