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Well, even if I find the fact that South Korea can do this horrible, at least they are trying to do something legitimately beneficial for their people, with their liberty-destroying power.
I can see the young being a reasonable target, but this appears to target all. Why not just force internet cafes to remove minors at even 10pm. I can't see any reason for them to be out past that time anyway. Why force game companies to take a parenting role? When it should be the immediate adults associated with the activity.
Most kids don't own a PC at home in Korea, hell most adults don't either. So why not just target the cafes, cut through all the bullshit and money/time.
Most kids don't own a PC at home in Korea, hell most adults don't either. So why not just target the cafes, cut through all the bullshit and money/time.
MMOs is just as much an issue with adults, those "parents" whose baby died from malnutrition while tending to their online baby. I'd agree with this, MMOs are uhh something that some people need to be restricted in using 'cause they don't know how to manage their time. They are a bit different than other types of games I think.
The only problem with the law is that it lumps all MMOs into one group. Some of them are just weird games, others are so blatantly designed to be psychologically addictive that they ought to come with a Surgeon's General warning for heart disease.
Basically curfew for on-line gaming after midnight. It's largely pointless, but symbolic. I believe that the Korean online uses more or less a "real" identity approach where everyone who opens an online account uses their equivalent of social security number. G'luck with that and I suppose this will eventually come to America if the effort results anything tangible. In any case, if family can't control something like this, I don't know how much the government can really do.
I think South Korea is taking MMO's a little too far, especially with legalizing virtual goods and money as REAL money and stuff.
@Chronic Logic: Are you serious, legal tender? That's mental. I'd love to read an in depth article on how crazy it is.
Sounds reasonable enough. 12-2 is pretty late and it's not as if they are banning the games or taking more extream measures.
To be honest, monthly subscription MMO's are a shady business.
Make a game, make it take REALLY long to get anywhere in it to keep people playing and paying, make it social so that people feel the NEED to keep paying/playing and make it rewarding.
It's like MMO's are to endorphine addiction as pipes are to crack addiction.
But what can I say, although I don't play MMO's I AM addicted to gaming.
Make a game, make it take REALLY long to get anywhere in it to keep people playing and paying, make it social so that people feel the NEED to keep paying/playing and make it rewarding.
It's like MMO's are to endorphine addiction as pipes are to crack addiction.
But what can I say, although I don't play MMO's I AM addicted to gaming.
@Piellar: That's not a Gremlin. It's a Mogwai.
All them little furry Korean kids are going to turn in to Gremlins if they play games after midnight!
regulating what people do privately on their own time and dime, self destructive or not, is not compatible with a free society.
This has nothing to do with freedom. It has to do with the lack of responsible parents in the world. Just last month there wa the story of the couple who neglected their child to look after a virtual one. If parents cant care for their children then this is the only option.
Children need more sleep than most people would imagine and I know from adult experience that playing video games until waaaay past my be time affects my abiltiy to concentrate at work so these children have no chance of absorbing their education.
Children need more sleep than most people would imagine and I know from adult experience that playing video games until waaaay past my be time affects my abiltiy to concentrate at work so these children have no chance of absorbing their education.
Of course we could just sterilise the entire adult population of Korea as a punishment for nelecting
to care for these children who are allowed to stay up to the wee hours playing mmo's
The ISP's dictate why services they allow, even in the "free" countries. If the bill payees don't like it they can stop paying for the services.
to care for these children who are allowed to stay up to the wee hours playing mmo's
The ISP's dictate why services they allow, even in the "free" countries. If the bill payees don't like it they can stop paying for the services.
Could you imagine if they did this with Starcraft.. South Korea would outrage.. riot or something. They at least have game shows of people playing Starcraft.
I actually support this. MMOs can be just as addictive as some drugs and potentially as destructive as well. I think it is within the government's purview to regulate them.
There's no such thing as a truly free society; the second people decide to form a government, they abdicate some of their freedoms in favor of some kind of order. Now, there are differing degrees of freedom, but every government impinges on freedom to some extent. This particular law doesn't strike me as particularly noxious.
I don't think we'll see something like this in the US any time soon either. We certainly have our MMO addicts here but it doesn't seem to be the widespread problem it is apparently becoming in South Korea.
