Chinese decree on mourning curtails MMO play

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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.

Tags: china, earthquake, mourning, sichuan, the9, world-of-warcraft

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

5-19-2008 @ 11:57AM

Ghen said...

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.

5-19-2008 @ 1:46PM

Yaisha said...

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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