World of Warcraft player receives 100-year suspension for ‘interrupting in-game BLM protest’

[crocodilian]

Blizzard are suspending and banning players for criticising and interrupting the in-game Black Lives Matter protest in World of Warcraft.

The Black Lives Matter protests are now beyond being international. Some gaming communities are role-playing Black Live Matter protesters in their favourite online videogames to show support for the movements. People who do not participate, or criticise the role-play experience are being banned from World of Warcraft.

Anti-social introverts who want to show their support for BLM but are too shy (or too lazy) to join the actual protest have decided that merely changing your profile picture to a black square and adding the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag to their bio just isn’t enough. They are now protesting in their favourite videogames.

Sadly, these protests are effecting game-play as large groups of players occupy popular areas in the game and block off people from getting to their locations.

Bruce, a longtime World of Warcraft fan, called out the in-game Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters for griefing but, instead, Blizzard decided to punish him by ‘suspending’ his account for 100 years.

Griefing, according to Wikipedia, is the act of chronically causing consternation to other members of an online community, or more specifically, intentionally disrupting the immersion of another player in their gameplay.

Furthermore, Blizzard stated that this decision will not be overturned unless Bruce can somehow prove that his account was compromised during the period of the violation; which they claim is for ‘disrupting a in-game Black Lives Matter protest.’

Bruce’s suspension for “trolling and interrupting an in-game Black Lives Matter protest” ends on December 21st, 2120.

Do you think that Bruce deserves a 100 year suspension for interrupting a World of Warcraft in-game Black Lives Matter protest? Let us know in the comments below.

(Ancillary article where a Redditor, for all that may be worth, claims the ban appears to be real and provides evidence.)

 

[Happy Fish]

To be fair anyone who still supports Blizzard at this point, especially with WoW, is completely fucking retarded.

 

[Forgetful Kiwi]

Remember when people raided a funeral for some dude who died.
I do not believe any of them got banned. How things have changed.

 

[GrayWater]

So, where's the punishment exactly? I think he's better off without Blizzard more than anything else.

 

[No Exit]

Imagine thinking video games are for fun.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

Fuck Blizzard. I'm so glad I gave up WoW years ago.

To be fair anyone who still supports Blizzard at this point, especially with WoW, is completely fucking retarded.

Yep. Why bother?

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

WoW in 2020? That was a mercy kill.

 

[Queen Elizabeth II]

#DarkElfLivesMatter

 

[Coffee Shits]

Breaking the fourth wall like that is really gay. Will the next expansion nerf it?

 

[Journoscum]

So 100 year suspensions for players criticising the Hong Kong protests or what?

 

[Samson Pumpkin Jr.]

Imagine renting a videogame instead of buying it. Why do people have subscriptions to a videogame? And now there's nothing legally that guy can do about it because he's renting (or at least that's what I believe the law does).
Renting cars is now becoming a popular thing, imagine in the far future of 2030 everyone rents cars instead of buying them and then you are banned from renting cars because of wrong think. Renting is a form of control

 

[tehpope]

The left wants everything to be political so they can ban wrongthink.

 

[Niggernerd]

So, where's the punishment exactly? I think he's better off without Blizzard more than anything else.

Maybe they'll finally lose their virginity

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Imagine renting a videogame instead of buying it.

That's literally what Steam is though. Once the company that made the game you bought decides to no longer exist or pull the game from the Steam Library, good luck trying to play it

It baffles me that people to this day still don't get this and that they still use Steam for their games. Either go GOG or go full Pirate Mode

 

[White Devil]

That's literally what Steam is though. Once the company that made the game you bought decides to no longer exist or pull the game from the Steam Library, good luck trying to play it

It baffles me that people to this day still don't get this and that they still use Steam for their games. Either go GOG or go full Pirate Mode

You can still play games in your steam library if they get taken off Steam. I was able to download and replay Ghostbusters : The Video Game years after it got taken down and I know of others who have as well.

 

[thismanlies]

If Blizzard cared about Black Lies Matter, they'd give them their own server where white mods have no control. But instead they exposed these brave protesters to the dangerous rants of a gamer gating gamer. What a racist company!

 

[WarJams]

Sounds like bullshit, but I believe it.

 

[Troutsmacked]

Remember when video games were a way to escape the shittiness of reality for a few hours here and there? That was great.

 

[Niggernerd]

Remember when video games were a way to escape the shittiness of reality for a few hours here and there? That was great.

Niggers have to stink up the world, real or otherwise.

 

[Sweet and Savoury]

People actually still play WoW?

lol