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44-433: Finding Neverland may refer to: Eden Eternal (also Finding Neverland Online ), a free-to-play anime-styled massively multiplayer online role-playing game Finding Neverland (film) , a 2004 historical fantasy drama film directed by Marc Forster and written by David Magee Finding Neverland (musical) , a musical with music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy and

88-455: A hoax article on Baidu Baike in early 2009, whose names all come from obscene puns. It has become an Internet chat forum cult phenomenon in China and has garnered worldwide press attention, with videos, cartoons and merchandise of the animal (which is said to resemble the alpaca ) having appeared. In the 2022 COVID-19 protests in China , Shanghai residents led "Grass Mud Horse" to protest on

132-584: A book by James Graham Finding Neverland (soundtrack) , the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film Finding Neverland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Finding Neverland . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finding_Neverland&oldid=1168996582 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

176-482: A children's choir has been compared to It's a Small World , and it scored 1.4 million hits in its first three months. A cartoon about the Grass Mud Horse attracted a quarter million views, and a nature documentary on its habits received 180,000 more hits in the same amount of time. Even though some Grass Mud Horse videos were not technically blocked by Chinese censors, some had their sound blocked, with

220-422: A class can be unlocked reaching the required character level and by training its required class or classes to a specified level until level 65 (Engineer, Illusionist, Martial Artist, Shaman, Blade Dancer, Warlock, Templar, Samurai, and Ranger). Sage and Dragoon are unique in that they have no class requirements, but can only be unlocked by completing a special quest line. Sage acquires its quest line at level 69 but

264-538: A class. All certificates unlocked are available for every class to use independently of those assigned to other classes. At levels 10, 20, and 30, a class will unlock new certificates while leveling the same class to levels 40, 50, and 60 will replace an older certificate with an augmented version with the same type of effect in the same order they were acquired. The number of certificates that can be used at any one time depends on character level - an initial two certificate slots can be used at level 10 and an additional slot

308-542: A large amount of fame during the week to participate in a tournament style series of guild versus guild battles staged in a closed arena. There is a crystal capture system similar to that of Territory Wars and also have a time limit of 30 minutes, but only two guilds participate at a time in each arena (though multiple matches may occur at the same time in different instances). However, Guild Elimination matches can be ended earlier if one guild captures and keeps control of enough crystals simultaneously while defeating players from

352-484: A message saying "This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by WMG ." Yazhou Zhoukan ( 亞洲周刊 ) reported that Zhan Bin, a teacher at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology , created a new Chinese character by fusing the three Chinese character radicals for "grass", "mud", and "horse". The word has no official pronunciation. Official "cleanup" of the internet, which threatens

396-488: A number of digitally manipulated image parodies, including one with a Caonima's outline in the smoke. On 20 March 2009, the New York Times reported that a Chinese contributor to Global Voices Online posted a message from an Internet administrator to managers of online bulletin boards warning that "any content related with Grass-Mud Horse should not be promoted and hyped" because "the issue has been elevated to

440-539: A political level ... The overseas media has exaggerated the incident as a confrontation between netizens and the government." In a press conference on 25 March, the Foreign Ministry confirmed that China's access to YouTube had been officially blocked since two days earlier. According to Reporters Without Borders , the block was an attempt to stem videos showing Chinese repression of the Tibetan population in

484-402: A result, when a post on a microblog is deleted, the censorship notice says that the post has been "harmonized" ( 和谐 , héxié ), so the netizens say that the post has been eaten by the "river crab". The term "crab" itself is rural slang, meaning "a bully who uses power through force", and the "river crab" has become a symbol of crude censorship backed with the threat of force. The river crab

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528-416: A reward of several more War Chests. When talking to a certain non-player character in a map their guild controls, players can acquire a salary and additional War Chests once a day that corresponds to their character level and the number of territories owned by their guild overall. When defeating monsters within a territory controlled by one's guild, bonus experience is awarded. Another way to acquire War Stones

