Real names now required for online Chinese gamers

The Chinese government has now implemented a new registering policy for online gamers – one requiring them to use their real names. Gone are those supposedly-witty-it-shows-character types of aliases from this day forth. Could it be to curb cyber-crimes, or more magically, curb game addiction?

The Chinese government has now implemented a new registering policy for online gamers – one requiring them to use their real names. From this day forth, gone are those supposedly-witty-it-shows-character types of aliases. Could it be to curb cyber-crimes, or more magically, curb game addiction?

Unfortunately, the China Daily article did not elaborate on this policy, although they did mention that four online game companies had their operations suspended. The reason? They did not have the “mandatory anti-addiction system”.

I didn’t even know such a system could exist. I always though that, you know, rehab and counseling centers could do the trick. Maybe they’d like to share this system with the rest of the world? That would sure curb a lot of those game-related violence.

Via China Dailiy