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MrMan 
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Posted on: Aug. 03 2000,22:06 |
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I'm 14 and my parents won't let me play any game rated mature (There afraid I'm going to pick up a gun and shoot everyone). If it weren't for them and the fucking ESRB i'd be playing Half-Life right now but nooo. I bet the ESRB is composed of drunk lunatics pulled form the street. I mean take Bushido Blade, that game is rated teen and it's a hell of alot more violent than, say, Thief: The dark project (And thief is newer too). Do they rate these games while high/drunk?
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Vigilante
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Posted on: Aug. 03 2000,22:36 |
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No, they're just frickin' morons. Kinda like the MPAA and their ratings, too.
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Firefox
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Posted on: Aug. 04 2000,01:15 |
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That sucks. I remember buying Doom 2 when I was 14... the sticker right on it said "M- MATURE- 17 and over" and I marched right up and plopped it on the counter, and bought it. A few years after that, all the hype about violence in games started, so I don't know if you could do that these days. Ratings suck. Age restrictions in general are kinda stupid. I know 16 year olds who are far more responsible and mature than some whacked-out 25 year old moron.
But what can you do?
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ICQ: 436346 "A christian, an anarchist-slash-prostitute, figures out the true meaning of freedom. Not freedom like America, freedom like a shopping cart."
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Aug. 04 2000,02:51 |
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well, usually i dont really pay attention to the ratings, but every once in a while i see their effect. i used to go to a camp (yeah, i know, shut up, they taught me how to have mad programming skills) and after columbine, they wouldnt allow any first person shooters, or anything rated M. i suddenly found the only thing that i could play that was any fun was mechwarrior 3 (it was a technicallity, cause there was a third person mode, naturally, we didnt have to use it) but ive noticed that any game that ends up having good gameplay, or a really awesome storyline, or both, becomes rated mature. at least the movies have a better system, where if theres lots of nudity, cursing, or violence, they rate it higher. and i can see the need too. im thankful for it though, i mean i love the high i get from tricking movie theatre people into thinking im old enough to go see rated r movies. i mean i know its not that big a deal, but i still love it. too bad im gonna be 17 in the 31st =(....ive gotten off topic though, havent i?
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Ozymandias
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Posted on: Aug. 04 2000,22:23 |
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The whole damn thing pisses me off.Why are we letting people tell us what we can and can't watch? Really, isn't it the PARENTS' job to not let their kid see a movie that they don't approve of? I mean, why should movies sacrifice some of the best scenes for the sake of kiddifying things so that the little darlings don't get any awful, awful ideas in their cute little heads? Besides, even if the MPAA cuts shit out, it's useless since it's all just going to be released on DVD half a year later. And it's even easier to RENT a movie than get in in the theatres. Besides, haven't you ever watched an unedited version of a movie, and then thought "Jeez, I wish I could've seen that in the theatres". Fucking assholes. I mean, for the love of humanity, IT'S PICTURES ON A SCREEN. Anyone dumb enough to be that heavily influenced by a movie would be too frightened by the concept of moving pictures. "Well, there were copycat murders based on Natural Born Killers! Logically, this movie should be BANNED, and all evidence of its existence should be DESTROYED!" Anyone that damned unstable is going to kill. Who knows, maybe going on a NBK-style killing spree was better than what they would've done had they never seen the movie. For more on why movies should have NO CONFLICT OR RESOLUTION, VIOLENCE, OR HUMOR WHATSOEVER, you can read up on it here. ------------------
But where is Gamera?
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Firefox
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quote:
Originally posted by Ozymandias:
For more on why movies should have NO CONFLICT OR RESOLUTION, VIOLENCE, OR HUMOR WHATSOEVER, you can read up on it here.
Oh my god. I just checked out that page, and I've got to say it was soo bad. I mean, there is nothing really wrong with a movie rating site in principle, but the wanton Christian influence and some of their rating systems are disgraceful. Scenes giving any implication of homosexuality worsen the score of the movie?? You have got to be fucking kidding me. How about we just ignore all the parts of society we don't like? If we ignore them, that means they don't exist, right?? I read their review of X-Men, and screw movie ratings, it was more a huge Christian bible rant. To give you an idea, they said that the implication that humans would "evolve" into different states was absurd... And then they talk about how the storyline behind the X-Men fighting for tolerance of mutants was a veil for "pro-homosexuality" supporters. Who writes this shit?? You have got to be kidding me. I have to say that believe it or not, this stuff is almost as bad as Jack Chicks' tracts. *cough cough* I want to rant and rave more about that site, but it won't do anything but make me even more pissed off, so lets just leave it at this- That site is disgraceful. -FFox ------------------
ICQ: 436346 "A christian, an anarchist-slash-prostitute, figures out the true meaning of freedom. Not freedom like America, freedom like a shopping cart."
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Rol3x
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Posted on: Aug. 05 2000,00:52 |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ozymandias:
The whole damn thing pisses me off.Why are we letting people tell us what we can and can't watch? Really, isn't it the PARENTS' job to not let their kid see a movie that they don't approve of? I mean, why should movies sacrifice some of the best scenes for the sake of kiddifying things so that the little darlings don't get any awful, awful ideas in their cute little heads? Besides, even if the MPAA cuts shit out, it's useless since it's all just going to be released on DVD half a year later. And it's even easier to RENT a movie than get in in the theatres. Besides, haven't you ever watched an unedited version of a movie, and then thought "Jeez, I wish I could've seen that in the theatres". Fucking assholes. I mean, for the love of humanity, IT'S PICTURES ON A SCREEN. Anyone dumb enough to be that heavily influenced by a movie would be too frightened by the concept of moving pictures. "Well, there were copycat murders based on Natural Born Killers! Logically, this movie should be BANNED, and all evidence of its existence should be DESTROYED!" Anyone that damned unstable is going to kill. Who knows, maybe going on a NBK-style killing spree was better than what they would've done had they never seen the movie. For more on why movies should have NO CONFLICT OR RESOLUTION, VIOLENCE, OR HUMOR WHATSOEVER, you can read up on it here.
i agree. but if the parents really want to make sure they are doing the right thing, they should play the game (until they beat it, and you know they'll just get tired of getting their ass kicked and let you play it) or watch the movie, and then decide what they think. which either way i dont give a shit, my parents dont care what games i play on my cpu, thank god. i feel for anyone who cant do the same.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ozymandias:
For more on why movies should have NO CONFLICT OR RESOLUTION, VIOLENCE, OR HUMOR WHATSOEVER, you can read up on it here.
Thanks for posting that link. Now I'll know which movies to avoid. I for one have always wanted a ratings service to warn me about movies with 'suggestive eye movements'. It's also been a concern of mine to avoid movies with characters that 'DEFY RIGHTEOUS AUTHORITY'. When will people finally learn that sex is WRONG AND DIRTY, and that independent thought MUST BE STAMPED OUT?! Honestly, I was appalled by the X-men movie after I saw it. How could they make heroes out of those HOMOSEXUAL mutants? They should have locked up those mutants or better yet KILLED THEM ALL. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?????!!!!!11 quote:
Leviticus 20:12
If man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
We need to return our children to the Bible, not expose them to such filth as is in the movies these days!!!! I think that all people who don't think like me MUST BE ERADICATED. Anyone who thinks otherwise will BURN IN HELL FOR ETERNITY!!!!!!!! Sinners must repent or they will know the truth of Rev. 21:8!!!!!11 quote:
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Let this be a warning to all you SINNERS: Do not forsake our merciful and loving Father or he will have no choice but to send you to BURN IN HELL FOR ETERNITY!!!!!111
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