China to start cracking down on people who play Playerkill and other MMOGs.

[Fusilier]

I've got conflicting reports about how they're going with this,so I'll put up two for you guys to decide.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/business/int/news/20050803p2g00m0bu032000c.html

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/05/content_3313220.htm

I personally think that this action was both surprising and not surprising at all. I'm suprised that they are actually going to attempt this sort of thing, but at the same time I know that it's an extremely Chinese thing to do. The Chinese tend to be even less appreciative of the merits of gaming compared to thier Western counterparts (I know that from first-hand experience), but I didn't think the party would go so far.

[zz2tommy]

godamit, i hate these people and governments coming down on the gaming industry. why are they gonna go through with this if it goes against their finacial interests(dunno if thats the right term) i mean didint they nationally lie about the positive effects of cigarettes for the sake of gaining more money? i hate the idea, they should just leave the kids alone and leave the monitoring to the parents.

[Fusilier]

Consider it a way to assist parents in thier parenting duties. Chinese parents tend to be all too aware of what thier children do and undergo significant efforts to deter them from doing things like playing games too much, so for them this law is only icing on the cake.

[ego21]

That, and remember that most of the MMOG horror stories you hear about players killing players in RL because he was cheated on a deal or because his sword +1 was stolen are coming from China and the surrounding countries. You also have stories like the one out of Asia a while ago where someone died from playing an MMORPG for days on end without stopping to eat or even sleep. I'm not sure if that was China, but there are a lot of problems with MMOG addiction in Asia, it seems. I'm thinking this ban was to try and keep these problems limited to adults.

[orka]

That, and remember that most of the MMOG horror stories you hear about players killing players in RL because he was cheated on a deal or because his sword +1 was stolen are coming from China and the surrounding countries. You also have stories like the one out of Asia a while ago where someone died from playing an MMORPG for days on end without stopping to eat or even sleep. I'm not sure if that was China, but there are a lot of problems with MMOG addiction in Asia, it seems. I'm thinking this ban was to try and keep these problems limited to adults.

Yea, I agree. They wouldn't make a law like that if there weren't so many incidents involving deranged MMO gamers in China and Eastern Asia in general.

[kevinlmw]

i don`t think the rules can last...
the games company won`t agree either..
they can`t monitor the home computer...
even a player younger than 18 can use their friend or brother id...
so.... what the point?




That, and remember that most of the MMOG horror stories you hear about players killing players in RL because he was cheated on a deal or because his sword +1 was stolen are coming from China and the surrounding countries. You also have stories like the one out of Asia a while ago where someone died from playing an MMORPG for days on end without stopping to eat or even sleep. I'm not sure if that was China, but there are a lot of problems with MMOG addiction in Asia, it seems. I'm thinking this ban was to try and keep these problems limited to adults.


at least eat la...... i wondering how he died....if hungry, must eat!!!
i at least bring 9 cup of maggi mi before i start a new online game (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=467823#) cause i probably play 3 day play non -stop.(cos a low level trend to be pked)
yea.. 3 day non stop is my limit.....my eyes become a panda T.T

[MrA2003]

I heard a story from the news about parents who went to play WoW at an internet cafe, leaving their 9 month old baby at home. When they came back, they found that the baby had suffocated or something. This was in Taiwan or something. But yeah, some of these problems are quite rampant in Asia.

[Fusilier]

I believe that was in Korea. We were cracking jokes about it on another forum because of that when we heard about it.

[FinalFlash]

Well, this has its positive side too. LESS gil sellers, less gold sellers, and less of all those NM and HNM campers.

[ego21]

You know, I thought that at first too, then I realized those guys are probably all adults. The kids wouldn't have the attention span necessary to camp :/

[FinalFlash]

They use bots that keep provoking on and on. You just need someone to hit ctrl insert to start it. And i've heard there are gil selling sweat shops that hire kids from ages 10-adult to sell gil and camp and all. Weird stuff, but if its true, then hopefully this will stop that crap. And only kids would do that kinda stuff cause most adults probably have real, higher paying jobs that take most of their time, or at least i hope so.

[tenjouten]

They should just put up those warning signs just like in FF Online when you sign in. "Don't forget your family and friends"