

Internet denizens in China and beyond have been marvelling at some of the more extreme scenes of chaos and confusion which abound at the nation’s profusion of Internet cafes, already notorious for everything from sexy girls to scenes of non-virtual death and destruction.
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Korean net cafe signage informing patrons that the establishment enforces a strict “No Japs Allowed” policy – unless the prospective customer shouts “Dokdo is Korean territory!” three times – is currently attracting much attention online.
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A gamer at an Internet cafe who died after a 23-hour marathon spree may have been sat dead at his PC amongst other patrons for as long as 9 hours.
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Japan’s police have decided to ban the nation’s net cafes from using booths, based on their assertion that some patrons have been engaged in underage prostitution.
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A gamer accused of cheating in a net café game of CounterStrike narrowly escaped death after irate players skewered his head on a knife.
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The latest threat to stable dictatorship in China is not America or Russia, but the insidious menace of massively multiplayer gaming.
The Chinese government is terrified by the results of research which shows the nation’s youth turning into legions of gold farming NEETs with no realistic prospect of filling the nation’s factories, and is calling for a clamp down on the decadent gamers.
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China may have problems in many areas, but it seems they now lead the world in the development of the net café; here you see one which has caught the eye of many, not only having pretty girls, but also seemingly having them in a one-to-one ratio with customers…
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A boy (15), who spent all night gaming at a net café, suddenly keeled over dead in the early morning.
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The practice of using net cafes as permanent or semi-permantent residences has been on the increase in recent years, due to their cheap price, good amenities and central locations. The Japanese government has published figures suggesting that “net cafe refugees”, people who use a net cafe or manga kisa as their sole residence, now number around 5,500.
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