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Starcraft II Gets Adult-only Rating in Korea - Page 18
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DreaM)XeRO
Korea (South)4667 Posts
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Setz3R
United States455 Posts
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LunarDestiny
United States4177 Posts
On April 18 2010 17:20 Liquid_Turbo wrote: Made BBC headlines: South Korea Starcraft gamers accused of match rigging Players control armies of different species that do battle in StarCraft Police in South Korea are investigating allegations of match fixing by professional players of sci-fi-themed strategy game StarCraft. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8623514.stm Why is BBC showing SC2 screenshot when the news is about Broodwar progaming? | ||
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starcraft911
Korea (South)1263 Posts
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ooni
Australia1498 Posts
Source: http://www.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=201004190308 The rational behind this was, sales/popularity in Korea will impact the sales globally. At least we know Blizzard does not negotiate. | ||
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TwilightStar
United States649 Posts
Even then, you can just get it from a friend? another relative? | ||
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LunarDestiny
United States4177 Posts
On April 20 2010 09:38 ooni wrote: Blizzard already modified starcraft for korean version within 5 days after the AO announcement. Source: http://www.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=201004190308 The rational behind this was, sales/popularity in Korea will impact the sales globally. At least we know Blizzard does not negotiate. So korea gets a sissy version? Sucks for them. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9102 Posts
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Rebelrth
Australia5 Posts
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Gokain
United States49 Posts
from a ideological standpoint, the responsibility of kids destroying themselves through gaming shouldn't be on companies. These parents take no responsibility to the damage the kids do to themselves, rarely enforcing rules in the household for playing games. The kids then take advantage of the parental leniency and play to their "addiction"'s content. Then the parents blame the companies for the damage the parents could've prevented themselves. What bullshit. | ||
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
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Obstikal
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Blu2
United States3 Posts
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Sherbople
Canada158 Posts
http://tech.ca.msn.com/canadianpress-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23981243 These steps from South Korea are no doubt related to the growing number of murders/deaths related to 'gaming addiction' If you're too lazy to read the article, here are some points that blew my mind: "Last month, a couple let their three-month-old starve while they raised a virtual child in an online game, spending most of their days at an Internet cafe instead of caring for their newborn, police said." "In February, a 22-year-old bludgeoned his mother to death for "nagging" him about playing Internet games, police said. He then played games online for hours, paying with his mother's credit card, a police statement said." Talk about crazy stuff | ||
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Dx Fx
Russian Federation85 Posts
On April 23 2010 23:44 Sherbople wrote: This article was in my morning newspaper today - thought it might be interesting to you guys as well http://tech.ca.msn.com/canadianpress-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23981243 These steps from South Korea are no doubt related to the growing number of murders/deaths related to 'gaming addiction' If you're too lazy to read the article, here are some points that blew my mind: "Last month, a couple let their three-month-old starve while they raised a virtual child in an online game, spending most of their days at an Internet cafe instead of caring for their newborn, police said." "In February, a 22-year-old bludgeoned his mother to death for "nagging" him about playing Internet games, police said. He then played games online for hours, paying with his mother's credit card, a police statement said." Talk about crazy stuff Honestly so what? There a plenty of plenty extreme examples of people rage and killing / murdering someone else over like NOTHING. Saying that kind is superb extreme is a joke.... that's some random extreme situations... i remember reading that some chess player killed his opponent just because he moved his figure back, without letting it go (that's not even forbidden by the rules). Of course a newspaper company will highlight this extremes because it's selling better as saying that every day around 30000 children starving to death in Africa, because this would be boring and annoying, nothing that is selling good. | ||
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Mecha71
United States59 Posts
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Brainkick
Spain67 Posts
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comis
United States333 Posts
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Talic_Zealot
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Sherbople
Canada158 Posts
Honestly so what? There a plenty of plenty extreme examples of people rage and killing / murdering someone else over like NOTHING. Saying that kind is superb extreme is a joke.... that's some random extreme situations... i remember reading that some chess player killed his opponent just because he moved his figure back, without letting it go (that's not even forbidden by the rules). Of course a newspaper company will highlight this extremes because it's selling better as saying that every day around 30000 children starving to death in Africa, because this would be boring and annoying, nothing that is selling good. Whoa, didn't mean to strike a nerve there. I thought it was an interesting article, so I decided to post it. I'm merely trying to point out how South Korea is trying to stop this sort of addiction, and probably has a biased opinion of the sequel to their 'national sport' - Starcraft, because of it. Dont get me wrong, I love Starcraft and love games. I posted this because I found that article interesting. I know it's an over reaction. I know the media likes to blow things out of proportion. I know all this. I know these are just extreme examples, you'd be an idiot to think otherwise. Human's just have a general interest in theses sorts of ridiculous scenarios. @Sherbople no way man .. they don't give a shit about 'gaming related murders' all they care about is controlling the moneah from esports via kespa. They are upset that blizzard gave them the finger and that's how they retaliate. That's probably true, I still wouldn't be surprised if its a combination of them both. I'm not going to try and act like I really know whats going on, I just thought other people might have found that article interesting. | ||
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