Necrovision Banned in Australia
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Agreed, it's the point of the matter.Lord Krunk said:
We deserve to play this game (dammit!), we are a free and proud nation, not held back by petty fears (dammit!) and we will allow freedom to all (dammit!) not become a censoring un Patriotic nation (dammit!), this is Australia (dammit)!
I feel like the dammits could be placed in those spots depending on the level of rage.
But seriously, stab our classification board in the face with an axe with freedom carved on one side and free speech on the other.
BTw I will never stop going over the top. It's where I function.
For all of the discussion on piracy, this sort of illustrates in part why piracy is ultimatly nessicary. Simply put I do not believe in the right of the goverment to engage in censorship outside of Wartime (and then we're talking control of the media and such, not fantasy like video games). This includes any goverment whether it be the US, Australia, China, or Iran. I also extend it beyond goverments to believe in seriously limiting the abillity of private citizens to regulate/censor others even on privatly owned forums as long as they are communicating on topic (but this is going further and further afield).
Basically if the companies aren't going to fight goverments like Australia which seem to be trying to keep computer games purely in "kiddy" territory, then morally the only way to fight back against this is for the stuff that is banned to be sent in through backdoor channels like pirate sites. Companies in that case not even having the arguement of losing money because they weren't selling there anyway (fight for the market without compromising to censorship if you don't like it).
In general I have a LOT less problems with Aussie gamers than those from other nations with fairly strong gaming prescence, and with Australians in general since they rarely seem to engage in US bashing, but honestly their goverment is becoming an increasing mess.
Personally if it was up to me, I'd start being a putz and see if I could organize a campaign claiming the goverment doesn't like "Necrovision" because they are afraid people will notice the similarities between their practices and the Kaisers and be encouraged to resist.
Oh sure, it's total nonsense, but you can draw parallels between anything if you try hard enough. The trick to a bit of counter-harassment (even over a bad game) is to be persistant in pushing it, not defending it's inherant logic.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Basically if the companies aren't going to fight goverments like Australia which seem to be trying to keep computer games purely in "kiddy" territory, then morally the only way to fight back against this is for the stuff that is banned to be sent in through backdoor channels like pirate sites. Companies in that case not even having the arguement of losing money because they weren't selling there anyway (fight for the market without compromising to censorship if you don't like it).
In general I have a LOT less problems with Aussie gamers than those from other nations with fairly strong gaming prescence, and with Australians in general since they rarely seem to engage in US bashing, but honestly their goverment is becoming an increasing mess.
Personally if it was up to me, I'd start being a putz and see if I could organize a campaign claiming the goverment doesn't like "Necrovision" because they are afraid people will notice the similarities between their practices and the Kaisers and be encouraged to resist.
Oh sure, it's total nonsense, but you can draw parallels between anything if you try hard enough. The trick to a bit of counter-harassment (even over a bad game) is to be persistant in pushing it, not defending it's inherant logic.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Ah, Australia. Best beaches in the world. Most oppressive iron grip on gamers it makes the UK look dandy.
