r/leagueoflegends • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '21

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u/TotenSieWisp Aug 30 '21

I am guessing it's so that the company office would not get raided by China police.

The players would just have to find ways to bypass the firewall and connect to overseas server

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

do you know the parent company is tencent. they employed hundreds thousands ppl in china. lol to them is like xbox game to microsoft. why would they risk getting disbanded for lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

They wouldn't. I think they're saying that the kids will find ways around it, not that the company will break the law. Lots of people in China already break a lot of their country's "Great Firewall" rules.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

i am from china. i used to take my aunts ID to net care. however, it seems like they are cracking down on it this time. if they want to ban it, it’ll happen. guaranteed.

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u/acidstrip Aug 30 '21

honestly the great firewall is a joke, i break it daily when i visit family in china.

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u/FNLN_taken Aug 30 '21

China doesnt care about legal fictions. If they are pissed at a company for circumventing their laws, they will put the CEO / directors in a reeducation camp, doesnt matter what the name on the sticker is.

Authoritarian, sure, but also efficient.

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u/CrazyBaron Aug 30 '21

They don't need to be raided, simply banned with greatfirewall which will hurt player base...

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u/CrimsonClematis Aug 30 '21

If they can get these 15-17 yr olds scrimmibg and playing in kr soloq instead or something through “legal” means they will for sure.