Calls to 'RETHINK THE CLASSIFICATION OF MODERN WARFARE 2.'

wazandy · 29th October 2009, 4:36 PM

Jesus Christ.

The papers have got a hold of the 'massacre scene' from MW2.

It'll only take a few days before some right-wing prick uses the word 'Port Arthur' and this game will lose its MA15+, which will, invariably, mean a complete ban until the offending scene is removed - weeks and weeks later. Hopefully it's waaay too late, but this is one of the world centres of game censorship, so, hey, don't get too excited about seeing it on the 10th.

Seriously guys, this country's beginning to get scarily bible belt.

Here's the scaremongering...

http://www.news.com.au/technology/st...014239,00.html

Philll · 29th October 2009, 4:43 PM

Great. So what happens (if it gets reclassified) to people that have pre-ordered already? Gimped version? Glad I bought the US one.

wazandy · 29th October 2009, 4:44 PM

And they wonder why Australians use 'alternate means' to get their games?

aftahours · 29th October 2009, 4:54 PM

Wow what a joke. It's only just going to get worse if they keep allowing this to happen.

We'll all be stuck playing mario fucking kart.

wazandy · 29th October 2009, 5:03 PM

Ok, ok, the story's being covered in the MW2 thread, but hey, it's serious enough to warrant its own..

oli · 29th October 2009, 5:08 PM

They should add a level where you are equipped with a knife only and the mission is to stab kittens.

I wonder how that would go down.

Smashwa · 29th October 2009, 5:12 PM

I would pay $10 for a mod that changed the civilians model to a model of the board than banned L4D2/most likely will ban MW2 now.

It would be the only level i played...over and over...

Dezza Bot · 29th October 2009, 5:14 PM

I've killed plenty of innocent pixels in fallout3 and plenty of other games. Hell at the end of fallout3 I killed everyone including myself!

In Civilisation I've made entire empires fall just because I didn't like the fact that their ruler was a black guy.

MW2 sounds good because it's confronting this stuff head on. I'll buy it for sure.

r8response · 29th October 2009, 5:18 PM

If people can't make the distinction between a video game and real life, then there are bigger problems than a violent video game.

wazandy · 29th October 2009, 5:26 PM

So it's ok to kill children in bioshock, but zombies? Nah - that's far too realistic. Now this. All we need is a politician to grab the MW2 story and we could be facing German style blanket bans.

aftahours · 29th October 2009, 5:32 PM

How is this different to counterstrike? Killing unarmed civilians?

Spectre87 · 29th October 2009, 5:33 PM

I did like how that article made the point that Australia doesn't have an R18+ rating for video games, and how the game was rated R18/17+ in the US and UK.

They also point out that:

Quote:

The Australian games industry has been calling for an R18+ rating to cater for adult gamers.

Classifications laws cannot change without unanimous support from state and territory attorneys-general.

South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has repeatedly opposed the idea.

Hopefully this gets a few more people to realise the lack of an R18+ games category is the real problem...

oli · 29th October 2009, 5:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wazandy

So it's ok to kill children in bioshock, but zombies? Nah - that's far too realistic. Now this. All we need is a politician to grab the MW2 story and we could be facing German style blanket bans.

Mate the German style bans are less bad than ours. We are the ones who get "blanket bans". In Germany they get modified versions - their market is big enough that it makes sense for the developers to provide that.

We on the other hand are 20 million people amongst probably 300+ million English speaking people.

Dezza Bot · 29th October 2009, 5:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aftahours

How is this different to counterstrike? Killing unarmed civilians?

or GTA <insert number here>?

oli · 29th October 2009, 5:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezza Bot

or GTA <insert number here>?

Something about first person shooters perhaps?

29th October 2009, 4:36 PM	#1
wazandy Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 149	Calls to 'RETHINK THE CLASSIFICATION OF MODERN WARFARE 2.' Jesus Christ. The papers have got a hold of the 'massacre scene' from MW2. It'll only take a few days before some right-wing prick uses the word 'Port Arthur' and this game will lose its MA15+, which will, invariably, mean a complete ban until the offending scene is removed - weeks and weeks later. Hopefully it's waaay too late, but this is one of the world centres of game censorship, so, hey, don't get too excited about seeing it on the 10th. Seriously guys, this country's beginning to get scarily bible belt. Here's the scaremongering... http://www.news.com.au/technology/st...014239,00.html Last edited by wazandy; 29th October 2009 at 4:43 PM.

29th October 2009, 4:43 PM	#2
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Smashwa Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney. Posts: 455	I would pay $10 for a mod that changed the civilians model to a model of the board than banned L4D2/most likely will ban MW2 now. It would be the only level i played...over and over... __________________ Need to borrow CSS war server? PM ME.

29th October 2009, 5:14 PM	#8
Dezza Bot Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Coast, NSW Posts: 3,149	I've killed plenty of innocent pixels in fallout3 and plenty of other games. Hell at the end of fallout3 I killed everyone including myself! In Civilisation I've made entire empires fall just because I didn't like the fact that their ruler was a black guy. MW2 sounds good because it's confronting this stuff head on. I'll buy it for sure. __________________ "The UK is the only place in the world where anyone talks about AMD or ATI" - Roy Taylor, NVIDIA’s VP of Content Relations Last edited by Dezza Bot; 29th October 2009 at 5:16 PM.

29th October 2009, 4:44 PM	#3
wazandy Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 149	And they wonder why Australians use 'alternate means' to get their games?

29th October 2009, 4:54 PM	#4
aftahours Boobies! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: brisbane Posts: 4,168	Wow what a joke. It's only just going to get worse if they keep allowing this to happen. We'll all be stuck playing mario fucking kart.

29th October 2009, 5:03 PM	#5
wazandy Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 149	Ok, ok, the story's being covered in the MW2 thread, but hey, it's serious enough to warrant its own..

29th October 2009, 5:08 PM	#6
oli Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 4,797	They should add a level where you are equipped with a knife only and the mission is to stab kittens. I wonder how that would go down.

29th October 2009, 5:26 PM	#10
wazandy Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 149	So it's ok to kill children in bioshock, but zombies? Nah - that's far too realistic. Now this. All we need is a politician to grab the MW2 story and we could be facing German style blanket bans.

29th October 2009, 5:32 PM	#11
aftahours Boobies! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: brisbane Posts: 4,168	How is this different to counterstrike? Killing unarmed civilians?