http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php Comments & Reviews of http://www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php on StumbleUpon en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:11:31 -0800 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:38:27 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:08:25 -0800 http://clopnaz.stumbleupon.com/review/28684817/ clopnaz - Basically, every "free" game scheme ever. apparently, some asians like it.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php Tue, 06 May 2008 09:47:06 -0700 http://darkdreamr.stumbleupon.com/review/20894349/ darkdreamr - Wow. Great article on east asian MMOs. And the translation is excellent. It's basically 1984 for online video game journalism.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php Tue, 06 May 2008 00:15:26 -0700 http://jessbo.stumbleupon.com/review/20879419/ Jessbo - "Gamble your life away in ZT Online" A great read.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:35:57 -0800 http://atongchan.stumbleupon.com/review/15850423/ atongchan -

This is a wonderfully interesting & detailed description of the rise and fall of some gamers in a Chinese game world - shades of The Matrix with the gaming company as absolute overseer and the corruption (!) seen by many players as those with real-world money would use it to buy power from the company in order to rise and slaughter others... the 'protest' quoted below is quite an interesting episode, well worth a read...

Gamers were furious. They stopped fighting monsters, refused quests, and the kingdom's rulers sat down in a rare peace and refused to request wars. The Royal Plaza at the center of the game map was thickly dotted with seated warriors, mages, archers, and summoners. These characters, usually bent on slaughter, used absolute peace to protest the insatiable greed of the system.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.danwei.org/electronic_games/gambling_your_life_away_in_zt.php