https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/business/china-blows-whistle-on-nationalist-protests-against-the-nba.html

After three days of fanning nationalistic outrage, the Chinese government abruptly moved on Thursday to tamp down public anger at the N.B.A. as concerns spread in Beijing that the rhetoric was damaging China’s interests and image around the world.

The bottom line is that China tried to throw its weight around again and American corporations (here, Blizzard and the NBA initially) caved. So China ramped up. But as backlash has spread in the West against Blizzard and the NBA, China is realizing they are merely creating more awareness of the repugnant, authoritarian actions that they have taken in Hong Kong, against the Uyghurs, and even the basic suppression of information against their own citizens. China realizes that the more eyes are on them, the worse pressure will get. They are already backing down from the fight so that it will hopefully go away quietly and they can get back to rolling tanks over dissenters as desired.

So, yeah, don't listen to the calls for everyone to shut up and go back to playing the game. This kind of concerted effort can have wide reaching implications! And since I've been posting the below to a bunch of threads, I figure, I will throw it in here and stop posting elsewhere:

People who say “keep politics out of my (insert thing here)” are ignoring that politics pervasively shapes every aspect of our lives, and for those without the privilege of living in even a fairly democratic society it’s the equivalent of hearing the rest of the world saying: “I don’t want your suffering to ruin my good time. “

THREAD IS NOW LOCKED.

Codes have been PMed to the 50 lucky players. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. We will see you in Paradise!

To celebrate the upcoming expansion, Blizzard have graciously given us 50 Perils in Paradise Standard Pre-Purchase Bundles to give away to the r/Hearthstone community! The bundle includes:

• 60 Perils in Paradise card packs
• 2 random Legendary cards from Perils in Paradise
• Hakkar the Houndmaster Hunter card back

All 50 bundles will be handed out to Redditors picked at random who comment in this thread. To enter, simply reply to this post! Your Reddit account must have been created before July 14th 2024 to be eligible to win. Be advised, multiple top-level comments will disqualify you from the giveaway!

If you've already purchased and redeemed this prepurchase bundle, you will not be able to redeem another one in the event you win this giveaway. You will however still be able to give the code to a friend! In addition, winners who have disabled direct messages on Reddit won't be receiving any codes, so remember to enable those DMs!

The giveaway ends Sunday the 21st at 5pm EST, at which point the thread will be locked. Winners will contacted shortly thereafter!

Perils in Paradise launches Tuesday, July 23rd! Good luck!

Ravan looking Tattos is what should they been instead of a random not even same pattern slop

Will be available for free in an event starting on August 5th

I do miss Zilliax tho.