South Korea's "Shutdown Law" Takes Effect

[Quellist]

Now i'll just say that i am in favor of legalizing and taxing all drugs to kill drug cartels and make sure when people buy the stuff its not polluted or poisoned, so anyway...

Making late gaming illicit will just make kids want to do it more, just like underage smoking, drinking and illegal drugs. So IMO its an epic fail. Just look at Prohibition and the laughable 'war on drugs' and see how successful they were.

 

[dave1004]

I fully agree with this. I don't really know why, but I like the idea of the internet slowly being controlled. In my perfect world, no man or woman will be able to do anything on the internet, without the Government knowing what they did. An utopia, where only the good shall reign!

Thank you, South Korea. Step two, we assault Japan...

 

[mip0]

In a way, I do feel sorry for those kids. They're not as free as they were before.
On the other hand I hope I live long enough to see the results of this experiment, if one can call it that.

 

[mxfox408]

How about parents being fucken parents and telling their spoiled brats No means no and being responsable enough to pull the plug on thier kids.......stupid society now releying on the government to raise thier kids the wonder why they turn out so fucked up.

 

[Danceofmasks]

South Korea has mandatory military service.
People find a way to live with big brother there.

"Why don't they play offline"
Why would they, when they have the fastest internet in the world?
For many years the government has been promoting the internet as the biggest and best thing ever. This policy can be classified as damage control.

Finally, 12 to 6 isn't that big a deal.
You gotta get 6 hours of eating, shitting, and sleeping.
All this is going to do to them kids is teach them how to have a training regiment.
Set alarm clock for 5:30.

 

[Yopaz]

I think this is a lazy, but decent solution to a big problem with the South Korean society. Gaming over there is worse than over here. The best of them are actually idolized over their skills, but it takes a lot to be the best and if they fail to reach their goals they're going to end up with no work experience and no education. Parents should probably do something, but if they don't why not strictly limit kids for playing after midnight?

 

[SteewpidZombie]

Midnight is QUITE reasonable by all standards. If kids under 16 are spending till Midnight and beyond on videogames, that is how you get addicts and health problems that arise from lack of sleep. In South Korea it literally IS a problem that they have, while in North America we have more of things like Teenage smokers.

 

[mxfox408]

Like i said its the parents job not governments, to limit and control what thier kids do.

 

[Sporky111]

I'm more concerned about the adult gamer here. Anyone who plays later than midnight will have to give out their personal information and be verified first.

Besides, that legion of teens is already formulating ways to get around this law. You take away their games, and they're going to put all their ingenuity into getting what they want. It's not going to encourage better habits.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

It's not the government's business to mandate such things, but it still wouldn't kill their citizens to spend as much time questioning whether it's time to lay off the games a little as much as they do crying about their rights being violated; they wouldn't be violated in this case if they were acting responsibly in the first place.

 

[floobie]

12-6am is pretty damn reasonable. They could've made it like 9pm to 8am or something, but they didn't. So... good.

BUT: This is just nanny-state bullshit once again removing any accountability and responsibility from the people, and I don't like it one bit.

 

[CleverCover]

There's no way in hell they are going to be able to keep this up. This sounds like it's going to cost a lot to try and keep this section of gamers in bed without getting the parents involved. Because parental involvement hasn't worked so well so far I guess.

The kids are just going to spend sleeping time trying to find a way around this, and then it'll be back and forth, back and forth, back and forth until things just completely go to poo.

Whatever it is, good luck South Koreans under the age of ...eighteen.

 

[Timmehexas]

To think if these kids had this weird thing called parents that are suppose to determine their sleeping habits...

 

[gphjr14]

This probably has nothing to with wanting to have a healthy intelligent population on the off chance aggressive fanatical neighbors try and invade you from the north.

Nah South Korea is totally overreacting there's no threat that'd require a healthy population.

 

[Kopikatsu]

How about parents being fucken parents and telling their spoiled brats No means no and being responsable enough to pull the plug on thier kids.......stupid society now releying on the government to raise thier kids the wonder why they turn out so fucked up.

Of course, there is the possibility that the parents are refusing to parent, which means that the government had to step in. Once your bad parenting habits start affecting people other than you/your children, it becomes a public issue. (Actually just negatively affecting your children makes it a public issue)

To think if these kids had this weird thing called parents that are suppose to determine their sleeping habits...

But they aren't doing that.

That's the point.

 

[Strazdas]

So, just lie about your age?
oh right they want game companies to spy on you too? what the hell? is it time for revolution yet? i mean surely they must be kidding, why would somone think that is a good idea, i mean even retarded people know better.

Why would they, when they have the fastest internet in the world?

not even close. thier internet is way slower than most European countries. and yes i didnt mention america, because internet in america is slower than dead snail in bucket of glue.

 

[nononoiefiewpfoiejofijp]

It's kind of understandable.

 

[nebtheslayer95]

I don't think the law is that bad, but if to enforce it the government will require gamers to give more personal information (SSNs and such) I think that's bad. I will never give out that kind of information to a gaming company. Ever.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I think this idea is ideologically and practically sound. Most opposition probably comes from under sixteens who know that they would have a hard time having to stop playing games at midnight and so think it is unjust that anyone would require such a thing.

Some is probably reasoned ideological principle as well. Most is probably not.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

12-6am is pretty damn reasonable. They could've made it like 9pm to 8am or something, but they didn't. So... good.

BUT: This is just nanny-state bullshit once again removing any accountability and responsibility from the people, and I don't like it one bit.

It only counts as "nanny-state" if it affects people who are not so young that literally having a nanny would be inconceivable.