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Chernobyl
Profile Joined March 2011
Brazil143 Posts
January 28 2012 15:10 GMT
#41
Thats good.

The kids need to study more, and dont play videogames all day long.

I think Leenock is too young to stop studing and work as a player, per example.
Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
January 28 2012 15:11 GMT
#42
BW got lan and no need of signing up of KSSN, won't affect BW players.
You mean ESPORTS isnt a synonym for SC2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Proud owner of a Filco Majestouch 2 with Cherry Blue Switches- BW or SC2? Why not both?
rawb
Profile Joined September 2010
United States252 Posts
January 28 2012 15:15 GMT
#43
If people register a KR SC2 account with their parents' number, or in the case of the foreigners that go over there, some random person's number, it won't have any affect as blizzard will just comply to the law by kicking the accounts of minors after 3 hours.
OptimusYale
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)1005 Posts
January 28 2012 15:17 GMT
#44
Was just going to say, dont worry about our little bonjwas...many of them use many different accounts. The only thing this will do will push them away from PC bangs, which is really bad for many businesses
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
January 28 2012 15:19 GMT
#45
On January 29 2012 00:10 Chernobyl wrote:
Thats good.

The kids need to study more, and dont play videogames all day long.

I think Leenock is too young to stop studing and work as a player, per example.

Great example, sir...
http://twitter.com/#!/FXOpeneSports/status/139734073118699521
Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
January 28 2012 15:20 GMT
#46
Legitimate law or nefarious plan by Blizzard to destroy Broodwar? You decide! :p
[゚n゚] SSSSssssssSSsss ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Soleron
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1324 Posts
January 28 2012 15:23 GMT
#47
On January 28 2012 23:50 Bazoldi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2012 23:04 Soleron wrote:
Doesn't Kespa have any lobbying power? If Korea wants the world to see their culture through Starcraft, this needs to not happen.

I can't believe they are imposing such restrictions in an otherwise liberal democracy. In the West, enforcing this is called "parenting" and if you do a bad job it is your fault not the government's.

You can't really tell from the article how close a "proposed" policy is to actually being law.


Do they ? Can't imagine why any country would want that.


Korean government broadcasts SC2 on their propaganda channel, advertises tourism through GSL, contributes to Kespa through Airforce ACE.
horsebanger
Profile Joined January 2012
141 Posts
January 28 2012 15:23 GMT
#48
On January 29 2012 00:10 Chernobyl wrote:
Thats good.

The kids need to study more, and dont play videogames all day long.

I think Leenock is too young to stop studing and work as a player, per example.


This is something that parents, not government should decide.
CounterOrder
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada457 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-28 15:27:56
January 28 2012 15:24 GMT
#49
On January 29 2012 00:20 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Legitimate law or nefarious plan by Blizzard to destroy Broodwar? You decide! :p


On January 29 2012 00:11 Black[CAT] wrote:
BW got lan and no need of signing up of KSSN, won't affect BW players.




Terrible terrible damage. All these (terrible)laws lately from NA to EU to KR to everywhere... im sad.

Edit: I think a possible reason of why goverment(s) isnt leaving it up to the parents is they simply want to push in a different direction than we as an entire general population, parents and all want to go. If that wasnt the case then these kinds of laws would be truly absurd and wouldnt even be an idea to begin with.
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-28 15:35:29
January 28 2012 15:27 GMT
#50
On January 29 2012 00:10 Chernobyl wrote:
Thats good.

The kids need to study more, and dont play videogames all day long.

I think Leenock is too young to stop studing and work as a player, per example.


I really don't like the idea of the government forcing to you what you can and what you can't do. Parents have the role of parenting. Kids in korea already study more than anywhere in the world.(at least I know they study a lot)
20/11/2015 - never forget EE's Ember
AUTA
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia68 Posts
January 28 2012 15:28 GMT
#51
On January 28 2012 23:27 Dagobert wrote:
Also, LAN.


subtle troll
optical630
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom768 Posts
January 28 2012 15:29 GMT
#52
how come they dont just lie about their age when they sign up, or use a parents acc?
Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-28 15:34:24
January 28 2012 15:33 GMT
#53
On January 29 2012 00:29 optical630 wrote:
how come they dont just lie about their age when they sign up, or use a parents acc?

