Left 4 Dead 2 Ban Surprised, Saddened Valve
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Australia is governed by a bunch of pricks who don't think people bleed. Sort of an odd thought saying as how they started off as a bunch of convicts.
Ever Since Steve Irwin died Australia has really had nothing to offer it seems.
On a serious note...
I really freaking miss him
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On a serious note...
I really freaking miss him
.Maybe.Kelethor said:
And yet bioshock and other games have been let through with no editing..... oy...bi polar moral panic AG/clarification board needs to be shot for dereliction of insanity.........
"The game contains violence that is high in impact and is there unsuitable for people under 18 years to play,"
I know that in the wonderful land of Oz people below the age of eighteen haven't seen so much as a bloodied nose through the general media and by no means should we harm the little puritans by exposing them to such outlandishness as a zombie game but what happens after they turn eighteen? Suddenly life becomes too short for video games and they all go out to read bedtime stories to sick children?
The average age of gamers sits somewhere in the mid-twenties, the fact that Australia still hasn't adopted a mature/R18 rating for games is ridiculous. What it amounts to is little more than babysitting legal adults. And for a zombie game! I know there's lots of chunky tomato sauce flying around the place but are legal adults really so fragile as to find this offensive?
And this from the place that brought us "Wolf Creek".
I'm telling you now that if Valve creates a "family-friendly-zombie-murder" version of Left 4 Dead 2 and it gets passed onto us in New Zealand as the "Australasian" version, (and it's happened before despite the existence of our own red and shiny R18 rating,) I will personally relocate to Australia and run in the general election on the platform that, if elected, I will construct a giant cannon and fire Michael Atkinson into the moon.
I know that in the wonderful land of Oz people below the age of eighteen haven't seen so much as a bloodied nose through the general media and by no means should we harm the little puritans by exposing them to such outlandishness as a zombie game but what happens after they turn eighteen? Suddenly life becomes too short for video games and they all go out to read bedtime stories to sick children?
The average age of gamers sits somewhere in the mid-twenties, the fact that Australia still hasn't adopted a mature/R18 rating for games is ridiculous. What it amounts to is little more than babysitting legal adults. And for a zombie game! I know there's lots of chunky tomato sauce flying around the place but are legal adults really so fragile as to find this offensive?
And this from the place that brought us "Wolf Creek".
I'm telling you now that if Valve creates a "family-friendly-zombie-murder" version of Left 4 Dead 2 and it gets passed onto us in New Zealand as the "Australasian" version, (and it's happened before despite the existence of our own red and shiny R18 rating,) I will personally relocate to Australia and run in the general election on the platform that, if elected, I will construct a giant cannon and fire Michael Atkinson into the moon.
I know that this may be hard to understand, especially for Americans, but we "free" men in Australia don't have a bill of rights, we don't have the right to free speech, or anything of the kind, it is wrongly assumed that we have it but there is not guaranteed in the constitution.
Additionally, please do not generalise Australia as a whole to be as stupid as that dipshit Michael Atkinson, we are mature enough to deal with the content etc. I'm 15 and reckon I've seen enough violence and porn to cover several 18+ movies, it's called the internet, and you can't stop it.
Also, to the idiot who was suggesting violent and "questionable" methods, *facepalm*. This is the exact problem, as the emotionally fragile retards who make up 90% of the worlds population go "oh, this must be caused by VG violence", you're not helping our case
Now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to go chainsaw people in GoW, blow them up in L4D etc, and go watch some downloaded porn
Additionally, please do not generalise Australia as a whole to be as stupid as that dipshit Michael Atkinson, we are mature enough to deal with the content etc. I'm 15 and reckon I've seen enough violence and porn to cover several 18+ movies, it's called the internet, and you can't stop it.
Also, to the idiot who was suggesting violent and "questionable" methods, *facepalm*. This is the exact problem, as the emotionally fragile retards who make up 90% of the worlds population go "oh, this must be caused by VG violence", you're not helping our case
Now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to go chainsaw people in GoW, blow them up in L4D etc, and go watch some downloaded porn
Oh for the love of christ......IT'S JUST A GAME AUSTRALIA!
THE RATING SYSTEM IS THERE FOR A REASON, F***ING USE IT!
DON'T LET YOUR PEOPLE MISS OUT ON THE GAME JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO CLASSIFY IT!
HERE I'LL HELP YOU; IT'S SURVIAL HORROR!
THE RATING SYSTEM IS THERE FOR A REASON, F***ING USE IT!
DON'T LET YOUR PEOPLE MISS OUT ON THE GAME JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO CLASSIFY IT!
HERE I'LL HELP YOU; IT'S SURVIAL HORROR!
customs would intercept it and it would be contraband however the customs guys would just keep it.pimppeter2 said:
It's a retarded law to keep people from being expossed to violence. Kids in third world countrys don't have video games and are expossed to real life violence and turn out fine. occassionaly you just get a few kids who ruin the fun.
wow santa is a badass. i think i'm clear this yearSanta Clauz said:
yeah i agree with you. Have fun with your daily dose of death