Electronic Arts Buckles Under Pressure, Removes Playable Taliban from Medal of Honor - Polidicks

I like how they pride themselves for showing the utmost respect of the soldiers of this great nation, and our allies abroad, for their strength and courage and the size of the balls they all have And then buckle under the tiniest amount of crying from Flakes who pronounce words like school as Skewl Changing the name of a team, or even the player models as a team, Who the fuck cares, I don't, But the idea that a few people whining makes you change the game, 12 days before the game is even released is absurd. I've said it a million times before. People need to Find their balls and stop worrying about political correctness Next they'll wine about Americans being on the receiving end of violence in online games, and then they'll get removed, and renamed to something else, and now we have a Fictional game with a big fat label on the front that says 'This game is based on actual events, only the locations, names, units, and events were changed' Changing the name of a team changes NOTHING. That team is still shooting another team, which is the US Military in this case. If they were going to listen to the loved ones of fallen comrades and appeal to them, then they changed the name of the wrong team

So is the problem not that you can play as a side where you fight US troops, only that it's the Taliban? What's the difference between playing as Russians against the US or something?

So what about wolfenstein ? Shouldn't all these nazi get replaced by american soldiers ?

This smacks of a lack of integrity.

Australia bans Tali..wait what?

Pussies.

Aww, i was going to have fun playing as a Taliban, over mic i was planning to shout "alalaalaallalalalalalah"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Why would they remove the thing that makes the game worth playing. c

Stupid fucking retards.

[QUOTE=Glitch360;25173880]Dammit America, quit being so overly sensitive[/QUOTE] We don't ban games all together like Germany does though.

One step backwards america. Way to be so context sensitive.

[QUOTE=z0nk3d;25176728]So what about wolfenstein ? Shouldn't all these nazi get replaced by american soldiers ?[/QUOTE] Missed the part where Germans are more batshit about games than America is.

weird

I'm not buying the game now.

Wow. That is just fucking retarded. How could EA do something like this? They're a gigantic game publishing corporation, and they let a tiny group of faggot activists win. I know it's just a name change but fucking hell EA you're better than this.

All they should have done is introduced a popup at the beginning of the game that asks "Are you a whiny bitch with a sandy vagina?" If the user answers yes, the name changes. If the user answers no, it stays as Taliban.

Uh game is going to suck anyways looks like a mix of MW2 and BC 2, not going to waste a dime on this game.

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;25179169]All they should have done is introduced a popup at the beginning of the game that asks "Are you a whiny bitch with a sandy vagina?" If the user answers yes, the name changes. If the user answers no, it stays as Taliban.[/QUOTE] This is what I don't get, why don't they just get a thing like MW2 which lets you choose if you want the controversial content in it or not.

They didn't "remove" them, they just renamed them.

[QUOTE=Sharker;25179589]They didn't "remove" them, they just renamed them.[/QUOTE] But I want to play as the Taliban, not the 'opposing force'

what the FUCK

people complain about this but not about being able to play as germans in DoD. Wtf

This is as much EA's fault as it is the oppressive fucks who wanted the taliban gone from the game. EA buckled under the pressure. You don't buckle under pressure, it's the fucking rules, now that they have, there is not a chance for a realized gaming revolution. We'll be stuck in the 'NO U CANT KILLL POPE IN GAME HE IS AN POEP OMFGGGGGG'

i hate how there's really nothing we can do to protest because people can't live without their games and wouldn't be up for a boycott and games aren't a big enough deal to warrant marching around. i don't even care about the game though, it's just the principle of not letting people be taliban in a land where freedom is supposed to be respected

I would rename the taliban "republicans" or "Soccer moms" or something

you can play the terrorists in counter strike source. you can play a robber in cops and robbers whats wrong with being able to play as the taliban?

Fucking censorship wins again. This is absolutely no different than playing the terrorists in Counter Strike except for the arbitrary "Taliban" label.

Taliban: BOOO <insert derogatory names against middle eastern peoples>: HOOHAH USA USA USA!

What a shame

Why the fuck would anyone care about this? Seriously? It's a fucking game.