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Chinese Bureaucrats Duel Over Right To Regulate WoW

Posted by samzenpus on from the great-wall-of-azeroth dept.

upto0013 writes "Chinese bureaucrats are battling each other for the right to regulate World of Warcraft. They hope to gain the political clout and the revenue that comes along with controlling a new industry with potential for explosive growth. 'If you supervise a more dynamic area with a lot of growth potential, you have more budget and more administrative muscle,' said Edward Yu, president of Analysys International, an Internet research firm in Beijing. 'They see this pie is getting bigger and bigger, so it is no wonder different administrations are fighting over pieces of that territory.' It's absurd how orcs and elves (and Moonkin) can affect so many different faraway places."

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  1. Can we watch? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chinese bureaucrats are battling each other for the right to regulate World of Warcraft.

    Can they fight within the game so we can all watch?

    (So. Would being mod'ed a "troll" be good or bad for this thread?)

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    1. Re:Can we watch? by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's gonna be a big hit.

      Crouching Tauren, Hidden Draenei

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  2. I've been playing WoW too much... by Bookwyrm · · Score: 5, Funny

    My first mental image was a conference room full of bureaucrats and a duel flag dropping down in the middle.

    Or two opposing teams of bureaucrats playing a Warsong Gulch match.

    Hmm. Does anyone else think this could be the next big MMO? "That's not a red health bar on the boss -- that's how much red tape you have to cut through!"