WoW Themed Restaurant Opens in China
In a bit of obsessive news (and slightly copyright infringing), a restaurant in Beijing, China has been built in the theme of World of Warcraft.
The popular Activision Blizzard MMORPG is a huge success in China since its launch there in 2006 and the Chinese have fully embraced the culture of the game. The Chinese restaurant owner is himself a fan of the game and said he created the dinner “in the hope that people who share his enthusiasm for The World of Warcraft would find a comfortable gathering place.”
The restaurant’s décor is filled with characters and images from World of Warcraft, including a recreation of the Dark Portal for the main entrance. The main dinning hall is named the “Hall of Snow Storms” and serves up dishes named after creatures found in the game’s virtual world. There are computer terminals in adjacent areas that provide patrons the option to enjoy some gaming time after their meal.
This restaurant is obviously not officially licensed by Activision Blizzard and it would be interesting to see if the owner faces any legal action in the near future. The World of Warcraft payment system in China is much different than in North America or in Europe. Players purchase time cards based on minutes of play instead of a subscription based model. It has been speculated that of the 11 million subscribers the game has since October, almost half are from China. See here for a comparative study into the culture of World of Warcraft players in China and the U.S.
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1/2 are in China...gold farming I suppose, based and the ads between the article and the comments section...lol
That is ridiculous.
That's a pretty clever idea! If I could, I'd try that restaurant out but China is a bit far from Canada. Also, I guess it's the kind of thing that gets boring after the second or third time, then your back at Burger King the next day.
meat sausages
Mystery meat FTW!!!!
Canada rocks
"This restaurant is obviously not officially licensed by Activision Blizzard and it would be interesting to see if the owner faces any legal action in the near future."
Bets bets! Come on! make your bets as to when @_@
Burger King rocks.
That's awesome. Now if only china wasn't so far i would go there ASAP and try that place out.
First Opiates, now MMOs?
WNext thing you know, they'll be all hopped up on Democracy.
fsdfdfsfFirst Opiates, now MMOs?WNext thing you know, they'll be all hopped up on Democracy.
next thing ??? how old are you son? LOL cos I remember back in about 84-85 a bunch of chinese college students were already hopped up on democracy, they went on a little protest in fact ...
and of course the chinese goverment had no issue with just rolling some tanks over the students .... and they of course started putting a harder lock down on what chinese colleges are allowed to teach.
I hope they don't sell the rat kebab from the kid in deeprun tram ....
Anyway, article aside, the billing system in china sounds a lot more reasonable than that in europe and the us.
Money-wise, it depends on how much they charge a minute! Maybe it's a good thing to fight addiction though.
Ye I'm not sure I'd be off cheaper with their system than ours, but at least I wouldn't feel like wasting money right now - cause I ain't playing currently, and my account is still active till mid february. With their system I would pay nothing when I found myself without time to sit and play.
Also many of the people I know don't have time to play all day, so they might be off cheaper. They still pay the same I do after all, and they can only play an hour or two between putting the kids to bed and heading there themselves.
next thing ??? how old are you son? LOL cos I remember back in about 84-85 a bunch of chinese college students were already hopped up on democracy, they went on a little protest in fact ...and of course the chinese goverment had no issue with just rolling some tanks over the students .... and they of course started putting a harder lock down on what chinese colleges are allowed to teach.
Exactly, now those kids are addicted to mortar. Not everyone is addicted.
Nice! Where is the address???