572-426: A user's and feeding manual have been created. Whereas they were called 'Caonima' before the crackdown, Internet sellers now list them using the correct Chinese term, ' 羊驼 ' (Alpaca). In 2009, renowned artist Ai Weiwei published an image of himself nude with only a 'Caonima' hiding his genitals, with a caption "草泥马挡中央" ("cǎonímǎ dǎng zhōngyāng", literally "a Grass Mud Horse covering the center". One interpretation of

616-592: Is a Chinese Internet meme and kuso parody based on a word play of the Mandarin profanity cào nǐ mā ( 肏你妈 ), which means " fuck your mother ". Homophonic puns are commonly used in Chinese language as silly humor to amuse people, and have become an important component of jokes and standup comedy in Chinese culture. Grass Mud Horse is one of the made-up " Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures " created in

660-482: Is characterised as "lively, intelligent and tenacious". However, their existence is said to be threatened by " river crabs " which are invading their habitat. The river crab ( 河蟹 , héxiè ) symbolises internet censorship in China. Its pronunciation resembles the word for "harmony" ( 和谐 , héxié ), in reference to the " harmonious society ", to which the Chinese leadership professes to aspire, and which Chinese internet censors use to justify internet censorship. As

704-742: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eden Eternal Critics praise its gameplay, visuals, game systems and innovative guild system but heavily criticized its conventional item mall, story and leveling. Eden Eternal announced it was stopping registration of new accounts in February 2021, and that the service would entirely cease on April 29, 2021. There are five races: Human, Ursun, Halfkin, Anuran, and Zumi. Halfkins are notable for appearing just like human children, except they're another species of human who never physically age past looking like children. Hence, this makes *Eden Eternal* one of

748-403: Is gained. Each class has its own pool of class points independent of other classes. The only exception to class points not being gained in an equal amount to class experience gain is when a daily recommended event is completed; at this time, class experience is awarded but no class points are gained. In addition, leveling classes unlocks certificates which provide passive boosts when assigned to

792-469: Is often depicted wearing three wristwatches, since 带三个表 ( dài sān ge biǎo , "wears three watches") can be rearranged and altered to 三个代表 ( Sāngè Dàibiǎo ), the ideology of the " Three Represents ", an interpretation of communism promoted by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin . Music videos, "documentaries", and cartoons about the Grass Mud Horse started appearing on the internet in 2009. The original Grass Mud Horse music video's musical arrangement of

836-770: Is the Grass Mud Horse , ( alpaca in the English version), which in-game, is a popular mount and method of transport. Players in Eden Eternal may found guilds for 50 gold coins in the city of Aven (the biggest city on the main continent). A guild starts at level 1 and can be leveled with increasing amounts of gold donated by members or earned by the guild through taxes and fame accumulated through player actions such as completing special quests or using buildings in one's own guild's town. These player actions contribute to personal guild fame and to an overall guild fame that

880-464: Is the sum of all members' guild fame. If a player is evicted from or leaves a guild, his or her guild fame is reset to 0 though the overall guild fame remains unchanged. Each guild can build their own town starting at level 3, containing up to five unique buildings, which can be upgraded in accordance to guild level. These towns contain a guild vault that grows larger when the guild level increases. At certain levels, statues of players can be constructed in

924-451: Is to accept a daily quest from an NPC in Aven and participate in 3 v 3 Arena matches where players of similar levels are randomly pitted against one another in teams of three and Monster Battle Arenas which are similar but involve each player transforming into a monster reminiscent of bosses found in the game. Guild Elimination matches are held on weekends and allow guilds that have accumulated

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968-441: Is unlocked every 10 levels until level 60 where all seven are available. Using certificates in certain arrangements and combinations (only with certificates from the same branch) may trigger up to two more passive boosts or effects that influence the power of specific skills. Players can switch between any unlocked classes at any time outside of combat throughout the game starting from level 5. Beginning with Warrior and Magician as

1012-638: The "Party Day" in China which celebrates the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. The China Digital Times sees Caonima as the "de facto mascot of netizens in China fighting for free expression , inspiring poetry, photos and videos, artwork, lines of clothing, and more." It is an illustration of the "resistance discourse" of Chinese internet users with "increasingly dynamic and sometimes surprising presence of an alternative political discourse: images, frames, metaphors and narratives that have been generated from Internet memes [that] undermine

