A little bit of context (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzchung_controversy)

In 2019, competitive Hearthstone player Blitzchung was removed from a tournament and banned from future tournaments for displaying a sign saying "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" in accordance with Blizzard's policy against political protest during events

Now that they've Targeted Gamers, there was a massive outrage, and the hearthstone community got pissed, so they protested in the following ways:

-Pretending to delete their account

-Preparing for some big protest at Blizzcon

-Some weird scheme to associate Overwatch's Chinese character Mei with Hong Kong protests, in hopes of getting Overwatch censored in China (obviously didn't do anything, based on the myth that Winnie the Pooh is banned in China)

-And most importantly, making big posts about how mad they are

Eventually, Blizzcon rolled around, no protest materialized, and they announced Overwatch 2, so everyone let this die, everyone let Hong Kong be forgotten. A stunning example of Reddit activism, I'll never forget it

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    mighta been fake but I remember a pretty hilarious post complaining about how Blizzard refused to undelete his account now that he'd had a change of heart

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      There was a bunch of funny posts by accounts who were big on the protests, a month later saying things like "is anyone else impressed how balanced this meta is?"

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      3 years ago

      It's an easy fix, all you have to do is send them a video of you standing in front of a PRC flag pledging to uphold Mao Zedong thought while blaring The East is Red. Pretty sure the appeals process is well explained on the support page.