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[Helios]

Typing any of those phrases on http://twitch.tv/dota2ti will get you banned, first for 2 minutes, and unknown after that (haven't tried).

Considering the fact that Valve is working with the Chinese government on a version of Steam that will follow Chinese laws, it's a scary development from a company that's otherwise known for not having any chat filters in their games.

Checked it myself and it's true

Unfortunately for the Chinese gouvernment they really don't understand how the internet works

 

[EviLore]

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

A friendly reminder that 95% of what you own in your household is made in China.

 

[StormCell]

A friendly reminder that 95% of what you own in your household is made in China.

You're right. We should change that. Good reminder.

 

[Shifty]

lmao at the double-spaced streisand effect

good luck boys, it's going to be an uphill battle

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

1990s: why are videogame publishers getting pressured by ideological groups and gov't agencies?
2010s: why aren't videogame publishers bowing to pressure from ideological groups and gov't agencies?
2020: The Economist: why aren't Millennials buying videogames anymore?

 

[Spukc]

what? but but epic was supposed to be the only evil china spyware company
this aint fair.

how am i supposed to like steam now ?

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Spukc]

wtf is up with winnie pooh ? is this some dank meme ?

China bans Winnie the Pooh film after comparisons to President Xi

Memes likening Xi to the portly Pooh have become a vehicle in China to mock the country’s leader

www.theguardian.com

dear god hahahaha

more like

 

[Nikodemos]

This is my surprised face.

 

[Ballthyrm]

We need the Mongols back.
Where is Temüjin when you need him.

 

[Hudo]

 

[Jill Valentine]

The entire chat is spamming Hong Kong right now. It will be interesting to see how things develop.

 

[EviLore]

 

[Spukc]

i am impressed how much this shit is back firing on em.
every 3 seconds people get banned

 

[Shifty]

Man, the stream has moved into reruns and it's still going.

You can see the mods shooting people dead in real-time, what a trip.

What a perfect anthem to watch twitch chat freak out to

 

[EviLore]

 

[Hudo]

You know, sometimes I do love the internet.

 

[brian0057]

GAMERS RISE UP!

 

[Starlight Lotice]

It is funny how one innocent bear can cause so much trouble in China.

 

[Woo-Fu]

No surprise. Practically every twitch streamer has a rule of no politics in their chat too because invariably it drags the chat away from its intended purpose, which appears to be copypasta memes. And since twitch chat's average maturity is inversely proportional to the number of participants as soon as you tell them not to do something that is what some not-so-insignificant percentage of them will do over and over until they get attention.

 

[mango drank]

^ Valve didn't ban political talk to preserve civility; it bowed to an oppressive regime's demands for censorship.

 

[Woo-Fu]

^ Valve didn't ban political talk to preserve civility; it bowed to an oppressive regime's demands for censorship.

Citation needed.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Citation needed.

It's just a conspiracy, dude. Don't pay it any attention. We have a trustworthy media and body of tech conglomerates that have behaved in a trustworthy manner, it's pretty obvious. The idea that these companies would conspire with governments or self-censor due to government and/or ideological pressure is just...

Pffft, please. These guys probably think Alex Jones shouldn't have been deplatformed, too.

 

[brian0057]

It's just a conspiracy, dude. Don't pay it any attention. We have a trustworthy media and body of tech conglomerates that have behaved in a trustworthy manner, it's pretty obvious. The idea that these companies would conspire with governments or self-censor due to government and/or ideological pressure is just...

Pffft, please. These guys probably think Alex Jones shouldn't have been deplatformed, too.

Surely you jest.
Next thing you'll tell me is that Google is developing a search engine for the exclusive use of the Chinese government.
You people and your conspiracy theories...

 

[Kenpachii]

But keep supporting steam guys. The good guys.

 

[Shifty]

But keep supporting steam guys. The good guys.

Ah, the Steam vs EGS rabble representative. We were expecting you to arrive earlier.

Please, have a seat.

 

[Woo-Fu]

Ah, the Steam vs EGS rabble representative. We were expecting you to arrive earlier.

Please, have a seat.

We should sell him an exclusive seat just so his current seat doesn't have a monopoly on his ass.

 

[prinz_valium]

A friendly reminder that 95% of what you own in your household is made in China.

Gladly that number is not nearly as high.
And only the most unimportant stuff is made in China like Consumer electronics.

 

[V4skunk]

A friendly reminder that 95% of what you own in your household is made in China.

You say that as if China does not need our money.

 

[deriks]

only the most unimportant stuff is made in China like Consumer electronics.

I care for my smartphone, my consoles...

 

[Deleted member 738976]

GAMERS RISE UP!

MODS TELL ME TO NOT DO SOMETHING BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAYS!

TWITCH IS GONNA FREAK!

 

[Arkage]

The sad fact seems to be that capitalistic mechanisms drive companies like Google or Valve to bend to the will of governments who have ethical norms they would otherwise impose. Profit motives almost always dominate ethics concerns.

 

[Kataploom]

And there's still dumb people that wants them to expand even more in the west "for the sake of diversity" and to be against Trump... Dayum... After what they're doing in my country, I can't be more against that idea...