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Valve fails in appealing Left 4 Dead 2's Australian ban

tyler811

tyler811

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All is not lost for aspiring zombie hunters in the land down under, though; Valve submitted and obtained MA15+ classification for an edited version of Left 4 Dead 2. While the censored game will be quite watered down, with no depictions of decapitations, dismemberment, wound detail, or piles of bodies lying about the environment, I assume it's better than not launching at all.
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Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Blood has been replaced with rainbows, gumdrops, and puppies.
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If I spent the time developing a game, and it got neutered due to censorship, that's exactly what I'd do. Replace the "objectionable" material, with stupid cute crap as a form of protest.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Blood has been replaced with rainbows, gumdrops, and puppies.
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If I spent the time developing a game, and it got neutered due to censorship, that's exactly what I'd do. Replace the "objectionable" material, with stupid cute crap as a form of protest.
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That would only hurt your sales by pissing off your customers, the government censors wouldn't even notice.
 
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Blood has been replaced with rainbows, gumdrops, and puppies.
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If I spent the time developing a game, and it got neutered due to censorship, that's exactly what I'd do. Replace the "objectionable" material, with stupid cute crap as a form of protest.
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That would only hurt your sales by pissing off your customers, the government censors wouldn't even notice.
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The real game could be patched in later from the internet. All of that would be made available if people chose to download it.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Blood has been replaced with rainbows, gumdrops, and puppies.
Click to expand...

If I spent the time developing a game, and it got neutered due to censorship, that's exactly what I'd do. Replace the "objectionable" material, with stupid cute crap as a form of protest.
Click to expand...

That would only hurt your sales by pissing off your customers, the government censors wouldn't even notice.
Click to expand...

The real game could be patched in later from the internet. All of that would be made available if people chose to download it.
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Yeah, some anonymous "hacker" could release a patch to restore censored content.
 
Originally posted by: Rubycon
Last time I heard the expression "valve fails" 4 guys got burned by steam.

Oh those irony pipes.
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:laugh:

Ah gawd i :heart: your puns.
 
Originally posted by: n7
Originally posted by: Rubycon
Last time I heard the expression "valve fails" 4 guys got burned by steam.

Oh those irony pipes.
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:laugh:

Ah gawd i :heart: your puns.
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Seriously, her puns are always gems. Even her name is a play on words.
 
The problem is Australia doesn't have a adult only rating for games, so if the game is deemed too violent for 15+ then they must ban it.

Why they dumb bastards can't just add an 18+ rating is beyond me.
 
you think the ausis are laid back..but really they are prone to moral panics and other nonsense. they've been trying to filter their internet forever now as well. makes one glad we have a broad first amendment so this sh*t doesn't work so well here.
 
This sounds like BS, but it seemed that there was a TON more gore in L4D2's trailers than in the orginal's. I realize it's a zombie game, and it's even a zombie game I'm going to buy, but if I want ridiculous gore I'll go to 4chan.
 
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