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fishbone
Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Location: i wish i knew
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject: whoa! Brainblast! |
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i got the greatest i dea
this will make the site user friendly to everyone
rating system
say it with me
CONTENT RATING SYSTEM
e through m
or x
whatever
so when you upload a game, you check off the rating that you would give it, based on the games content!
then no one can complain!
anyone? _________________ i will perform brain surgery on god
i will not commit acts of violence, physical or otherwise if things come alive
i cannot plotscript (sniff)
i can make music now(yes!)
i cannot plotscript (tear) |
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Fenrir-Lunaris WUT
Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Attempted before, but did not get off the ground. The main point of contention was who would decide what "M" and "T" games were, and secondly coding in those features |
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fishbone
Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Location: i wish i knew
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:28 am Post subject: |
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well
the difference between t and m
is pretty much
is there nudity?
did they say the f word?
is there gratuitus gore and or violence? _________________ i will perform brain surgery on god
i will not commit acts of violence, physical or otherwise if things come alive
i cannot plotscript (sniff)
i can make music now(yes!)
i cannot plotscript (tear) |
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DomGallo Is a master. And you?
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 85 Location: COMING THROUGH YOUR BATHROOM WINDOW
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Fish, I don't mean to offend you here, but you can't even spell gratuitous, do I want you deciding how my game should be rated? What's more, there's always people who are battle hardened old goats who don't flinch at anything, and then there's chickenshit soccer moms who think their kids have never heard anyone say "Fuck" before.
A rating system only works if a parent has his eye over your shoulder the whole time, and if a parent is actually selecting the game. Most kids are either going to ignore it, or just use it to skip the bullshit and find the good stuff, and a parent'll know and punish the kid by what's on the screen of the game, not by a tiny little "RATED M" sticker when the game was downloaded.
By the by, this TV Rating system in the US is great, not only do I know that a program is meant for Adults Only, I know it's because of heavy sexual content, just what I was in the mood for. I don't have to waste my time on things that SOUND dirty, or might be dirty, I can dive right in and get what I want. (The V-Chip is mostly what makes that system worth while, and computers don't have V-Chips (Thank God [Yet]) to block out that kind of stuff.
It's a cute idea, but I don't think the community's quite ready to just like the big boys at the ESRB just yet. _________________ The turkey: God's most noble creature.
Don't eat Turkey for Christmas. I WILL FIND OUT. |
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Shadowiii It's been real.
Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:54 am Post subject: |
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A bajillion people, including myself, have tried to get people to go with this, and so far nobody wants it. Just play at your own risk pretty much. _________________ But enough talk, have at you! |
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Moogle1 Scourge of the Seas Halloween 2006 Creativity Winner
Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 3377 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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It's not like we have that many "mature"-rated games. Most games have disclaimers for content, except the blatantly obvious ones (Hentai Quest).
Of course, we could always do it by author:
Gizmog: M
Everyone Else: E-T _________________
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FyreWulff Still Jaded
Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 406 Location: The Internet
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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ESRB, TV, and Movie ratings are all trademarked.
And for any of it to work, the authors would decide for themselves, and you'd have the jerks marking "Sgt. Bob's Sex Adventure in Penisland" as suitable for 2 year olds.
So in short, you should play the game, find out if you think it's offensive. If offensive, stop playing the game. If not, continue. |
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Joe Man
Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 742 Location: S. Latitude 47°9', W. Longitude 123°43'
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'll make it simple...
Just toss in a new part of the game review format, stating age recomendations. Just let the reviewer say what he thinks is right, be it "8+" or "Mature audiences" or "Senile grandparents" or whatever. _________________ "Everyone has 200,000 bad drawings in them, the sooner you get them out the better."
~Charles Martin Jones
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DomGallo Is a master. And you?
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 85 Location: COMING THROUGH YOUR BATHROOM WINDOW
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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You do that, I'll review every god damn game on the list and put "NOT SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION". _________________ The turkey: God's most noble creature.
Don't eat Turkey for Christmas. I WILL FIND OUT. |
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PlayerOne
Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 143 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:05 am Post subject: |
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The ESRB ratings don't necessarily mean a lot to those of us not in the US, either. We have our own crappy ratings system here in the UK.
Obviously violence is going to feature in most RPGs. The issues are likely to be offensive language and maybe sexual content. I'd hope most authors would give the necessary warnings and make their intended audience clear.
But who is going to police it anyway? People are generally downloading their own games, I assume, so parental control isn't likely to feature. Are there people here who would choose not to play something with bad language in it? |
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Valigarmander Bye-Bye
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 750 Location: Nowhere
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see the point in having a rating system here at CP. That ESRB crap and such are just for overly-protective mothers who're afraid their kids might see a booby or something. And since most people who download OHR games don't do it for their kids or whatever, it'd be kind of pointless. |
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LeRoy_Leo Project manager Class S Minstrel
Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 2683 Location: The dead-center of your brain!
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Valigarmander wrote: | That ESRB crap and such are just for overly-protective mothers who're afraid their kids might see a booby or something. |
I like how you think, comrad! bahahaha! _________________ Planning Project Blood Summons, an MMORPG which will incinerate all of the others with it's sheer brilliance...
---msw188 ---
"Seriously James, you keep rolling out the awesome like gingerbread men on a horror-movie assembly line. " |
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Shadowiii It's been real.
Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Valigarmander wrote: | I don't see the point in having a rating system here at CP. That ESRB crap and such are just for overly-protective mothers who're afraid their kids might see a booby or something. And since most people who download OHR games don't do it for their kids or whatever, it'd be kind of pointless. |
I would bet money you are some under-17-year-old who is mad his mom wouldn't buy him Halo 2.
Also, this thread is 2 months old. _________________ But enough talk, have at you! |
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Battleblaze Warrior Thread Monk
Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 782 Location: IndY OHR
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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It dosen't really matter hwta the rating is, as long as it isn't something like mutant penis cum drinking contest v.2006. They kinda trust me and know they didnt raise some kid who'll play 'Enter the Matrix' then kill his parents because he claimes they're agents.
What families are even on CP. If you have enough intelligence to find the site and use the OHR I don't think anyone cares.
Side Note:My Dad likes to poke fun at me by saying I'm having phone/cyber sex everytime he sees me on a computer, so I assume he knows that I know about the elusive phenomenon of boobies. _________________ Indy OHR! and National OHR Month Contest going on now!
"Aeth calls PHC an anti-semite; PHC blames anti-semitism"
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Valigarmander Bye-Bye
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 750 Location: Nowhere
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | I would bet money you are some under-17-year-old who is mad his mom wouldn't buy him Halo 2. |
Nah, my mom doesn't really give a crap what I do. I just get really bugged how parents tend to overreact whenever there's a little bit of blood or swearing or nudity or alchohol or animal cruelty or people cruelty or satanic lyrics in a game. |
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