Chineese MMO Limit

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 30 Aug 2005, 23:28

I just heard that the Chinese government wants to stifle MMO's. Basically after three hours your characters stats are literally cut in half, and half your skills and abilities are taken away. It also i supposed to work for games like BF 2 and such. Like in BF2 after three hours your sniper rifle vanishes, then all you have is a pistol. It sounds far fetched, but I think there serious about it. I don├óÔé¼Ôäót think it will effect TA Spring (how many people play this AND live in china?) also TA Spring is simply too small, and who has played a three hour TA Spring game? But anyway, its really fighting to me, but I├óÔé¼Ôäóm paranoid about my freedom and such.

Sheekel · Post by **Sheekel** » 30 Aug 2005, 23:44

i dont live in china......but....

NOOOOO Battle Field 2 is such a SWEEEET game! The nvidia 6800gt and 3.8ghz processor w/ 1g ram, plus a ventrillo mic i play on makes it sooooo much more intense!!!

Gunthahaha · Post by **Gunthahaha** » 30 Aug 2005, 23:59

Zoombie wrote: and who has played a three hour TA Spring game?

Me

BlackLiger · Post by **BlackLiger** » 31 Aug 2005, 00:53

welll, zoombie just gave away that he lives in china

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 31 Aug 2005, 01:29

damn it!

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 31 Aug 2005, 03:47

so they are trying to curb people playing online?

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 31 Aug 2005, 04:01

Yes

PS: I do not live in China. Insted i heard this from a PC gamer podcast (think radio... but on the INTERNET!). The podcast was also interesting for other resons (like a intervew with demi-god Chris Taylor and some disscusion about the up and comming Doom movie) and was a good first ever brodcast. Find it here: http://www.pcgamer.com/podcast/pcgp_001_20050829.mp3

Be warned. It is a long MP3

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra · Post by **[K.B.] Napalm Cobra** » 31 Aug 2005, 06:36

I wonder if they call the chinese government ChiSoc?

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 31 Aug 2005, 14:32

Freaking Comunistic Dictatorships... I just don't get how such a backwards government system can exist in this modern world... You don't expect to hear about opressive millitary goverments overtly restricting the freedom of speach of people in the same news story as you talk about MMOs... it's just backwards... problem is, China could totally kick any of our countrries collective rear ends if they ever managed to figure out how to run a country properly...

DavetheBrave · Post by **DavetheBrave** » 01 Sep 2005, 03:53

Well, Its about time somebody did something. I dont support communism,
but MMO's are destroying people's lives.

here is one example : http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... eath.reut/

I dont think it is really a very big problem in places like america or europe. But in places like South Korea, where life is not so good, i think people could easily get addicted to playing these kind of games and then get absorbed in the lives of their characters. Leading them to forget they have a life of their own.

However, I certainly dont agree with what china is doing, but I do not think MMO's are a good thing.

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 01 Sep 2005, 04:15

Its what i alway say. "People who kill eachother are crazy" but more to the topic, i think anyone who plays himself to death is already crazy! He could of killed himself by reading too much, or by doing a marathon T.V whatching.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 01 Sep 2005, 04:41

I hear in Korea, there are gangs that play MMOs and sometimes they go to other gangs Gaming Cafe's and beat them up.... could be a rumor though.

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 01 Sep 2005, 04:52

I read about the Korean guy...
I don't think MMOs are great either, but that's based on taste. They're the kind of thing that I would expect would attract spammers, hackers, and social-lifeless groupie shmucks. It's actually a little hard for me to say this, because there is one MMO that I thought was excellent, and still think is cool although I haven't played in years, called TDZK. But in order to do 'good,' you've got to devote too much time to it.
More on Korea. Even though the quality of life isn't the best, South Korea is one of the most wired-up countries in the world. The pathetic part has to do with StarCrap. My brother used to live in South Korea (which he hated), and he says that StarCrap is practically a professional sport, a national pastime! Televised events and crap like that. I wasn't surprised when I read that the guy who suffered heart failure game-binging was Korean.

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 01 Sep 2005, 05:43

Some one needs to introduce them to TA.... buhahahahahahahaha! AAHAHAHAHAHA!

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