[b]Brendan O’Connor On The R18+ Trail – Visits[/b]
[quote]Brendan O’Connor has hit the R18+ trail running in the lead up to the SCAG meeting in July, visiting EB in Adelaide to help raise awareness of the R18+ issue with parents, and discuss the vast number of video games currently rated at MA15+, that are classified for adults in other regions.
“There are dozens of games that are currently classified as MA15+ in Australia, but in other countries these gaming titles are restricted to adults only,” claimed O’Connor.
“If the new category is introduced, it could result in computer games that are currently classified MA15+ being reclassified R18+, providing a new level of protection for children.”
Brendan O’Connor also made an important distinction to parents worried about any kind of influx of previously banned titles, a point which instantly rebukes claims that an R18+ will result in a floodgate of ‘ultra-violent’ video games being brought into the country.
“Games that are currently refused classification and do not meet the standard required for R18+ classification will remain in the refused classification category,” he stated, once again.
While that means that games like Mortal Kombat will never be classified in this country, we think this is a sacrifice worth making for a fairer, more sensible system of classification.[/quote]
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I'm pretty sure all the games that are banned now will still fall in under the R18+ rating.
so does this mean we are getting the R18+ rating now? or are they just saying "fuck you" still
[QUOTE=HendoV2;29312637]so does this mean we are getting the R18+ rating now? or are they just saying "fuck you" still[/QUOTE]
He's raising awareness of the issue of R18+, this does not mean it will go through or it wont go through.
I want uncensored L4D2.
[QUOTE=Araknid;29312901]I want uncensored L4D2.[/QUOTE]
Because uncensored Left 4 Dead 2 has already been refused classification I really doubt Valve will be able to get it uncensored.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;29312924]Because uncensored Left 4 Dead 2 has already been refused classification I really doubt Valve will be able to get it uncensored.[/QUOTE]
They can put out an appeal for it to be reassessed.
Technically Valve could just toss in a patch to put the gore back in and they'd only have to deal with angry parents, since the OFLC doesn't have legal standing in the Australian or American court system due to technically being a corporation.
But Valve isn't like that. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=CertainDOOM;29312946]They can put out an appeal for it to be reassessed.[/QUOTE]
Good point, after reading the article and where it states RC games wont be re-classified I assumed this meant they can't be appealed for re-classification, whereas it actually meant they won't automatically be pushed into R18+
is the 1k$ for getting MK gone now
Change the thread title to be more specific, please.
I still don't think its going to happen
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