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Is typing "Free Hong Kong" actually against summoners code?

zqfmgb··2 votes·2,193 views

Is typing "Free Hong Kong" actually against summoners code? Apparently I was in a game full of angry Chinese people.

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Koiyaki3 votes

I dont believe it is, but if u really wanna help that cause, go donate to orgs in china/ try other avenues than just repeating a hashtag in a videogame.

Its basically kony all over again...

Jesi Oni1 votes

As long as you didnt write "fuck china" next then I doubt it. Also if you triggered someone then there was discussion and plenty of opportunities to break rules by calling people "kid" or whatever...

TrulyBland1 votes

It would certainly not be in line with the forum rules to discuss political topics, especially if there is some matter of controversy, if they aren't directly related to video games or League of Legends. Not sure how or if that rule applies to ingame chat, though. I suppose it could be seen as an attempt to bait other people into arguments and generally derailing chat (which, if that is your intention, definitely warrants punishment). But as long as you are being sincere and treat others with respect, even if they disagree with your political opinion, I would assume you'd be fine.

Ph03n1xb1rd1 votes

Well, Rito is owned by Tencent. And Tencent is in Winnie's country, so i would not be surprised...

Oleandervine2 votes

Except Tencent doesn't meddle in the inner workings of Riot. Tencent is an investor company, they don't actually manage any of the day-to-day affairs of any of their holdings. They'd have like meetings with CEOs a couple times a year, set out finance goals and macro level marketing plans, and call it a day.

Ph03n1xb1rd1 votes

Just like a little percentage of Tencent ownership (and the huge chinese market) had no effect on how Blizzard handles the free speech when it's about China ;)

Oleandervine1 votes

Your point would have weight to it if Activision/Blizzard wasn't constantly in the news about their insanely Draconian political correctness policing.

ModPeriscope1 votes

I likely wouldn’t report that, unless it were spammed. Don’t think I’ve seen anyone’s logs with that phrase, but I don’t see how it would contribute to a punishment unless it were spammed.

Tele II1 votes

No.

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