The 9 Yin Sutras (九阴真经)

[GeneChing]

Anyone here into MMOs want to give this a spin and report back to us here?

Check Out Jet Li’s New Kung Fu Fantasy Game (http://kotaku.com/5929518/check-out-jet-lis-new-kung-fu-fantasy-game)
Eric Jou

Chinese game company Woniu.com (Snail net...) announced at the China Joy game expo this week the official release of their Chinese fantasy style wuxia mmo called The 9 Yin Sutras (九阴真经). The game at first glance looks like pretty much every other martial arts fantasy style MMO on the Chinese market these days but the one thing that it prominently features is that it is endorsed by martial arts action superstar Jet Li.

Li of course isn't exactly foreign to video games: he starred in a video game for the Playstation 2, but this time around Li doesn't even seem to be in the game at all except in the promotional material.

Despite the lack of Li in game, the official material from Woniu.com says that the purpose of the game is to spread and preserve the history and culture of Chinese martial arts. However, looking at the gameplay, it feels like the game is mostly trying to preserve the Chinese martial arts fantasy than actual martial arts. On top of that, how exactly can you spread Chinese martial arts history and culture if the game is only released in China?

九阴真经 [Official Site] (http://9yin.woniu.com/index.htm)

[Zenshiite]

Seems like it's another Jin Yong Condor Trilogy game.

[GeneChing]

Oct 8, 2012 7:50 AM 8,378 25
Argument Over Video Game Martial Arts Turned into a Real Fist Fight (http://kotaku.com/5949790/argument-over-video-game-martial-arts-turned-into-a-real-fist-fight)
Eric Jou

The Chinese "Golden Week" is normally a very quiet week. For the many Chinese, it's a week off work to relax. For others, it's a vacation nightmare because all the tourist destinations are packed with people. Well during this "Golden Week", two young men from Deyang, Sichuan province thought it was a good idea to duke it out in front of an internet cafe. You know, why not?

The two men in question, Lin and Huang, both started playing the new Jet Li kung fu game, The Ninth Sutra, at a local internet cafe in Deyang. The two young men became friends over their mutual interest in the game. Soon, they started talking about which of the game's martial arts were best.

Lin contested that the martial arts of the Ninth Sutra is the best, whereas Huang contested that the Nine Swords of the Lonely Swordsman was the best. Eventually their conversation, and the debate turned into a heated argument. Lin and Huang's argument got so loud that the net cafe's staff became alarmed and asked the two to use their inside voices.

After a brief period of calm, the two started yelling at each other again. Lin then suggested that the two step outside. Once outside, Huang started to pummel Lin. Within a few minutes, both men were covered in blood, and the net cafe's owner decided to call the police. The two continued to beat each other until the police arrived to separate them.

Lin and Huang were both treated for mild injuries. According to the police report, because the two were fighting in a public location, it proved a risk to public security. However, instead of detaining both, they were let off with a stern warning.

The net cafe owner was quoted to have said, "I've never met such losers in my life, fighting over literally nothing." This is so KFM. Tell me these two 'streetfighters' weren't members here. :rolleyes: