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StarCraft2 approved by China's Ministry of Culture - Page 3
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EviL.sc
Portugal82 Posts
China hwaiting! | ||
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SpeaKEaSY
United States1070 Posts
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dtz
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I heard Dota are also approaching progaming level ( ie you can live with your salary and have fans paying stuff) and of course wc3 is also big there. This will open such an interesting possibility to the development of Esports probably in a good way. | ||
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
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EnTaroAdun411
Philippines106 Posts
Anyway, this is great news for the Chinese. I'm sure they've been itching to play. | ||
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Black.
Brazil72 Posts
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Wasteweiser
Canada522 Posts
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sl0th
Australia2 Posts
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On February 14 2011 19:19 eviltomahawk wrote: I think people could legally buy the Taiwanese version in China, though there was no official Chinese version on sale or available due to the game still being processed by the Chinese bureaucracy. Also, there was no Chinese server, so Chinese players had to play through other Asian servers. Loner was probably playing the game legally, though it was probably through the Taiwanese client and not a mainland Chinese one. This approval from the government probably means that an official localized Chinese version can now be sold and distributed instead of the Taiwanese one, which could possibly mean that a Chinese server could probably be up soon. Loner plays on Korea primarily, I think. Im very excited to see how SC2 unfolds in China, as long as its priced right it should be awesome. | ||
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Theta
France43 Posts
On February 14 2011 19:09 Cabracan wrote: I know this is off topic but did anyone else read "China's ministry of culture" and immediatley think of George Orwell's 1984? France has also a ministry of culture | ||
Irrational_Animal
Germany1059 Posts
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Roflhaxx
Korea (South)1244 Posts
So does every other developed country | ||
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On February 14 2011 22:04 EnTaroAdun411 wrote: They should be on SEA! So we get our fair share of beastly players! One can wish, can't I? Hehe Anyway, this is great news for the Chinese. I'm sure they've been itching to play. If they play with the SEA servers, that'd be great, as every communication with the outside world is great for the chinese population, however I doubt that's gonna happen. China will probably have their own server that the government will have control over. | ||
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TrainFX
United States469 Posts
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SpiritAshura
United States1271 Posts
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Irrational_Animal
Germany1059 Posts
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TheWoodLeagueAllstar
United Kingdom617 Posts
On February 14 2011 23:08 Irrational_Animal wrote: I guess China will need a year or so to catch up with the current international scene. Didnt you here it only took Athene 40 games :/ But seriously this is great news for sc2 and for China, if it exploded there we could get some serious competition going worldwide. | ||
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Oxb
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It was howeverr not illegal to buy a Taiwanese/US/EU/SEA/KR version of the game, the chinese version of the game (simplified chinese compared to the Taiwanese traditional chinese) just hadn't passed all the requirements for being released in china yet (and very likely the ministry of culture had no rush doing so). All games go through this process. As far as I'm concerned gaming in china is not limited by whatever 'harsh gaming law' there are however several specific online games (this DOES NOT include WoW) that have a daily limited play time. Youtube isn't illegal in china either, it's just censored and you have to pay extra money monthly to have acces to it, same goes for facebook etc. I think this is mainly done to stimulate domestic products (e.g: youku.com, renren.com etc.) correct me if i'm wrong here though. Anyway this is fcking awesome, missed this news when i checked the chinese site earlier today, maybe it wasn't up yet. I wonder though, what they will do with the price, because 40euro will be like 400RMB which is quite some money for an average Chinese person to spend on a video game. Can't wait to see an official release date for the game. Made my day :-D edit: according to sc2.com.cn the chinese release is Q2 2011 http://www.sc2.com.cn/1102/161618391733.html edit 2: miss translated, it should be 'before Q2 2011'. The game was approved jan 19, confirmed by blizzard, NetEase and Ministry of culture ( source = same link) | ||
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Oxb
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On February 14 2011 23:06 TrainFX wrote: I really hope China gets its own server, if only just to see what talent besides Loner is in China. SC2 in China is already pretty big and Loner isn't performing all that well in the Chinese ACS cups ( they've had like 26 so far) There are also some well established Chinese SC2 gaming teams (Nv to name one), most of 'm playing in the Korean ladder. With several players hitting Korean top200 very regulary and i've seen some chinese players in Korean top100 (around 80 if i remember correct). XiaOt for example is playing pretty damn solid lately, and if i'm not mistaking, should check actually, but is leading in ACS cup wins. | ||
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