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Old 10-08-2019, 02:45 PM   #1
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Default Blizzard bans player, confiscates prize money, for anti China comments

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/2...sts-blitzchung

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/2...sts-blitzchung


They even fired the 2 people who interviewed the guy. Unreal. The free market needs to crush these #######s (blizzard)

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A professional esports player has been fined his prize money and given a yearlong ban after he voiced support for Hong Kong's protesters during a postgame interview.

The Hong Kong-based player, known as Blitzchung, will be forced to forfeit his monetary prize and won't be able to compete for a year for making the remarks, the US-based video game giant Blizzard announced Tuesday. The two casters — esports commentators — who appeared alongside Blitzchung in the interview will also "not work with Blizzard anymore," according to the company.

The player, whose real name is Chung Ng Wai, was participating in the Hearthstone Grandmasters regular season, an esports tournament in which players play Hearthstone, the turn-based online card game developed by Blizzard.
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