Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:13 pm
Australia 
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Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:15 pm
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:08 pm
shaft wrote:Australia
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:11 pm
The game contains realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence which is inflicted upon "the Infected" who are living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:34 pm
Yea it's pretty fucking lame that they don't have an 18+ rating, cause like, video games are for kids right? =/
edit: Also, every couple of months there's a hue and cry around new and existing MMO games. The classification board contends that while the content in the games themselves is reasonable for an MA15+ rating, the fact that they're based entirely on an online gaming experience and the unfortunate fact that many people turn into raving fucktards behind the anonymity of the internet means that the games should not be classified MA15+ based solely on the possibility that someone might be using unsuitable language in a public chat channel. It's maddening
edit: Also, every couple of months there's a hue and cry around new and existing MMO games. The classification board contends that while the content in the games themselves is reasonable for an MA15+ rating, the fact that they're based entirely on an online gaming experience and the unfortunate fact that many people turn into raving fucktards behind the anonymity of the internet means that the games should not be classified MA15+ based solely on the possibility that someone might be using unsuitable language in a public chat channel. It's maddening
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:55 pm
Just pray they never see WoW trade chat during peak hours
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:02 pm
And they say the US government has too much say.
Hey Australia, there is such a thing as a rating system.
Hey Australia, there is such a thing as a rating system.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:18 am
Oh no, a video game won't be on sale here. Guess I'll have to make do with scuba diving in the Whitsundays instead.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:28 am
"consider leaving the beaches behind and fleeing to that crumbling, syphilitic hell-hole across the water"
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:44 am
fucking hellMemphis wrote:I had no idea Aussies were such pussies. Well, almost no idea.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/article ... 4-Dead-Ban
The list is pretty big too. Even LSL. Which has about as much sex in it as Songs of Praise. Throw another elderly retarded government that thinks everything is for kids on the fucking barbie, strewth mayte
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:45 am
Video games.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:46 am
you
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:47 am
Your tits.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:51 am
making a stink about what characters of text populate the space above the topic list on a regular basis
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:01 am
Having a cry about what characters of text populate the post below yours on a moobie basis.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:11 am
So what happens if you get caught playing it?
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:32 am
Saudi Arabia
Pokémon series - Banned because of "promoting Zionism and gambling."
Pokémon series - Banned because of "promoting Zionism and gambling."
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:28 pm
Pretty such the lack of classification just means the game isn't allowed to be sold in stores here. If I understand this correctly, you could have it shipped from overseas, or purchase it yourself and bring it into the country, so long as it was for personal use and not for reselling.Fjoggs wrote:So what happens if you get caught playing it?
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:36 pm
Can you buy it off of Steam or are Aussi IP blocked?
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:18 pm
Since it's an official distribution channel, I'd think it would be blocked, but I don't know without having tried it.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:35 pm
now the moronics aussies r banning bottled water...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... DsF9w9U5qQ
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... DsF9w9U5qQ
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:43 pm
Bottled water is for morons.
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:53 pm
Agreed. Paying for bottled water is dumb when you've got potable tap water and/or filters. Lewis Black puts it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGWn-aWn5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGWn-aWn5g
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:32 am
That's fucking awesome, more places should follow their lead.scared? wrote:now the moronics aussies r banning bottled water...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... DsF9w9U5qQ
Re: L4D2 banned in Oz
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:41 am
Yeah, this wouldn't suprize me.. Anglo Australian's are like the most boring people on the planet! They ban everything.. You can't even smoke in nightclubs anymore.. What a joke!