Kiddies Banned From PKing In China


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The Chinese government has decreed that no child under the age of 18 should be able to play MMOs that include player killing, and to enforce the law the government will soon make it a requirement for online games to feature age gates that are tied into the Chinese national I.D. card system:

    "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," Liu Shifa, head of the MOC's Internet Culture Division, which drafts policies governing the online gaming market, told Interfax. "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."

    "We don't want to put the authentication system in our games," a senior official with a Chinese online gaming firm, who asked to remain anonymous, told Interfax. "PK game content is an important and attractive part of almost all MMORPGs. This new regulation will have a major impact on China's online gaming market."

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"PKing"? Is that some Azn (Asian) shortcut, for "****ing" :blink: ?

Was that legal before :blink: ?

edit: Never mind, read the article :pinch:

Title confused me :p

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actually "PK" in hong kong (cantonese) is "仆街" means, fall to the floor (hard, face first?), are swear word(s) and is slang. heheh just some info.

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Oh, come on guys. China isn't as bad as you think. They are just trying to protect thier young people from what they view as a bad influence. The kids there spend many hours every day playing online games anyway when they should be doing school work. The schools there are not like here, it is very difficut and requires very hard studying to do well. Also, good marks literaly mean the difference between a life of poverty or one of success. It's easy to just sit here in the west and judge, but you don't know or understand the way things are there. This is a good thing IMO.

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Oh, come on guys. China isn't as bad as you think. They are just trying to protect thier young people from what they view as a bad influence. The kids there spend many hours every day playing online games anyway when they should be doing school work. The schools there are not like here, it is very difficut and requires very hard studying to do well. Also, good marks literaly mean the difference between a life of poverty or one of success. It's easy to just sit here in the west and judge, but you don't know or understand the way things are there. This is a good thing IMO.

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I agree, it's not like these games are being banned outright, just restricted to minors. The real thing to be concerned about is that game publishers have the ability to tap into China's national ID system.

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Oh, come on guys. China isn't as bad as you think. They are just trying to protect thier young people from what they view as a bad influence. The kids there spend many hours every day playing online games anyway when they should be doing school work. The schools there are not like here, it is very difficut and requires very hard studying to do well. Also, good marks literaly mean the difference between a life of poverty or one of success. It's easy to just sit here in the west and judge, but you don't know or understand the way things are there. This is a good thing IMO.

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You back in Canada man?

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an interesting idea, but usually the leaders of a revolt are after what they are opposing.

it's a different culture in china than in the UK or the USA, therefore different rules apply.

I bet they would not get problems like the "hot coffee" mod scandle as over there minors who are too young to own the game, don't get it

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Haha, woo communism.

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it has nothing to do with communism.

wow...that's communism for you...The majority of MMORPGs are mostlu played by Chinese kids..like lineage I, II and WoW

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it has nothing to do with communism.

its their restrictive government and application of it that is wrong.

STV

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Do you really think the government is that strict? Sure, they say this, but it's not like they're gonna enforce it. The MMO community back there is multiple times greater than in the U.S.. Advertisements for the latest Korean / Japanese MMO can be seen everywhere, even down in the subways of Shanghai. Internet cafes are populated with teens playing WoW. Some people are so ignorant.

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Shame. I wouldnt like this. China, you are a bunch of wanks!

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Way to generalize the entire population of China Gowcra.

It's clear that the government is made up of every single citizen of China, from the newest of newborns to the oldest of old. wow that's a huge governing body?

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Agreed. Maybe they should just stand upto the government?

Surely theres more citizens than the government ;)

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as stated....:

(Djmutik1013 @ Aug 4 2005, 14:14)

I wonder when they will revolt

They tried a peaceful revolt...they got shot.

the ends will justify the means when it comes to 'keeping people in line'

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You back in Canada man?

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:yes: Yep. Been back in Canada for a month and a half. I still don't know if I made the right choice yet. I miss it there a lot.

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:yes: Yep. Been back in Canada for a month and a half. I still don't know if I made the right choice yet. I miss it there a lot.

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Glad to see you back in this side of the world... your right down the street from me here in seattle :p

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