Chinese Gamers Circumvent Anti-Obsession Measures

Turtlewind writes "A survey by iResearch China shows that the Chinese Government's "anti obsession" measures, reported on Slashdot last year, are being bypassed by MMORPG gamers. While the controls - which force operators of popular games such as World of Warcraft to impose penalties on players who play for more than three to five hours a day - were welcomed by almost half of Chinese gamers, a core of around 14% of players admitted to registering multiple accounts to get around the restrictions. Meanwhile, the government seems to be taking a different approach to the problem of gaming addiction, planning a campaign over the upcoming summer vacation to increase enforcement of laws banning minors from internet cafes."

Well, you know what they say...

[tygerstripes]

core of around 14% of players admitted to registering multiple accounts to get around the restrictions

Well, a change is as good as a rest!

Rebelion

[Lucan Varo]

If this won't start an uprising in China, nothing will.

News at 11!

[PixelPirate]

Addicts find ways to break rules to get fix... Holy Hell my world is collapsing...

Ouch.

[Rob T Firefly]

I know how the gold farmers among those affected must feel.. I once had a full-time job cut me down to part-time hours.

Another Technique

[aymanh]

I have another suggestion for the Chinese government, why don't they create a squad of Orcs that patrols WoW looking for lazy unproductive Chinese players and executes them in game?

Re:Worst possible solution?

[Rob T Firefly]

Man... are they really trying to solve the addiction problem by forbidding the youngers from playing the games?

Hell, it may sound a little pessimistic, but this "solution" may even aggravate the problem if these kids/teenagers start developing even worst habits like drugs or alcohol because they have nothing else to fill their lives with.

But didn't you hear? They made it against the rules for kids to use drugs or alcohol, and that's why it never ever happens anymore.

Re:two words

[Volanin]

I totally agree with what you say... ...but doesn't it intrigue you that, after 8 hours of office work, you usually end the day feeling like shit. And after the same 8 hours of lan partying with friends, you usually leave feeling renewed?

Just my two cents!

Bring it on!

[Brix Braxton]

I have a teen aged punk ass that locks himself in his room with his gaming machine flanked by two laptop's playing Lineage all day -the damn lawn is getting tall and I could sure use a dose of this in my household.

Re:two words

[Khaed]

I always figured that's why it was called "work."

Re:Bring it on!

[Alexandra Erenhart]

Place yourself near the garden door with a yellow exclamation point over your head. He might get interested in the quest of "saving the house from the never-ending growth of the evil lawn". Who knows, it might actually work :P

A female? 8-10 hours of gaming?

[Khaed]

Will you marry me? ;)

Re:Not surprising.

[general scruff]

Doesn't your ass get numb?

Only when I ride him bare-back.
Plus, he hates video games.

Pro Democracy loophole

[Hoi Polloi]

So they let people play on-line games? Maybe a group of people should start accounts and use the dialog capabilities in the games to pass along news and info and get past the censorship they have on the rest of the web.

My dwarf warrior will be named "Tiananmen Massacre".

Re:Parents anyone?

[vertinox]

Where are there parents while they spend so many hours per day at these places? I think that they should bare some responsibility for their children's actions.

To be fair, the parents are busy spending 15 hour work days making your iPods in slave like conditions. Are you feeling any better now?

Re:Parents anyone?

[andrewman327]

I think Jonathon Swift had a Modest Proposal to deal with situations like this...

Re:Parents anyone?

[Anonymous Coward]

You wear clothes 14 hours/day? Sounds like an addiction to me. Lets propose a law to ban that sort of thing.

Re:Not surprising.

[corbettw]

It's like the idiots who were trying to criminalize junk food. Without a law to forbid me, I never eat the crap. If someone tried to make it I'd eat two bags of cheetos, smoke 3 packs a day and wash it all down with a few bottles of whiskey. Just for spite.

That explains your heroine and crack addictions.