China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

[Kildem]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

One day i played with FFXI for 14 hours..... from 9 pm of saturday until 11 am of sunday......
by the way i don't think japanese would do such a stupid thing. less playing hours means less players online. I usually make 2 levels in 3 hours, but doing ONLY 3 levels and then logging off it's boring. Plus if you are on a damned long mission like phomiuna aqueducts or some promyvion or dynamis or camping NM you can't get worried about the time, you should be able to play as long as you want

[DakAttack]

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Oh and by the way,
US isn't really a free country nor a democracy, and China isn't really communist. We're all hppocrites. TRUE democracy and TRUE communism is not what you see.

I agree, theory is just that, theory. What we believe to be democracy or communism may work in theory, but only in theory will it work. We're humans afterall aren't we? We're imperfect people trying to live by a perfect outline.

This is why I love the Bible. Most people think it's just some dumb book with no real worth or meaning, but they're wrong. You shouldn't live exactly by the bible, but take it's teachings and live by them in reflection.

I've gone off topic! =/

[lionx]

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Thank you Kuu -_-; Also wasnt it like some...i ono movie star or something that founded IGE? Or was that a lame joke they put up there? >_> I forget but i think someone posted that up before too.

[neighbortaru]

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Thank you Kuu -_-; Also wasnt it like some...i ono movie star or something that founded IGE? Or was that a lame joke they put up there? >_> I forget but i think someone posted that up before too.

Not movie star, child actor. As in washed-up, child actor.

[Hori]

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Brock Pierce

Chief Executive Officer

Brock Pierce, a film industry veteran, entrepreneur and lifelong gamer, co-founded IGE in 2001 and now serves as the company’s chief executive officer. Appearing in numerous films, including Disney’s Mighty Ducks and D2: The Mighty Ducks, Brock began acting at the age of four and in 1995 played the starring role in the Disney film First Kid. Brock parlayed his acting career into successful business endeavors when, while attending USC film school he started an independent production company and later was the first executive hired at a Los Angeles-based new media entertainment company with investment from Microsoft, Intel and NBC. An avid EverQuest player since the game's inception and a past leader of Vallon Zek`s Tier 1 Guild, Brock is the chief architect of IGE’s market strategy and the visionary behind the company’s diverse holdings.

:tongue:

[Omniblast]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

say it ain't so say it ain't so

:rocks back and forth holding his arms:

[kuu]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

I agree, theory is just that, theory. What we believe to be democracy or communism may work in theory, but only in theory will it work. We're humans afterall aren't we? We're imperfect people trying to live by a perfect outline.

True, but in this case, not exactly right.

We just like the names, but don't like what they do. For instance sweden can be consider much more free then US, and earily USSR was much more communist then China, etc.

Today, US is a Capitalist, bi-partisan, and if you map out the politics, somewhat hierarchy system. We have the Patriot Act, the DCMA, the Bush vs Gore saga, etc.

China is a mix of dictatorship, capitalist, communist. They have some communist ideals such as all government own production plants, but at same time promote competitive market ideals in other areas.

With differences here and there US and China have a lot of similarities. This could be attributed to the fact that they are effective or the fact that we've become currupted...Take your pick, depending how much you antagonize politics.

I don't think it's a matter of not living up to theory, rather, we choose not to. For better or worse.

Thank you Kuu -_-; Also wasnt it like some...i ono movie star or something that founded IGE? Or was that a lame joke they put up there? >_> I forget but i think someone posted that up before too.

It's harsh, but it's better then lashing out randomly. You have to know who your enemy is, so to say. =p

[FortMan]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

If you guys notice, FFXI isn't even mentioned in the article. I don't think FFXI will be affected.

[silentsteel]

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I agree with Fortman. . . There goes the Anti GS plan. . .

[Soldja]

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Yea, i know ige is ran by americans, it just makes sense. Like they say in movies, there's always some fat, rich, white guy behind all evil(ige)


As for my post, I wasnt trying to say BLAME CHINA! at all, what i was trying to get at was that we might see a decrease in gil sellers in game if something like this is completely implemented.

[Tsikuro]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

I'll kill Brock Pierce in his sleep.

[Prisya]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

If this is true, expect to see gil/gold/whatever currency farmer numbers skyrocket. If this is confined to China's servers, they simply won't play on their servers. They will play wherever else they can get away with.

[Kailea]

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if they pully implement this, the timers and retrictions will be build into the software, not the server, so it would count on all servers, also they will probable not allow the import of other versions of the same games into China, but of course that wont stop some :p

[pearlsea]

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^I thought all the character info was server side so this would be imposible.

[fastcart]

Re: China blocks online gamers from playing for more than 3 consecutive hours

^I thought all the character info was server side so this would be imposible.

Depends on the game. For FFXI, mostly yes (not macros tho). For other games it varies.