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Antiterra
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
@SaanZ: I remember reading about a much-publicised adultery trial involving an actress. *off to Google it*

Found it: [news.bbc.co.uk] An interesting read. Apparently, the courts nowadays "only" give adulterers suspended sentences, but the law is still in full effect: 1,000 cases a year.

I love the conclusion of the article: "According to a survey carried out last year, nearly 68% of South Korean men and 12% of women confess to having sex outside marriage." Prisons would be crowded...
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NekoCake
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
Here is a more detailed version:

[www.incgamers.com]

Basically, it's like the ID registration that is required in a lot of Korean MMO(Prior to this all), but they took it a step further: If you are a minor, it blocks everything(EXP, drops, etc) in the game after 3 hours of gameplay.

Does it help? Doubt it, but nonetheless give more reason for people who have never been out of their country to bash China.
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Hamsfork
01/17/09

@NekoCake: So it only blocks everything if you're a minor. That's actually very reasonable. I assumed from the headline and comments that this would be a terrible thing, but stopping children from playing too much isn't so bad.
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Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
Before I give my opinion on this, does anyone know what kind of saw blades these were that were swallowed?
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/17/09

@Soldier_CLE proclaims Steve Wiebe The REAL King of Kong!!!.: Cause if they were smaller it would be all dandy right?

:)
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
"last week a guy said to be gaming-addicted tried to commit suicide by swallowing saw blades."

There has GOT to be an easier way to kill yourself than swallowing saw blades...
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moemoemoe
01/17/09

@NeVeRMoRe666: Is there a more memorable way though? I mean, you COULD die a painless death, or you could be remembered as that guy who had the balls to swallow saw blades.
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PLAAND88
01/17/09

@NeVeRMoRe666: Yeah, it would almost make you think that there was a more serious underlying psychological problem...
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@moemoemoe: if he wanted memorable he should've used those saws and cut his genitals off. THEN swallow. Die like a man.
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roscoe
01/17/09

@moemoemoe: but if you failed, you'd be known as the guy with the fugly neck.
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Twik63
01/17/09

@PLAAND88: I'm pretty sure its just that their country sucks so bad that people could care less if they kill themselves playing games. considering this is unheard of outside of Asian country's something must be wrong with the way its run.
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roscoe
01/17/09

@Twik63: that's ignorant. you're ignorant.
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/17/09

@Twik63: "I'm pretty sure its just that their country sucks so bad that people could care less if they kill themselves playing games"

What do they say about glass houses and throwing stones?
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TheCorporate
01/18/09

@NeVeRMoRe666:

You're suggesting that living in the totalitarian pseudo-police state of China is preferable to living in a liberal democracy???
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/18/09

@TheCorporate: It's specificially because of that attitude that the rest of the world hates America. Have you ever been to China? Have you ever been muslim? Have you ever believed in Islam? Have you ever been a minority in your life? Oh TheCorporate? No then?

I wouldn't pass judgement on others till you've fully walked in your own shoes.
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/18/09

@NeVeRMoRe666: This is by no means condemning the US. I strongly believe that it is a great country capable of enormous, positive things. But its this attitude: "I'm pretty sure its just that their country sucks so bad." that makes me sick.
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TheCorporate
01/18/09

@NeVeRMoRe666:

Oh fuck off with your pretentious assumptions. I'm an ethnic minority -UK- citizen who has been to both China and the Middle East, and can categorically state that I couldn't tolerate the censorship so widespread in both societies having enjoyed the freedoms that Westerners so blindly take for granted.
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/18/09

@TheCorporate: Nor am I a fan of censorship. I never said that it was a good thing. But for one to label another country as "stupid" ....well thats just ethnocentrism at its finest. I do agree with you that there is a lot of problems with the government both in Asia and in the Middle East (obviously), but for one to pass simple judgement on an entire country, thats just wrong. Your way, the "western" way isn't always right. We've seen it again and again in Iraq and in Afghanistan. We've seen how western imposed values have hindered the development of countries in Africa and elsewhere in the global south. But thats all beside my initial point, which was simply the fact that we should examine our own issues before we critize others. And if we do criticize, must we really resort to silly name calling?