1056-578: The "kings" of the Caonima. The initial image found in the original Baidu Baike article was a zebra, but it was replaced with an alpaca in subsequent revisions. Because the Grass Mud Horse is said to be the dominant species which lives within the Mahler Gobi Desert , the region is also called the "Grass Mud Horse Gobi" ( 草泥马戈壁 , Cǎonímǎ Gēbì , which is close in pronunciation to 肏你妈个屄 , cào nǐ mā ge bī , "fuck your mother's cunt"). The animal

1100-476: The Caonima, has led Chinese internet users to create other "Mud Horse" variants, such as the "滾泥马" ( Gǔnnímǎ , "Rolling Mud Horse") and the " 幹 泥 马 " ( Gànnímǎ , "Working Mud Horse"). "Gunnima" and "Gannima" are puns for "fuck off" and "fuck your mother" respectively. The "Grass Mud Horse" became widely known on the English-language web following the publication of a New York Times article on

1144-465: The Grass Mud Horse have been removed from the Internet after being discovered by government censors. Some of these citizen efforts to keep the Grass Mud Horse alive have moved offshore to the U.S. and elsewhere, including for example the creation of an independent Canadian publishing house (see Mudgrass Press) referencing the meme. The Caonima reappeared as a subject of online cartoon satire following

1188-433: The caption is: "fuck your mother, Communist Party Central Committee "). Political observers speculated that the photo may have contributed to Ai's arrest in 2011 by angering Chinese Communist Party hardliners. According to a study by NordPass , caonima was the 43rd most common password in China in 2021. In 2012, Chinese netizens started to designate the date 1 July as the "Grass Mud Horse Day". The date coincides with

1232-539: The central part of a guild town with permission of the guild leader and 500 gold from the guild funds. The number of players that can be part of a guild increases with guild level. Territory Wars are large-scale player versus player (PvP) events where guilds compete to take control of different maps by capturing large crystals on a single battlefield and defeating players from other guilds for 30 minutes. A guild can control up to three territories and players who participated (must be level 30+ and have contributed 200 fame to

1276-455: The character level has increased first. As class level increases, class specific skills are unlocked in increments of 5 levels until level 30 where skills are unlocked in increments of 10 levels, thereafter, until level 60. Class points are used to level these class specific skills and are typically gained in a 1:1 ratio with the class experience, but class points will continue to increase once class level ceases to increase and no class experience

1320-509: The enemy guild. The amount one guild is overwhelming or is overwhelmed by the other guild in this fashion is tracked through a morale gauge of split colors (representing one's own guild's and the opposing guild's morale levels), and the battle ends if one guild has lost enough morale. The top three guilds in this competition are rewarded a number of prize bags containing random items corresponding to their ranking are given to guild leaders to be distributed among members of their guilds. In addition,

1364-572: The few MMORPGs out there today that includes child characters. The game features a plethora of unlockable classes which include: As a player trains each class, they will be able to level up both their characters levels and class levels. Gaining character levels unlocks branch skills, techniques that work among all classes under the same branch as indicated by color: yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple representing Defense, Melee DPS, Range DPS, Support/Healing, and Magic DPS branches respectively. These branch skills come at level 1 and can be leveled using

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1408-416: The final task cannot be completed until level 70. The players' clothing depends on the class they are currently using; although all classes have different unlockable outfits depending on their class levels (Usually in increments of 10). There is a dye system featuring regular and rare exotic dyes, which can be used to color these outfits. New players can receive dyes from shops, and quests as they pass through

1452-476: The game's monetary currency until equal to the player's current character level. Class experience points and class points (CP) are gained only for the current class being used, so classes may level independently of character level, though a class level may not surpass the player's current character level. If a class has gained 100% of the class experience it needs to level but is inhibited by character level, then it will increase upon any gain of class experience once

1496-459: The game. (There are random dyes, which contain 4 colors and are picked at random for the portion of the outfit chosen) The dye store does not include rarer colors, and "Beginner" dyes cannot be used after reaching level 15. It also includes a title system based on in-game achievements, some of these have perks associated with them as long as a player has the title set. Legendary Achievements are listed as special titles, but do not need to be set to use

