That is in no way equivalent to a political statement, and you know it, unless you’re less intelligent than you present yourself as.

I’m not entirely up on that particular incident, other than it took place on the “collegiate circuit” and was not directly broadcast on the Hearthstone channel. However, both of those suggest that the broadcasting was not an official Blizzard broadcast, and thus exempt from the rules they established (specifically,…

Because those kinds of humanitarian efforts are newsworthy, more so than fucking protesting at BlizzCon. The moment I see "Gamers Band Together to Aid Hong Kong" instead of articles about memes and Hearthstone rules violations, I'd be more than happy to admit fault. But I don't foresee that happening.

Have you considered that the collegiate circuit might be under different rules? Particularly since it's likely that it was not an official Blizzard stream, and thus not subject to the same rule as the original player.

I don’t know about you, but I live paycheck to paycheck at barely over the poverty level. But I'd still dump a portion of that paycheck and eat even skinnier the moment someone with the time, resources, and connections put something together. Can you say the same?

People have supported revolutions and revolts for centuries. That’s why organizations like Doctors Without Borders exist. A host nation does not have to be aware of the support.

Hong Kong can be shot, starved, and beaten like any other population center, with access to medical aid, food, and water cut off. If you don't believe this is true, you are hopelessly naive.

Yes, I fucking realize that. I'm talking about the difference between SHOWING support and GIVING support. It's about what you are able to put on the line for your ideals, and "protesting" BlizzCon has a small at best monetary and financial risk for no gain for the actual people.

Except that the players signed contracts with Blizzard to participate in the tournament, effectively putting them in the same position, and Blizzard explicitly stated in the rules that the code of conduct for streams only applied to their own; statements made outside the official streams aren't subject to those rules.…

So does sending supplies to those who need it in HK. People are just being fucking useless idiots.

Your vision is so bad that you see paying for a goddamn cosplayer to attend a fucking convention to be equal to sending needed supplies to the people risking their goddamn lives, asshat.

It's not that fucking hard, idiot. Contact people in HK through the subreddit. Pool resources, then use them to send needed supplies. Umbrellas with Winnie-the-Pooh on them or the like, perhaps, or just bottled water and canned food if needed. It's sure as hell going to be more fucking effective than paying for a…

So, wait. They put together a charity to harass a gaming convention INSTEAD of actually directly helping Hong Kong?

I’m going to respectfully disagree here. When someone is speaking on a sponsored video stream like this, they are acting as the voice of the company. Regardless of the content or company, making a political statement damages the image cultivated by the company and would result in removal in some form. That is a basic…

Yeah, China hasn't been communist in quite some time. It's planned capitalism under a bureaucratic dictatorship.

Imagine if they spent that time and energy actually supporting the protests in Hong Kong...

There’s a lot of people who are upset with the game specifically because it doesn’t follow conventional game design, largely forgetting how conventional game design is in itself far from perfect. He experimented with the design and tried something new, which you don’t get very often at all.

That’s incredibly impractical if you don’t have money. This was a single person’s passion project, just as Stardew Valley was, and in those situations, you typically can’t afford help. These games are developed entirely in someone’s free time. When it comes to Cube World, the hostility of the community is what caused…

Life in Aggro is not only decent, it's surprisingly topical, given the whole Greta thing.

Leveling may be fast, but you'll have to play through the main story (or pay to skip it) if you want to actually play later expansions. I personally recommend playing through, the writing and plotting start good and consistently improve from there as you play through. Doing so when overpowered is perfectly valid, but…