User blog comment:Subsourian/On Blizzard, China and the Wiki/@comment-58609-20191016220432

Please don't take this as a personal insult, but something I've noticed with the controversy is that people seem more worked up about the issue of free speech concerning Hong Kong than what's actually going on in Hong Kong right now. Also, while off-topic, I also recall the outrage of Colin Kapernick's "take a knee" thing at the NFL, so for US companies, either people can protest while on the job or they can't. That aside, it didn't hit me as hard as others, because as far as Activision-Blizzard goes, it's the icing on a putrid cake right now. One that began baking at the start of this year. I don't know where the BS begins at Activision and begins at Blizzard, but whatever the case, at the very least, if Blizzard is claiming that "every voice matters," then it's a value they're not living up to. Like, I'm pissed at Blizz, but over the last ten months, they've pretty much lost me anyway.

Anyway, that aside, I don't think it makes anyone a hypocrite to criticize a company while still consume products from that company (or person, group, whatever). If one outright declared that they'd boycott and then didn't, then that's another matter, but consumption and criticism aren't mutually exclusive.

Anyway, if you are at BlizzCon, first of all, have fun, second of all, yes, ask about the short stories. FFS Blizz, if nothing else, have them there for posterity. Also you can try and fix your comic downloads because 90% of the time my computer says your PDF file is corrupted, so I've saved Sacred Land onto my PC for future editing if it comes to it.

Anyway, no prob with the editing thing. It probably goes without saying, but my editing is far more hands off these days due to more limited time and other activities competing for what free time is available for me. Please, keep at it, because I spent over a decade on this wiki, and it's good to see that it's in good hands. That said, I can't see StarCraft thriving in the immediate sense. From a game standpoint, Ares was cancelled, SC3 is extremely unlikely, and while that doesn't rule out future games in the setting, we have no evidence of those games, despite Blizzard's repeated claim that "we have more games in development now than ever" (shame they haven't provided any proof for that). And if we're looking at the EU...well, my thoughts on this are detailed on the SC3 thread, but while we've got numerous potential plot points, there's no real sense of direction in the franchise. And maybe there doesn't have to be, but you can't throw in something like the Ihan-rii for instance and not resolve it, because their mere presence alone changes the dynamic of the setting.

Anyway, sorry - this is your rant, not mine. So at the very least, it's good that you're staying on. Whatever my thoughts on Blizzard right now, I think we can be proud with this wiki, and you've done a lot of work on it. We all have.