Fans Protest Tera's Censorship

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Fans Protest Tera's Censorship

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Fans launch petition over what some might consider a minor change.

Fans of the upcoming MMORPG Tera recently launched a petition protesting several recent changes made to game's European version, though strangely, they're not protesting adjustments to the game's classes, leveling system or anything that'd typically occur to an MMO. Instead, players are apparently upset over Frogster's decision to cut down the amount of digital blood that appears in the European version of the game.

"We, as members of the Tera community, feel that this time you have crossed the line," reads the petition's statement, which is titled "Bring Blood Back to Tera EU!". "The community was patient for a very, very long time with your incompetence and childish games. You have played with the boundries [sic] of how much the community can take. Count in all the false information that was given to us."

The US version of Tera has been given a Mature rating by the ESRB. However, in Europe, Tera was given a much lower 12+ rating by PEGI. In order to keep in line with this rating, Frogster decided to make several cuts to the European version of Tera, the most notable of these were the lessening of any digital blood or blood splatters that appeared in combat in addition to removing a slider that allowed players to adjust the amount of blood that could appear in-game. According to a forum post [https://forum.tera-europe.com/showthread.php?t=62140&page=4&p=1305754&viewfull=1#post1305754] made by Tera Europe's lead community manager, blood still appears in the game, but at a reduced amount.

In response to this apparent high-level treachery, several European players are vowing to cancel their pre-orders or only play Tera on the unaffected US servers.

Source: Eurogamer [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-23-tera-fans-launch-petition-after-eu-version-is-censored]

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[jdogtwodolla]

This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

I thought the (Somewhat) stereotype was Europe was more concerned with violence than sex and vice versa for the states.

 

[teqrevisited]

When I saw the box I thought they might have added an extra 10mm to the clothing, when I read the article I knew exactly what this was about. It's probably so that it doesn't get held up or banned in Germany.

 

[gigastar]

If the European mainstream has such an aversion to blood, it's no wonder your women don't save.

Thats just Germany. I dont know why the country with the biggest record of bloodshed in European history got this adversion to blood in digital media from, but its there.

Okay show of hands: Who else thought this would be related to the dress-code?

I did. Imagine my surprise to see it was something much more minor.

 

[Xannidel]

They should keep the slider but possibly put a parental lock on it just in case there are younger aged players that do play and that helps the parents monitor the amount of blood on the screen.

Captcha: History repeats itself, too true captcha...Too true.

 

[loc978]

Well, I see why they did it, at least. The strongest economy and probably the biggest prospective market in the EU has an aversion to bloodshed in video games. From a business perspective, that's a no-brainer.

But yeah, parental locks would be a better solution.

 

[DTH1337]

Really, they're protesting just because of having no blood in the game?

Does every single video game these days need to have blood in them? No, they don't. So, stop whining about these minor changes and just enjoy the game.

 

[Formica Archonis]

Hands up everyone who read the headline and thought Tera had covered up some skin.

*Raises hand.*

 

[Suicidejim]

Spoiler: First thought upon reading the article:

I, too, originally thought it was going to be a dress-code related matter, which I probably would have protested against on the lines of it being petty, but this takes the concept of petty to a new level. Sometimes I really worry about the gaming community.

 

[Folji]

Meanwhile, titilating softcore-pornographic apparel for every females (and even some of the males) of every race including the big-hipped little girls is 'aaaaight. Oh you, TERA.

 

[Bigeyez]

I don't remember the last time I looked at a game and said "yup this would be so much better if it had more blood splatter effects". I guess this is a big deal to some people but for the life of me I don't understand why.

 

[Irridium]

This is the one time not a single fuck was given about sex in video games?

I thought the (Somewhat) stereotype was Europe was more concerned with violence than sex and vice versa for the states.

Yeah, more or less. Though to be fair, it seems most of the complaints about violence and whatnot come from Germany.

 

[Kahunaburger]

I would censor the pedo shit before I would censor the blood. But maybe that's just me.

 

[draythefingerless]

i would not censor anything. the dressing in tera is very good looking, my only complaint is that the males should share of the same greco-roman style approach to clothing. that is, barely any at all. no that is not sexual, i just find the dress code beautiful, if a bit on the erotic.