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China's New Video Game Rules Officially Bans Pools of blood, Corpses, Mahjong, Poker and Imperial Schemes

Sun's Resting Place

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/21/chinas-new-gaming-rules-to-ban-poker-blood-and-imperial-schemes/

On April 10th, the country's State Administration of Press and Publication, the freshly minted gaming authority born from a months-long reshufflelast year that led to an approval blackout, held a gaming conference and enshrined a new set of guidelines for publication that are set to move some to joy and others to sorrow. TechCrunch confirmed with an attendee present at the conference and a source close to the SAPP that the event took place.

Games that contain images of corpses and blood will also be rejected. Developers previously modified blood color to green to circumvent restrictions, but the renewed guidelines have effectively ruled out any color variations of blood.
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China will also stop approving certain games inspired by its imperial past, including "gongdou," which directly translates to harem scheming, as well as "guandou," the word for palace official competition. The life inside palaces has inspired blockbuster TV series such as the Story of Yanxi Palace, an in-house production from China's Netflix equivalent iQiyi . But these plots also touch a nerve with Chinese officials who worry about "obscene contents and the risk of political metaphors," Daniel Ahmad, senior analyst at Nikos Partners, suggested to TechCrunch.
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It's odd to me that they'd actually straight up ban ancient Chinese imperial intrigue drama. You know, like concubines backstabbing each other, eunuchs, emperors. It's hilarious that even metaphors are something officials are afraid of. Pic above is from a mobile game where the women compete to win the Emperor's love.

Also, green blood doesn't work anymore.
 
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Datajoy

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I've always wondered why the Yakuza games are impossible to find on Taobao. Must be because they take the gangster / gambling / underground elements really seriously.

You can but pretty much many other game you want on Taobao, but Yakuza has always been strangely absent.
 
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Dio Over Heaven said:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/21/chinas-new-gaming-rules-to-ban-poker-blood-and-imperial-schemes/



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It's odd to me that they'd actually straight up ban ancient Chinese imperial intrigue drama. You know, like concubines backstabbing each other, eunuchs, emperors. It's hilarious that even metaphors are something officials are afraid of. Pic above is from a mobile game where the women compete to win the Emperor's love.

Also, green blood doesn't work anymore.
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"obscene contents and the risk of political metaphors" is very telling terminology for what the purpose of this ultimately is. Even the risk of political metaphors, let alone actual political points, is enough to cause concern.
 
Hey Please

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Not even this can get through:



Perhaps games akin 2D platformer featuring family friendly Winnie the Pooh in search fountain of honey will do better.
 
Jintor

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do the court drama rules extend to c-dramas- ah i bet not huh

i-Lo said:
Perhaps games akin 2D platformer featuring family friendly Winnie the Pooh in search fountain of honey will do better.
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pooh bear doesn't have a chance of getting past the great firewall
 
DrArchon

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I assume they only mean "human corpses", because it feels like every game lets you kill and skin some kind of animal these days.

Also not even allowing green blood is crazy.
 

Abhor

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Most of that can be found in FFXIV. Curious what'll happen to the Chinese version if anything.
 
Shoichi

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The biggest question for me is why Mahjong?

Has to be because it incites gambling or something...the same reason for the banning of Poker games.

Why do virtual when you can do rl Mahjong...and see the pain you inflict stomping others
 
Hilbert

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Datajoy said:
No it is incredibly popular, it is a Chinese game.

Betting on mahjong is technically illegal but it still happens everywhere on a daily basis. My father in law spends hours on end in mahjong halls, and also playing this certain card game that I have never understood properly.
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That's kind of what I thought. My in laws from Hong Kong play it all the time.
 
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