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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / EverQuest / August 2005MMORPG legislation in China
Fascinating development in the news at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4183340.stm I've summarized the basic points, below... "The government in Beijing is reported to be introducing the controls to deter people from playing [online role-playing games] for longer than three consecutive hours. ... The new system will impose penalties on players who spend more than three hours playing a game by reducing the abilities of their characters. Gamers who spend more than five hours will have the abilities of their in-game character severely limited... Players will be forced to take a five-hour break before they can return to a game." I'm not saying the measures will definitely be introduced, mind you, but I still find the situation incredible! Who would have thought, back in the infancy of online gaming, that a government would even contemplate introducing legislation like this? It's a weird world :) Palindrome >Fascinating development in the news at: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Palindrome Its nothing new- we in the West have had this sort of thing for years - but we know it as "Wife" or "Girlfriend" :) rb >Its nothing new- we in the West have had this sort of thing for years >- but we know it as "Wife" or "Girlfriend" :) LMAO - aye, I forgot about "Girlfriend v1.09 Beta" and "Wife v2" :D Palindrome >>Its nothing new- we in the West have had this sort of thing for years >>- but we know it as "Wife" or "Girlfriend" :) > > LMAO - aye, I forgot about "Girlfriend v1.09 Beta" and "Wife v2" :D Have to be even more careful than you think. Wife V2 will, after a random period of time, spawn an additional creature, Baby v1. (I found that out about 5 months ago.)  SignatureMarcel http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/ > Fascinating development in the news at: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > back in the infancy of online gaming, that a government would even > contemplate introducing legislation like this? It's a weird world :) Ain't communism grand? SignatureRumble "Write something worth reading, or do something worth writing." -- Benjamin Franklin >SNIP< >> I'm not saying the measures will definitely be introduced, mind you, >> but I still find the situation incredible! Who would have thought, >> back in the infancy of online gaming, that a government would even >> contemplate introducing legislation like this? It's a weird world :) > >Ain't communism grand? Lol, aye :) Ain't Virtual Capitalism, grand too - I noted a news item earlier this week where a Chinese guy was arrested, in Japan, for "mugging" gamers in Lineage II with his band of 'bots and selling the stuff he stole for actual cash. They sure picked up the basics of Western civilization quick ;) Palindrome On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:39:09 GMT in <Xns96BD6C5CDB039Rumbledorhotmailcom@63.240.76.16>, Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> graced the world with this thought: >> Fascinating development in the news at: >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Ain't communism grand? Not sure it's got a lot to do with communism... more to do, probably, with idiots killing each other and some guy dropping dead at the computer after playing for three days with no break... On the other hand, I just look at that sort of thing as "culling the herd." It's Nature's way. bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote in news:kaoPe.266$4P5.93 @newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:39:09 GMT in > <Xns96BD6C5CDB039Rumbledorhotmailcom@63.240.76.16>, Rumbledor [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > herd." > It's Nature's way. Oh, it's all about communism. No way that kind of idea would fly in a democratic society. This sort of over-reaction is almost surreal. SignatureRumble "Write something worth reading, or do something worth writing." -- Benjamin Franklin > bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote in news:kaoPe.266$4P5.93 > @newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > This sort of over-reaction is almost surreal. Well, it's all about totalitarianism... SignatureOn Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Soothsayer of 70 seasons On Steamfont Graeme, 36 Dwarven Mystic, 24 Sage, Treasure Hunter <Tempest> Aviv, 15 Gnome Brawler, 30 Provisioner >> bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote in news:kaoPe.266$4P5.93 >> @newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > Well, it's all about totalitarianism... Yes, that would be more correct. SignatureRumble "Write something worth reading, or do something worth writing." -- Benjamin Franklin > bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote in news:kaoPe.266$4P5.93 > @newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Oh, it's all about communism. No way that kind of idea would fly in a > democratic society. > This sort of over-reaction is almost surreal. Yep. Almost surreal. However "Department of Homeland Security" being uncannily like Orwell's "Ministry of Peace" however *is* surreal. Its not China yet, but they're playing catch-up as fast as they can. I concur with Graeme and your re-assessment of it being about totalitarianism not communism. The US is still a healthy capitalism... but the democracy part is starting to give out. |
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