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China bans under 18 from PKing

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38 comments, last by Richy2k 18 years, 9 months ago
Quote:Original post by zealotgi
Chinese authorities? WTF are they going to do? If Chinese players are playing on a US server, they can't do anything.

You wish. Chinese authorities invest a lot of resources to control and monitor the internet contents available to the average Chinese citizen, governmental internet censorship is common practice.

Quote:Original post by zealotgi
If I was a pro game dev, I wouldn't put up with this!

Right. And you'd get a visit from a few "men in black suits" shortly after. China is not the US or the EU.

About the ban, well, each country and society has their own values. Hot coffee anyone ?
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Come on, this is not very hot in China. At least I didn't notice much of heat. It isn't hot in the West either. Are you saying that the Chinese G-men are going to get involved with this? No. NO! Why would they? They have absolutely nothing to gain, and everything to lose!
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a pity, china was becoming another korea for mmorpgs
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As an Indian, I'm delighted to hear that Communist China is starting to fuck itself over. I always figured the World's Largest Democracy had an advantage over them somehow...
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Quote:Original post by Yann L
[...]About the ban, well, each country and society has their own values. Hot coffee anyone ?
Can you explain how 'rating organization increased the suggested age requirement for a game by a single year for hidden sexual content' is comparable to 'government banned competitive play in many genres for those under 18 years old'?
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Quote:Original post by Extrarius
Quote:Original post by Yann L
[...]About the ban, well, each country and society has their own values. Hot coffee anyone ?
Can you explain how 'rating organization increased the suggested age requirement for a game by a single year for hidden sexual content' is comparable to 'government banned competitive play in many genres for those under 18 years old'?


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Quote:Original post by Extrarius
Can you explain how 'rating organization increased the suggested age requirement for a game by a single year for hidden sexual content' is comparable to 'government banned competitive play in many genres for those under 18 years old'?


They are comparable because they are about moral standard in different countries. Why is, for example, drinking a beer such big issues that people in the US can be arrested for drinking or buying or even transporting it, if they are under 21?
Or why is some simulated sex in a game (which isn't even in the game, it's on the CD) such a big issue that people under 18 can't view it?
I personally do not aprove what China did, nor do I aprove interdicting pr0n and alcohol to minors, but I think violence is worse than sex and pr0n.
And let's not forget that someone died in China because of some PK issues (stollen items).
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China, great country. HAHA, yeah freaking right. 1.3 billion people putting up with bullcrap. They must like it, otherwise they would have gotten rid of the government if they had the guts.
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Quote:Original post by Raduprv
Yeah, and people under 21 in the US are not allowed to drink a beer or a glass of wine. How is that better?

I don't think that analogy is valid. If you play some Super Mario 64 for four hours straight and then get behind the wheel of a car, your reaction time is not going to be impaired. Compare this with drinking for four hours and then getting behind the wheel of car, where you will almost certainly endanger yourself, to say nothing of the hundreds of other people you will encounter on a road.
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