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Chinese company bans opposite gender playing
Gorakkh
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''Aurora Technology over in China has apparently decided to cut out the middleman in the equation -- they're banning any male players who play female characters, requiring players to confirm their gender via webcam in order to enforce the ruling.''
''Aurora is a subsidiary of Shanda, a company responsible for publishing Aion and Dungeons and Dragons Online in the region, which are names slightly more familiar to players on this side of the pond.''
Source : www.massively.com/2009/10/27/chinese-company-bans-gender-bending/
Pretty extreme if you ask me. For those of you males who like playing as female chars, you would be sorely out of luck in China.
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I've never heard of such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared so little about!
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HAHA! wow that's just crazy!
That is taking things to the extreme if you ask me. They must think Aion is the freaking matrix or something.
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Yay!
Sorta...
I really hate it when a guy plays a girl.
It's creepy...
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Someone's had a nasty surprise in the past.
Not wise to make dates in an MMO.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
Someone's had a nasty surprise in the past.
Not wise to make dates in an MMO.
No, I just like it when someone playing a character with Ta Ta's actually has Ta Ta's.
I believe whoever smelt it, dealt it, applies here.
What was your terrible online dating experience?
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Yay!
Sorta...
I really hate it when a human plays an elf.
It's creepy...
What...?
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you dont like males playing females? i guess the whole 'role-playing hgame' concept elludes you.
on topic, im not surprised. china is a shit hole. not only are they turning their own country into a pile of concrete, but they have no problems abusing the privacy of its people.
Like conan o'brian once joked on his late night show. on china he had to say: " China: if you're gonna get arrested, might as well be for no reason." Right he was.
If you stand VERY still, and close your eyes, after a minute you can actually FEEL the universe revolving around PvP.
Makes you think one of their execs was too much into cyber and just finished watching M Butterfly...
On the serious side this is another worrysome trend we see emerge in China. I dont see any other rationale for this but homophobia. I will quit any game that enforces this even though i dont usually play female chars myself. Discrimination is something we should take seriously, aside from the fact that this would mostly inconveniences people who play female characters for other legitimate reasons. Yea, even "i dont like staring at a guys behind" seems perfectly legit to me.
Whats their problem if someone gets their rocks off playing dress up with their virtual barbie? As long as they dont incovenience or harrass any other players whatever someone does in a game is perfectly alright. Enforcing morality standards in videogames is plain stupid as well as useless... Like you couldnt get around their system anyway...
Edit; Im a lawyer irl, dont want to be stuck playing undead in WOW...
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It's much better this way, so now when you sexually harass a female character you know shes a female.
Or now when you want to sexual fantasize about that female character that looks 13 you won't get disturbed thinking she may be played by a guy.
China is a communist country. There is no right to privacy there.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
Exactly.
"MOM! come stand in front of this webcam for a sec!"
If you stand VERY still, and close your eyes, after a minute you can actually FEEL the universe revolving around PvP.
I'm short IRL so I could probably get away with a dwarf... or anything with a real ugly character model...
I lol'd
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Not wise to make dates in an MMO.
So, how much loot did you give "her" in order to make "her" like you?
If they'll quite happily run you over in a main battle tank, what makes you think they care about your privacy?
Guess all the creepy nerds that fantasize over meeting a woman through an avatar will be happy.
Um, in case you missed it in the OP, it is a private company that is enforcing the policy in its own games. It has nothing to do with "China". Someone saying no dudes playing chicks in our game has nothing to do with "China" abusing the privacy of "its" citizens.
Someone's had a nasty surprise in the past.
Not wise to make dates in an MMO.
So, how much loot did you give "her" in order to make "her" like you?
Actually I ganked her and took the loot from her.
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Yes :')
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Not wise to make dates in an MMO.
No, I just like it when someone playing a character with Ta Ta's actually has Ta Ta's.
That's right! And someone playing a character with a beard should actually have a beard! And someone playing a character with a Battle Axe should actually have a Battle Axe! And someone playing a character with full plate mail should actually have...
Uh, hold on, wait...
Um, in case you missed it in the OP, it is a private company that is enforcing the policy in its own games. It has nothing to do with "China". Someone saying no dudes playing chicks in our game has nothing to do with "China" abusing the privacy of "its" citizens.
It doesnt matter, this crap would only happen in countries like china.
If you stand VERY still, and close your eyes, after a minute you can actually FEEL the universe revolving around PvP.
All this will do is encourage women to make male characters. I know a few of them already that do, simply because they don't want nerd #12323023 bothering them. Believe it or not, not all women are looking for some shut-in to cyber with.