Chinese decree on mourning curtails MMO play
by Akela Talamasca 
May 19th 2008 at 11:00AM
Filed under: Culture, Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items
Out of respect for the over 32,000 lives lost in the recent Sichuan earthquake, China has officially decreed a 3-day period of mourning, during which no entertainment media may be offered. This directly affects players of World of Warcraft, to name one game, as the Chinese distributor for WoW, The9, is complying fully with this edict.Massively extends its condolences to the surviving families of this tragedy.
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Ghen said on 11:57AM 5-19-2008
I wonder if anyone is taking this opportunity to map gold farming effects on a games' economy with the biggest contributor out of the picture for 3 days.
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Yaisha said on 1:46PM 5-19-2008
This shouldn't affect the goldfarming since they are connecting to our servers rather than The9 ones which are shut down.
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