{"id":71633,"date":"2019-10-09T01:45:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/fans-pledge-to-boycott-blizzard-over-hearthstone-pros-ban\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T01:45:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:45:49","slug":"fans-pledge-to-boycott-blizzard-over-hearthstone-pros-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/fans-pledge-to-boycott-blizzard-over-hearthstone-pros-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Pledge to \u2018Boycott Blizzard\u2019 Over Hearthstone Pro\u2019s Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are furious over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2019\/10\/08\/hearthstone-pro-calls-for-hong-kong-liberation-during-live-blizzard-interview\" target=\"_blank\">Blizzard banning professional Hearthstone player\u00a0Ng Wai \u201cblitzchung\u201d Chung<\/a>\u00a0from Hearthstone esports for declaring his support for Hong Kong\u2019s liberation during an official Blizzard interview, going so far as to create a popular #BoycottBlizzard trend on social media.\n<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, Kevin Hovdestad, a former Blizzard employee, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lackofrealism\/status\/1181639970332659712\" target=\"_blank\">shared an image of a statue outside of Blizzard&#8217;s headquarters<\/a>, of which employees covered up two of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/en-us\/company\/about\/mission.html\" target=\"_blank\">the company&#8217;s eight values<\/a>, &#8220;Think Globally&#8221; and &#8220;Every Voice Matters,&#8221; showing their disagreement with Blizzard&#8217;s decision. 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