Fans Protest Tera's Censorship
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Sadly my hopes of Tera's dress-code abandoning the creepy and face-palm worthy chainmail bikinis were instantly dashed.DVS BSTrD said:
And subsequently they picked scantily clad pre-pubescent girls with cat ears as their physical representation. Not creepy at all.Buretsu said:
I completely agree. To hell with censorship! I have never played the game myself and I don't plan to, but it's a matter of principle.
As far as sexualization goes, I'm not against games having sexual content, but I still personally feel that things such as the age of consent should be taken into consideration. Therefore I think changing the Elin outfits was the right decision because as far as I understand, this was an internal decision.
As far as sexualization goes, I'm not against games having sexual content, but I still personally feel that things such as the age of consent should be taken into consideration. Therefore I think changing the Elin outfits was the right decision because as far as I understand, this was an internal decision.
It really doesn't make a lot of sense. Best explanation I can come up with is that PEGI ratings can be given under the condition that the developer changes X, i.e. "you'll get a PEGI12 for your game if you remove the blood, otherwise it's gonna be PEGI15".Neonsilver said:
Also, I doubt the Germans are at fault here (at least this time
), as a) we don't even use the PEGI ratings, we have our own USK ratings, and b) similar games got comparable ratings without cutting anything. WoW, SW:TOR and Warhammer Online for example all got a USK12 rating while being completely unaltered in the level of violence.
Wait this complaint is backwards....aren't people supposed to be complaining about the lack of clothing?
This statement points to the heart of what I think is wrong with the game community: a total lack of maturity and self-control. If the situation is so bad and intolerable, just stop buying it. It's really that simple, in my opinion. Making this kind of fuss every time a game company consistently does something that is perceived as customer-hostile (taking away game features, over-charging for games, rip-off DLC, online access codes, special accounts, DRM, excessively buggy games, poor quality games, improper or illogical content, etc.), yet gamers continue buying into the games from them just makes the community look like whiny, petulant electronic-crack/cocaine junkies. And almost every time, the only thing it takes to quiet the fervor is to show the next, upcoming shallow, hyper-violent graphics and boobs festival of a game, just like shoving a pacifier in a baby's mouth.WMDogma said:
If you have a complaint, at least make a reasoned, civil argument regarding that complaint, rather than launching into a childish tirade. It is quite possible to show anger and displeasure with a company's actions in a manner that makes clear your intolerance for the continuation of the situation without being a screaming kid about it (most people don't take a screaming kid seriously).
Just my opinion. Feel free to flame.
This is what you're upset about?
THIS?
Have you not seen the game?
How about a little less "Zomg, I want my bloody deaths," and a little more "Why are there half naked children running around in their panties?"
THIS?
Have you not seen the game?
How about a little less "Zomg, I want my bloody deaths," and a little more "Why are there half naked children running around in their panties?"
I find the reaction of the over seas crowd entertaining.
Going ape shit at the sight of nipples yet laughing at the censorship of blood.
That is classic!
Btw. the Elin have been censored already. They now wear hot pants and shirts instead of slips and showing their bellybuttons.
This change of course was done in favour of the US crowd.
Because seeing a 12 year old girl in a swimsuit makes you automatically paedophile... it works that way!
All in all I have to say my fellow Europeans overact. The change is minor and does not impact gameplay at all.
The only regrettable thing in this affair is the lack of proper community information. I think the outcry could have been avoided or reduced if the players would have been informed about the changes and the reasons why this has to be changed before the update hits the server.
Going ape shit at the sight of nipples yet laughing at the censorship of blood.
That is classic!
Btw. the Elin have been censored already. They now wear hot pants and shirts instead of slips and showing their bellybuttons.
This change of course was done in favour of the US crowd.
Because seeing a 12 year old girl in a swimsuit makes you automatically paedophile... it works that way!
All in all I have to say my fellow Europeans overact. The change is minor and does not impact gameplay at all.
The only regrettable thing in this affair is the lack of proper community information. I think the outcry could have been avoided or reduced if the players would have been informed about the changes and the reasons why this has to be changed before the update hits the server.
12? Try 7. More importantly, why would anyone want to see a child of no more than 7 in their panties? Pretend violence is cathartic. Fantasy is escapist. I get that. But barely clothed children? I don't even want to know why someone would want that or what it is they are getting out of it.Ishigami said:
Every time this issue comes up, I find a whole new batch of people I want the government to track and keep a close eye on.
/shudder
FYI to "Tera community": People take you more seriously when you're able to write a paragraph without making spelling and grammar mistakes.
Entitled immature assholes demanding things from a corporation while simultaneously buying their product makes me giggle.
Entitled immature assholes demanding things from a corporation while simultaneously buying their product makes me giggle.
Why don't you ask that the guys who produce this:
And you complain about some unrealistic polygons and pixels that resemble some kind of girl...
I don't need 3 years (while we are at why not push this beyond ridiculous?) old in underwear for my gaming enjoyment.
For gods sake I argue that companies should drop the ?chain-mail-bikini? stereotype altogether.
But why should they? Look some of the most downloaded Skyrim Mods up...
The point is it does not automatically makes players paedophiles. Sex is normal or should be normal, violence is not or should not be considered normal.
And you complain about some unrealistic polygons and pixels that resemble some kind of girl...
I don't need 3 years (while we are at why not push this beyond ridiculous?) old in underwear for my gaming enjoyment.
For gods sake I argue that companies should drop the ?chain-mail-bikini? stereotype altogether.
But why should they? Look some of the most downloaded Skyrim Mods up...
The point is it does not automatically makes players paedophiles. Sex is normal or should be normal, violence is not or should not be considered normal.
Children =/////////////////= sex.Ishigami said:
Children =/////////////////= sexuality.
That you lumped this shit in with sex scares the hell out of me.
wether or not that was the intent, the dressing in TERA is beautiful, i meant I, MYSELF, dont find it erotic. as for the elin...i can see why some people would get all creeped out imagining pedophiles and such, but i dont share of that thought, specially if you realize how this style of character is entrenched in asian culture. the bikini thongs are too much thou. the only thing i agree is that males dont share of the same treatment, wich is what you get from asian mysoginistic societies...oh well.Ragnellus said:
And here I thought the censorship would be about those pedo-bait little animal girls, but the TERA fans seem to be okay with that. Silly me.
