Chinese MMOG Bans Male Players With Female Characters

Ah, China: The land of freedom and enlightenment.

A Chinese MMOG recently banned the accounts of male players with female characters, and is now requiring players who wish to make a female avatar to provide "biological proof" of their sex via a webcam.

Shanda (Nasdaq: SNDA) subsidiary Aurora Technology has frozen game accounts of male players who chose to play female in-game characters in its in-house developed MMORPG King of the World, reports 17173. Aurora stipulates that only female gamers can play female characters in the game, and it requires gamers who chose female characters to prove their biological sex with a webcam, according to the report.

See the article at Pacific Epoch.