Over in China, once you have played World of Warcraft for three hours, a message pops up urging you to log off for an extended break. Should you ignore the message, everything you have done over the last three hours will be taken away. These anti-addiction measures are only in effect for children under the age of 18, but inventive children have found more then a few ways around it, ranging from purchasing multiple accounts to using an adult's credit card for subscribing.
"Basically, the anti-addiction system has no effect on me. Many games haven't yet installed the system, and even when games have installed the system, it isn't effective,"
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