Kotaku
It's not just players and net cafes who are planning their strategy to getting around the anti-addiction controls being put in place on July 15th. Now Shanda, operator of several big Mainland Chinese MMOs, is getting in on the act by providing an in-game workaround that allows players to circumvent the anti-addiction controls they are testing out in their MMORPG Magical Land. Over at billsdue, there's a nice translation of an explanation of the workaround. It's hard to argue with the original post's assessment:
I don't think anyone should be surprised that game companies are trying to find ways around the anti-addiction system, but I also don't think anyone should be surprised if the government starts taking action to make this system have some teeth. There are way too many front page stories in the Chinese media about the system for the government to just let it be circumvented so obviously.
Shanda Selling Workaround To The Online Game Anti-addiction System ( ) [billsdue]
