Michael Atkinson Steps Down

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MrGFunk

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Ding dong. The witch is dead.

Hopefully no one follows in his footsteps and tries to spread his ignorance across the globe.
 

NLS

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Hopefully, this will bring a better future for the australians out there :)
 

Gunner 51

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Congratulations and celebrations are in order for our Australian chums.

One small step-down from Mr Atkinson, one giant leap for R18+

Hope your R18+ comes through, you deserve it Australia. :)
 

Tartarga

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Finally, Australia is peaceful once more. But seriously this is a good thing. I'm pretty sure they were about ready to assassinate his ass.
 

DaxStrife

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"And so, the lives of the reasonable and pragmatic were once again safe." - Belkar Bitterleaf, The Order of the Stick.

About time he got it through his thick head that he was making unpopular and unwanted decisions.
 

marurder

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I am happy for people in Australia (not just the gamers) I never knew he tried to censor blogs during an election. I was surprised by that.
Its a great day for freedom of speech. I hope that it will start something bigger to get rid of the nanny-state-mentality that the govt.'s got set up.
 

ProfessorLayton

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f0re1gn said:
He resigned almost on the same day that Yahtzee and Gang opened their Mana-Bar.

Coincidence? :)
He probably visited it, realized that gamers aren't homicidal maniacs, and instead of admitting he was wrong just politely stepped down.

Honestly, this guy was very stubborn and ignorant and it is a good thing for gamers in Australia. Hopefully now they can actually see the skin tear off of a zombie's back now.
 

Lim3

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Am i the only one who thinks that the excuses given for serving as a back bencher are a bit flimsy?

He was so passionate in his convictions that i thought he would do everything in his power to spite us for as long as possible.

Not that I'm complaining, among other people of escapist forums i may have also said something along the lines of dancing on his grave.

In any case WOOHOO. Next item on the agenda (for Australians): TOPPLE THE INTERNET FILTER POLICY!!!!
 

Yassen

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When I heard about this I was understandably thrilled (close to crying with joy actually) but we shouldn't be celebrating yet.

Yes this prick is finally stepping down but if his replacement doesn't support an R18 rating nothing would have changed, it'd be the same problem, different face. Of course we're closer to an R18 rating than ever and his replacement would have to be an imbecile to not notice the amount of hatred and bad press Atkinson got. If he had a shred of rational thought he would support it, but Atkinson didn't and he was in charge so we'll have to wait and see.
 

Koganesaga

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Well fresh hot damns from the bakery of hell, didn't see that coming, but oh well, Yahtzee can review in full steam soon enough.
 

TheSeventhLoneWolf

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

What if the next guy is even worse?
Destroy one evil and something worse will take it's place. So I vote we put him into a vegitive state and freeze him.

Bah, joking. Who could be worse?

..Don't answer that.
 

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Darth Sea Bass said:
Woo have a beer or two for me australians!
I'll add it to the line up. But your beers-in-absentenia are about 20th in line.

Yes, Australians drink.