Cry Me A River, China

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-26 09:13am

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_754842.html

Yay. It's a GAME.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-02-26 09:17am

A new computer game has come in for fierce criticism in China because it portrays the country as a terrorist base.

Players can destroy Tiananmen Square in a scene in the game, called Generals, from EA Games.

Generals is the third installment in the popular Command and Conquer series.

In the game, set in the year 2020, terrorists set up base in China where they purchase tanks, planes and missiles to form the Global People's Liberation Army.

The game portrays how the GPLA fires missiles at Beijing. Players can also reduce Tiananmen Square to rubble by bombing it, and they can also target Europe or the US.

One player told the Sing Tao Daily: 'It is an insult to China for players to be able to bomb Tiananmen Square at the press of a button.

"The image of Tiananmen Square cannot be sullied. We will not allow foreigners to treat this as a joke!"

It doesn't get much dumber than this. As usual, the mainstream gets it all wrong- in the game, the US and China are allies AGAINST terrorism. So WHAT if you can play as the terrorists. Jeez, grow up.

And I'm sorry, but you never see the Russians complaining about the portrayal of them in Red Alert/Red Alert 2, or Starlancer, etc.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-26 09:18am

I'm sorry, but I have to protest when the Houses of Parliament are vaped by the GDI Ion Cannon in Tiberian Dawn.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-02-26 09:41am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I'm sorry, but I have to protest when the Houses of Parliament are vaped by the GDI Ion Cannon in Tiberian Dawn.

I chose the White House. Why would Nod want to blow up the Brits for pity's sake

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-26 09:42am

Vympel wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:I'm sorry, but I have to protest when the Houses of Parliament are vaped by the GDI Ion Cannon in Tiberian Dawn.
I chose the White House. Why would Nod want to blow up the Brits for pity's sake

You should've chosen the Eiffel Tower.

http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/showt ... genumber=2

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-02-26 09:43am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/showt ... genumber=2

Come now, you KNOW that the Brotherhood of Nod is funded completely by France.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-26 09:48am

Vympel wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/showt ... genumber=2

Come now, you KNOW that the Brotherhood of Nod is funded completely by France.

Nah, Nod are too cool and evil and devious and cunning to be even French...

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-02-26 12:04pm

Ok, maybe it's just because I came from looking at my 'retaliation thread' in art & photos, where there are pics of him and the name of his song, but for some reason I thought of something like this when I read the title of this thread:

Dear China,

Cry me a river, huh?

Love,
Justin Timberlake

You know, like his song?

C'mon! You know!

Gah, you all think I'm nuts, don't you. Oh well. Revel in my lunacy.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-02-26 12:06pm

I wonder if they'll be recalled and all those lucky enough(like Hitman 2....oi)will be able to retain the original glory while the changed version will be some odd bastardization?

And I always revel in anyone's lunacy , Zaia

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-02-26 01:07pm

these are the same stupid bastards that thought the onion was a real news source.

Artanis · Post by **Artanis** » 2003-02-26 05:13pm

I'm suddenly reminded of CPL (Counterstrike, btw) last year, when the terms "bomb", "defuse", "Counter-terrorist" and "Terrorist" were changed to "communication device", "disable", "defending team" and "attacking team", respectively.

Fortunately, so many people got pissed off that it was changed back to normal within days.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-26 05:19pm

Oy, even more PC run amokism.

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2003-02-26 05:47pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anyway, I say convert the Eiffel towel to a big tesla coil and fry the frogs...oops been done

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-02-26 05:59pm

PC must Die

Nice Spacebattles thread btw. LMAO!

Kolinar Romanov · Post by **Kolinar Romanov** » 2003-02-27 04:42am

My my comrades... CHina DIDN'T play the game !

Mesa feel insulted !

~

C'mon China ! Join the world and play the game !

Then, together, we crush the pathetic GLA !

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-02-27 04:44am

Col. Crackpot wrote:these are the same stupid bastards that thought the onion was a real news source.

Dummies.

Just fucking grow up.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-02-27 06:37am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Vympel wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/showt ... genumber=2

Come now, you KNOW that the Brotherhood of Nod is funded completely by France.
Nah, Nod are too cool and evil and devious and cunning to be even French...

Two words; Cardinal Richelieu

Just because the french are mostly idiots today...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-27 07:22am

NecronLord wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Vympel wrote:

Come now, you KNOW that the Brotherhood of Nod is funded completely by France.
Nah, Nod are too cool and evil and devious and cunning to be even French...
Two words; Cardinal Richelieu

Just because the french are mostly idiots today...

Sure he wasn't... uh, Corsican?

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2003-02-27 06:23pm

What the hell are they talking about? The Chinese KICK ARSE in C&C.

Besides, the phrases "Burn them in flame!", "Foreign Devils!" and *BOOOOOM* are well known elements of the rich and diverse Chinese culture!

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-02-27 06:46pm

Lord_Woodlouse wrote:What the hell are they talking about? The Chinese KICK ARSE in C&C.

Besides, the phrases "Burn them in flame!", "Foreign Devils!" and *BOOOOOM* are well known elements of the rich and diverse Chinese culture!

Dude, that's your first post in, like, 7 1/2 months. Welcome back, I guess.

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2003-02-27 06:53pm

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:
Lord_Woodlouse wrote:What the hell are they talking about? The Chinese KICK ARSE in C&C.

Besides, the phrases "Burn them in flame!", "Foreign Devils!" and *BOOOOOM* are well known elements of the rich and diverse Chinese culture!
Dude, that's your first post in, like, 7 1/2 months. Welcome back, I guess.

Been seeing a few things about SD.net at spacebattles which made me decide to pop back over to see how things where. Well, it's changed... *grin*

Uh... you have mods now.

Kolinar Romanov · Post by **Kolinar Romanov** » 2003-02-28 12:30am

Lord_Woodlouse wrote:What the hell are they talking about? The Chinese KICK ARSE in C&C.

Besides, the phrases "Burn them in flame!", "Foreign Devils!" and *BOOOOOM* are well known elements of the rich and diverse Chinese culture!

Da, comrade ! So, who give flying Siberian tiger piss if Chinese have (words censored for derogatory terms against the islamic militants) in their hosue, da ?

They whop ass ! And they have... OVERLORD TANKS ! HA !

We will bury the GLA !

GO CHINA !

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-28 04:09am

Curse my stupid Mac. I can't Command & Conquer.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-02-28 04:29am

Pcm979 wrote:Curse my stupid Mac. I can't Command & Conquer.

You get MoO3 though..
Plus, just the though of not dealing with Microshit is enough to make you use a Mac.
#1 reason why it's the first comp I ever used.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-28 05:20am

Captain tycho wrote:
Pcm979 wrote:Curse my stupid Mac. I can't Command & Conquer.
You get MoO3 though..
Plus, just the though of not dealing with Microshit is enough to make you use a Mac.
#1 reason why it's the first comp I ever used.

Point.

P.S. Anyone got a 2nd hand computer (must be able to play ALL C&C games) and are willing to ship international?