Hearthstone developer Blizzard is under fire this week after banning Hong Kong-based pro player Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai from the competitive scene after he expressed his support for protestors in a post-game interview following a tournament win on October 6th. Unsurprisingly, punishing the pro player (and revoking his reward money) set off an immediate backlash, and some gamers pledged to boycott Blizzard’s games altogether.
In order to play Blizzard games, you need a Blizzard account. This is true for World of Warcraft, Diablo, and the game that sparked this whole controversy, Hearthstone. One way that gamers thought they might be able to successfully express their displeasure was by deleting these accounts altogether, but there was a snag.
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Despite reports, Blizzard is not blocking anyone from deleting their account originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 16:30:45 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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