Is this real? (Chinese govt requires name and ID to play)

bdawg923

DrZola

Wow. That seems totally cool.

Dr. Zola

Magrailothos

I prefer to provide my information to the Chinese government by providing it to the British government and then just presuming they'll fail to safeguard it adequately...

MrSakuragi

Yes, it’s real. So the government in China can track how much you play and shut you off if it’s too much.

Medi0critus_

It’s aimed at restricting youngsters from playing (and spending) too much. If your provided details are those of a minor, you are limited to playing only between 8-9pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. The game will not open at other times. Good for making sure homework isn’t interrupted, not so great for AQ/AW and arena runs

bdawg923

Medi0critus_ said:

It’s aimed at restricting youngsters from playing (and spending) too much. If your provided details are those of a minor, you are limited to playing only between 8-9pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. The game will not open at other times. Good for making sure homework isn’t interrupted, not so great for AQ/AW and arena runs

Why does this look photoshopped?

Medi0critus_

Original image (below) was run through a translation app and screen-captured, what you see is what I got I’m afraid. Figured the translated version would be more palatable.

GinjabredMonsta

That’s Brutal

BigBuster

Medi0critus_ said:

It’s aimed at restricting youngsters from playing (and spending) too much. If your provided details are those of a minor, you are limited to playing only between 8-9pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. The game will not open at other times. Good for making sure homework isn’t interrupted, not so great for AQ/AW and arena runs

that's wild. it's like 1984 but real

Greekhit

bdawg923 said:

Democracy was always a hard concept for governments to handle 😉

Mattstafari

I think it's a good thing that they're trying to push kids to do things that are more wholesome.

I heard that kids can endlessly scroll on tik to, insta etc and the algorithm has to promote educational videos rather than cheap clickbait videos.

DNA3000

The only way you can see these screens is if the game geolocates you within China. I would *not* recommend VPNing into China to experiment with this. This check is referred out to a third party Chinese company when it is triggered, and there seem to be protections to prevent a Chinese player who sees this from just using a VPN to evade it. Jumping *into* China to see this stuff for giggles and then turning off your VPN could, in certain circumstances, cause the game to think the reverse is happening, and lock you out of the game in a way very, very, very difficult to undo. Not even an appeal to support can automatically resolve this. I *think* Kabam has a way to address this now, but I don’t recommend being the one to test how fast that process is. It originally took weeks.