Chinese playtime

candygirl6

Ok, since the thread was moved ima ask here

Ok, ~ chinese players are only allowed to play 3 hours / day apparently, I read an article about it and someone I know comfirmed it, I'm not sure this is the case for everyone in china though.

 

Can anyone tell me how they actually do this? Do they lock the client from accessing the WoW IP adress, does Blizzard do this or the ISP? Or does the chinese game have a build in lock? How is this enforced if people don't follow that 'law'?

Also, is this the case for a lot of MMO in china or just for WoW?

 

I found it interesting but haven't found an answer to my question yet, and I don't speak chinese very well. Thanks. ^_^

Recant

I thought this was only applicable to children, adults can play as long as they want.  Though I could be mistaken.

Kyleran

I don't know, but if I were to guess I'd say the control is put on the account.  It would be easy for The Nine to put a 3 hour a day login restriction on each account.  Wouldn't stop someone from playing multiple accounts though.

 

Malduster

sucks for them

Shadoed

Check this BBC news report;

China imposes online gaming curbs

Main piece is;

The new system will impose penalties on players who spend more than three hours playing a game by reducing the abilities of their characters.

Gamers who spend more than five hours will have the abilities of their in-game character severely limited.

Players will be forced to take a five-hour break before they can return to a game.

"The timing mechanism can prevent young people from becoming addicted to online games," said Xiaowei Kou, of the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), the body which regulates online gaming.

All the biggest online game operators in China have said they will adopt the new system.