I heard that many online games ban the IP of China. Chinese gamers are not able to play the game until a Taiwan or Hongkong server is opened before the game access Chinese mainland.
I heard that many online games ban the IP of China. Chinese gamers are not able to play the game until a Taiwan or Hongkong server is opened before the game access Chinese mainland.
Censoring of the internet in China? Unheard of!
I think you will find it the the Chinese government that is blocking them, not the other way around.
It is sure that the government is using the Great Firewall to block some oversea websites totally such as youtube, facebook, twitter and when I enter some certain words in google or wiki the connection will be lost for a while. Those who want to visit the blocked websites should use VPN.
Another sitiuation is some websites and online games block Chinese net address because of what the Chinese people did such as gold farming as mentioned. I heard that WOW once blocked Chinese net address because many players are complaining. That is not the Chinese government who block, but the website or game does.
I find it hard to believe that any game would ban an entire country based on the actions of a select few that happen to be from it. If that were the case, America would not be allowed to play any games.
I guess the citizens from 'Akavir' aren't allowed to mingle with the 'Tamriel' cultures as usual. *snicker*
But more seriously, it is usually a government that demands the game is banned, or blocks the game itself. For example, Diablo 3 had to be adapted because many Eastern laws did not permit the workings of the Auction House (a way to buy player-looted items with real money) because their laws considered it a form of gambling. People who live in many Asian countries got a stripped-down version where no transactions of any kind could be made with real money.
The claims that a game blocks a country is probably just rumours, nothing more. Annoyed gamers spread false information that credit-farming chinamen got their country banned, some site like the Telegraph or Kotaku quotes that and suddenly everyone believes it true. I think it is even illegal to ban a country from your game, unless there is a clear reason for doing so (example, the game offers a service, the government of a country does not approve and requests that the game bans people from that same country).
I'm fairly certain it all comes down to the Great Firewall. For example, with MSN being closed in March, China does not switch to Skype because they cannot block or read certain data which can be done with MSN. Google the exact reason. But it always comes down to their national firewall.
well i can tell you IM bannef for my country !
here ill attach the image and just show it in full size , its self explanatory
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