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Posted Sat 07 Jul, 2012 9:55 PM
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..Yes, well, I am physically leaving the UK to live and work in a new country!
It's not exactly across the English Channel, so while I don't forsee any downtime or lack of activity I will be seven hours ahead of UFP time, so uh, that activity will simply be in a very different timeslot.
Personally I've decided to throw in the towel looking for work here and accepted a position in China to teach English! Unorthodox sure, but getting paid work changes things. I was reluctant simply because UFP has become a part of my life (sad, right?) and I'd be missing out on all the great events UFP puts together - like the Fleet Day today for instance - and a lot of those high-level things are set in UFP time which I will likely miss out on in future.
I'll be flighting over and away Wed 11th July, so perhaps the next time you see me in-game could be the last!
Long story short, I'm physically moving myself, but I'm not going anywhere anytime soon!
If..that makes sense..
To boldly go where..not many westeners have gone!
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Posted Sat 07 Jul, 2012 9:58 PM
Hey dude,
It's a huge decision, and it's not sad by any means. I have a lot of friends who did it fresh out of university, some moved back after getting themselves situated, but a few stayed. Buddy of mine met his wife there, which we, being understanding and mature people, teased him constantly about.
Good luck in China, I'm sure you'll do just fine!
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Posted Sat 07 Jul, 2012 11:04 PM
Good luck mate
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Posted Sat 07 Jul, 2012 11:20 PM
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McClintock, I hope you enjoy your relocation to China. I have been looking at Universities in Japan (Doshisha University of Liberal Arts in Kyoto), so you may have people to play with once again...
Where in China will you be teaching English?
And aren’t all Time Travel based Sci Fi banned in China? (including Star Trek and Doctor Who)
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Posted Sun 08 Jul, 2012 9:14 AM
Good luck McClintock dude, hope you enjoy China!
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Posted Sun 08 Jul, 2012 6:01 PM
Where in China will you be teaching English?
Ah, the capital of Hunan Province, Changsha. Here's hoping for good internet!
And aren’t all Time Travel based Sci Fi banned in China? (including Star Trek and Doctor Who)
Uhhh, say whaaaaaat? Tell me your joking dude. You must be kidding..
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Posted Sun 08 Jul, 2012 7:09 PM
Ah, the capital of Hunan Province, Changsha. Here's hoping for good internet!
Uhhh, say
whaaaaaat? Tell me your joking dude.
You
must be kidding..
Well I thought thats why you can't play STO on Perfect World Chinese accounts. Here are a few links which suggest that its banned.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...na.html?pg=all
http://techland.time.com/2011/04/13/...n-time-travel/
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=1609006
The most important thread I found is here. http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/sh...d.php?t=247970
Where it says
"These countries are banned regions for Perfect World Entertainment:
China
Hong Kong
Macau
South Korea
Taiwan
Vietnam
Russia
Unfortunately, we are unable to allow new registrations from these regions."
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Posted Sun 08 Jul, 2012 8:16 PM
It does sound like the beginnings of a joke to be honest, a Scottish man moving to China to teach English....
Could you use a proxy to get ST:O access?
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Posted Sun 08 Jul, 2012 8:28 PM
It does sound like the beginnings of a joke to be honest, a Scottish man moving to China to teach English....
Could you use a proxy to get ST:O access?
Well, they laughed when a Scotsman said he couldn't drink himself tae' death - but he showed them!
Way ahead of you there Burtonman, cheers guys. That's a huuuge area of the planet like.
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Posted Sun 08 Jul, 2012 8:30 PM
It does sound like the beginnings of a joke to be honest, a Scottish man moving to China to teach English....
Could you use a proxy to get ST:O access?
hmmm Obviously I don't really have much knowledge of this, but I'm just saying I don't think its a good idea to break culture based laws in the Province where Mao Zedong was born...
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Posted Mon 09 Jul, 2012 2:34 PM
Judging from those who suddenly found themselves in a "banned region" due to the PWE acquisition of Cryptic, if you're an existing account holder in good standing then they'll add you to a white-list so you still have access.
This might only apply if you're not Silver though. You should probably file a support ticket ahead of time, just in case.
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Posted Mon 09 Jul, 2012 6:00 PM
Judging from those who suddenly found themselves in a "banned region" due to the PWE acquisition of Cryptic, if you're an existing account holder in good standing then they'll add you to a white-list so you still have access.
This might only apply if you're not Silver though. You should probably file a support ticket ahead of time, just in case.
I don't think China is banned for the same reasons as banned regions such a Russia.etc
I think its banned in China because of Chinese law
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Posted Mon 09 Jul, 2012 6:48 PM
Wow, this is certainly a big move and change. Very adventurous and in tough times one has to do what one has to do. Going outside ones comfort zone takes bravery.
There is certainly internet connectivity, but as mentioned above, I wonder if a website such as this would get censored. China's policy on censorship is pretty strange for the most part.
Nevertheless, I do wish you good fortunes on this trek of yours. Changsha is not that far from Hong Kong is it is the Changsha I am thinking of (about 650 km or so). Kind of like San Diego, CA to San Francisco, CA... a drive one could do in 6 hours.
You should keep a blog for certain, chronicling your adventures over there.
As for STO... I have a friend who went to Taiwan to teach English. He couldn't get STO, due to his IP being from a 'disallowed' country, ie Taiwan. Though he could get to PWE's STO website. Just wouldn't let him launch the game. I created him an account here and provided him the account information.
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Posted Tue 10 Jul, 2012 6:20 PM
I created him an account here and provided him the account information.
So did that work whilst in Taiwan?
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