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I cant believe a nation that doesnt support any religion what so ever is still concerned with blood and references to the word ghost
There you have it, good sir. You see, it is the fact that they have no religions is what makes them so afraid of stuff like this. Ghosts, to most religions, are at best accepted parts of their religion (in things like shamanism and ancestor-religion), and at worst silly, but generally harmless superstitions--but certainly not worthy of censure of the term itself. Ghosts to the Chinese government, on the other hand, as beings of a supposed "spiritual realm," are nasty, anti-social "religious" superstitions--things which will turn the minds of their subjects towards religion, and away from unceasing state-worship. After all, if ghosts are real, might not God (or the gods--the Chinese government isn't too picky) be real as well? And even if it doesn't literally lead people to religion, it will certainly bring such things back to mind--and that is dangerous. Obviously, it's better to keep such things out of the public eye altogether.
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On July 23 2009 19:16 skypacer wrote:
Again, Blizzard failed when facing Chinese goverment.
I'm not sure how it is blizzards fault..... Are you saying they weren't good enough at corrupting high placed goverment officials?
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That sucks for Chinese gamers...
Unfortunately for them, China (as in the Chinese gaming community) needs Blizzard a hell of a lot more than Blizzard needs China. If it were me, I'd leave China in the cold.
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Poor chinese gamers, come to denmark, i love chinese gamers, such nice people =p
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i wonder why sc is never big in Japan?
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Because japanesse gamers are much more into portable gaming? And even then, I still think they'd choose consoles anytime over the PC. But bleh I'm not from Japan.
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On July 24 2009 00:04 AtlaS wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2009 23:45 Magic84 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +“Starcraft 2 is much too bloody, which will severely effect the mental as well as physical health of adolescents”. WHAT? It's not enough bloody and gory atm. The game better be much bloodier than it is now. SC1 is scary as hell. Hold position lurkers on a group of M&Ms gives me nightmares.
Day[9] would ask his mother to check under his bed for cannons that his brother put there.
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On July 23 2009 19:16 skypacer wrote:
“Chinese government is much too bloody, which will severely effect the mental as well as physical health of adolescents”.
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They are doing the same thing to WoW. Having to basically change the way entire races look to pass the censor. However I just don't see Blizzard going through it again for SC2. If they want a fair multiplayer experience they just can't radically change the way the game looks for chinese players.
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On July 24 2009 02:28 KingofHearts wrote:
i wonder why sc is never big in Japan?
they don't have good taste in video games lololol.
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Well to be honest I think making a "falling over" death animation wouldn't be too hard.
We wouldn't have to worry about it as long as there was the option to get the real anims back.
Yes, band-aid for a lost limb, but I guess in this case the short term solution is all we can hope for.
My thoughts go out to chinese gamers 
China has some of the best gamers on the planet, maybe if the government could take that as a point of national pride they would ease up a bit on game censorship...
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On July 24 2009 00:50 Captain Peabody wrote:Show nested quote + I cant believe a nation that doesnt support any religion what so ever is still concerned with blood and references to the word ghost There you have it, good sir. You see, it is the fact that they have no religions is what makes them so afraid of stuff like this. Ghosts, to most religions, are at best accepted parts of their religion (in things like shamanism and ancestor-religion), and at worst silly, but generally harmless superstitions--but certainly not worthy of censure of the term itself. Ghosts to the Chinese government, on the other hand, as beings of a supposed "spiritual realm," are nasty, anti-social "religious" superstitions--things which will turn the minds of their subjects towards religion, and away from unceasing state-worship. After all, if ghosts are real, might not God (or the gods--the Chinese government isn't too picky) be real as well? And even if it doesn't literally lead people to religion, it will certainly bring such things back to mind--and that is dangerous. Obviously, it's better to keep such things out of the public eye altogether.
good word.
sorry china
i'm sure blizz will cater to china's demands eventually. it just may be a while before they have time. they're not going to ignore 1.3 billion people.
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Not to turn this into political debate, but that's what you get when you think the government is smart enough to choose what is good for you and what is not. If you didn't know already, now you know that living in China is really shitty.
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The Chinese government is probably the biggest cock block I've ever seen.
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So glad I don't live in that shithole China 
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China should ban hospitals as well. Too much blood there.
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I remember reading someone requesting Blizzard to add an option to turn off blood/gore, and they actually promptly responded pretty much saying "Just added it, thanks for the suggestion"
Why don't they just turn this on for the Chinese release?
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On July 23 2009 19:20 Boblion wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2009 19:16 skypacer wrote:
The former said The Sate Bureau Of Culture called a halt to Starcraft 2 on ChinaJoy, for “Starcraft 2 is much too bloody, which will severely effect the mental as well as physical health of adolescents”.
They know what they are talking about ;d
my exact thought
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On July 24 2009 03:09 Archaic wrote:Show nested quote +On July 24 2009 00:04 AtlaS wrote:On July 23 2009 23:45 Magic84 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +“Starcraft 2 is much too bloody, which will severely effect the mental as well as physical health of adolescents”. WHAT? It's not enough bloody and gory atm. The game better be much bloodier than it is now. SC1 is scary as hell. Hold position lurkers on a group of M&Ms gives me nightmares. Day[9] would ask his mother to check under his bed for cannons that his brother put there.
I sometimes hear mines scurrying just out of my line of sight. I Hate Mines.
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