i'm sorry, but that's childporn

[God's Clown]

Wait...guys actually complaining about breasts being too big? Has the world ended? Am I in heaven?

I mean, I love girls with smaller boobs just as much as bigger, but they created the game, if they want to cover their ass then they have that right.

 

[snave]

The (ridiculous) Australian laws are regulating porn.

My understanding is that they were regulating porn. Australia already has legal precedent for animated characters (Simpsons and Powerpuff Girls specifically [1]) being treated as real in pornography trials. All it takes is for one concerned citizen to cry "porn" and there's abolsutely nothing short of uncommon sense stopping it from becoming technical "porn".

Furthermore, there were allegations flying around in early 2010 over possible new regulations that cup-size is specifically taken into account when determining what age to treat them as. The source of these was the Australian Sex Party, a left wing minor political party in early 2010, citing experiences during an information session where allegedly small breasts were a determining factor in banning some "barely legal" (yet still legal) themed porn. In the end, the mistake turned out to be theirs, and the assertation that 20-somethings with A-cup breasts are all treated equivalent to children was completely overblown[2]. However, whilst the situation was not nearly as dire as the party had made it out to be, the issue did persuade the media to dig up a bunch of somewhat arbitrary rulings.

The very fact that censorship decisions in Australia are determined "case by case" with no clear guidelines and in turn steamroll out inconsistent precedent ... let's just say, if I were a publisher with a monetary stake in something, I wouldn't give two shits about playing the righteous political card and instead turn around, bend over and play it damn well safe, treating even hearsay as real.

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7770781.stm
2. http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/29/has-australia-really-banned-small-breasts/

 

[Gigano]

Sounds like a strange excuse, but then again, I can't see why bosom size would be all that important (though being a guy this obviously isn't anything that would ever get in the way of my ability to role-play a character), and don't other MMORPG's generally also have female character models ranging from "voluptuous" and up?

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

-Snip-
The Escapist has obviously asked people not to discuss this on the forums. What the hell is there to be confused about? Just stop.

The Escapist asked for there to be an end to the discussion of pedophilia. This thread isn't about pedophilia.
It is about the studio behind Star Trek: Online not allowing flat-chested women just in case someone makes a character that looks underage, who could then get caught performing inappropriate actions.
Hence why this is in the Gaming Discussion sub-forum. If it were about pedophilia/child-porn in general, it would be in off-topic, and locked. And mod action would be taken if such a thread were made again.
A number of mods were online when this thread was made, so I believe it is safe to say that this thread is in the clear, as it is not locked or deleted.
Anyway...
OP: Yeah, that is stupid, it bothered me when I tried the beta. But what can be done about it, really? The company needs to avoid any bad press if it wants to become more popular, so things like this happen >.>

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

-Snip-
I wasn't talking about the thread. Please read all the relevant posts before responding, thanks.

Congratulations. I did read them. He was staying on topic. You decided to wander in and tell him to stop discussing it.
If you don't like a topic, stay out of it, don't go in and start complaining about it to people who make valid posts.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

-Snip-
I've been active in the discussion throughout the thread, actually.

I stand by the remarks you're objecting to without apology, and don't find your reading of the exchange to be competent. I have nothing further to say to you.

As I see with your flaming. In future, if you don't like a topic, stay out of it. If you think a post breaks the rules, or goes against what Spinwhiz said, report it, don't quote and tell them to stop talking. It is up to the mods and staff to see if something breaks the rules, and if it does, then they deal with it.

 

[Zhukov]

Huh.

Y'know what this means?

Black Swan is officially child porn.

 

[Smooth Operator]

I think the guys know how to dodge a bullet, there would be no shortage of lawsuits coming their way if someone were to do some kinky clips with child models.

We may understand this is a ridiculous restriction, but the "games eat babies" groups sure as hell don't.