I found out I damaged China's Sovereignty today..

[ScottVib]

http://news.gamewinners.com/index.php/news/981

Hearts of Iron banned in China

As reported earlier, China has begun to control content of games sold in that country. One of the first victims of this scrutinization is the PC game Hearts of Iron, which is now banned there.

From China Daily, "'China has banned a Swedish-made computer game for "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity,' the Ministry of Culture (MOC) said Friday."

"The PC game, 'Hearts of Iron', was accused of distorting historical facts in describing the Fascist regimes of Japan, Germany and Italy during World War II."

"Moreover, 'Manchuria', 'West Xinjiang', and 'Tibet' appeared as independent sovereign countries in the maps of the game. In addition, it even included China's Taiwan province as the territory of Japan at the beginning of the game."

I was a beta tester for Hearts of Iron and one of the areas I contributed to was the map, including actually doing the scripting for that map. Apparently, China didn't appreciate our use of the Japanese created puppet state of Manchukuo, or the defacto independence of Sinkiang or Tibet that our source maps indicated. (Not noted is that the game starts with the Communists and Nationalists at war in China, or the fact that China was originally given claims on all of these areas (they may have been removed in later versions for gamebalance, I forget))

I just thought it was cool to hear I had damaged China's sovereignty, simply by beta testing a game

[Tekneek]

How dare you do such a thing? You think their government will survive this?

[MrBug708]

Awesome!

[Maple Leafs]

Dude, you are going down.

[kcchief19]

Scott's going to end up under a tank before this thing is over.

[Draft Dodger]

Dear China,
Hope that helps.

Signed,
Scott Vibert

[andy m]

who'll be laughing when china rules the world and owns all it's resources in 20 years time.

[WSUCougar]

I'd watch your egg rolls for awhile, Scott.

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by andy m

who'll be laughing when china rules the world and owns all it's resources in 20 years time.

Nobody it would probably be against the law.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by MattJones4Heisman

Nobody it would probably be against the law.

That post will come back to haunt you Comrade Jones.

[kcchief19]

Originally Posted by andy m

who'll be laughing when china rules the world and owns all it's resources in 20 years time.

If it means I get General Tso's Chicken twice a day while being thin as a rail, sign me up, comrade.

[ice4277]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

If it means I get General Tso's Chicken twice a day while being thin as a rail, sign me up, comrade.

Judging by most Americans these days, this may not be that bad of a thing.