flowerpot Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Ok,personally I find this kind of thing rather disturbing,ethically. Here we go: Chairman Mao speaks from beyond the grave and says that more than 3 hours of Lineage II is bad for you. You don't want Chairman Mao angry. Accordingly, from October, anyone who goes over a three-hour limit will see his character's abilities reduced. Hitting five hours will result in severe character limitation. Players will then have to take a five-hour break before getting back down to it. All of China's main games operators have agreed to the controls - unsurprisingly since they are state licensed - and just to show how willing they are to fall into line, Interfax-China news agency reported the operators as "prepared to sacrifice short-term revenues to create a healthy environment for online gamers", which is very noble of them. The games initially facing control are: World of Warcraft, The Legend of Mir II, The Legend of Mir 3G, Lineage II, Westward Journey Online, Fantasy Westward Journey Online, MU, JX Online, First Myth Online, The World of Legend and Blade Online. Actually, unless China wants to end up as fat as the West, this probably isn't a bad idea,NOT.Fp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 It's an odd way of dealing with people spending too long playing games. Then again, didn't some dood recently die cos of playing a game for hours on end? Perhaps some people are that stupid they need these kind of restrictions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 Well,The blokey who died supposedly played 50 hours non stop,which is by any means rather insane.....Limiting the time to 3 hours is pathetic.Personally I chow up 3 hours non stop gaming in a day easily.Fp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Aye, you're right. I don't agree with the limits at all to be honest. In the past I've played a game for a lot longer than three hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 What's to stop you playing 3 hours of one game then 3 hours of another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 what are they gonna do when not playing games? they should be encouraged to play games to kurb thier exponentianally growing population!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Dont be scared of China texaspete,like the rest of corporate America is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 It's an odd way of dealing with people spending too long playing games. Then again, didn't some dood recently die cos of playing a game for hours on end? Perhaps some people are that stupid they need these kind of restrictions!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll call that natural selection. If your stupid enough to die from playing a video game. Maybe you had it coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clownstyle Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Just out of interest what game was he playing?? I wanna try and beat his record :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Dont be scared of China texaspete,like the rest of corporate America is.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> im not scared of them... i live with 2 chinese lasses they bring cheap produce and good food! its all good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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