Nerd Wars

[5hift]

Taking video games a bit serious over in Asia are we?


Korean gamers massacre Chinese over etiquette dispute

Posted Feb 21st 2006 3:00PM by James Ransom-Wiley
Filed under: Culture, PC, Online, RPGs, MMO
LineageAccording to recent reports, South Korean Lineage players have been ganging up on Chinese players in an attempt to wipe them from Korean servers. The recent killings are a response to rumors that Chinese gamers have not been following the unspoken rule: don't take money or items dropped by a monster slain by another player.

Items from the game are sold for real money on online trading sites, and Chinese gamers have been reportedly joining South Korean servers because there are greater opportunities for making real money in these matches due to an abundance of trade. Unfortunately, Korean gamers have begun to see the Chinese presence as a threat, prompting some of these players to stage violent massacres. In areas like the Island of Dreams, where it is relatively simple to earn money, gangs of Korean players have been hunting down any Chinese player that dares to enter the region. One Korean player claims, "you can tell they are Chinese because they can't speak Korean."

Lineage continues to be plagued by identity theft, which may be linked to reports that suggest there are Chinese sweatshops where workers play ceaselessly to earn money using Korean identities. More than 220,000 South Koreans have reported their identities stolen. NCsoft, makers of the game, are aware of the virtual genocide and have begun blocking Chinese IP addresses on Korean servers. NCsoft has sided with Koreans because the company is against item trading, which NCsoft apparently considers an exclusively Chinese practice.

[Orbie]

Geez, by the tone of that article you'd think that Chinese people were actually being murdered! gotta love how seriously people take their MMO games!

[frostyda9]

Originally posted by 5hift
One Korean player claims, "you can tell they are Chinese because they can't speak Korean."

Best logic ever

[jcrules99]

hahahah wow

thats takin games too far..

[MaLwa]

i think someguy killed his friend in hong kong for selling some sword they had on their game charcter

Originally posted by jcrules99
hahahah wow

thats takin games too far..

hahahahaha way tooo seriously

[dragonone]

i thought this happened everywhere
w/ online shit being sold on ebay etc.
wtf would it only happen w/ chinese ppl

[Rocky]

lol. At least countries can settle their disputes through video games and not war nowadays.

reports that suggest there are Chinese sweatshops where workers play ceaselessly to earn money using Korean identities.

Something about gaming ceaselessy doesn't exactly scream "sweat shop" to me... Not to say it's a good thing, but that part of the article really stood out to me as "WTF?"

[Goblin]

If its an unpsoken rule, how do you know about it?

[GQBalla]

now than what game is this??

lol us chinese people are gettin ganked in games like crazy

ahahahl...

[Shrad]

Originally posted by Rocky
lol. At least countries can settle their disputes through video games and not war nowadays.
Something about gaming ceaselessy doesn't exactly scream "sweat shop" to me... Not to say it's a good thing, but that part of the article really stood out to me as "WTF?"

They actually have sweatshops for MMORPG farming. Hundreds of kids, sitting in wearhouses, playing games for 20 hours a day to collect items/gold to sell for real cash.

China should so band together in some super faction and counter the Korean threat.

or they should just go invade the fuckers :p

[szw]

Originally posted by 5hift
"you can tell they are Chinese because they can't speak Korean."

If only it were that easy to hide from the nazis.