WoW Enters Closed Beta in China; Icons Censored

As many of you know, World of Warcraft has been suspended in China for more than 50 days while the game's been investigated for approval following NetEase being granted the license. Well, the suspension has been lifted and WoW China is currently in a week-long closed beta event. MMOsite has some screenshots of the packed starting areas, and you can see the mob of players in the Undead starting area after the jump.

While a mad rush of players is to be expected following the lack of WoW, perhaps the more interesting news is that icons depicting blood and skeletons have been replaced with images of boxes and bags. MMOsite has screens of the icons, as well as shots of the boxes as they appear in the Warlock talent tree.

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Alone in the How?
# Aug 18 2009 at 5:10 PM Rating: Default
I'm still a bit confused on how Stars got its world first of Alone in the Darkness when WoW was offline.
lol...
# Jul 30 2009 at 11:16 PM Rating: Decent
BEWARE THE BOXES OF DOOOOM
No surprise
# Jul 30 2009 at 2:23 PM Rating: Decent
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Look back at past articles about this, I've been posting that China doesn't allow certain images. Dunno how it can be "more interesting news" when people have been telling you about this rule for weeks now.

Now what I want to know is this - what do undead look like? Not the PC's, but the multitude of skeleton mobs in the game. What are they being replaced with?
No surprise
# Jul 30 2009 at 5:55 PM Rating: Decent
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"More interesting" in this context does not mean it is surprising. It means "of more interest". The writer is recognizing the fact that the real story lies with the altered images and not with the crowd of players trying to play the game.
Yeeikes man
# Jul 30 2009 at 11:18 AM Rating: Decent
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I bet the wolf and boar population was decimated in the Tauren area.
wow look at all those people in the starting zones
# Jul 30 2009 at 11:12 AM Rating: Excellent
Since I can't understand what they are saying, odds are they are all trying to sell gold.
strange county...
# Jul 30 2009 at 10:13 AM Rating: Excellent
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So what if someone falls down in public and cuts their arm open and blood starts coming out. Is everyone suppose to turn and look away since they are not allowed to see "blood"? Sorry, me just being sarcastic and probably not very good at it. Glad I live where I do.
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