MCOC in China

M gonna b in mainland China for a couple weeks. Primary source of Internet will be local sim and hotel wifi.

Wanted to check if the game is available without VPN?

Comments

SummonerNR

(don't quote me on this)

But isn’t it something like you need to enter your China issued government ID # when going online to play games.
Something about limiting when and how long children can play online games.

And that without a recognizable China ID #, they can not verify that in their government database.

So without a China ID, and without a suitable VPN that can bypass that, you might be out of luck ???

Would actually be nice if their system would allow bypass for people using WiFi access from Resorts/Hotels/etc, since that would mainly be either visitors, or at least Chinese families away from their home and so wouldn’t be affecting kid's school then, but don’t know if they have allowed that.

TotemCorruption

Yes, SummonerNR is correct, without a China ID or strong VPN, you might be able to play MCOC using hotel wifi but it's hit or miss, and local SIM is even more hit or miss...

Dicedicedicedice

I know that their firewall is all around the social n other apps. M not sure about gaming though. It’s generally considered a fairly large gaming market.

Would love to have a first hand confirmation on it though.

SummonerNR

Social media aspect is different, and could block any sites where people could get information that does not follow government narrative.
But that would be for EVERYONE, not just kids.

The gaming aspect (takes away from time kids should be learning) is what required proof of a certain age.
There was a much earlier post around when this first started, where that ID entry (tried by someone visiting there) would not accept another countries ID # when they tried it. Years ago.

SummonerNR

(side note, since this just reminded me of a good movie from a while back)

“The Red Violin” (1998)

Great classical music score. Part drama, intrigue, with a little political history.
Some of it is set during Chinese Revolution, but much more than just that, as the movie spans several different timeframes.
Includes our own Nick Fury (or at least, Samuel L. Jackson).

Dicedicedicedice

This is from a year ago

Mikes_mom

(side note, since this just reminded me of a good movie from a while back)

“The Red Violin” (1998)

Great classical music score. Part drama, intrigue, with a little political history.
Some of it is set during Chinese Revolution, but much more than just that, as the movie spans several different timeframes.
Includes our own Nick Fury (or at least, Samuel L. Jackson).

One of my top five (Contact, V for Vendetta, The Legend of 1900, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
& of course, The Red Violin). You should check out The Legend of 1900 if you are looking for something similar to The Red Violin.