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Blizzard Boycott? - WAN Show Oct 11, 2019

Oct 12, 2019
01:17:57

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Timestamps (Courtesy of Cahenvels)

0:32 Topic rundown
1:32 Intro
2:08 Blizzard has Hearthstone player Blitz Chung suspended for 'liberate Hong Kong' statement
4:20 Linus Brb, James takes his place. Topic remains the same.
5:55 Linus Returns, topic remains the same.
6:44 Blizzard aware of political repercussions in the Chinese market.
8:45 Blizzard also ceases work with both casters involved in airing Blitz Chung's statement.
10:55 Mark Kern's chinese statement tweet PT 1
14:10 Blizzard CEO statement (J. Allen Brack)
19:47 Officially not really chinese statement thing PT 2
20:57 Separation between entertainment and politics
26:10 Linus asks Luke how he would handle the blizzard situation
29:16 Linus's take on how he would handle the blizzard situation
32:05 What about Colin Kaepernick?
33:00 Reacting to chat
38:48 Apple removes Hong Kong protest map
44:33 Google has also removed Hong Kong Protestor game
45:23 Steam to make local multiplayer games online (remote play together)
46:45 LTTstore.com New water bottle colors
47:07 Steam subject continues
48:55 PT 2 high refresh rate latency test announcement ft. Michael Grzesiek (Shroud)
50:17 Lan parties going 'retro'?
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56:51 Stadia 'thing'
63:20 Superchats

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