South Korea Announces Daily MMO Blackouts For Youths 148
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from the probably-just-making-more-time-for-starcraft dept.
from the probably-just-making-more-time-for-starcraft dept.
eldavojohn writes "GamePolitics reports that South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has announced two new policies that will force underage gamers to pick a six-hour block of time (midnight-6 AM,1-7 AM, or 2-8 AM) where they will not be able to play 19 online role-playing games. While it targets most popular MMORPGs, some popular games like Lineage were left off the list."
Re:Registration Numbers? (Score:1, Informative)
It refers to the Korean residency registration number which all Korean citizens have. It's practically a requirement to sign up for any online site in Korea. It also has the handy effect of blocking any foreigner registration numbers from ever signing up for Korean services.
Re:Stupid (Score:4, Informative)
IIRC, registering for those online games in Korea requires your nation ID #, so that won't work.