I think there is some misunderstanding between us and I may have made the silly presumption that you were something that you were not, but I think, considering how things have gone in the last 10-20 years, my point still has a lot of validity.
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Thorax
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
A problem completely overblown by the media, and what's the solution? Force the developers to implement anti addiction software, and take away player anonymity.

This is exactly how I expected the People's Republic to respond to this problem.
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Derek Rumpler
01/17/09

@Thorax: I'm not sure their name will be publicly available, will it? I half expected them to just be forced to hand over player names if subpoenaed. Or to be constantly "watched" while signing on.
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Thorax
01/17/09

@Derek Rumpler: Christ, that sounds even worst.

"hugs freedom fries"
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Fenring
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
In feel sorry for Chinese gamers. I really like my GamerTag, it means something to me, it's personal, I'm sure tons of people have my name though, so it just takes away the personal-ness.
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@Fenring: are you ducksauce? cuz i would be sad too if they took my ducksauce.
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Antiterra
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
This would be a good time for one of those mangled Chinese swearwords from Firefly if I had memorised any.
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Factory Records # 50
01/17/09

@Antiterra: Oh, juh jen sh guh kwai luh duh jean jan...
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Antiterra
01/17/09

@FACT.50: Ha-ha, I'm impressed!That was convincing enough that I automatically read it with Wash's voice in my head. :)
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The Harmonixer
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
I wouldn't be too quick to condemn them. While we were playing Call of Duty 4 and watching teenage pop stars have break downs, the government went ahead and started tapping phones and arresting people without warrants or evidence in the name of "patriotism."
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@BankaiNejiX: i found it funny president bush reprimanded the chinese gov on human rights. its like Abu Ghraib or Guantánamo Bay didn't exist or something.

On-topic: its the china daily komrades. the gov prob created 4 online companies just to shut them down again to prove something.
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SaanZ
01/17/09

@Sutekh_Slain:

That's an uninformed statement right there. As far as the US pushed things under Bush things they never even approached the levels of China, Isreal or other truly inhuman countries. Despite being one of the worst presidents in history (you can only count on one hand the number that might have been worse than him) he never approached the violations of basic rights "progressive" China's commited in the part year even.
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@SaanZ: so if i stole a donut, i should be able to tell off someone who stole a car.
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Hey_Blinkon
01/17/09

@SaanZ: Agreed. Talk about sensationalism. Can you imagine if Bush mandated only 1 child per family?
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@Abe_lincoln: and how exactly was i sensationalist?
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Hey_Blinkon
01/17/09

@Sutekh_Slain: By suggesting that the presence of Abu Gharib and Guantanamo puts the US on the same human rights plane as China.
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@Abe_lincoln: saanz suggested that. i said i found it funny that bush bad mouthed china's human rights record when he has his own growing record. my post was only one comment above his: check it out.
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Twik63
01/17/09

@Sutekh_Slain: You are an idiot. If you live in the US leave we don't want you.
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@Twik63: well aren't you the most intelligent poster on the interwebz.
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peejmgs
01/17/09

@Sutekh_Slain: I find it very amusing that you see no difference between a doughnut and a car. Of course someone who stole a doughnut can tell off someone who stole a car, there is a huge difference in value there.
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@peejmgs: its the principle of the action. if you smoked weed do you have the right not to do drugs? anyway, lemme try and up that.

so if i murdered 1 ala Vlad the impaler, i should be able to tell off someone who murdered 30 ala Hannibal the Cannibal.
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DigitalHero
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
Glad I don't live in China.
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jjammerzs
01/17/09

@DigitalHero: god bless America...
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@jjammerzs: wished i lived in france though. what do they have like three day work weeks or something?
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I-Al2x-I
01/17/09

In reply to Chinese Online Gamers Must Now Give Real Names
It's a pretty good idea, nothing to invading. If we can stop people from swallowing sawblades, anything is positive.
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moemoemoe
01/17/09

@I-Al2x-I: No, if it means controlling aspects of peoples lives forcefully to try to force your own ideals on them and what you think is best, it's not positive.

