On January 29 2012 12:26 GTR wrote:
not really going to affect blizzard games.

sc1 players can just lan or go on fish.
sc2 you can just go on the na server and play on there.

I can see the headlines "NA now the best server"

Mr Showtime

United States1353 Posts

January 29 2012 03:41 GMT

#183

On January 29 2012 12:26 GTR wrote:
not really going to affect blizzard games.

sc1 players can just lan or go on fish.
sc2 you can just go on the na server and play on there.

Having to play on the NA server is hardly a solution

white_horse

1019 Posts

January 29 2012 03:41 GMT

#184

On January 29 2012 09:28 PhiliBiRD wrote:
pretty stupid imo

this is 100% the parents job and no one elses

I know this is a popular knee-jerk response to news of laws that ban X or restrict Y, but the reason why the government is stepping up is because parents aren't doing their jobs. Parents are the first line of defense when it comes to things like child obesity or game addiction because they have the most power to control these things but when they don't (and they obviously aren't in this situation) the public sector should be next in line to try to curb negative health effects when it comes to children.

Blame the parents for not doing their job, not the government for trying to do something. This is a much more serious issue than people think it is. Raising a kid is tough work and there are less and less parents these days that live up the required responsibility and discipline.

edit: lobbying is illegal in Korea for those that might care.

Newbistic

China2912 Posts

January 29 2012 03:42 GMT

#185

This is all a secret plot by foreigners to lower the skill level in Korea, obviously.

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

January 29 2012 03:45 GMT

#186

I don't see the problem in limiting kids play time or having them completely blocked during certain times. This is why the koreans use the SSN's to register for games. Honostly it will only affect a certain amount of the progammers out there that are under the age of xx, or they could just get a TW version and still play unaffected by this block. But still they would literally only have to change their schedule to play during the day instead of all night.

Karis Vas Ryaar

United States4396 Posts

January 29 2012 04:05 GMT

#187

any idea if this affects professional players?

oBlade

United States6004 Posts

January 29 2012 04:14 GMT

#188

On January 29 2012 12:45 Boblhead wrote:
But still they would literally only have to change their schedule to play during the day instead of all night.

I would never pass a law to tell you when to go to bed.

ddrddrddrddr

1344 Posts

January 29 2012 04:20 GMT

#189

Pretty dick move, but at least they're limiting freedoms to the benefit of children in a misguided way rather than because there's money in it.

DeltruS

Canada2214 Posts

January 29 2012 04:20 GMT

#190

People get bored of addicting games from playing them too much and burning out.

The KR government feels like they are reducing the amount of time children play games, but really they are making the games even more addicting.

Mobius_1

United Kingdom2763 Posts

January 29 2012 04:22 GMT

#191

On January 29 2012 12:41 Mr Showtime wrote:

Show nested quote +

Having to play on the NA server is hardly a solution

Or get a Taiwan BNet smurf and play on the same server. It's not exactly difficult.

BTW There are also such laws in China, but I don't really play those (actually super lame) 2D MMO so-called "games" so I don't know the exacts, but I think it's pretty draconian. There have been many highly-publicised cases of people playing games too long in PC Cafes and ruining their lives or dying, which I see as Darwin and a bad social fabric at work, but the Communist party decides is the devil of gaming ruining their youthful future generation and therefore must be combated by laws.

Serpico

4285 Posts

January 29 2012 04:25 GMT

#192

On January 28 2012 23:26 Near1985 wrote:
Progamers still need 6hours sleep + it will just regulate good sleep hours for the gamers

Some odd rationalizing here, this is beyond necessary.

TrojanSC

United States27 Posts

January 29 2012 04:25 GMT

#193

On January 29 2012 13:05 karis wrote:
any idea if this affects professional players?

Nobody knows right now. This law hasn't even been passed yet. If it does get passed, though, then it's possible that KeSPA or some other e-sports association might be able to convince the Korean government to let the progamers "bypass" the law since it's practically their job to play.

OsoVega

926 Posts

January 29 2012 04:27 GMT

#194

You see this kind of thing everywhere. The nanny state ideology is prevalent in most Western governments.

Cubu

1171 Posts

January 29 2012 04:40 GMT

#195

On January 29 2012 12:26 GTR wrote:
not really going to affect blizzard games.

sc1 players can just lan or go on fish.
sc2 you can just go on the na server and play on there.

Or better, they buy the TW account and play with that (since TW account = KR server) since playing NA server in korea is laggy.

Vul

United States685 Posts

January 29 2012 04:56 GMT

#196

I understand that this is well meaning but it's too intrusive. At the very least, the parent should be able to sign a waiver.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

January 29 2012 05:04 GMT

#197

it would suck for them if the law was passed, but game addiction is very real and it does more harm than good down the line when kids sacrifice education and other opportunities in life.

Wolvmatt.

205 Posts

January 29 2012 05:10 GMT

#198

My grandfather stepped on a landmine in the Korean War. I'd like to think he didn't die so that you guys could oppress your citizens. I'm personally offended by this ridiculous, tyrannical proposition.

You might as well just rejoin with North Korea if you're going to pull this totalitarian bullshit.

ninini

Sweden1204 Posts

January 29 2012 05:20 GMT

#199

And how are they supposed to measure the total gaming time? They might be able to restrict total time per individual games to 3 hours, but 3 hours for all games total is impossible. Anyway. Ppl will just play more offline, and play other games online. This is so stupid and a step back for freedom. South Korea should know better, since they have the greatest freedom violator on their doorstep.

Aterons_toss

Romania1275 Posts

January 30 2012 18:20 GMT

#200

Some less than capable parents want the govern to take action instead of themselves, i do not know who makes and account of age under 18 nowadays anyway....
It seems like an excuse for stupid parents to "justify" not letting there children play games by forcing them to make-18 accounts instead of just setting parental control... or just freaking reasoning with the kids.
God the human race this days, if it was USA or some European country but a civilized Asian country TT, i always had a really good view of them compared to the rest of the world in terms of education/logic but the more i follow things related to sc2 ( and thus Korea) the more i think of the average person there to be as dumb as in any other 1st world country.