How could anyone forget thin-face, a real concept which definitely exists

Of course it’s okay, just don’t change your skin tone.

That's not a thing that happens in the cosplay community? I mean it happens in Hollywood movies when famous characters are cast as white actors, but those are OFFICIAL DEPICTIONS. It's not even slightly the same thing.

no one is stopping anyone from doing anything, just don't fucking darken your skin you goon

No one is saying people should be disqualified from portraying characters based on their race. Don’t make race a part of the costume. If I wanted to cosplay Sokka I would have a boomerang, a water tribe outfit, maybe his meteor sword, a ponytail tied with a thong, maybe put on makeup to try to make my face look a…

This IS fantastic. And should be the end of discussion for anyone with a modicum of good faith in this discussion. Literally all she had to do was not darken the skin of the suit. Accuracy of depiction is not worth playing around in this gray area. 

<strike>Is there a link somewhere? I can’t find any acknowledgment on their official site. I’d like to see what his suspension got reduced to.</strike> But giving the prize money back is a good first step.

I can understand why they want to do this, but for the love of God, explain what constitutes “politics” and what the punishments are for infringing on your rules. Otherwise it’s no better than Blizzard’s arbitrary banhammer.

Above and beyond people whose financial well-being hangs in the balance, please please be considerate towards people like Amaz whose family hails from HK. If you don't think the PRC would punish his family for things he says, look up the Vice special on Uyghurs living in exile abroad and how their families are forced…

What would be REALLY funny is when he starts talking about Ukraine (and he will, the man has zero filter) they ban him for advocating for or discussing committing criminal acts

Who could forget a man with a nickname that original?

Many people fail to make the right choice even when their financial well-being ISN'T on the line, so yeah, I'm still happy he's doing the right thing.

Thanks!

This is a pretty substantial deal. Kibler is probably the most prominent public figure associated with Hearthstone esports, and he's one of the biggest streamers of the game too. I hope more people follow his lead.

They didn’t even issue a year ban to the 2018 World Champion, tom60229, for cheating. CHEATING! In a tournament! Someone is hypocritical here, and it's not me.

This is shameful stuff from Blizzard. In 2018 Tom60229 CHEATED in a match on the Taiwanese national team and was allowed to compete and win the Hearthstone World Championship later that same year. But they hand down and enforce a yearlong ban for standing up for human rights? Absolutely disgraceful.

I said “hi” John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats at a bookstore, and he gave me a hug, invited me and a plus one to his show, and secretly put me on the VIP list. I spent more money than the ticket price on merch and it was one of the best nights of my life.

I don't even play The Division and I kind of want to just to be able to call myself a member, it's freaking rad

On the other hand, “microtransactions” is a long word and non-trivially difficult to spell. If I was going to object it would be on the grounds that the mu-prefix is already good shorthand for "micro" and so it could be called uTX.

I feel like if he had said “this is distracting focus away from the issue (you morons)” this would work. But this kowtowing to his insane fanbase is just making him seem more and more pathetic. Nobody cares what you are passionate about, dude.