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Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions

Posted by Unknown on from the overthrow-government-instead dept.

cold fjord writes "Is this the end of the world . . . of Warcraft? Maybe for Iranian gamers who are undergoing a forced morale check due to tightening sanctions cutting access to their game of choice. From the article: 'Iranian players of "World of Warcraft" ... have found themselves frozen out by Blizzard Activision Inc., the American company behind the game. Iranian role playing enthusiasts have spent much of the past week peppering Blizzard's message board with complaints about how they weren't able to log on to the service — only to be told recently that U.S. law was to blame. "United States trade restrictions and economic sanction laws prohibit Blizzard from doing business with residents of certain nations, including Iran," the company said in an email sent to players last week...'" Thanks to the sanctions, they can't get refunds either.

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  1. Re:Now this, this will surely inspire a Revolution by Nadaka · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think this will actually break the back of the islamist militants.

    If the guys who spend all day playing WoW actually go outside and live life, they might lose their virginity. And then there won't be enough virgins to supply the suicide bombers with their 72.

  2. Re:When I was a kid we thought America was free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    We had been lied to just as much as the Soviets. The Russian space program is filled with firsts that American students never learned about (we only got the NASA stuff and a brief mention of Sputnik).

    What kind of bullshit school did you GO to? I went to school in the US during the cold war, and they went over Yuri Gagarin, and while they glossed over most of the Soviet space program, they glossed over most of the American program too. Unless you think the real chain of events in the US program was Alan Shepard, then Apollo 1, then Apollo 11...

    You DAMN SURE DO need papers to travel in the U.S. (try getting pull over by a cop sometime and tell him you have no identification, driver's license, proof of insurance, and registration and just see what happens, or try coming here sometime to see if the cops accept "We don't need no papers, this is America!" in lieu of your passport/green card/visa).

    More bad education. You understand the difference between "travel" and "driving", yes? You can do one without the other. Try biking across the country, or backpacking, or hitchhiking, take a bus or train... nope. The only option is to drive yourself...

    FALSE EQUIVALENCY, HO!