1540-443: The guid) gain one War Chest for each crystal captured by their guild which contain between 1-100 War Stones. These War Stones can be used to craft certain accessories or can be traded for other prizes in increments of 10. During a Territory War, players can complete special quests which involve communicating with specific non-player characters (NPC) on the battlefield map and traveling to certain areas finally to be turned in at Aven for

1584-470: The initial unlocked classes, a player must gain both specific character levels along with class levels to unlock each of the alternative classes starting at character level 5, subsequently unlocking one new class every 5 levels except for when two classes become available each at levels 60 (Templar and Samurai) and 70 (Sage and Dragoon). No class requirements are imposed when unlocking classes up to character level 20 (Cleric, Hunter, Thief, and Bard). Thereafter,

1628-407: The instruction follows the official embarrassment over the rise of the "Grass Mud Horse" phenomenon. Industry observers believe that the move was designed to stop the spread of parodies or other comments on politically sensitive issues in the runup to the 20th anniversary of the 4 June Tiananmen Square protests . Following the government's directive, most Chinese essays and blog postings made about

1672-486: The members of these winning guilds receive a floating crown icon in gold, silver, or bronze and stat boosts of 3%, 2%, and 1% respectively to core stats depending on ranking for the week. These boosts are removed when next weekend's Guild Elimination begins anew. An early reviewer for ggFTW praised Eden Eternal's class system as "unique and interesting". A DotMMO review of the game during beta testing called it "a solid MMO." Grass Mud Horse The Grass Mud Horse

1716-621: The original, anonymous article from Baidu Baike, Grass Mud Horses originate from an area known as the "Mahler Gobi" Desert ( 马勒戈壁 , Mǎlè Gēbì , which resembles 妈了个屄 , māle ge bī , "your mother's fucking cunt"). Some variants of the animal are known as "Fertile Grass Mud Horses" ( 沃草泥马 , Wò Cǎonímǎ , which resembles 我肏你妈 , Wǒ cào nǐ mā , "I fuck your mother"). The Grass Mud Horse can only eat fertile grass ( 沃草 , wò cǎo , which resembles 我肏 , Wǒ cào , "I fuck" or simply "Fuck!"). Other subspecies are known as "Crazy/Violent/Insane Grass Mud Horses" ( 狂草泥马 , Kuáng Cǎonímǎ ), which are considered

1760-421: The passive boosts and are all simultaneously active. The player has been found trapped inside of a blue crystal and has no memory of anything that has happened to them before being found. Throughout the game, this person, also known as a "Crystal Child", will try to look for clues about what has happened to them and the recent troubles that have been appearing around populated areas. The game's unofficial mascot

1804-514: The phenomenon on 11 March 2009, which sparked widespread discussion on blogs. In March 2011, "Grass Mud Horse" themed merchandise, such as plush dolls, began being sold over the Internet. One Guangzhou toy manufacturer reportedly produced its first batch of 150 Grass Mud Horse cuddly toys with official birth certificates issued by Mahler Gebi Mystical Creatures Bureau. The animals come in brown and white, named "Ma Le" ( 马勒 ) and "Ge Bi" ( 歌碧 ) respectively, and sell for 40 yuan each. To accompany these,

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1848-505: The run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising of 10 March 1959 , and to block access to the popular Grass Mud Horse video posted in early March. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television issued a directive on 30 March 2009 to highlight 31 categories of content prohibited online, including violence, pornography, and content which may "incite ethnic discrimination or undermine social stability". Many netizens believe

1892-419: The streets. The Caonima , literally "Grass Mud Horse", is supposedly a species of alpaca . The name is similar to a profanity ( Chinese : 肏你妈 / 操你媽 ; pinyin : cào nǐ mā ), " fuck your mother ". The comparison with the "animal" name is not an actual homophone : the two terms have the same consonants and vowels with different tones , and are represented by different characters . According to

1936-461: The values and ideology that reproduce compliance with the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian regime, and, as such, force an opening for free expression and civil society in China." Caonima is an expression of a broader Chinese internet culture of spoofing, mockery, punning, and parody known as e'gao , which includes video mash-ups and other types of bricolage . The Beijing Television Cultural Center fire led to Chinese internet users creating

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