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The company not only faced a widespread player boycott, condemnations from US lawmakers, and numerous employee walkouts over the decision, but it also lost a key sponsor of its international gaming competitions. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/blizzard-sponsor-mitsubishi-bailed-after-the-company-punished-pro-hong-kong-gamer-blitzchung?ref=wrap\">According to <em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>, Mitsubishi decided to pull sponsorships of Blizzard e-sports events after the company banned Wai Chung for voicing support for the Hong Kong protesters in a televised post-game interview earlier this month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/hearthstone\/comments\/dguuep\/mistsubishi_pulled_sponsorship_from_asia_pacific\/\">Reddit users first noticed<\/a> the disappearance of the Mitsubishi logo during a recent Asia Pacific <em>Hearthstone <\/em>tournament, and the company&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/10\/29\/20939236\/blizzard-china-hong-kong-protests-mitsubishi-hearthstone-ban-sponsorship-pulled\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Chesnot\/Getty Images Blizzard Entertainment may be feeling the effects of its controversial ban of Hong Kong Hearthstone player Ng \u201cBlitzchung\u201d Wai Chung for quite some time. 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