Valve Responds to Left 4 Dead 2 Ban

[exfileme]

Valve wasn't too happy about Australia banning L4D2.

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[chaohsiangchen]

That's why government-rating agency is a bad idea. They can really be PITA to sound business and meddling with other people's affair with their own narrow minded moral standard.

 

[rooket]

I thought l4d 2 was just l4d 1 with new levels.. dunno what the big deal is although a ton of 12 year olds do play l4d and i guess that can be considered disturbing to some.

 

[frozenlead]

This should be a parental decision.

 

[shadowplayer51]

The Board refused the game based on its "realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence,"

We all know how realistic killing zombies is

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

It does seem odd that apparently L4D 1 wasn't a problem but this one is...
They really should add adult ratings.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Crimethink.

 

[bogcotton]

Funny how they don't have the same attitude toward movies...

 

[lemonade4]

why can't they buy LFD2 off steam? is it just a banning of retail copies from being sold?

 

[doomtomb]

"realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence"

how many FPS games can you think of that don't actually fit this description?

 

[Guest]

pcrayz wrote:
"A baby called, it wants its cry back."

What was that? You must be taking notes from George Costanza ¬_¬

 

[jediagh]

L4D2 retail price $50 USD.
L4D2 eBay price so Austialian can get it $200 USD.
The "blackmarket" is going to love L4D2. It's going to bring in a boatload of money for them getting it to Australia.

 

[jediagh]

Note pricing above is just an example.

 

[d_kuhn]

All that means is that it'll sell twice as fast as it would have in Australia... just not through the retail channel.

Free publicity for Valve, and now every Aussie kid will want it twice as much.

 

[r1Master]

pcrayz - Watch you mouth.
This is not "Australias" fault... It the stupid ass governing body that wont put in a 18+ rating... HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO DO THAT YOU IDIOTS ! ! ! If there isnt a rating, and is need for one... MAKE ONE !
You should make generalisations like you did, makes you look ignorant.

 

[unlicensedhitman]

They can always download the game from steam or have one of family members who lives outside of Austrila and gift it to the user.

 

[tacoslave]

Left 4 Dead 2, thus banning the game from retail shelves in that country. The Board refused the game based on its "realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence,"

oh they must mean because they're black zombies and we all no how those black Australians get...

 

[pcrayz]

[citation][nom]r1master[/nom]pcrayz - Watch you mouth.This is not "Australias" fault... It the stupid ass governing body that wont put in a 18+ rating... HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO DO THAT YOU IDIOTS ! ! ! If there isnt a rating, and is need for one... MAKE ONE !You should make generalisations like you did, makes you look ignorant.[/citation]

No shit Sherlock, it's a joke.
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh6pZQX22CQ

 

[demonhorde665]

[citation][nom]shadowplayer51[/nom]The Board refused the game based on its "realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence,"We all know how realistic killing zombies is[/citation]


LOL what the fuck you mean?? !!!

suppose i cant take my zombie slave / shooting pratice subjects with em when i got on vacation next summer.. i suppose i coudl jsut take em adn let em run free in australia so they can eat idiots taht come up with this crap


but serious ! damn how do aussies live when they don't allow thier citiezens to shoot thier zombie's !!!

i shoot mine all teh time , hell had to shoot roten rhonda jsut teh otehr day when she bit the dog

 

[demonhorde665]

[citation][nom]r1master[/nom]pcrayz - Watch you mouth.This is not "Australias" fault... It the stupid ass governing body that wont put in a 18+ rating... HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO DO THAT YOU IDIOTS ! ! ! If there isnt a rating, and is need for one... MAKE ONE !You should make generalisations like you did, makes you look ignorant.[/citation]


actrually i thought his joke was funy , so far you'reteh only oen looking liek an idiot here , sicne his statment was opbviously an joke , it can easily be determined that he doesn't think ALL ausiis are at fualt ... pffft lol idiot LOL