China: "Reveal Yourself, Or Don't Play Online"

Originally Posted by Rock

You all seem to completely miss the true nature of this. China wants to control its people. This is not an effort "aimed at helping parents track how many hours the teenager has played", but a tool for the government to spy on and track down the teenagers themselves, if they were to behave in a way they would disaprove of.

Quite Orwellian, no?

Originally Posted by Rock

It's just another brick in the wall of a nationwide blacklisting of websites, nondisclosure of information and conveying propaganda - even in computer and video games.

China is proving that capitalism and totalitarianism mesh rather well. So much for China becoming more democratic through the operations of the "free market".

Originally Posted by eriol

Still, playing online game that much is dangerous for health. I heard lot of stories of people who died because they were playing MMORPG for about 3 days. He died because of sudden heart attack I think.

It's very silly and totally not cool if you died because of playing a game.

I don't see anything wrong with that. There's about 6.5 billion people on the planet. We could use less dipshits.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by loyalist

We're probably not hearing about the REAL progress as much as we should be. Western co-operatives are finding ways to crack through China's internet filters and help reach people on the inside. There is real dissent going on. And one day...we'll see.

Probably. The internet is hard, if not impossible to control. Whatever people can make, others can break. That observation was more or less from a government standpoint.

The Chinese government has already had to deal with a sizable amount of unrest already. Mostly dealing with their rapid modernization programs and energy shortages. Not so much civil rights.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Devo

Can't let any ideas of a "democracy" or "freedom" get to their people in any way, shape or form, even from some online little shit.

I didn't know such philosophical debate took place in World of Warcraft.



This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Murdercrow

It does.

GLBT guild, anybody?

Are you yanking my chain? I honestly don't know.

All the more reason for the Chinese government to crackdown on World of Warcraft then. Exposure to such ideas could prove troublesome for them.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

I think it's kind of funny that people think you have to have some deep and meaningful discussion about "democracy", "freedom" and "free-market capitalism" to disseminate these ideals.

You might be surprised. Imagine if you've lived your whole life being told that these were just lies being told by the imperialistic capitalists to control the bourgeoisie. Then such ideals as "freedom" and "democracy" becomes a compelling debate to the open-minded and impressionable people. Typically the youth.

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

Players talk about all kinds of shit on WoW. It could be something stupid like the following:

Ayetaekitindapooper: LOL SO I GOT MY IPOD TODAY.
SumdumGai: O RLY? WHAT COLOR, IS IT THAT FRUITY PINK?
uselessdumbshit: HOW MUCH? DOOD PINK IS GAY.
Ayetaekitindapooper: UR MOM IS GAY. ITS BLUE.
Ayetaekitindapooper: $300
uselessdumbshit: NO U. YOU OVERPAID LOL, I CAN GET IT FOR LIKE $200

etc...

That's how I assumed most "debates" went in World of Warcraft.

I was speaking idiomatically.