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China bans kids from Online play
Interfax China has word that the Chinese government has banned all minors from playing online games in which other players can be killed
No more first person shooters for China!
Effective immediately, all minors are banned from playing online games in which players are allowed to kill other players, an activity that has been termed Player Kills (PK). China's Ministry of Culture (MOC) and Ministry of Information Industry (MII) have also ordered the country's online game operators to develop identity authentication systems that prevent minors from playing games These authentication systems would require all players to first enter their Citizen ID Card numbers before being allowed to play games that allow Player Kills. No timetable was given for when these authentication systems must be implemented.
"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."
"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."
No more first person shooters for China!
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NINJAFISH
But seriously, that’s probably the most valid argument I’ve heard yet for banning any non-pornographic game. It’s not because of the violence, but because of the addiction factor. They know that any game involving direct player competition or PvP tends to be addictive to competitive gamers. Regardless of actual genre, its the concept of beating other human players that most people strive for.
They want their youth to be smarter then those nations where students spend too much time playing games and are distracted from their work. Once you become a heavy gamer your priorities are sometimes changed, and their trying to keep their youth's priorities focused on education. Sure it’s probably going to be really hard to implement but if they do get it done then it could have a positive long term effect on their China's future. But it also cuts a very large part of the gaming market out which could also have a very negative impact on their current economy.
This doesn’t mean I would encourage a ban like this, but its makes a lot more sense then the same song and dance we hear from those banning games for violence.
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i mean omg theyll ban super mario land nxt cuz u stomp on all those mushroom thingys and they look dead( lol ). imho 1st person shooters r too violent 4 any1. but its different to see a character get blasted by magic or whatever than see a character get torn to bits by something and see stuff that little kids get scared of
this is only my opinion dont take it personnally :-]