After several days of scandal around Blizzard, the reaction of the company itself finally followed. She commuted the punishment of cybersportsman Chung Ng Wai (Chung Ng Wai), but she did not admit to being wrong.
Jun Ng Wai
On Saturday night, Blizzard posted an appeal from its president, Jay Allen Brack.
According to him, the company was in no hurry to make statements, as it collected and analyzed the opinions of the parties.
In the end, she admitted that she had treated Ng Wai too harshly. The esports player will receive back prize money for winning the Grandmasters 2019 tournament, and his disqualification will last not a year, but six months. For the same 6 months, Blizzard will terminate cooperation with streamers who broadcast from Ng Vai.
Nevertheless, Blizzard insists that the esports player deliberately violated the rules of Grandmasters. This and nothing else, according to Breck, was the reason for Ng Wai’s ban. Separately , the president of Blizzard stressed:
Almost every country in the world has our players and fans. Our goal is to help them unite in a common passion for our games and give them a sense of a common home. Views specifically blitzchung (nick Ng Wai) They did NOT influence our decision. Frankly speaking, Blizzard's relationship with China has nothing to do with our decision.
President of Blizzard
It follows from Breck’s words that Blizzard wants to keep the entertainment format of its tournaments and not mix them with politics.
At the same time, according to Kotaku editor Jason Schreier, right now Activision Blizzard is waiting for permission to release Call of Duty: Mobile in China.
The full chronicle of the Blizzard scandal can be read here. Recall that Ng Wai was disqualified for supporting protests in Hong Kong.