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Men banned from playing women in King of the World

September 26, 2007 in News comments 15

Shanda Entertainment has frozen accounts of men playing woman in the MMORPG King of the world but not woman playing men.

If you want to play a female character, members are required to prove their gender via webcam.

Biggest question I have is: why?

Shanda (Nasdaq: SNDA) subsidiary Aurora Technology has frozen game accounts of male players who chose to play female in-game characters in its in-house developed MMORPG King of the World, reports 17173. Aurora stipulates that only female gamers can play female characters in the game, and it requires gamers who chose female characters to prove their biological sex with a webcam, according to the report.
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  • 0
    Krunal Sep 26, 07
    Political Correctness gone wrong? I think not...
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    Seproth Sep 26, 07
    I kinda like it. I mean I don't play this game...nor any other MMO at the moment but now you won't feel creepy if you start to like one of the female characters. You'll just feel incredibly nerdy and thats how it should be.
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    Gogetenks Sep 26, 07
    Frankly, this is a ridiculously stupid idea. Why? What's wrong with playing as a woman? Why do women need to take videos of themselves, spending much more money for a webcam, just to play some MMO that many have never heard of?

    I personally don't mind using female characters. Samus is among my favourite playable characters, period, and she's a female. Lara Croft is a great character, as well (and no, not for the pixellated breasts the PS1 provided). This is pointless and simply a nuisance. If I want to make a female character, why not? I mean, sure I don't play MMOs and usually make male characters, but every once in a while I opt for a female just because I feel like it. Why should they stop people from doing that? If anything, it just ruins their reputation. Freezing accounts just for the gender you chose is ridiculous.
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    tekmosis Sep 26, 07
    The game is a Chinese based MMO. So, that'd explain why you haven't heard about it.
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      Play ISDF Sep 27, 07
      You know, I think that also explains this whole stupid gender thing. Srly the Chinese are so uptight and damn do their government block a lot of stuff on the internet.
  • 1
    Deis Sep 27, 07
    ...how exactly do you prove your femininity over webcam? Some girls look very masculine, and some men look quite feminine.

    I can just see the sexual harassment lawsuits now.
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    Synthesis Sep 27, 07
    I would just stop playing the game altogether. I wouldn't pay extra just to prove my gender.
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    Chaos Swordsman Sep 27, 07
    This will suck for transsexuals or women who look masculine. How are they going to prove with 100% certainty that the person who's in front of the webcam is actually the account owner? Someone could easily put their sister or girlfriend on the webcam and have the company think that they're a female and allow them to play female characters. =/
  • 0
    Riku31069 Sep 27, 07
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    If you want to play a female character, members are required to prove their gender via webcam.
    So, those who are men will probably wear a wig?
  • 0
    Kazooieman Sep 27, 07
    What would happen when they ask to see their privates...
  • 0
    Lizzo Sep 30, 07
    Good job, guys. You've probably just lost over half of your members.

    Imagine if that happened on WoW.
  • 0
    Bale Fire Sep 30, 07
    Why do women get exceptions from this? It's pretty sexist if you ask me
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    xegaldis Sep 30, 07
    WHAAAAT! This is insane. Why bother?! Oh maaan, I play as girl characters in some games, so I hope they don't enforce this on any other games also.
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    FFXFREAK Oct 1, 07
    LMAO. First of all why would you play as a female character in the MMO =s. Unless the class you wanted to be was only offered as a female I don't really understand the concept behind you playing as a female if you're a male. As for having to 'prove' your gender umm, ever heard of getting someone else to sit in front of the webcam for you T__T. Like honestly there's so many ways around this and this is such a waste of time it's just pointless T_T. I wanna see a ban on females playing as males right now! :@.


    ~FFXFREAK
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    W00tbeer1 Oct 2, 07
    I like that, I hate when real men be female characters in any game. I totally agree with their idea. I think it is totally right because only 1% of the girls on a game ARE REALLY GIRLS!

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