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Gamers say China deserves a region lock in Apex Legends
Even Chinese gamers agree they should only be allowed to play with each other
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This article originally appeared on ABACUS
It's not exactly surprising that fans of Apex Legends are asking the game’s developer to segregate Chinese gamers from the main community because they are tired of running into Chinese cheaters. After all, there have been similar calls from players of Fortnite, PUBG and other hit games before. But turns out, gamers in China also think it's a good idea to lock them out of international servers.
It comes after Redditors on the official Apex Legends subreddit suggest that a “region lock” should be put in place so that players from China can only play among themselves. Game developer Respawn said they had recently banned over 355,000 cheaters. Many believe the cheaters are Chinese, and they have a good reason: PUBG’s creator once cited a study estimating that the majority of cheaters in the game were in China.
But it looks like many Chinese gamers actually feel ashamed about that reputation, judging from comments across gaming forums and social media.
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One popular WeChat comment said, “I support region lock. Trash Chinese people cheat in every game they play. What a bunch of trash. We got a powerful country but our people embarrass ourselves worldwide.”
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Another comment said, “As a Chinese, I could only say I can’t object to being locked. We deserve such punishment. Or maybe they should charge us rather than making it free-to-play.”
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