Dayton Young, product director for Fight for the Future and organizer for Gamers for Freedom, told Variety that they wanted to “let companies know that we won’t be silenced.” Young, a gamer himself, said Blizzard has not been in touch with the organizers of the campaign. Nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future began organizing the protest last month, when Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai’s punishment was first announced, calling it part of its Gamers for Freedom campaign. Around noon, chants of slogans like “Oppression is wrong, free Hong Kong,” “people over profit” and “gamers unite for human rights” broke out. Mei, an “Overwatch” hero, has become a symbol of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Protesters started early in the morning by handing out “Mei with Hong Kong” T-shirts near the entrance of BlizzCon before the protest’s official noon start-time.
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