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Minichan

Topic: What if there was a Voluntary Film Ratings Board?

brie !uXWPG0MygI started this discussion 11 years ago #44,827

Or VFRB... Would anybody rate their films Adults Only and risk not being picked up by Wal-Mart?

kook !!Phkn/3Gic joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 6 hours later[^] [v] #592,079

No they wouldn't. Even now when someone makes a movie and it gets rated NC 17, they will cut things out so that theaters and stores will carry it.

brie !uXWPG0MygI (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 7 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,081

@previous (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)
Doesn't work for games, they only watch videos of some of the content.

kook !!Phkn/3Gic replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,096

@previous (brie !uXWPG0MygI)
Um, are you sure about that?

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,139

@previous (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)
I'm pretty sure ratings committees have better things to do than play with toys.

Metæ joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,148

@592,096 (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)
Could you imagine if the ESRB had to play 100% of every rated videogame to make sure there was no "hot coffee" hidden content?

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,149

@previous (Metæ)
hot coffee was locked away and required a mod to activate. so no, i can't and that wouldn't do any good even

kook !!Phkn/3Gic replied with this 11 years ago, 24 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,152

@592,139 (C)
okay

kook !!Phkn/3Gic double-posted this 11 years ago, 27 seconds later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,153

@592,148 (Metæ)
But then why cant video games hide things from the censors?

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,154

@592,139 (C)
I disagree.

dw joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 40 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,161

@592,153 (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)

> But then why cant video games hide things from the censors?

They could probably pull that off only once. Why would they want to anyway?

kook !!Phkn/3Gic replied with this 11 years ago, 23 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,167

@previous (dw)
Because you could put things in games that are normally not allowed. You would also increase the amount of teens who could buy it without parental supervision.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 28 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,169

@previous (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)
I don't see what developers would really gain from that, other than pissing off parents and probably getting into trouble with the law and the media.

Developers can already make games that push the envelope anyway. Hatred is just a recent example. It's not that they can't do controversial stuff, it just has to behind an 18+ rating.

brie !uXWPG0MygI (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,171

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Not true at all. As one example, Online Interactions are not rated by the ESRB.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 18 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,182

@previous (brie !uXWPG0MygI)
Are Minichan interactions rated by them?

brie !uXWPG0MygI (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 56 seconds later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,183

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
The ESRB doesn't give a fuck about Minichan, so nope.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,184

@previous (brie !uXWPG0MygI)
:(

then whom is rating us

how will we know if we're old enough to be here

brie !uXWPG0MygI (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,185

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Read the rules??? Not that anybody takes those seriously.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,187

@previous (brie !uXWPG0MygI)
lol those are just copied from Anontalk. Minichan is, in truth, quite like the Wild West. There is a more minimalist approach to the law, around here.

brie !uXWPG0MygI (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,189

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
I know, who didn't know that???!!!

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 4 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,191

@previous (brie !uXWPG0MygI)
Your mum

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brie !uXWPG0MygI (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 31 seconds later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,192

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
She a dope

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kook !!Phkn/3Gic replied with this 11 years ago, 3 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,247

@592,169 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
but Hatred was digital only for a reason

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 16 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,249

@previous (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)
Are digital games not rated?

But okay, we'll try something a bit more disk-bound. In The Darkness, you can tear out a person's heart and an evil snake monster eats it. In GTA V, you can see two old nudist men trying to rape a woman (though they don't actually do it). I think- IMO- games can already take things quite far if they want to. No need to sneak things in and risk getting into trouble.

dw replied with this 11 years ago, 58 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #592,268

@592,167 (kook !!Phkn/3Gic)

> Because you could put things in games that are normally not allowed. You would also increase the amount of teens who could buy it without parental supervision.

Like I said, they could do that maybe once and then they'd be in a lot of shit. Can teens not buy mature rated games in the US?
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