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skuul303
Would be interesting to run Naxxramas in this version :P lots of "chests" instead of skulls
But to the point; this is crazy, wow is a cartoonish game. Why would they censor it :S?
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Slimda
Hahahaha, this is brilliant!
Affliction Tree
.
Destruction Tree
.
Spellbook.
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201933
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Sinespe
Look at
this
one. They missed a skull: the Affliction tab is still the normal Death Coil icon.
(Shhh, don't tell them)
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201933
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Sinespe
Can't help but be terrified of any link ending in .cn
It's safe.
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Umega
A while back I heard that the forsaken didn't have any bones sticking out in the chinese version, instead they were all covered in skin and they looked weird.
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Durinalal
Do they still have the gravestone instead of the skeleton after you die and leave your body?
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skuul303
I googles it and found a site talking about this and heres a quote:
"The government has been urging Internet companies to clean up websites and offer only legal and "healthy" content."
Kinda makes me wonder what kind of government they have in China....
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skuul303
For those wondering, heres a screenie of the undead in the chinese version
http://www.wow.com/2007/07/03/the9-changes-wow-in-china-to-appease-censors/
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skuul303
As a non-Chinese living in China, I welcome you guys another perspective at this situation.
The internet boom is a phenomenon created by the western world, the Chinese has adopted in a fashion to suit its values. Just as the Muslims have veils and the many tribes of the world have spiritual beliefs, China has its own developed culture and cannot change it in order to fit the western culture.
You cannot force a game where women are seen without veils into that of a Muslim country, and you I'll bet you cannot force a game where the Nazis rule into the Polish government either. Now I am taking the examples to the extreme, but the amount of censorship the Chinese government puts on the internet is, in my opinion, a questionable but fair trade. Most westerners (I am using this word to describe those in the US and Europe for simplicity by the way, dont quote me on it) believe in freedom of speech, and they confuse the censorship of this game with the censorship China has put up on WoW. You see, if you look at it from a broader point of view (imagine you are one of your parents/grandparents), the game IS extremely gorey and with the introduction of Naxxramas a work of "cartoon horror". I dont believe this game would have been accepted 40 years ago, the amount of gore, falling intestines and skulls is alarming.
Now I personally dont find this to be a problem, but you guys have to realize the line between reality and gaming is speeding into a blur. A lot of addict gamers, especially in China, have psychological issues related to gaming, suicides and murder have occurred. As a sensible government, putting together a stricter policy against gore in game is just a way of saying "we believe this is creating a negative image towards our youth". You may agree or disagree with the statement, but the censorship is there for a perfectly moral reason. (You can even argue against morals, I mean come on violence is rated +13 and sex is rated +18. A paradox I find in the world promoting negativity and death instead of embracing life and the joys of it.)
So now look at the censorship again, and realize that perhaps, just perhaps, that it is the gaming industry that is fast developing into a commercialized version of promoting numbness upon violence. Most teenagers growing up with games have absolutely no problems watching death, experiencing death, pain and gore as long as it is kept in games/movies/songs. Imagine you're own face is you see a mutilated man on the streets. Most teenagers are numb to negativity.
Now I've voiced my opinion and hopefully altered the way you approach this issue, I love this game (the reason why I am here) and find no problems with the game at all, and I am only 16 years old. I play on an European server to avoid the many problems with WoWChina but the amount of blind racism and insults people can output (again, quoting on numbness of these issues) to the Chinese population is borderlining insulting and shows that most are uninformed about the Eastern world.
As a last note, the way they censored it with bags and chests is hilarious, although I'm sure they are remaking icons, and just wanted to put the game back up as soon as possible.
Just out of curiosity how hard is the government on music? Death-metal and the likes?
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