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The Inquirer is reporting that the fucked up criminal little gook gang that is -mostly due to economic reasons- more oftenly referred to as the "Chinese government" in our Western world has launched a crackdown on massively multiplayer online games.
Companies running MMOGs in China are now required to install timing mechanisms so players are automatically disconnected from the games after a certain number of hours of continuous play (the article does not state the exact number of hours).
This may seem silly but if the government feels like it needs to take on the role of mom or dad, well fine, silly but it's just a minor inconvenience really.
Now for the outrageous part. The Chinese authorities have also decided to disallow PvP (or PK'ing as they like to call it) when minors under the age of 18 are involved. WTF? Let me get this straight... the same government that will "RL-gank" (a.k.a as mow down with machine gun fire) a group of minors without twitching an eye if the kids protest against said government is concerned about minors being ganked in virtual worlds? How caring of them. Really.
Mr. or Mrs. Liu Shifa poo head of the Chinese Internet Censorship Division MOC's Internet Culture Division is quoted as saying the following on the reasons behind the move:Minors should not be allowed to play online games that have PK content, that allow players to increase the power of their own online game characters by killing other players[...]
Online games that have PK content usually also contain acts of violence and leads to players spending too much time trying to increase the power of their characters. They are harmful to young people.
... says a representative of a government whose whole concept of staying in "power" is based on "RL-PK'ing" and acts of violence against anyone who thinks differently. Those acts are not harmful by any means, of course. What was I thinking... jeez.
P.S.: Apologies to anyone who -rightfully- thinks that RPGDot/MMORPGDot shouldn't be a political place but we're all only human and this made me go boom ;) . The above in no way reflects the opinion of the entire staff. It's just a single opinion. Now sue me, you commie bastards! *g*
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Chinese Authorities Launch Crackdown On MMOGs
