Blizzard Suspends Hearthstone Player For Hong Kong Support, Pulls Prize Money

[Nissa]

I kinda assumed at least a couple of them were Blizzard employees spying on us for the heck of it. Like, they weren't told to, but they do because why not.

[Visions of Khas]

I kinda assumed at least a couple of them were Blizzard employees spying on us for the heck of it. Like, they weren't told to, but they do because why not.

We know some Blizz staff frequented to SCL in its prime, referring to the manual and campaign transcripts. I think, several years ago, someone claiming to be from Blizzard made a thread here thanking the fan community for its dedication and support. As far as I remember, that account never made any other posts or threads.

It'd be nice to think they still visit.

[sandwich_bird]

I keep seeing several hundred users online browsing the forum. How many of them are bots and spiders, I wonder, and how many are actual people. (Most, and few, respectively, I know. Just wondering specifics.)

Something like 99.9999% bots. I have no indication that there's any real people other than the ~7 remaining posters. It's possible but very unlikely that Blizz would still lurk from time to time.