Guest Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 So went to go pre order some of the Vigilus stuff and I come to find out that Korea IPs are banned by GW. I waited a few hours and still get the same error message. Is anyone else getting these errors or has in the past? Bit upset I can't pre order my stuff. Website: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Home Error message: Error 1009 What happened? The owner of this website (www.games-workshop.com) has banned the country or region your IP address is in (KR) from accessing this website. UPDATE: GW is no longer blocking various country IP's. Turned out I wasn't the only one with this issue according to their FB page. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SB Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Hi Brother, I'm in China and I just tried the worldwide site when I saw your message and I got something weird, too. It looked like an error page, but had a Captcha check (tick this box to check that I am, in fact, human...a wise precaution on their part), then I got thru no problem. Hopefully it was just a temporary thing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Hi Brother, I'm in China and I just tried the worldwide site when I saw your message and I got something weird, too. It looked like an error page, but had a Captcha check (tick this box to check that I am, in fact, human...a wise precaution on their part), then I got thru no problem. Hopefully it was just a temporary thing. If I use a VPN to use a US IP I get a captcha option, but if I use a Korean IP it straight denies it. No captcha, no contact support, just blocked. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imren Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 SInce the blood angel tactical squads and the slaneesh deamon models shows tits and nipples they Korean authorities have banned GW site. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 SInce the blood angel tactical squads and the slaneesh deamon models shows tits and nipples they Korean authorities have banned GW site. Are you serious? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 SInce the blood angel tactical squads and the slaneesh deamon models shows tits and nipples they Korean authorities have banned GW site.Are you serious?Per law in Korea (and I didn't know this until recently, as I'm not a Korean citizen) 40k is an adult game and you have to be 18+ to even come into a store. Even with adult supervision you still cant take kids into the store. Koreans are extremely conservative about sexual and violence, at least in public face. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imren Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Hehe, I was joking (perhaps wasn't obvious), but I realised it might as well be the actual reason for the ban, I wouldn't be surprised if the korean authorities are suffiently prudish to ban GW for that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 It's possible that it was automated by the server in response to unusual activity, especially if there was no way around it (like a captcha check N1SB got). Give it a bit of time and try again as while it depends on settings the response could be in place for a while, or still be ongoing. Directly contacting GW might be an idea also, though expect a slow response as they'd need to get in contact with the technical people. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3L Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I too got the captcha (same locale as N1SB), but using various VPNs, do not get it, it's definitely a proactive regional filter either on their server or involuntarily via their ISP Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 The GW site might think you’re malicious hence the captcha on the VPN. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkmilkana Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Well, I guess it’s possible someone launched a small DoS attack on GW because they where disgruntled with some of the leaked changes (I noticed that at least yesterday, the GW website seemed kinda sluggish). Launching DoS attacks is far too easy this day and age. If a lot of the requests came over Asia, I could see shutting access from some countries off being a viable, though extreme, measure. The gained service quality in their main markets during the charismas time probably outweighs the revenue loss from the few affected customers. Different isp in Asia might employ different measures (captcha vs no access). Though in that case, giving information over FB might be a good idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I have a hard time believing that Korea took issue with 40k’s imagery—this is the same country where Starcraft, with all the violence that game brings (plus Kerrigan, who tbf is walking around pretty much naked for 2/3 or so of the game)—which Koreans play vociferously? I may be missing something but that train of logic doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Ban a website due to two armies? I’m confused. Is that something Korea does? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 If Korean ISPs have some kind of policy against cookies and tracking data that might also be the cause. Some companies can afford to work around this by hosting a version of their site locally, but GW probably doesnt. Someone with more time in the tech industry than I might be able to explain better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Contact wh40k Facebook page, they said they would look into it. Couple hours later it is now accessible. I have a hard time believing that Korea took issue with 40k’s imagery—this is the same country where Starcraft, with all the violence that game brings (plus Kerrigan, who tbf is walking around pretty much naked for 2/3 or so of the game)—which Koreans play vociferously? I may be missing something but that train of logic doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Ban a website due to two armies? I’m confused. Is that something Korea does? This was a country that was actually discussing blocking Facebook, tumblr, Reddit, 4chan, and a bunch of other sites because there was adult content on it. Korean laws as far as I can understand are totally BS and hardly enforced unless they want to. I don't try to understand some of the laws here, just try not to get in trouble. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 The one guy above said he was kidding - get real. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/352245-gw-site-banned-korea-ips-resolved/#findComment-5212992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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