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StarCraft2 approved by China's Ministry of Culture - Page 6
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aznboi918
United States70 Posts
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hmsrenown
Canada1263 Posts
It is not illegal to play SC2 in China on different realms, contrary to popular belief. | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
On February 15 2011 01:47 teamsolid wrote: You do realize what happened last time people tried that right...... Not to mention vast majority of Chinese are quite satisfied with their government as a whole. Are you hinting at the Tiananmen Square massacre? Leaving politics aside, I think having more Chinese players will be great for e-sports. Hopefully, this means we will see some up and coming players out of China (other than loner). Does anyone know the official release date in China? | ||
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optical630
United Kingdom768 Posts
On February 15 2011 02:11 hiawatha wrote: The Chinese people are greatly satisfied with their government. Redistribution of wealth and proper management of capital ~> 10% GDP growth SOUNDS GOOD TO ME I like how people are also saying that the Chinese are going to be amazing at macro and micro, as if they have an extra muscle in their hand or something. Racism is often subtle stereotyping isnt racism, know the difference. | ||
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vectorix108
United States4633 Posts
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Aragos
France182 Posts
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
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p1cKLes
United States342 Posts
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
Blizzard will set up a seperate server for China. The game will be dirt cheap(under 100RMB~about nearly $20) and eventually will be under 50RMB but still no many people will buy it. 'Cos they are used to use all kind of software for FREE(pirated).As many people has pointed out. WC3 was so big in China 'cos WC3 got pirated right after it was released. I remember that WC3+TFT was sold for 40RMB in China and still no one buy it. Ofc, there are hardcore fans of Blizzard in China that will buy the game immediately after its on sale. But these people are very likely already own a copy in another region. And they will only be pissed of because of the emtyness of the Chinese mainland server. Most Chinese pro are already playing and will be playing on Korean server/ Taiwan server. Blizzard can only be success in China if they can push the price of SC2 down to nearly free(around 50RMB) or come up with monthly-fee or something like that. I think Blizzard calculated well when they make SC2. They actually sell ACCOUNTS not the game. It can be a great advantage for Blizzard in China market. So any internet cafe can install the game, people just need their own account to play. The reasons to cut LAN out of SC2 are already discussed and this is what SC2 w/o LAN can bring to Blizzard - The CHINA market. If they do it well, they will gain tons of profits. | ||
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IAttackYou
United States330 Posts
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p1cKLes
United States342 Posts
On February 15 2011 01:47 teamsolid wrote: You do realize what happened last time people tried that right...... Not to mention vast majority of Chinese are quite satisfied with their government as a whole. This is really not the place for a political debate, but I think your last statement is a tad bit false. I’m not really going to go into details here, because I’m happy that SC2 has finally make it into China which is the OP’s point, but you should do a little bit more reading as there are numerous break outs all over China where people riot against the government. You just don’t hear about it, because everything is censored. All media outlets in China are owned and ran by the Chinese government. There was only one that was independent, and I believed that ended in 3 or 4 years ago. | ||
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applejuice
307 Posts
On February 15 2011 01:32 bearhug wrote: No you cannot. No pirate sc2 exists, and even if it exists it's no fun without b.net. lol, of course you can D/L SC2. Why do you think they still don't have LAN? | ||
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
On February 14 2011 18:57 Annq wrote: Start a revolution. Its time to stop the totalitarian dictatorship in China. Egypt should be an example. I should stop talking about China in combination with totalitarian dictatorship or this site will be blocked within China.  User was warned for this post Well yeah, freedom and democratic values should always prevail, but this obviously isn't the place for it. | ||
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StyLeD
United States2965 Posts
On February 15 2011 02:38 p1cKLes wrote: How sad is it, when a government has to “approve” the game before you can play it? Man… *shaking head* You realize our government has set up a branch to "approve" of games also.... | ||
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optical630
United Kingdom768 Posts
On February 15 2011 02:59 applejuice wrote: lol, of course you can D/L SC2. Why do you think they still don't have LAN? u can dl it and i think play single player, but there still isnt a way to play it online. (could be wrong though) | ||
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bearhug
United States999 Posts
On February 15 2011 01:37 Eury wrote: We were talking about Warcraft 3, a game that tens of millions of Chinese gamers play ever month, but very few have bought a legit copy. sc2 is so much better than wc3. almost all of my friends in china who love RTS games bought sc2 (many of them played pirated wc3 though). mostly TaiWan and NA version. | ||
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bearhug
United States999 Posts
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On February 15 2011 03:11 StyLeD wrote: You realize our government has set up a branch to "approve" of games also.... The ESRB is a private organization set up precisely so the government wouldn't have a reason to step in. Edit: All off-topic, of course. I was wondering: Where have the chinese players been in SC2? Loner is pretty visible, and I know F91 plays, but where is he? Has he been competing anywhere? What about any other Chinese gamers? | ||
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p1cKLes
United States342 Posts
On February 15 2011 03:11 StyLeD wrote: You realize our government has set up a branch to "approve" of games also.... I’m assuming you are referring to industry regulation? The approval process which takes place when their in the process of making the game. I suppose in a roundabout way everything has some sort of approval process at least anything with regulation (I think game regulation is by a private organization), but not to the extreme as in the case of China. China approves and rejects everything from internet sites to what type of news the people. You’re talking about a country who executed the equivalent to our FDA director, because of tainted product that made it to the US killing thousands of pets due to kidney failure, which he really didn’t have much control over in the first place. Anyways, I’m not here to discuss politics as I think it takes away from the OP’s point. I’m just glad that China’s going to have the ability to play SC2 as well, which will add to the competition even more. | ||
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