Someone from South Korea should correct my oversimplification, but from what I understand, Koreans must use an ID to use online services, so I imagine that you wouldn't be able to do that for long. And obviously if you're a progamer with the high profile of someone such as Leenock, I imagine they would require them to be pretty transparent with how much practice time he's getting.
AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
January 28 2012 15:35 GMT
#54
Wow. This law is so stupid. I would like you to think for a second on how this law affects Starcraft. If this law had existed previously, there would be no Flash, no Leenock, no Jjakji. So many of our best players are/were underaged.
Besides, gaming "addiction" doesn't exist, playing less only increases your longing to play whereas playing more makes you tired of it and regulating what you do is the job of parents, not government.
But those are all secondary points compared to how many dreams will be ruined. Sure, Flash may not have to retire now, but people like Leenock and Jjakji will, all because of an imagined addiction and an unchecked government.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
lolmlg
Profile Joined November 2011
619 Posts
January 28 2012 15:35 GMT
#55
On January 28 2012 23:04 Soleron wrote:
I can't believe they are imposing such restrictions in an otherwise liberal democracy.

Without getting too political, you're way off base with this statement. Korea has a history of conservative dictatorship and as a society they are very reserved. The current government has fought more than one culture war and they will continue to do so.
Chaosvuistje
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands2581 Posts
January 28 2012 15:36 GMT
#56
Leenock just got nerfed :< . With korea being such a huge gaming country though I can see where the worries are coming from.
HikariPrime
Profile Joined May 2011
United States122 Posts
January 28 2012 15:42 GMT
#57
On January 28 2012 23:29 BlindSC2 wrote:
If you're going to implement a law like this (which I disagree with anyway btw), surely it makes more sense to restrict it on a weekly basis rather than daily. Like say punish for going over 21-28 hours per week. I would hardly call it an addiction if for example a kid played games over the afternoon/evening on Saturday and Sunday, but not on weekdays, 3 hours max a day seems a bit silly. (The definition of 'addiction' itself can be argued in this context)

As an aside - they have Education, Science and Technology under one ministry and/or representative? Lots of responsibility there


Um, your math is weird, You say 3 max per day is silly but your limit of 21 hours per week is EXACTLY what they are talking about (3hours x 7 days a week= 21 hours a week) lol. I'd say 5-6 hours a day isn't much of a problem. Some pros that i know of only practice 4-5 hours a day. These are people like Stephano and NesTea so it shouldn't be too bad if they can do it and get good results.
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
January 28 2012 15:48 GMT
#58
On January 29 2012 00:42 HikariPrime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2012 23:29 BlindSC2 wrote:
If you're going to implement a law like this (which I disagree with anyway btw), surely it makes more sense to restrict it on a weekly basis rather than daily. Like say punish for going over 21-28 hours per week. I would hardly call it an addiction if for example a kid played games over the afternoon/evening on Saturday and Sunday, but not on weekdays, 3 hours max a day seems a bit silly. (The definition of 'addiction' itself can be argued in this context)

As an aside - they have Education, Science and Technology under one ministry and/or representative? Lots of responsibility there


Um, your math is weird, You say 3 max per day is silly but your limit of 21 hours per week is EXACTLY what they are talking about (3hours x 7 days a week= 21 hours a week) lol. I'd say 5-6 hours a day isn't much of a problem. Some pros that i know of only practice 4-5 hours a day. These are people like Stephano and NesTea so it shouldn't be too bad if they can do it and get good results.


Nothing weird about his math he was just using the numbers they're using.
20/11/2015 - never forget EE's Ember
Oldfool
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia394 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-28 15:50:18
January 28 2012 15:48 GMT
#59
On January 29 2012 00:42 HikariPrime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2012 23:29 BlindSC2 wrote:
If you're going to implement a law like this (which I disagree with anyway btw), surely it makes more sense to restrict it on a weekly basis rather than daily. Like say punish for going over 21-28 hours per week. I would hardly call it an addiction if for example a kid played games over the afternoon/evening on Saturday and Sunday, but not on weekdays, 3 hours max a day seems a bit silly. (The definition of 'addiction' itself can be argued in this context)

As an aside - they have Education, Science and Technology under one ministry and/or representative? Lots of responsibility there


Um, your math is weird, You say 3 max per day is silly but your limit of 21 hours per week is EXACTLY what they are talking about (3hours x 7 days a week= 21 hours a week) lol. I'd say 5-6 hours a day isn't much of a problem. Some pros that i know of only practice 4-5 hours a day. These are people like Stephano and NesTea so it shouldn't be too bad if they can do it and get good results.

I think you misunderstood, I interpreted his comment that the time limit isn't the problem, but rather that people would probably be happier if they were able to play longer periods some days rather than essentially being 'forced' to play their 3 hours a day else they 'lose' play time. 3 hours max per day is pretty rigid.
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Kerwin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States220 Posts
January 28 2012 15:49 GMT
#60
I wonder what Tasteless would say about this law...
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