+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2010 A meeting in April might bring an end to the Australian video game bans that many gamers there believe to be overly repressive. Local Aussie website Adelaide Now says that the Australian National Classification Scheme could finally take a look at the ratings issue when it meets in April of this year. One widely-supported solution would be to establish an R 18+ classification for games over there -- currently, any games that don't match up to the MA 15+ rating are automatically banned, which leads to story after story of games that are rated for 18+ instead smashed with the banhammer down under.<br style="line-height: 0.8em; "><br style="line-height: 0.8em; ">The one spoiler is South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson, who not only opposes the R 18+ rating, but hasn't gotten a very good impression of angry Australian gamers. He'll be at the meeting in April and will have veto power on any measures proposed, so unless he has a change of mind (or gamers who are organizing politically against Atkinson can oust him in an upcoming March election), the meeting in April could end in the same old disappointments for Australian gamers. Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/04/aussie-ratings-board-to-discuss-an-r-18-rating-at-april-meeting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 As long as Atkinson is in office there is no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted March 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) Yeah, this is a nice PR move, but won't accomplish anything at all. Atkinson hates people who play video games, he's already said he'd ignore anything said by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2010 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2010 Yeah, this is a nice PR move, but won't accomplish anything at all. Atkinson hates people who play video games, he's already said he'd ignore anything said by them. What age is this guy? How long till he's retired/six feet under? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted March 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2010 Unless he stuffs up badly or loses his seat, he's in the job until he retires. And he's 52, if he's a healthy eater and exercises, he'll be with us for a while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2010 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2010 Unless he stuffs up badly or loses his seat, he's in the job until he retires. And he's 52, if he's a healthy eater and exercises, he'll be with us for a while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted March 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2010 The only thing with a chance of actually doing anything (Since he's already said he's going to ignore the request for public comments) is the Gamers4Croydon thing. Unfortunately, I fear that he'll just start slandering them and the public will follow (and since voting is mandatory here, if people don't care about the R18+ rating then they'll probably still vote for him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2010 It's a huge shame that its not a federal election where the whole of Australia can vote him out. Unfortunitly it is a local one, so people in the suburb of Croydon only have the power to vote him out. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiRox Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I'd love to vote this guy out. Seriously, he's an idiot to think like that. On news site ... www.news.com.au - there are a few articles there. There are a few containing voting; Do you support an R18+ rating for video games? Yes 93.43% (2872 votes) No 6.57% (202 votes) Total votes: 3074 Source - (voting listed down the left hand side) I think the 'Yes' wins, no? Meh, doesn't stop me from buying the uncut overseas copy of Left 4 Dead 2 :) .... the gore is 10000x better than shooting a zombie which the body disappears before it hits the ground... its just plain awful. I got the cut version demo and was quite saddened and angry at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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