Twitch bans AO and equivalent games from it's service. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Twitch Blog]Today, we’re updating the RoC with regard to Adult Only (AO) games. Simply put, AO games are not welcome on Twitch. Please refer to the ESRB’s Ratings Guide and list of Adults Only games for more information.[/QUOTE] Official blog post: [url]http://blog.twitch.tv/2015/05/rules-of-conduct-update-adult-oriented-games/[/url] List of games affected: [url]http://www.esrb.org/ratings/search.jsp[/url] I can see people getting butthurt over this. The list isn't too long and I don't see most of them being played on stream but San Andreas [del]is[/del] was on there. P.S Sorry it's a blog post but it's official so I felt is was the most useful link to put.

Sort of expected this kind of change to come after they got bought out. There's always change eventually when services become Corporate.

I understand porn games but Hatred? GTA:SA was rated AO at one time too.

hitbox

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;47820326]Blahblah blah Australia joke blah blah blah All this will do is create a friendlier attitude towards twitch from parents and some businesses. It will also push people to use other sites specifically for AO stuff. Expect hitbox to get some viewership now[/QUOTE] Do you know the youtube streaming policy on it? With the recent press on it, and this announcement, I can see that causing at least movement over.

[QUOTE=LittleBabyman;47820319]hitbox[/QUOTE] people say this every time Twitch does something and everything pretty much stays the same, stop it lmao

That's really convenient days before the release of Hatred.

[QUOTE=Velocet;47820311]I understand porn games but Hatred? GTA:SA was rated AO at one time too.[/QUOTE] It seems like it was aimed at banning Hatred before it got released. Porn games are already ban-on-sight.

Fuck off, ESRB.

[QUOTE=Velocet;47820311]I understand porn games but Hatred?[B] GTA:SA was rated AO at one time too[/B].[/QUOTE] I wonder what would happen to people playing San Andreas on Twitch. Steam classifies it as M rated, but the ESRB website still says it's AO.

With the ban of "provocative" clothes I figured this was already a rule on Twitch. Aren't most AO games just porn or murder porn anyway? I understand banning games with nudity but excessive violence shouldn't really be a big deal.

Postal is still fine to stream

Twitch said they'll allow San Andreas and Fahrenheit(except the Director's Cut), they're mainly doing this to avoid problems with the anime visual novels with sexual themes and Hatred.

[QUOTE=BackSapper;47820373]I wonder what would happen to people playing San Andreas on Twitch. Steam classifies it as M rated, but the ESRB website still says it's AO.[/QUOTE] [url=http://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1992676-list-of-prohibited-games]The list of banned games[/url] and all three new games affected by it

what about games like witcher, has sex scenes and witcher 3 story lets you run in to topless people and prostitutes all the time, it tends to be at ~15k viewers every day

Shit, I was gonna stream hatred. Guess I better find another streaming service to do it. Youtube probably.

I don't really see any games on that AO list that you'd expect to see streamed on twitch anyway, with the exception of GTA: San Andreas, which seems to stick out like a sore thumb. [i]Porn Game Porn Game Softcore Porn Game Porn Game Porn Game GTA: San Andreas Porn Game Sortcore Porn Game Porn game ...[/i] Edit: Here's the actual list: [quote] EF: A fairy tale of the two Seduce Me Manhunt 2 Playboy the Mansion: Private Party Lula 3D Fahrenheit the Indigo Prophecy (why is this even AO?) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored Singles Peak Entertainment Casinos Critical Point Tokimeki Checkin! Water Closet: The forbidden chamber Snow Drop X-Change Thrill Kill All Nude Nikki Body Language Rianna Rouge WET: The sexy empire All Nude Glamour All Nude Cyber Cyber Photographer The joy of sex Playboy Screensaver: The Women of playboy (I could watch this stream for hours) Crystal Fantasy[/quote]

[QUOTE=RichyZ;47820385]considering that retail copies removed the content, i think its going to be counted as rated m[/QUOTE] Actually only the second print retail versions did. 1.0 retail still shipped with it.

[quote="twitch ban list"]Second Life[/quote] The 3 actual games effected are going to have to take one for the team this time.

[QUOTE=draugur;47820470]The 3 actual games effected are going to have to take one for the team this time.[/QUOTE] You shitting me pal? Have you not seen those SL trolling videos? It's really funny to both see the fucked up shit people come up with and how they react to some guy with a funny accent talk to them. Here, [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHo_jqf_nyU[/media]

[url]http://i.imgur.com/V7iuOiL.jpg[/url] Good thing Nekopara is still allowed. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Don't image tag NSFW" - Craptasket))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;47820378]With the ban of "provocative" clothes I figured this was already a rule on Twitch. Aren't most AO games just porn or murder porn anyway? I understand banning games with nudity but excessive violence shouldn't really be a big deal.[/QUOTE] I don't understand this mindset, though it seems to be common in the US. Someone being ripped apart in the most violent way possible is perfectly fine, but somehow any form of nudity is horrible, never mind depictions of sex.

[QUOTE=DaMastez;47820538]I don't understand this mindset, though it seems to be common in the US. Someone being ripped apart in the most violent way possible is perfectly fine, but somehow any form of nudity is horrible, never mind depictions of sex.[/QUOTE] I'm much more disturbed by GTA V during the torture sequence and meat factory where people get sawwed up than say that Nekopara screenshot Agree posted

[QUOTE=DaMastez;47820538]I don't understand this mindset, though it seems to be common in the US. Someone being ripped apart in the most violent way possible is perfectly fine, but somehow any form of nudity is horrible, never mind depictions of sex.[/QUOTE] The slight modifications making things okay always made my day when I was a kid. "Oh see, this ultraviolence here is fine since the blood is green".

How hard is it to set a NSFW filter or something to allow this? [editline]28th May 2015[/editline] Like I get anime visual novels but games like Hatred?

[QUOTE=V12US;47820457]Edit: Here's the actual list: [QUOTE]Fahrenheit the Indigo Prophecy (why is this even AO?)[/QUOTE][/QUOTE] Apparently in the directors cut you fuck a zombie or something.

[QUOTE=Scot;47820622]Apparently in the directors cut you fuck a zombie or something.[/QUOTE] I thought you played the zombie getting fucked? It's so hard to keep these David Cage games straight.

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;47820630]I thought you played the zombie getting fucked? It's so hard to keep these David Cage games straight.[/QUOTE] You play as both of them, both of you are right.

i guarantee that this is due to moral panic over the game hatred. it has a AO rating. And twitch suddenly does this right when hatred is announced for a june 1st release date. what a ~~coincidence~~

[QUOTE=V12US;47820457]Fahrenheit the Indigo Prophecy (why is this even AO?)[/QUOTE] Most likely due to the sex scene.