Whenever topics of censorship get censored it really makes it clear just how corrupt, forsaken, and worthless the gaming industry is… or heck, any industry that sees content janitors going out of their way to silence topics that highlight a broken vector of said industry is worth the spit a busboy uses to shine your shoes. Yet that’s exactly what happens every time any aspect of corruption bubbles up to the surface regarding the media industry, especially on Reddit.
The latest instance of censorship involves an interview carried out by Chris Bratt from People Make Games. He attempted to post a video interview that involved Hearthstone e-sports player, Blitzchung, who was infamously suspended by Blizzard Entertainment for supporting the rights of Hong Kong residents by championing their freedom. On January 23rd, 2020 Bratt informed his followers about the censorship that took place on the major gaming sub-reddits, including /r/Games/.
Every. God. Damn. Time.
The idea that this story isn’t directly related to the games industry is laughable.
But I don’t know if that’s even the reason at this point. Our videos get removed almost immediately whenever they’re posted. pic.twitter.com/Y9TLfs2xF7
— Chris Bratt (@bratterz) January 23, 2020
The post on Reddit was supposed to accompany the recent publication of the video on YouTube, which was posted up on the People Make Games channel on January 23rd, 2020. It’s a 15 minute video where the crew travels to Hong Kong to discuss the censorship issue, the suspension, and the high-tension turmoil between the PRC and the protestors in Hong Kong via a chat with Blitzchung.
You can check out the video below.
So why did Reddit censor the topic exactly? Well, as you can see in the image from the tweet, they believe that the censorship that took place within the Hearthstone tournament involving Blitzchung, and the casters who were suspended along with him, was “off-topic”.
Yes, they claimed that the topic wasn’t related to video games, even though an e-sports player who plays video games for a living to make money was banned from competing in a video game that he regularly plays by the company that makes said video game, all because he championed freedom over Communism.
You can’t make this stuff up even if you tried.
Reddit moving to censor the topic about Blitzchung is nothing new, though.
The same moderators were quick to censor the topic about Twitch’s charity fraud, in the same way that they were quick to censor #GamerGate and ensure that the wider public couldn’t be informed about the corruption running rife within the incestuous inner circle of the gaming media.
But, what else would you expect from a social media site that had a huge cash influx from a corporation that’s basically a faux-business arm of the Chinese State Party?
(Thanks for the news tip Rainy)