There's no such thing as a truly free society; the second people decide to form a government, they abdicate some of their freedoms in favor of some kind of order. Now, there are differing degrees of freedom, but every government impinges on freedom to some extent. This particular law doesn't strike me as particularly noxious.
I don't think we'll see something like this in the US any time soon either. We certainly have our MMO addicts here but it doesn't seem to be the widespread problem it is apparently becoming in South Korea.
Everyone playing the "FREEDOM!" card; why do you think this couldn't possibly happen in America?
In America, stores are already required to restrict the sale of "mature" games to minors. How does this differ to restriction of the amount of time minors can spend on an MMO? Both are restrictions to services in the interest of the health and safety of minors.
Why do you think, if the government picked up on the idea, and there was evidence that it prevented online game addiction amongst children, that it wouldn't catch on?
Is it because you believe you live in a free country where you can do what you want with your broadband?
Are you sure you don't live in a country where the main supplier of your broadband can slow it down if they want to?
I live in Britain which is also meant to be free. Thanks to the Digital Economy Bill, the power to regulate broadband has been given to Ofcom. (Britain's equivalent of the FCC) The FCC are working on getting similar powers, and trying to get broadband treated like a utility so it can impose regulations much easier.
So, in conclusion, is The West particularly more free than South Korea?
In America, stores are already required to restrict the sale of "mature" games to minors. How does this differ to restriction of the amount of time minors can spend on an MMO? Both are restrictions to services in the interest of the health and safety of minors.
Why do you think, if the government picked up on the idea, and there was evidence that it prevented online game addiction amongst children, that it wouldn't catch on?
Is it because you believe you live in a free country where you can do what you want with your broadband?
Are you sure you don't live in a country where the main supplier of your broadband can slow it down if they want to?
I live in Britain which is also meant to be free. Thanks to the Digital Economy Bill, the power to regulate broadband has been given to Ofcom. (Britain's equivalent of the FCC) The FCC are working on getting similar powers, and trying to get broadband treated like a utility so it can impose regulations much easier.
So, in conclusion, is The West particularly more free than South Korea?
Seems like a too simple solution if you ask me. Most of the people absorbed in MMO's are trying to fill up voids in their lives.
@Chronic Logic I think most Asian countries have some form of this, and there is a similar law that was in the works for the US. It's basically a fundamental of this, time = money = value. MMO's take a lot of time, for instance in Japan stealing an online character or an account is a crime based in severity on how much time was spend on the character for instance an account with straight 80s in WOW on one server is worth more than a brand new account with no characters on it. So imagine it as equivalent to stealing thousands of dollars. However in the US the only value the account has is the original value you purchased it at, I don't think they even figure in the monthly fees.
So Japan erase a boyfriend/girlfriends character out of spite Jail/Fine, America no penalty really because it's considered by most to have no real value or that less than $50.
So Japan erase a boyfriend/girlfriends character out of spite Jail/Fine, America no penalty really because it's considered by most to have no real value or that less than $50.
Yeah....because no one has jobs where they sleep during the day and get to play during the wee hours only.....what a stupid idea.
"12-2 is pretty late"
This depends entirely on your sleep cycle, when you work, and many other factors. 12-2 for me is "evening" not "late night".
"12-2 is pretty late"
This depends entirely on your sleep cycle, when you work, and many other factors. 12-2 for me is "evening" not "late night".
I like this idea, but note it cuts the kids off for 6 hours. I thought recommended sleep for under-18s was 8 hours and above?
Parenting.
Also, all consoles and computers can be programmed to do this, should direct parenting be too much of a hassle.
But to each country their own. Who knows what it would be like to live in a place where hardcore gaming is not only accepted, but to some extent televised and idolized.
Also, all consoles and computers can be programmed to do this, should direct parenting be too much of a hassle.
But to each country their own. Who knows what it would be like to live in a place where hardcore gaming is not only accepted, but to some extent televised and idolized.
I agree with CaptainBus, playing the freedom card is risible.
A teen, if still awake at 1 or 2pm, should be preparing their stuff for tomorrow and not playing some MMO.
A teen, if still awake at 1 or 2pm, should be preparing their stuff for tomorrow and not playing some MMO.
I'm down for it.MMOs can get really scary. I've seen a friend play through the whole night on more than one occasion.
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