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Valve should replace everything with rainbows and unicorns when a zombie dies or kills someone.
If it still doesn't pass (which I'm sure it won't) then people can proclaim "RAINBOWS AND UNICORN GAME DENIED RELEASE " and not technically lie.
Make it optional though :P
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Hang on, I'm british, i'm meant to hate these guys. *Shakes fist* Beat us at cricket will you? grrr... *angry mumbling*
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Just lol @ OFLC
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I was a little confused by the phrasing. So the IEAA refuses to classify MMOs and then the government refuses to sell unclassified games? The quote "doesn't believe its true" makes me think that the IEAA wants to classify MMO games but then the government wouldn't have a problem of sell unclassified games.
02/03/09
A game like World of Warcraft is unclassifiable, which means because it's entirely online and online can't be judged in a rating system (thus, that little Experience May Change During Online Play warning you get on most games) then World of Warcraft does not belong in the system at all and can't be prosecuted according to it.
The police, apparently, don't agree with that.
02/03/09
I used to play Final Fantasy XI with some Aussies when I lived in Japan. Great group of guys. Can't believe they're all thieves and pirates! The scum...
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The Australian government is extremely proactive about censoring and banning materials they consider obscene or violent. Many Australians import their games, otherwise they can't get them.
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@ Aye Mak,
Really? If you get addicted to any game you're pretty retarded? Well, in that case near half the people that play WoW should be riding the short bus, although it's likely they already are.
@ Deadshot
You say that why, because I think MMO's are the most useless peice of crap ever to grace the world? You honestly hope MMO's are never taken off the market? Why? Because they do so much for society and help people and generate income for starving kids in africa? I forgot, MMO's helped the victims of Katrina right? Oh wait, no, MMO's didn't do shit and they never will.
@ Everyone else who talked
Your wrong.
02/03/09
..... okay, bad example.
02/03/09
This is not like console videogames that have a definitive end point, and so it's much harder to get addicited. More so, it's unlike console games in that you're not under the illusion that bettering yourself ingame with equips and levels is bettering yourself in real life.
I will now and forever stand by my view on mmorpgs, and that's with some serious thinking. But like everyones said, its my opinion. Go have your own opinion about it if you don't enjoy mine. I'll listen, but I won't change my stance, just at seemingly everyone who's replied won't change theirs.
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But hey, you stated the fact that you don't plan on changing your opinion anytime soon. I can see the attempt at logic here, don't get me wrong, but the bottom line is you're not doing a damn thing for these people by restricting them. They'll just find some other outlet for their self destruction.
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I'm lost on how you say "your wrong" though. As I said, MMOs will never be shut down for the fact that people more or less demand to play them and continue to pay for them, or buy items in those worlds to enjoy spending time on. Where there is a demand, there'll be a supplier to fill that need, that is why drugs and such still exist in this world.
MMOs obviously give some jobs to people or help others meet each other to build socializing skill; hell some even gain skills to manage a group of misfits into doing something productive for their day job.
People who want to kill time enjoying an MMO will do, and I don't see why you believe they shouldnt just because you say so.
Just because they addict kids, doesn't mean that others shouldn't be allowed to enjoy it. How about finding out why kids (perhaps yours) are addicted to them?
If all these kids are now unproductive to society, then why hasn't the world collapsed yet? I'd argue that many of these kids are now part of society working to gain money to enjoy these hobbies of theirs, instead of sitting on their ass as you claim they do.
It is a shame you have a narrow minded opinion though, especially from your solution of wanting to shoot someone for disagreeing with you.
Oh btw, for console games, many will push for unending styles to keep people from trading in too early or to gain more with DLC and such, so I think you may have to stick to old games from now on if you wish to avoid such "unending gameplay."
02/03/09
I don't remeber saying every single person has their life ruined, and I know that's not the case. What I do think is that it's a problem, and it's getting much worse in this technological world we live in. How can you expect the people that do become addicted to these things to ever take responsibility when new, more exciting outlets for their lifestyle are constantly released? You think these people will just find another outlet for their self destruction, but in letting them continue doing what they're doing at this point is just as bad, if not worse, because you're not giving them a chance to change.
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RANZELL YOU ARE NOT A GOOD PERSON
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WTB KEI will donate PST by Nexus stone
WTB KEI will donate PST by Nexus stone
02/03/09
For that you get level 81, my friend.
02/03/09
Seeing as the majority of MMOs can be bought through digital distribution, and in most cases the purchaser is using a credit card anyway...
What exactly is this going to help? Less money flowing in Australia's economy, and more flowing out of country!
Futility at its finest.
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