Politician wants San Andreas rated Adults Only...
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posted07/09/2005 01:52 AM (UTC)by
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cartmansp
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03/18/2004 02:15 AM (UTC)
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Looks pretty lame to me. I think the "AO" rating is going too far. There's no incredibly graphic sex or violence, so the "M" rating should be enough...

Appearently, the ESRB will respond to these statements by the end of today though...

What are your thoughts?
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DRFATALITY
07/07/2005 11:05 PM (UTC)
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Those politicians don't have nothing to do.BTW,how do you get into Transbender in Doherty?
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cartmansp
07/07/2005 11:07 PM (UTC)
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DRFATALITY Wrote:
Those politicians don't have nothing to do.BTW,how do you get into Transbender in Doherty?


You need a cerain type of car...
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travelingwilbury
07/07/2005 11:08 PM (UTC)
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im guessing hes a republican. anyway thats retarted and shouldnt happen
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Blade-Tsung
07/07/2005 11:13 PM (UTC)
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Ok first off, if your name is 'Leyland Yee', you have no right to do anything. Secondly, he's horribly lame. I hate politicians, because this seems to be a nice, easy, wide open target for them to start a platform and get thier names out, and pick up a few votes. How about if you want to be a politician you address a real issue. Thirdly brings me to this:

Gamespot.com:
Yee took note of the apparent discovery of sex minigames hidden in the game's code that can be unlocked by a third-party mod (PC only). The game's publisher, Rockstar Games, has yet to even acknowledge the existence of the X-rated minigames, saying only that it has "no comment at this point."


If anyone has yet to see this, please do so right now. I believe ifilm.com has it, but I'm not positive. Basically they show you what happens when you score on a dating mission. The girl gets naked but there are no 'features', and Carl proceeds to wax that ass with his clothes on using sayings they used for when he is with a hooker. Pretty damn funny.
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Raining_Smoke
07/07/2005 11:20 PM (UTC)
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Thats basically telling the American people what they are and arent allowed to buy, and that is against the Constitution.
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DRFATALITY
07/07/2005 11:42 PM (UTC)
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cartmansp Wrote:
DRFATALITY Wrote:
Those politicians don't have nothing to do.BTW,how do you get into Transbender in Doherty?


You need a cerain type of car...


Thanks.
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overkill_78
07/07/2005 11:45 PM (UTC)
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travelingwilbury Wrote:
im guessing hes a republican.

anyway thats retarted and shouldnt happen


Leland Yee (D-San Francisco)

Democrat.
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07/07/2005 11:54 PM (UTC)
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travelingwilbury Wrote:
im guessing hes a republican.

Nope. Democrat. Not really surprising to me; after all, Joe Lieberman is one of the most outspoken opponents of video game violence, and he's a Dem.
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Kahn91
07/08/2005 12:10 AM (UTC)
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Blade-Tsung Wrote:
Ok first off, if your name is 'Leyland Yee', you have no right to do anything. Secondly, he's horribly lame. I hate politicians, because this seems to be a nice, easy, wide open target for them to start a platform and get thier names out, and pick up a few votes. How about if you want to be a politician you address a real issue. Thirdly brings me to this:

Gamespot.com:
Yee took note of the apparent discovery of sex minigames hidden in the game's code that can be unlocked by a third-party mod (PC only). The game's publisher, Rockstar Games, has yet to even acknowledge the existence of the X-rated minigames, saying only that it has "no comment at this point."


If anyone has yet to see this, please do so right now. I believe ifilm.com has it, but I'm not positive. Basically they show you what happens when you score on a dating mission. The girl gets naked but there are no 'features', and Carl proceeds to wax that ass with his clothes on using sayings they used for when he is with a hooker. Pretty damn funny.

I think I saw that mini-game on X-Play or somewhere, but it was heavily censored, so I was curious about it. I could tell it was from San Andreas, though. I just didn't know how to access it. Now I know I can't.

Man, these politicians must be more bored than I am right now if they want a game that's been out for AGES to be rated higher.

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Libra
07/08/2005 12:21 AM (UTC)
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This is depressing. I hope other games dont fall into this......sad situation...sad
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Raining_Smoke
07/08/2005 12:26 AM (UTC)
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Whats great is that my dad doesnt care what I buy, I mean im 17 years old I can handle video games. And my dad knows that, thats why I just go with him to get my games, and they always ask "Is it allright for him to play this?". It's really dumb...but doesnt affect me.
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TheKrypt
07/08/2005 12:27 AM (UTC)
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I am so glad i got the game when it was rated M. Hopefully it still is going to be rated M though. I don't really notice the Adult rated stuff anyways when I play it. All I do really is drive car, blow things up... Not really into the hooker thing but hey that's just me.
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mkflegend
07/08/2005 12:29 AM (UTC)
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Well MK,Night Trap and Doom started this shit with the politicians lol.Like carnage said it's always a dem,the reps have better things to worry about imo.

