South Korea Will Block Gaming After Midnight

[stabnex]

Goodbye Korean economy!

 

[GideonB]

Make a new account with an older age. By-passed. Seriously, if there's ever a website which needs me to be 18 or over, i just set my age to 18 or over like on some of IGN's video's. Doesn't make a difference whatsoever.

Can't. Korea has a system where is uses a KRRN (KSSN) which is your personal one. Using another KRRN is a offence that can be charged with prison. Wanna know why the made this? Because some dumbass people (from outside SK) tried to access Korea MapleStory. So basically they already made it Korea only, now they are trying to get kids off their fave mmo's after midnight? Seems reasonable, I mean seriously they spend a lot of time on the internet. Take a SK person's net away and they can't do anything.

This is probably a move to stop other incidents like this happneing again. With Starcraft II coming up and all, seems kind of ironic no? South Korea's favourite game's sequel coming up and they're introducing a limit for younger players to get off at midnight. Seems reasonable. I mean if it was like 9pm it'd be stupid, but midnight does seem quite reasonable.

 

[kiwisushi]

Have to be honest, South Korea is prob thinking about its future as a country with this. I don't think this is unreasonable. I mean if the entire populus (or at least close to it) becomes so addicted to gaming in a massive way, so they don't work or do anything at all, their country will deteriorate rapidly.

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

Well, this is going to have some...interesting side effects on South Korea's gameing population.

And news of South Korea's gaming poulation rioting in 3.... 2..... 1....