08-30-2021, 12:39 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
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China limits minors playing video games to 3 hours per week
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video..._medium=social
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China announced Monday that it is banning minors from playing video games during the school week and can only play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays. The new rule comes from China’s video game regulator, the National Press and Publication Administration, which did not respond to requests for comment.
The policy is slated to take effect by September 1.
China has established extensive rules about minors and playing video games in the past, after blaming games for causing nearsightedness and addiction in youth. In 2019, the government announced that gamers under 18 had to stop playing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., and only game for 90 minutes on weekdays. In 2018, Beijing stopped approving video games for publication for nearly nine months, hurting the bottom line for massive Chinese companies like NetEase and Tencent.
The Chinese government plans to enforce the ban by requiring minors to register to games with their real names and requiring gaming companies to ask for real names. Some game companies have already begun to use a real name-based registration system to limit playtime, such as Tencent asking for real names with its wildly successful mobile hit, “Honor of Kings.”
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08-30-2021, 02:07 PM
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It must be so nice having the government look after your every need. Every. Single. Need.
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08-30-2021, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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This is what happens when a centrally managed government pursues capitalism to the extremum. Policies like 996, and this, preventing distractions from studies that allow the country to maximize all available labour and minds. Their citizens may as well be robots.
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08-30-2021, 03:37 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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How are the youth of China gonna "get gud"? The CCP will be sorry when esports join the Olympics, and they win 0 medals.
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08-30-2021, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Less hackers on online games then, good news
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08-30-2021, 07:15 PM
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No-friendo
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08-31-2021, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by jammies
How are the youth of China gonna "get gud"? The CCP will be sorry when esports join the Olympics, and they win 0 medals.
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They now know who everyone in their country playing every video game is. They'll use that information to locate the best prospects at a young age and not only exempt them from this requirement but essentially force them to play constantly and get gud at the thing the government wants them to compete in. They will simultaneously have people working on understanding the game mechanics and teaching the players to play in a fashion that exploits those mechanics. They will favour video game companies that cater to their preferences with regard to these exploitable mechanics and patch their games to give their players a better chance to succeed.
They will win 100% of the medals.
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08-31-2021, 12:32 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
This is what happens when a centrally managed government pursues capitalism to the extremum. Policies like 996, and this, preventing distractions from studies that allow the country to maximize all available labour and minds. Their citizens may as well be robots.
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I thought they just "outlawed" 996 like last week.
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08-31-2021, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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09-02-2021, 09:47 AM
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Parents all around the country rejoice.
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09-02-2021, 03:22 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I thought they just "outlawed" 996 like last week.
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996 has been outlawed but companies will skirt this requirement by just sending emails and mobile alerts to the workers that "they must now officially stop working".
At the same time, the workers know that if they don't continue working, someone else is going to work harder than them and get ahead. In other situations, if they are behind in their work (their version of Amazon delivery drivers, etc.) they would just keep delivering for hours more until they got the job done since they would lose money or get fined for failing to meet the company's impossible targets.
These are as effective as the Japanese and Korean policies to curb overwork which have all failed (forcing companies to turn off the lights in offices, etc.). People just work in the dark in their laptops or go home and keep working.
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09-03-2021, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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I get it's a heavy handed tactic (as usual by the Chinese government since they have control of everything), but I do sort of get what they're trying to do. On-line game addiction is a real thing, especially with all these gacha games aimed towards kids, and it's clear they're set up to prey on vulnerable human traits. It's really not much different than trying to curb gambling addictions.
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09-06-2021, 12:52 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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Originally Posted by btimbit
Less hackers on online games then, good news
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I was just thinking and all of a sudden Warzone is playable again!!
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09-07-2021, 09:23 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I thought they just "outlawed" 996 like last week.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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I've seen 996 referenced here and there, and assumed it meant 9 hrs work, 9 for life, and 6 for sleep (Rather than the stereotypical 8-8-8). Man am I wrong. Brutal. But it explains a lot of the work style I've noticed from Chinese-heritage coworkers over the years.
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