I-Riot Games ikhiphe isitatimende esicacisa ngokuma kwayo odabeni lwezitatimende zezepolitiki ngesikhathi isakaza i-League of Legends. Ngaphambi kwesigaba samaqembu se-League of Legends World Championship, inhloko yomhlaba wonke ye-MOBA esports uJohn Needham useqophe umlando ethi iRiot Games ifuna ukugwema "izinkinga zezepolitiki, ezenkolo noma ezinye" ezibucayi ngesikhathi sokusakazwa kwayo.
"Njengomthetho jikelele, sifuna ukuthi ukusakazwa kwethu kugxile emdlalweni, ezemidlalo kanye nabadlali," kusho isitatimende. “Sisebenzela abalandeli abavela emazweni namasiko ehlukene, futhi sikholwa wukuthi leli thuba lihambisana nomthwalo wokuveza imibono yomuntu ngezinto ezibucayi (ezombangazwe, ezenkolo nokunye). Lezi zihloko zivame ukuhluka ngendlela emangalisayo, zidinga ukuqonda okujulile kanye nokuzimisela ukulalela, futhi azikwazi ukumelwa ngendlela efanele esithangamini esihlinzekwa ukusakazwa kwethu. Ngakho-ke, sikhumbuze abasingathi bethu nabadlali abangochwepheshe ukuthi bagweme ukuxoxa nganoma yisiphi salezi zihloko emoyeni.
Isinqumo sethu futhi sibonisa ukuthi sinabasebenzi nabalandeli ezifundeni lapho kube khona (noma engcupheni) yeziyaluyalu zezombusazwe kanye/noma zomphakathi, okuhlanganisa nezindawo ezifana ne-Hong Kong. Sikholelwa ukuthi sinesibopho sokwenza konke esingakwenza ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi izitatimende noma izenzo ezinkundleni zethu ezisemthethweni (noma ngabe zenziwe ngenhloso noma cha) azikhulisi izimo ezingase zibe bucayi."
Lesi sitatimende siphendula I-Blizzard Entertainment ikhiphe isivimbelo somqhudelwano kumdlali okhokhelwayo u-Chung Ng Wai emqhudelwaneni we-Hearthstone ngokuzwakalisa ukweseka imibhikisho yase-Hong Kong yokusakaza bukhoma. Uphinde waphucwa imali yakhe yomklomelo. Izenzo zenkampani zabangela ukusabela okusabalele. I-Blizzard Entertainment isivele yathambisa “isigwebo” se-blitzchung: ukuvinjelwa kwehlisiwe kwaba yizinyanga eziyisithupha, futhi usazokhokhelwa imali ewumklomelo omfanele.
Umphathi we-Epic Games u-Tim Sweeney naye ngalolu daba: inkampani ngeke ithathele izinyathelo abadlali be-Fortnite abangochwepheshe noma abadali bokuqukethwe ngokukhuluma ngezindaba zezepolitiki.
I-Riot Games iphethwe yinkampani yemidlalo yase-China i-Tencent. Lesi sakamuva siphinde sibe nengxenye engamaphesenti angu-40 ku-Epic Games kanye nengxenye engamaphesenti angu-5 ku-Activision Blizzard (esebenzisana ne-NetEase ukukhiqiza ama-franchise amaningi e-China, okuhlanganisa i-Hearthstone, i-World of Warcraft kanye ).
Source: 3dnews.ru