{"id":71569,"date":"2019-10-08T01:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T08:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/hearthstone-pro-banned-after-calling-for-hong-kong-liberation-during-stream\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T01:44:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T08:44:07","slug":"hearthstone-pro-banned-after-calling-for-hong-kong-liberation-during-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/hearthstone-pro-banned-after-calling-for-hong-kong-liberation-during-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearthstone Pro Banned After Calling For Hong Kong Liberation During Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

Following the interview, Blizzard has announced that Ng Wai “blitzchung” Chung was in violation of the 2019 Hearthstone Grandmasters Official Competition rules. Blizzard says it will remove Blitzchung from the Grandmasters, and he will not receive prize money for his performance in Grandmasters Season 2.\n<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Blitzchung has been banned from Hearthstone esports for 12 months starting on October 5, 2019. Both casters have also lost their contracts with Blizzard.\n<\/p>\n

According to Blizzard, Blitzchung’s actions during the interview violated Rules section 6.1 (o) which reads:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“Engaging in any act that, in Blizzard’s sole discretion, brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the pulic, or otherwise damages Blizzard image will result in removal from Grandmasters and reduction of the player’s prize total to $0 USD, in addition to other remedies which may be provided for under the Handbook and BLizzard’s Website Terms.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Update: Following the interview, Blizzard has announced that Ng Wai “blitzchung” Chung was in violation of the 2019 Hearthstone Grandmasters Official Competition rules. Blizzard says it will remove Blitzchung from the Grandmasters, and he will not receive prize money for his performance in Grandmasters Season 2. Furthermore, Blitzchung has been banned from Hearthstone esports for… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t