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On November 08 2013 17:14 UmberBane wrote: Hey can someone quickly explain to me what is going on in Korea with all this game addiction discussion? I think somewhere it said that the hours that you can play LoL in Korea might be restricted, and to the government it's on one level with drugs and alcohol etc. Is any of this accurate? I wasn't able to catch up with all those things.
It's like US politic games. Once a while some dudes are gonna stir things like that up to please some people, then nothing is gonna happen.
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Korea (South)11232 Posts
On November 08 2013 17:22 canikizu wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2013 17:14 UmberBane wrote: Hey can someone quickly explain to me what is going on in Korea with all this game addiction discussion? I think somewhere it said that the hours that you can play LoL in Korea might be restricted, and to the government it's on one level with drugs and alcohol etc. Is any of this accurate? I wasn't able to catch up with all those things.
It's like US politic games. Once a while some dudes are gonna stir things like that up to please some people, then nothing is gonna happen.
I think yesterday there was seunnung in Korea (big test for highschool kids) maybe its related.
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Ah okay, thanks guys. I already wondered why there wasn't a discussion about it on here, but then I agree with that.
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Korea (South)11232 Posts
http://www.thisisgame.com/webzine/news/nboard/4/?n=50777
Riot games need to close their fan art forum on their official webpage because of the recent government hearing. In addition to the already existing measures against minors Riot needs to implement additional ones.
because minors cant easily deny the request to play another game.
Government: "The real reason is to restrict foreign games. We can't allow a foreign game company to become number one game company in Korea"
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So KeSPA, which is a government entity, is working with Riot while the actual government tries to weaken Riot? Politics.
Do you have to register with your KSSN for LoL in Korea? I used to play Kartrider and as far as I remember people with a child's KSSN could only play limited hours a day.
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Korea (South)11232 Posts
On November 09 2013 00:28 imperator-xy wrote: So KeSPA, which is a government entity, is working with Riot while the actual government tries to weaken Riot? Politics.
Do you have to register with your KSSN for LoL in Korea? I used to play Kartrider and as far as I remember people with a child's KSSN could only play limited hours a day. still the same and yeah you need a kssn
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On November 09 2013 00:47 Chexx wrote:Show nested quote +On November 09 2013 00:28 imperator-xy wrote: So KeSPA, which is a government entity, is working with Riot while the actual government tries to weaken Riot? Politics.
Do you have to register with your KSSN for LoL in Korea? I used to play Kartrider and as far as I remember people with a child's KSSN could only play limited hours a day. still the same and yeah you need a kssn Here's the funny thing.
The head of the KeSPA and the person who brought up the law are in the same party.
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On November 08 2013 23:04 Chexx wrote: Government: "The real reason is to restrict foreign games. We can't allow a foreign game company to become number one game company in Korea"
What the fuck. What games are there by Korean companies anyways? I'm not very up to date with that obviously.
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Nexon.
Korean government wants LoL to be "presented" by a Korean company, Nexon, so they can garner and squeeze as much revenue from it as possible. Was hoping dota2 would fill this hole but, its not very big in Korea yet.
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Wtf
So as long as the publisher is Korean, it's okay? Then they should just make Riot Korea more Korean-ish or something. Did they actually say that they want LoL to be presented by Nexon? Or is this just the implication by default, because Nexon is the only company a caliber that would be suitable?
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Korea (South)11232 Posts
Guys check the thread which is dedicated to the topic there are the neccessary information
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Korea (South)11232 Posts
SK Telecom changed their names to SK Telecom S and K. S stands for Saker, Speed and Spirit and K stands for Kaiser, King and absolute temperature K (Kelvin apparently).
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SK Telecom makes the worst team names ever lol.
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why not Judgment day and Terminator. I prefer them to S and K.
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On November 12 2013 17:28 Chexx wrote: SK Telecom changed their names to SK Telecom S and K. S stands for Saker, Speed and Spirit and K stands for Kaiser, King and absolute temperature K (Kelvin Fahrenheit apparently).
These names lol. Well I guess we'll get used to them like always.
Btw Chexx Kelvin and Fahrenheit are two different units, with Kelvin obviously being superior.
On November 12 2013 17:43 RubberWU wrote: why not Judgment day and Terminator. I prefer them to S and K.
On the off-chance that the SKT management even heard the names that two English shoutcasters gave their teams as nicknames, an organization like SKT is probably wayyy too proud to even consider using these names. Too bad, Judgement Day and Terminator are really cool.
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On November 12 2013 17:28 Chexx wrote: SK Telecom changed their names to SK Telecom S and K. S stands for Saker, Speed and Spirit and K stands for Kaiser, King and absolute temperature K (Kelvin Fahrenheit apparently).
sugoi
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King AND Kaiser? AND temperature?
SKT outdid themselves
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