Michael Atkinson Steps Down

[sramota]

Now let's just hope ol' Jackie will be kind enough to follow suite

 

[Kollega]

Finally, this Nutsy has been driven out of the office. What a crook.

[HEADING=1]Now i command you to DANCE![/HEADING]​

 

[Wardnath]

Okay, who the hell divided by zero? Come on, be honest.

Why it was me.

K.

OT: One step closer to restoring our reputation.

 

[spartan_0214]

I'm sure Croshaw is cautiously optimistic. Hopefully the person who fills his position will support the Rating Cause.

 

[viking97]

yaay! now maybe aussies will get r18 games! i can't wait till Wednesday to yahtzee's take.

 

[Souplex]

Australian Attorney-General and enemy of gamers everywhere Michael Atkinson

He holds no sway outside of Australia. He isn't an enemy of gamers everywhere, just Australian gamers. People probably wouldn't even care if Yahtzee hadn't been constantly complaining aboot him.

Just because you don't care, don't assume that no one does. There is such a thing as solidarity you know?

I agree, I don't like him, but he isn't directly my enemy. He's no Jack Thompson.

 

[Dudemeister]

I don't understand. Do we get games now or in 4 years time?

I'll be importing/downloading them regardless, but I'd like to know.

Well as a back bencher he won't have any real power. Not as an individual anyway so he won't be able to block the R18 rating.
You should be getting them very soon.

 

[Wardnath]

I don't understand. Do we get games now or in 4 years time?

I'll be importing/downloading them regardless, but I'd like to know.

Well as a back bencher he won't have any real power. Not as an individual anyway so he won't be able to block the R18 rating.
You should be getting them very soon.

Unless the next guy is a gigantic prick.

 

[Karlaxx]

Somebody please post the Return of the Jedi end scene here for me, I can't remember how to embed for my life.

Glad this happened. One the one hand, it's a great blow against the tyranny of censorship On the other, I was getting tired of hearing about Atkinson, so all is good.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Since I live in America... this doesn't really affect me... at least not directly, but this is still good news.
Maybe next week we'll hear that Jack Thompson's appeal to be "re-BARred" will be denied. And that he'll be put under house arrest. And that his internet access will be blocked.

As to you, Michael Atkinson, goodbye and good riddance you miserable old fuck.

 

[David Bray]

Phew. Thanks the maker

 

[Therumancer]

Am I the only person worried that this is the start of something awful?

What if the next guy is even worse?

Well, that's the risk with any change. As an American who has opposed Atkinson even to the point of sending (polite) mail to him, I can't complain now that I've seen what I wanted to see happen. If the next guy is worse, he can be opposed also. Now I just hope we have a similar success with some of the censorship/information control here in the US.

I doubt it was the sum total of why he stepped down, but I'd say that things like the Anonymous attack (which was more about the firewall than game ratings), letter writing campaigns, and international bile all contributed.

All that's left is to wait and watch, truthfully though it would have been nice if the game industry itself played a more overt role in these events. That would have sent a clear message about the industry standing up for itself the same way Hollywood has in the past.

 

[Sonicron]

I'm not even Australian and I'm cheering! WOOT!

Very much this. I'm kinda tired after driving 700km today, but this calls for a bit of celebrating. I shall flip through my contacts and see who's willing to get ridiculously drunk with me this evening.

Here's to hoping Australia will at last introduce the very much overdue R18+ rating gamers its gamers have been pining for.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Finally, after many years of hatred, protests, petitions, etc., Michael Atkinson has finally gotten the message.

Luck to you Australians, hopefully you get the 18+ Rating banned.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Justice at last...maybe.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Well after defeating Topmson and Atkinson, who is the gaming community going to fight next? (It seems like it gets worse with every knew foe)

 

[GamingAwesome1]

*makes evil laugh*

Finally! Now all of you Austrailians can breathe easy because we hath slain this most mighty foe, the sale of violent games in Austrailia will now go unimpeded!

I bet all the Australians are currently dancing with glee.