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The Chinese Socialist MMOG

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the little-red-mmog dept.

GP writes "How different is China? In the online game version of the idealized Socialist state, you gain experience points by 'doing good deeds' and 'thwarting spys'. You can even meet Chairman Mao!" From a great writeup by Scott Jennings on the game: "And now we have the online MMO version, 'Learn From Lei Feng Online', which allows you to... mend socks. Again - not making any of this up. To quote from the original Xinhua story 'For beginners, sewing and mending socks is the only way to increase experience and to upgrade,' said Jiao Jian, a six-grade pupil in Yuexiu District, quoted by the newspaper. He then continues. 'Every time you are promoted to a higher level, your clothes will become more average,' he said. I'm pretty sure this isn't a translation screw up. The longer you grind, the more you look like everyone else. I guess new users wear designer pastels or something."

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  1. what about their TOS? by Klowner · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if you get an immediate ban for using 1337 Falun Gong macros.

  2. Revolutionary idea! by bromodrosis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where do I wait in line for a copy?

  3. Excellent advice by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

    in real life, Mao believed that deflowering virgins would help him live longer

    All I need now is a steady stream of corsage bearing virgins.

    Just one question: What do I do with the flowers?

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    134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
  4. Behold! by zephc · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have level 25 Narcing ability! I can tell the authorities in mere seconds if I see someone reading banned materials or thinking subversive thoughts!

    --
    "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
  5. Re:wow by HTTP+Error+403+403.9 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh boy, after a hard day's work making basketball shoes for a nickle an hour, you can go back to your tiny apartment and mend socks online.

    A virtual sweatshop.

    --
    I'm not a Troll, it's reverse psychology.
  6. You look more and more like everyone else.. by ROBOKATZ · · Score: 4, Funny
    'Every time you are promoted to a higher level, your clothes will become more average,' he said. I'm pretty sure this isn't a translation screw up. The longer you grind, the more you look like everyone else.

    And this is different from WoW in what way?

  7. Payback by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will be spending all my time farming socks. I can hear them now, damm these American sock farmers.

  8. Re:Hmm by pomo+monster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh please. I'm as capitalist as they come. If you think Frommer's travel guides and the Economist are mouthpieces for the Chinese Communist Party, I'm afraid you're beyond "reeducation."

  9. Score one for propaganda by aendeuryu · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really hate it when governments try to sneak propaganda into computer games. This indoctrination of youth is really creepy. You're never going to see me advocating or playing a game like this. Those Chinese are just so... so... sinister.

    [/goes back to playing America's Army]