Please,i think this is ridiculous now,MK is alot worse imo anyway,whats worse shooting someone or literally ripping someone elses head off with gushing blood??It's a no brainer if you ask me personally.

If i'm a virgin to violence MK disturbs me more then GTA.smile
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cartmansp
07/08/2005 12:33 AM (UTC)
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I wonder why they want it to be "Adults Only" so much. I thought it might be because the "hidden sex game", but when you read the article, it says he wanted to change the rating even before he found out about the sex thing...

I have a feeling that this has a lot to do with GTA's popularity. This politician probably wants to look good and get recognition by taking down a big franchise...
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07/08/2005 12:38 AM (UTC)
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mkflegend Wrote:
Well MK,Night Trap and Doom started this shit with the politicians lol.Like carnage said it's always a dem,the reps have better things to worry about imo.

Please,i think this is ridiculous now,MK is alot worse imo anyway,whats worse shooting someone or literally ripping someone elses head off with gushing blood??It's a no brainer if you ask me personally.

If i'm a virgin to violence MK disturbs me more then GTA.smile

Actually I think the part politicians object to is the influence violent games might have on kids, not how much that violence disturbs them. Since ripping someone's head off is a lot less realistic than shooting someone, MK is probably less likely to influence kids than GTA is.
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DMitch
07/08/2005 12:48 AM (UTC)
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I guess it is just a lame way for him to get a few more votes from "concerned parents"... and increase interenet piracy...
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07/08/2005 01:52 AM (UTC)
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I've seen it on G4Tecghtv's Atack of the Show. They previewed it, after gamespot had it listed in their rumor control secction a few weeks ago, and said it was bogus. They're wanted to show that it wasn't, but they did censor it. I thought it was both the Xbox and PC version. Personally I really don't care if politicians are trying to get it an AO rating. I really think it's borderline tobegin with. The probelm is that the ESRB never gives out an AO rating, and game developers seem to wantot avaid it att all costs because the media will pick up on it, and the game would possibly be banded. I don't want games to be banded in genral, but I really think that the AO rating is useless if there not going to use it. I for one would like to see game developers start pushing the rating limit for their games for the adult audiance. I'm sure we could start getting entertainling games with over the top nudity, and really crude humor.
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mkflegend
07/08/2005 01:57 AM (UTC)
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Carnage,whos says man????A la OJ Simpson man,whats worse reading about that or a shooting???They are both a negative influence,also don't you remember that article on here MKonline concerning those latvia kids who did the scissor kick to a poor kid and broke his neck,naaaa i'm going with MK,MK is alot more brutal over the years,GTA is just seems like a modern day rip off of the original Narc.Just my opinion .


Whos the politician anyway???smile
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DMitch
07/08/2005 02:52 AM (UTC)
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mkflegend Wrote:
Carnage,whos ays man????A la OJ Simpson man,whats worse reading about that or a shooting???They are both a negative influence,also don't you remember that article on here MKonline concerning those latvia kids who did the scissor kick to a poor kid and broke his neck,naaaa i'm going with MK,MK is alot more brutal over the years,GTA is just seems like a modern day rip off of the original Narc.Just my opinion .


Whos the politician anyway???smile

Can you translate this into English?
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mkflegend
07/08/2005 03:03 AM (UTC)
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Dude it is english,tell me why does a NJ guy have a canadian flag???Just curious man.
mkflegend Wrote:
Dude it is english,tell me why does a NJ guy have a canadian flag???Just curious man.


Worst. Comeback. Ever.
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mkflegend
07/08/2005 03:17 AM (UTC)
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I wasn't aware that i was trying to come back,was i down by three runs,lol.Come back from where Chuckles???I just asked him a question??Geez,a man can't even ask another guy a question anymore lol.
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cartmansp
07/08/2005 03:21 AM (UTC)
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mkflegend Wrote:
Geez,a man can't even ask another guy a question anymore lol.


It was off topic...
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07/08/2005 04:12 AM (UTC)
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mkflegend Wrote:
Carnage,whos says man????A la OJ Simpson man,whats worse reading about that or a shooting???They are both a negative influence,also don't you remember that article on here MKonline concerning those latvia kids who did the scissor kick to a poor kid and broke his neck,naaaa i'm going with MK,MK is alot more brutal over the years,GTA is just seems like a modern day rip off of the original Narc.Just my opinion .


Whos the politician anyway???smile

I remember the article about the Latvian kids killing someone, and supposedly having been influenced by MK, but I don't remember all the specifics. Was it a scissor kick and a broken neck? If so, that could be attributed to any fighting game.

My point had more to do with the example you suggested: Fatalities. In reality, what kid young enough to actually be influenced by MK even could pull off any Fatality from MK? In MK, everything- the physics, the characters' abilities, the actual volume of blood spilled- is exaggerated and unrealistic.

And as for who the politician is, it's a guy named Leland Yee, a California Assemblyman; in other words, on the level of state government, not federal.
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