Hooray! More anti-Chinese sentiments! Nevertheless, I had trouble keeping a straight face after reading it.
China Blocks WoW: Lich King Release
- Thread starter John Funk
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I think this theory isn't that weird. After all, China also has banned those ghost-horrorfilms (like the Ring), most probably because the characters have to rise up against an enemy who is clearly much stronger than themselves (and sometimes even succeed).CantFaketheFunk said:
We can only speculate.
Muhahaha! your coming to the awesome side of the WoW (no idea either) look at the first two you listed and then think about their faction, or even Jaina who is allied with the Horde.CantFaketheFunk said:
On-topic: What the hell China!?, atleast it'll keep some goldfarmers away (/racist stereotype) I do wonder what their big deal with Skeletons is however.
Although, even if slightly WOTLK bears more resemblance to the rts games, the language is a fair bit stronger, the setting creepier and the emphasis is shfting back to the story.
I'm sorta shocked nobody really knew about this;
China recently put a ban on ALL things dealing with death/occult/undead etc after the popularity of the Book/manga/anime/live action movie series "Death Note" bloomed to the point that several Kira cults formed, and there was a rash of killings, and suicides directly linked to the series...so in light of this the government decided to ban all things that walk the line of that genre. They wanted to " cut the head off EVERY snake" just to make sure they get the one or two venomous ones....Is it over kill?...most likely, but then again they have banned other things for far stupider reasons in the past.
China recently put a ban on ALL things dealing with death/occult/undead etc after the popularity of the Book/manga/anime/live action movie series "Death Note" bloomed to the point that several Kira cults formed, and there was a rash of killings, and suicides directly linked to the series...so in light of this the government decided to ban all things that walk the line of that genre. They wanted to " cut the head off EVERY snake" just to make sure they get the one or two venomous ones....Is it over kill?...most likely, but then again they have banned other things for far stupider reasons in the past.
Skeletons have been a tabu in china for quite some time, i know this because magic the gathering cards featuring skeletons had to have alternate art in china, for instance giving skeletons flesh, so they looked more like zombies.
I don't know why, but several people have already given explanations of this above. I think i heard somewhere that it has to do with some old superstitious thing as well
On a side note. isn't china's economy based on gold farmers? i thought WoW gold was their main export
I don't know why, but several people have already given explanations of this above. I think i heard somewhere that it has to do with some old superstitious thing as well
On a side note. isn't china's economy based on gold farmers? i thought WoW gold was their main export
Uh... no... the Chinese government censors stuff all the time for propagating superstitions. They actually say that's why they're doing it too. Mr. Funk's article expressed some confusion as to why the PRC was blocking skeletons in particular, and about a half-dozen or so people in the thread expressed a similar amazement, and I felt the need to clarify. It's not a difficult conclusion, if you know anything about China and its religions, and anything about Chinese Communism. Or if you just read what the Chinese government actually says about why their doing this stuff.MA7743W said:
Don't you think you're being a little too dismissive?
It's cool. It's probably important that I get called out every once and a while so that I stay real.MA7743W said:
Pure unabashed crazy. It's a wonder their censorship board members can dress themselves in the morning.
The Chinese goverment lets that in to remind its people what will happen if they get crazy ideas! Oh oh oh...Broloth said:
Theres WoW gold on those hills boy!teisjm said:On a side note. isn't china's economy based on gold farmers? i thought WoW gold was their main export
Har, har, har...Johnn Johnston said:Grinding...
Oh! Oh! I know this one! Something along the lines of this!
Anyway, I wonder if the skeleton censoring actually relates to the ancestral worship.
Oh dear, poor Chinese gold farmers. No seriously.
Theres some bigger reason behind this I'm sure... how were the Plaguelands/Scholomance/Stratholme and a good deal of the Skeletal demons in Outland missed the first flippin time? HUGE amounts of Warcraft content is dedicated to the Undead, so Somthing is greatly amiss here... Or maybe it just took this long to happen...who knows.
But whatever, the Chinese are smart enough to get round whatever barriers have been set up to play. Hell I had to get round some absurd blockades on Deviantart in the Middle East, was easy enough.
Theres some bigger reason behind this I'm sure... how were the Plaguelands/Scholomance/Stratholme and a good deal of the Skeletal demons in Outland missed the first flippin time? HUGE amounts of Warcraft content is dedicated to the Undead, so Somthing is greatly amiss here... Or maybe it just took this long to happen...who knows.
But whatever, the Chinese are smart enough to get round whatever barriers have been set up to play. Hell I had to get round some absurd blockades on Deviantart in the Middle East, was easy enough.