https://reclaimthenet.org/blizzard-disables-authentication-user-accounts/
Over the weekend, video game publisher Blizzard banned professional
Hearthstone player Ng Wai “blitzchung” Chung from the 2019 Hearthstone
Grandmasters Official Competition after he showed support for the Hong Kong
protests in an interview. The move was seen as an example of yet another US
company bending the knee to China and led to heavy criticism and a mass
boycott. Now Blizzard users who are attempting to participate in the boycott
by closing their accounts are reporting that Blizzard has disabled all
authentication and is preventing them from deleting their accounts.
前言: 爐石選手因在官方比賽中公開支持反送中遭禁賽。這是美國公司跪舔中國的又一例
，因而導致輿論撻伐和抵制。然而想透過刪除帳號抵制暴雪的玩家發現暴雪停用了他們的
所有登入驗證以避免刪帳。
Multiple Blizzard users are saying that when they try to close their account
or request a copy of their personal data, they’re being presented with a
message that reads: “Due to too many attempts. [Authentication method] has
been locked. Please try another method for verification.”
多名玩家表示當他們試圖刪除帳號或要求個人資料時，螢幕出現這樣的訊息：基於過多的
嘗試，"驗證方式"已被鎖定，請嘗試其他的驗證方式。"
Some of these users are also suggesting that Blizzard is doing this
intentionally to stop people from closing their accounts or canceling
subscriptions as the boycott against the company ramps up.
有人說是官方為了避免大量的刪帳退訂潮而採取的手段。
Other users have proposed an alternate theory – that Blizzard’s systems
have been overloaded by mass account closure and data requests in the midst
of the boycott.
也有人提出相反的理論：過多的刪帳退訂請求導致伺服器當機。
Regardless, the development is likely to add to the growing backlash the
company has faced since banning blitzchung. In addition to the mass boycott,
members of the Hearthstone community have proposed flooding Blizzard with
General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR) requests and two US senators have
called out the company.
無論如何，這都是當初禁賽懲處的反撲。在大量抵制之餘，爐石社群也透過GDPR來向暴雪
抗議，兩名美國參議員也附和。
Blizzard employees have also reportedly walked out to protest the company’s
ban of Blitzchung. And an American University team has protested by holding
up a “Free Hong Kong, boycott Blizzard” sign during the Hearthstone
Collegiate Championship.
暴雪員工也為禁賽事件發起罷工。美國大學爐石比賽也有隊伍舉出撐港標語。
Epic Games has also weighed in on Blizzard’s decision and said that unlike
Blizzard, it won’t censor for China. However, given that Chinese
conglomerate Tencent owns a 40 percent stake in the company, it remains to be
seen whether it will follow through when tested on this principle.
Epic則表示他們不會為了中國而屏蔽異音。附帶一提，騰訊擁有該公司40%股權。