Chinese WOW Bickering Continues

Chinese WOW Bickering Continues

February 8, 2010

If you thought that the trials and tribulations of Chinese World of Warcraft operator NetEase were over, think again.

In response to orders from China’s General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), NetEase has suspended new user registrations for the game. The suspension is expected to last a week and was done in response to GAPP claiming that NetEase had committed “gross violations” of regulations, reports Reuters.

GAPP ordered NetEase to stop charging users to play the game and had returned a NetEase application to run the WOW expansion The Burning Crusade. NetEase, however, had continued to operate the expansion, claiming that it was in compliance with local laws. NetEase has once again resubmitted its application to GAPP to operate the WOW expansion.

NetEase has been stuck in the middle of a government turf battle for at least several months now, as GAPP and the Ministry of Culture battle over which bureau has the right to govern gaming within China.

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Posted 03/10/10 at 07:35pm
nightwng2000: I don't know. I fear the death of more brain cells if I read them.
Posted 03/10/10 at 07:23pm
Valdearg: Ok, so I'm officially a terrible person for laughing at this.
Posted 03/10/10 at 07:12pm
Andrew Eisen: Do they have sex? I bet they have sex.
Posted 03/10/10 at 06:16pm
nightwng2000: And Doctor Who and the Teletubbies?! Someone ACTUALLY wrote a story combining Doctor Who and the Teletubbies?!
Posted 03/10/10 at 06:15pm
nightwng2000: I think my brain just turned to mush. Seriously, I just saw, but not read, Fan Fiction Xover of Dr. Who and the Smurfs?!
Posted 03/10/10 at 04:41pm
ZippyDSMlee: test
Posted 03/10/10 at 01:02pm
BearDogg-X: Soldat Louis posted this in the ECA Forums. The CCFC kooks got an eviction notice; CCFC trying to blame Disney
Posted 03/10/10 at 12:20pm
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Posted 03/10/10 at 12:18pm
Valdearg: @Erik: I love that quote. I stole it from you. I hope you don't mind. :P
Posted 03/10/10 at 12:17pm
ZippyDSMlee: Eirc:O think public EDU also plays a large role in healthcare prices, if most doctors could get free EDU,they would not be enslaved as interns,instead work half as much(30 hours a week) for a couple years then are allowed to move on.
Posted 03/10/10 at 12:08pm
Erik: It's a good thing the fire department isn't like American Healthcare. "Okay, according to your account ma'am you only have enough money for us to save two of your three kids. Which one of your kids do you want to burn alive?"
Posted 03/10/10 at 12:06pm
Erik: People turning a profit based on people's suffering, yeah that is a pretty big sin.
Posted 03/10/10 at 11:52am
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Posted 03/10/10 at 11:50am
ZippyDSMlee: Rodrigo Ybáñez García: I bet ti will pass then be over turned later a few weeks.....
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ZippyDSMlee: CEOs need harsh regs so they can not activly make money while they scullte a company...
Posted 03/10/10 at 11:48am
ZippyDSMlee: Unions become a bunsiess within a business to bully business.... thus why they need harsh regs
Posted 03/10/10 at 11:47am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Yes, Zippy, they are now trying to pass it as law in Metropolitan Tokio.
Posted 03/10/10 at 11:47am
ZippyDSMlee: CEOs need regulations over what they get..... as well as unions....
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ZippyDSMlee: Unions need ahrsh regulations badly.....
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ZippyDSMlee: AL:when you do not produce anything but just manage money and as the highest members of the company you make milloins/billoins thats robbing money from the environment.
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