FFXI in China?

[Riselle]

I play FFXI on my PC (Laptop, yeah it sucks but it goes places with me so w/e). Anyway, I'm going to be studying in China for a semester in the spring and it suddenly struck me that i don't know if i'll still be able to play. Does anyone know if you can still log on to POL and FFXI from Bejing, China? Any info would be helpful.

Thanks!

-Riselle

[Murphie]

Re: FFXI in China?

You can log in from anywhere in the world, I would assume.

/obligatory if the RMT can do it, so can you comment.

[neighbortaru]

Re: FFXI in China?

edit: good point aelathir

[Balfree]

Re: FFXI in China?

you can log on to the game anywhere

is your wireless connection long enough though? unless youre plugging in on some local internet outlet

[Riselle]

Re: FFXI in China?

I'll get highspeed by plugging into the university's network :-D What I'm worried about is the possibility that the PRC has censored FFXI, since they have a nasty habit of not allowing people to use forums/blogs/chatrooms.

[Ichifay]

Re: FFXI in China?

I don't think it'd be a problem. I've met a few people playing the game who are physically in China. =)

[kuu]

Re: FFXI in China?

Only problem is that of your ISP.

Make sure(if you have a choice) to choose a fairly decent one.

From what I noticed, "net-nutrality" is definitelly not in China. International IPs take 10x ping times.

When I tried to log in FFxi in China I pinged out more often then not, and the most I could do was chat with LS before calling it a day.

I'm sure there are ISPs with decent international ping times, but from the several I've tried, no such luck.

Some were so bad, I couldn't even reach my own webmail account...and forget anything remotely community based website, It's firewalled.

[Aeni]

Re: FFXI in China?

I'll get highspeed by plugging into the university's network :-D What I'm worried about is the possibility that the PRC has censored FFXI, since they have a nasty habit of not allowing people to use forums/blogs/chatrooms.

Just go to one of the numerous "internet cafe" and connect from there. I'm pretty sure the only way you can censor out anything is having to go through a firewall that's been pegged and monitored by the PRC and already have stuff filtering out (i.e., websites, ip addresses) Not sure what kind of a university you're attending at, but for sure any public school will have their bandwith routed through a centralized censoring system.

[Riselle]

Re: FFXI in China?

Thanks for your help! I'm glad that i'm not going to have to cancel my account

[kuu]

Re: FFXI in China?

Just go to one of the numerous "internet cafe" and connect from there. I'm pretty sure the only way you can censor out anything is having to go through a firewall that's been pegged and monitored by the PRC and already have stuff filtering out (i.e., websites, ip addresses) Not sure what kind of a university you're attending at, but for sure any public school will have their bandwith routed through a centralized censoring system.

Emm... rather not do Internet cafes in China.

They have notoriously bad international ping times and I mean bad with a Big B.

Most of them have amazing speed if you're playing in china IP (one big intranet?) Watching a streaming movie was easy if it was china IP.

The two I've tried in Beijing (was there for a bit)
I pinged out of ffxionline.com 4 times out of 6

Better trial and error and prepare to pay, may or may not get lucky logging onto FFxi on a uni connection.

It makes sense though, as the easiest way to make money while cutting cost is to skim on international addresses which 90% of chinese people don't goto or are censored anyway.