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Trying to ban racing game in Oz

Kyle Robert

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Kyle Robert » Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:16:05

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

This takes the cake.

Larr

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Larr » Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:12:47

Oh, now this is pathetic...

"There is no research into how racing games affect the attitudes of young
drivers. But, Mr Gibson said, there is enough research into risk-taking
behaviour for there to be a concern.
"It's better to be safe than sorry."

If it's THAT better to be safe than sorry, then we need to outlaw cars
alltogether, hot water, hot grease, hot McDonalds Coffee (couldn't resist
that one), air (hey, it might be polluted), water (someone might possibly
trip and jam their head in their glass, and thus drown), etc...

This guy has seen Demolition Man too many times and it gave him idea's.

-Larry


GMpartsgu

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by GMpartsgu » Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:57:53

Some of us are to old to be infuenced by that stuff anyway. When i was a
kid, we had to use Mad Max and The Road Warrior to hone our road skills..
sheesh
Ricky Polinsk

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Ricky Polinsk » Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:41:48


Another problem pointed out in that story is the stupid situation of cars
like the Enzo as mention not being able to be registered in OZ.  We want out
*** supercars!

Eldre

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Eldre » Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:00:50



>Some of us are to old to be infuenced by that stuff anyway. When i was a
>kid, we had to use Mad Max and The Road Warrior to hone our road skills..
>sheesh

Anybody else remember Death Race 2000?

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Eldre

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by Eldre » Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:00:49


>Oh, now this is pathetic...

>"There is no research into how racing games affect the attitudes of young
>drivers. But, Mr Gibson said, there is enough research into risk-taking
>behaviour for there to be a concern.
>"It's better to be safe than sorry."

Out of curiosity, did they also ban Carmageddon 1 & 2?  

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gord

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by gord » Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:56:13


Sylvester Stallone wishes he could forget that movie. ;-)

Ruud Dingeman

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Ruud Dingeman » Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:29:14


> Anybody else remember Death Race 2000?

You mean your quest to get negative before Y2K?   <grin>

Regards, Rudy
(GPLRank -16)

Damien Smit

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Damien Smit » Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:05:02

Yes, however the developers released a version with zombies and green ***
instead of regular pedestrians and it was given the green light by the
censors....   The main problem is that all R-rated games are banned in
Australia - the highest classification is MA15+.

Eldre

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Eldre » Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:04:51




>> Anybody else remember Death Race 2000?

>You mean your quest to get negative before Y2K?   <grin>

Ouch...
Besides, smart aleck - GPLRank didn't come out until Summer 2000...<sticks out
tongue>
:-)

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Ruud Dingeman

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by Ruud Dingeman » Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:02:11


>>You mean your quest to get negative before Y2K?   <grin>
> Besides, smart aleck - GPLRank didn't come out until Summer 2000...<sticks out
> tongue>

Just kidding Eldred - and, unless I'm very much mistaken, you were
already negative waaayyy before me :)

Regards, Rudy
(GPLRank -16)

Eldre

Trying to ban racing game in Oz

by Eldre » Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:06:12

I went negative on Dec 13, 2002(friday the 13th), and have pretty much
stagnated.  I think I got to about -2 or so before my system crashed and I lost
all my replays/times.  You on the other hand, shot right by me and continue to
pull away...  :-(

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