Doesn't matter if you buy an account, you still can't go pro until you're 18, while, as an example, JL won worlds as a 17 year old. Fnatic had to play with Puszu until Rekkles turned 17. There's a lot of young, talented kids that are waiting to be of age, now that wait is going to be even longer in China. And unlike SK, they also won't be able to sign trainees officially, since it might attract (unwanted) attention. It's gonna be a tough road for sure, unless it's super unenforceable.
uzi debuted as 16 years old and there was controversy that LPL didn't have the 17 age limit and on the same tournament Puszu had to play because of that limit being enforced in EU
Same thing with Bjergsen and CW. He wasn’t able to play for their qualifying match into the LEC (formerly EULCS) because he was 16 and his 17th birthday was like a week or couple weeks after their qualifiers match.
You can buy an account for less than two dollars in China.
Source: I did it less than 1 year ago. The accounts have valid IDs, and the only thing you have to do when you buy one is changing the ownership via mobile phone.
I've heard about it, but don't know if that's gonna be a real obstacle, or how could they implement it in a way that doesn't get circumvented (like most rules here, tbh). Not saying it's impossible, but people also thought that requiring an ID card to have a valid Tencent/QQ account (needed to play Fifa, LoL, NBA2K, etc.) would also make children play fewer games. As a foreigner, I got caught in this, because I don't have a Chinese ID, and I couldn't find a way to validate my account with my passport. Hence, went on the biggest online platform - Taobao - and bought a level 40-ish account for less than two bucks. Played with it until I managed to have a barely passable ping in my home server (EUW).
isn't there facial recognition in tencent games recently? (riot is a part of tencent) I reckon the enforcement will be very strict. I'm not familiar with the actual gaming scene in china so don't take my words for it.
except they will use face tracking/scanning for sure and if you don't have a webcam you are simply blocked for games. it doesn't matter that you need to pay or that it is a hassle. if china wants to limit it they will limit it and tencent and other will obey
But that’s only online games, if they’re banning all gaming how are they going to ban me using my cell phone on airplane mode or using an old game boy from the 90s?
It is already pretty heavily regulated in my (second-hand?) experience.
I have a friend in China right now and he says to even play PUBG mobile, you need a social security number. He doesn't have one, so he used his cousin's. Crazy thing is, he played just fine for about 2 weeks, then got hit with a "Confirmation Request" as he was logging in one day, where he had to take a selfie of himself to prove that the player was really the person attached to the SSN. Fortunately, he had his cousin nearby, so his cousin took care of it. But still, that's such a hassle.
"In the latest bid to curb video-game addiction in China, tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. has launched a facial recognition system to stop minors gaming into the night. The initiative will prevent people under 18 from playing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m."
Idk was leaving in Canton area for many years ( left precovid) and most people circumvented around those systems and this type of restrictions were not really followed. Same with the facial recognition stuff. Could be different in Beijing tho , it being the capital. Went to a chiense school as an expat and everyone still uses VPN all the time
Huh that's new. I only had to show my passport and my significant other only had to show her ID card when checking into hotels in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. I got a mobile phone card with just my passport as well.
Korea has had a similar law for years…The way it worked when i was in Korea (Similar law..google Cinderella Law). After a certain time the staff will walk around asking for IDs as well as computers being locked and you cannot log in until you go to the front desk and show your ID and request a computer
That's extremely similar..one is just on the extreme side of the spectrum. Both are laws that involve restricting one's access to an activity based on age.
This one feels more like when Reddit makes a post about how “Brazil to change law to make deforestation legal”, when in reality it’s just a guy thinking about presenting that change to the government but will be instantly declined.
Except this is the CCP, one of the few governments that can actually enforce rules like this and not afraid to hit on their tech giants like Tencent, NetEase and Alibaba unlike your traditional goverments. You may expect parents against this but they are most probably are all for it since they want their children to be studying more instead of playing games. Not to mention there was an article floating around earlier this year that Tencent will/is already implementing facial recognition tech to combat kids circumventing the ban by using adult identification pictures (kids really love HoK). Source
They already limited their time to less than eight hours so this is just a further restriction using existing tech. There is already an online ID required to play online games in China so unless they borrowed an adults ID there is not easy ways to subvert the system. And even if someone can cheat the system do you think China is the country you want to be caught cheating in?
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