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Re: The Grind
Interestingly, the Chinese government has mandated something like this for all MMOs in China. If you're under 18, the game has to slash your xp rate in half after 3 hours of play in a day, and cut it to 0 after 5 hours (no idea what they would do about an MMO without point-based progression like Habbo). I've got no idea if it's effective or how efficiently they've managed to corral teenagers into registering for games using their real identities though.
Anyway, not really done to eliminate the grind but more because the Chinese government believes it's simply unhealthy for children and teens to sit in front of a computer endlessly and wanted to create a disincentive (in fact, when you hit the 3 hour cut-off I have heard that you're told to go outside and exercise).
--matt
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