See,

Soviet Union

Nazi Germany

Italy under Mussolini

British Monarchy
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EmTeeZ
01/17/09

@moemoemoe: One, unless you actually know what the anti-addiction system is, you don't really have much ground to stand on when claiming it's "controlling aspects of peoples lives forcefully" (unless you're an out-and-out anarchist).

Two, to immediately compare a video game playing restriction to Nazi Germany or fascist Italy downplays Nazism and fascism to an insane degree. No, this is not how those started, not at all. Read up on history before making such offensive and ignorant statements.
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LCOS
01/17/09

@I-Al2x-I: And how is it stopping people from swallowing saw blades? The man clearly had other issues then video games and the government is using it as an excuse to exert more control over people's lives.

Now the government can tell people how long they can play and what they can do, how is this a good thing? I can not think of a single instance in history when more government control was a good thing. And don't tell me that this time it's diffrent, because it's not.

Those that don't study history are doomed to repeat it.
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Derek Rumpler
01/17/09

@EmTeeZ: I think it was more that moemoemoe was saying that when you give your government control over basic freedoms, it is only a matter of time before you do become part of a fascist state. And I agree . . . if people are willing to give their government control over stupid things like this and fail to govern themselves, it is only a matter of time.

"He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security." - Benjamin Franklin
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Sutekh_Slain
01/17/09

@Derek Rumpler: that quote applies to us as well, or rather will have applied come 01/20.
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Ad-hominem
01/17/09

@LCOS: Times when more government control was a good thing- During the insurance crash due to a independent free market, and then, again, when the Housing and banking markets crashed due to deregulation.

Do those count?
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Zkuq
01/17/09

@Ad-hominem: They are economics and they definitely need to be taken care of (to some extent). Besides, they have no limiting effect on people unlike anti-addiction system.
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Gaff
01/17/09

@moemoemoe: [en.wikipedia.org]

Godwin's Law, gentlemen.

Besides, anyone lumping the British Monarchy together with Soviet Russia AND invoking Nazis in a video game blog is either trolling, suffering from a lack of education, or Bill O'Reilly.

Take your pick.
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Gaff
01/17/09

@Zkuq: Health care!

Building regulations!

Penal code / criminal law!

Education!

Food quality control!

Building roads!

Public transport!

Social security!

Military!

On a related note:
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excel_excel
11/17/08

In reply to Christian Guitar Hero: The Trailer
My god. My little brother watched this with me and thougt it was a joke. That was so funny....STELLAR KART!!!
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Americo
11/17/08

In reply to Christian Guitar Hero: The Trailer
I'm going to assume that "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" isn't playable in this game.
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TheHeartless
11/17/08

In reply to Christian Guitar Hero: The Trailer
This is the sort of thing that makes me embarrassed to be a Christian. Thanks, Guitar Praise.
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Tenshigure
11/17/08

In reply to Christian Guitar Hero: The Trailer
Disclaimer: Yes, I am Christian. No, I don't ask you to accept me or my beliefs, get over your stereotypes.

You know, I used to play this game with my brother that he'd find one of his favorite bands, and I'd find an identical sounding equivalent one that identifies itself as Christian.

The problem with this particular game is that it's sliding too far away from the emulation of the product and is focusing more on mainstream CONTEMPORARY Christian music as opposed to actual Christian Rock music. It's the same problem that the Dance Praise game has, in that it uses Contemporary Music instead of actual Dance Music (Hillsong London's 'Jesus Is:Remix' is a perfect example of something they could've used but didn't).

When you're catering to an audience, they are going for names that are known versus songs that are good. In a sense, this is like an exact opposite of what Harmonix has been doing with introducing unknowns with good music.

Compound that with the stigmata that this is a cash-in (which with how it was built...aka half-assed...not hard to believe), and you've got yourself the mockery you see here. The fact of the matter is, if this were even a Guitar Hero clone with regular secular music, it would be a ripoff due to the production value being simply a Frets on Fire skin and nothing more.

It's embarassing, really. You can't expect anyone, Christian or non, to take this seriously, and even if the game was remotely fun, they failed at enticing anyone but the remedial class IMHO.
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SegamanXero
11/17/08

In reply to Christian Guitar Hero: The Trailer
they should have Justice, they are a wholesome cristian band... Ohhhh wait a sec...

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