EPTAnother Korean gaming law - Page 9
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BalliSLife
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
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KryptoStorm
England377 Posts
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rfoster
United States1005 Posts
On January 29 2012 08:18 BalliSLife wrote: And how exactly do they know how old these gamers are? just type an earlier birthdate, problem solved. Because in korea your online id is associated with your social security. So there really isnt a way to lie about your age. You could use an older friends account I suppose. | ||
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
this is 100% the parents job and no one elses | ||
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GohgamX
Canada1096 Posts
On January 29 2012 09:28 PhiliBiRD wrote: pretty stupid imo this is 100% the parents job and no one elses My thoughts exactly. | ||
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RTSDealer
286 Posts
They can just: a) Use their parents' SSN b) Play on non-regulated servers / non-Korean servers | ||
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redDuke
Australia207 Posts
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EMIYA
United States433 Posts
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
On January 29 2012 09:40 EMIYA wrote: And they wonder why these kids want to play games so much..maybe to escape from the reality of studying 6 days a week and being in a class for half of every day. I can't imagine the societal pressure on grades related to success and happiness; seeing as how there are people like me out there who are the opposites of those expectations. Hey man studying for 11-12 hours 6 days a week is good for you. Its not like Korea has high suicide rates or anything. On January 29 2012 09:37 redDuke wrote: How will this be enforced? It would be up to parents to inform authorities of their own children's breach of the law. Unless they plan on having a copper sit next to every computer in every underage kids house :S Since all the big games (WC3, BW, AION, Maple story, LoL, Fifa online etc.) are online based I guess you need to use your SSN to register. Nobody plays more than 3 hours of single player games a day for more than a week. | ||
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EMIYA
United States433 Posts
On January 29 2012 09:53 Eppa! wrote: Hey man studying for 11-12 hours 6 days a week is good for you. Its not like Korea has high suicide rates or anything. Since all the big games (WC3, BW, AION, Maple story, LoL, Fifa online etc.) are online based I guess you need to use your SSN to register. Nobody plays more than 3 hours of single player games a day for more than a week. I see what you did there! I'm sure there's a good middle ground for studying, korea just hasn't found it yet. | ||
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Craton
United States17287 Posts
On January 29 2012 08:18 solidbebe wrote: It's only until 18, while there are ofcourse alot of progamers that start before 18, it doesn't limit them to the point where progaming dies in korea. Not entirely, but tremendously. Majority of players start before they're 18, which means you greatly cut down on the overall pool and depth of the playerbase. As everyone has already pointed out, the law is excessive by any measure and overstepping its bounds. They're trying to "cure" a very small, potentially non-existent problem by slapping massive regulations on an entire populous. | ||
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Balgrog
United States1221 Posts
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
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MrCash
United States1504 Posts
Like prohibition in the United States, only made alcohol more appealing and popular, however forced it to exist in an underground/illegal environment. Well it's one possibility at least. If i recall Flash started SC when he was around 15, cant' imagine what the scene would be like today if players like him were not able to practice. Then again, I also don't know how many 15 year olds dropped out of school and accomplished nothing significant chasing that dream. | ||
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Jamileon
United States63 Posts
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Chunhyang
Bangladesh1389 Posts
On January 28 2012 22:59 Zumm wrote: Hi, just found a news in German media and immediatly searched for another source in English. Source: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/27/three-hours-and-out-south-korea-considers-additional-gaming-ban/ Apparently Korea is creating another gaming law which forbids teenagers under 18 (19 korean age) to play more than 3 hours a day, aswell as not being able to play more than 2 consecutive hours. What do you think will happen if the big companys like Blizzard especially enforce this law due to Korean gov.? Will future players in SC1 and SC2 be even able to emerge with something like this? Sincerely Zumm Idiotic. Say I'm 16 and want to play around 6 hours a day, but am only done with school and work at 9pm and the cutoff is 12mn. I'm not going to reduce my playtime to three 3 hours. I'm going to ignore my homework instead. Because I'm a goddamn kid. | ||
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Flamingo777
United States1190 Posts
On another note, poor Leenock!! T__T | ||
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xavra41
United States220 Posts
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