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And it doesn't matter anyway because in China they already play coh pirated in the internet cafes, with germans as germans etc...
08/26/09
Pretty much 'cept they replace history with Ultraman, Yeeeeeaaah ultaman!
RAAAAAWR HISTORY!
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*I also realize, Ultraman is Japanese and not chinese but he's also quite popular there*
08/27/09
China is now preparing for the 60th anniversary of the Communist party and PR of China. There's a huge clampdown on criminals, as nothing must interfere with this upcoming harmonious celebration.
Not the best time to test out the censors in China
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08/27/09
I'm trying to cheer her up you stupid Kraut!
08/26/09
but China? they were on the other side. they largely censor their own history for political power but what's the use of censoring others' now?
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08/26/09
That's...pathetic.
And by historically accurate, I mean, you know, the fact that the Germans were involved in WW2. That's kind of important.
08/26/09
Really, it's not like the Chinese Government wants people to forget WW2 happened.
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I have no idea what countries you're referring to, but I know the holocaust isn't censored in france, germany, austria, switzerland, england... actually pretty much every major EU member
I also have no idea why it would upset their Muslim population at large (and why they would even care if it did if that was the case)
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The ones who are English students go even further as they commonly read English websites and news (BBC, etc...) as part of their study.
Most of then use various, very easy to get programs to go around the firewall in China, most of them pirate uncut versions of games and movies, etc...
I'm not going to say they were all 100% savvy on politics and current affairs, but that'd be ridiculous because even in the US a huge portion of college and highschool kids don't know or give a damn about that stuff. I worked with two people last year who didn't know EITHER Vice Presidential candidate by the end of October. Young people across the world are just too interested in other things, usually.
Where exactly were you in China anyway?
08/26/09
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DoW II (for me) was GREAT for single-player, while CoH is better for Skirmish/Multiplayer.
Best RTSs since Age of Empires II.
07/31/09
I'm guessing DOW is quiet the money spinner for Steam/Relic if Valve are giving them a great huge sale poster instead of the usual small dinky one in the corner for normal WE sale notifications.
07/31/09
DoW2's cover doesn't seem to provide as much protection as in CoH. It also often feels that cover tends to get overshadowed by the 41st century's awesome weapons and melee fighting. As such, it feels like a regular RTS slugfest.
But then again, I haven't played it more than 10 times... maybe I just haven't gotten into the intricacies of the game yet.
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Right now I'm playing through all the Company of Hero games again getting all the medals, it's great fun and the missions are really well scripted.
Dawn of War II's campaign was great fun as well and the multiplayer, while pale in comparison, is still good for a few romps.
The first Dawn of War is great if your looking for more traditional RTS gameplay and the balance now is finely tuned, at least in the original.
Protip: Company of Heroes, as great as it is, is notorius for patching. The game and all of it's expansions together have a lot of patches so if you get all all of the series, be sure to install Tales of Valour first and let it patch, after this, all it should take is entering in the keycodes for the first game and expansion to unlock all the content.
07/31/09
Too true. I remember back when OF first came out, biggest bitch to patch. EVER. Still rings true with the latest expansion. It puts A LOT of people off, which is why the community kinda dwindles after each major patch, or expansion for that matter. Hell it even put me off. I used to play hardcore competitively online, Until the latest expansion came out.
But it was some of the greatest times i've ever had online, really rewarding if you invest the time.
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