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Stitch
Hong Kong134 Posts
So I came across this article in my chat with some of my friends. We've heard a lot of discussion about South Korea trying to limit gaming for children under the age of 18, but looks like this is going to be quite a bummer if kids are limited to the amount of games they can play. Do you guys think this will affect the future generation of Korean StarCraft players? What are your thoughts? *EDIT LINK FIXED | ||
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Cokefreak
Finland8096 Posts
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501TFX
Austria345 Posts
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Zeke50100
United States2220 Posts
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dudeman001
United States2412 Posts
South Korea is going to start letting parents decide when their kids can game. In a move to combat online game addiction, the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has, of July 1st, implemented a system that prevents children under the age of 18 from playing games during a period that their parents or legal representatives set. Over 100 game titles will be added to this banlist, and some notable games included are League of Legends, Aion and StarCraft 2. The banlist is part of a new and complicated law in Korea against online gaming addiction. Games in the ‘Selection System of Game Availability Period’ are online titles, and must be made by companies that have over 300 employees and make more than US$27 million in annual revenues. Games like Diablo 3 and Blade&Soul aren’t included in the banlist, as only players aged 18 and over can play those titles in South Korea anyway. We’ll probably start seeing other countries overtake the South Koreans in StarCraft 2 soon, then. | ||
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tso
United States132 Posts
just mandating child time locks | ||
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Matuka
United Kingdom74 Posts
EDIT: Probably a bit late, but it looks like people didn't twig onto the humor in what I said. Guess it's just veiled really, almost too well. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
On July 04 2012 02:55 dudeman001 wrote: "... We’ll probably start seeing other countries overtake the South Koreans in StarCraft 2 soon, then." lol what a drama queen statement, no way is that going to happen | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:00 Matuka wrote: Implying that there is such a thing as gaming addiction. There is, tho. | ||
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sCCrooked
Korea (South)1306 Posts
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blubbdavid
Switzerland2412 Posts
People can die of gaming addiction. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:00 Matuka wrote: Implying that there is such a thing as gaming addiction. Did you see that thread that was posted here just a few days ago by that guy who has been playing for 2 years, still in plat league, who quit his job and everything. Thats an addiction lol. | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:07 sCCrooked wrote: What's with this recent trend world-wide of changing instances where people "prefer to spend significant amounts of their day doing task/event A" suddenly to "omguraddicted to task/event A"? Because those people treat these events as a basic for survival (which is scientifically incorrect) therefore creates problems in the society. | ||
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juked
United States691 Posts
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qotsager
Germany585 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:00 Matuka wrote: Implying that there is such a thing as gaming addiction. there is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction this doesn't seem too bad, does it? i mean, the parents decide how much and when their child plays, and most parents regulate their childrens consume of games anyway. as they should. i wouldn't want a 13-year-old to play 8 hours a day. seriously. | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
South Korea is going to start letting parents decide when their kids can game. In a move to combat online game addiction, the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has, of July 1st, implemented a system that prevents children under the age of 18 from playing games during a period that their parents or legal representatives set. Over 100 game titles will be added to this banlist, and some notable games included are League of Legends, Aion and StarCraft 2. The banlist is part of a new and complicated law in Korea against online gaming addiction. Games in the ‘Selection System of Game Availability Period’ are online titles, and must be made by companies that have over 300 employees and make more than US$27 million in annual revenues. Games like Diablo 3 and Blade&Soul aren’t included in the banlist, as only players aged 18 and over can play those titles in South Korea anyway. We’ll probably start seeing other countries overtake the South Koreans in StarCraft 2 soon, then. Yeah this is sensationalist garbage and the thread title is misleading as fuck all. 1) It's an extension of laws that are already in place. 2) It's solely focused on helping parents control their childrens gaming habits by mandating parent locks. So, with my biggest WOW_ITS_NOTHING.jpg face: Wow, it's absolutely nothing. On July 04 2012 03:00 Matuka wrote: Implying that there is such a thing as gaming addiction. Keep the >>>>>>http://boards.4chan.org/v/ nonsense out of here. | ||
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Gfire
United States1699 Posts
If parents are too strict with it in korea, the solution shouldn't be disobeying them, but rather showing the why it might be okay to play games more than that. | ||
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Skamtet
Canada634 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:00 Matuka wrote: I see where you are coming from, but you can get addicted to anything. So there definitely is such a thing as video game addiction.Implying that there is such a thing as gaming addiction. | ||
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Ayoeme
Latvia59 Posts
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