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both are rule violations and both should be punished according to the rules. As i said i dont follow the HS pro scene to know enough about this cheating incident but THIS case according to the rules should be punished as it was. And IMO cheating should also be punished to a simmilar sentence.

And from a buisness standpoint this is worse than cheating. If no action was taken, many future winners would do the same and its only a matter of time before someone take it to far, and then blizzard would be in deep trouble for not taking action in the first place. since cheating in a game is far less important than freedom and freedom of speach etc, its much easier to control if it escalated 

"And from a business standpoint this is worse than cheating"

No, it's not. Allowing cheating (or not be severe enough with those who cheat) takes away all kind of credibility from the company. Being honest with the costumer regarding your products is everything, and I'm pretty sure you can't deny that. If they aren't being honest, how are we sure the ladder system works properly? How do we know there is no RNG manipulation? How do we know it is worth participating in a tournament? How do we know they are not playing with our time and money invested? Etc, etc, etc...

Now, it's clear than cheating is less important to Blizzard than talking about politics, because the actions taken against bliztchung were much more severe and totally disproportionate in comparison to the ones taken against Roger, the chinese cheater... or should I say, it's clear than cheating, as long as you are a chinese player, is less important to Blizzard than talking about politics concerning China... All of this is repulsive, if you ask me. -.-

Still, waiting for Blizzcon. ;)

 what i mean from a buisness standpoint is that the chinese market is huge for blizzard in terms of money and that surely have an impact when reviewing this case even if they say it doesnt. IMO they cant really destroy the HS pro scene more and thats why im not surprised Roger and probably others cheat and why i think loosing the chinese market is worse for the company, not for us playing the game.

But i agree blizzcon will be fun to warch unfold this year

both are rule violations and both should be punished according to the rules. As i said i dont follow the HS pro scene to know enough about this cheating incident but THIS case according to the rules should be punished as it was. And IMO cheating should also be punished to a simmilar sentence.

And from a buisness standpoint this is worse than cheating. If no action was taken, many future winners would do the same and its only a matter of time before someone take it to far, and then blizzard would be in deep trouble for not taking action in the first place. since cheating in a game is far less important than freedom and freedom of speach etc, its much easier to control if it escalated 

First of, i dont folliw either this case or the HS pro scene  but Blizzard is 100% correct in their descission. In a tournament like this you dont just represent yourself. You represent the Game and therefor the company. Blizzard made it clear in the rules that they dont want to be associated with politics and that they would take action against any rule violation.

This was jusnt a very poor descission by blitzchung (not his opinion) but time and place for this sort of action and a lack of understanding the big picture of Consequences and Who you represent in these sort of events