Mortal Kombat banned in Australia

[Jewrean]

I thought we were past this.

Pirate or import... hmmm...

 

[GrimTuesday]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Silly Australians with your strict and irrational laws about video games.

 

[General BrEeZy]

i guess Yahtzee's gonna be upset
....
naaaaah.

 

[Zaik]

Well, that's who gets elected over there. I don't know that you can blame Australians for that any more than you can blame Americans for playing police everywhere.

When everyone running for office is a retard, your government is going to do retarded stuff.

 

[darksakul]

i guess Yahtzee's gonna be upset
....
naaaaah.

I think so, I just message him with a link to a different article covering the same story.
http://shoryuken.com/content/mortal-kombat-9-may-banned-australia-3725/

Yes that other Dark Sakul is me as well

Now excuse me, I got children to feed to blood thirsty koalas

 

[Chibz]

There's a VERY good reason why I refer to Australia as "Gamer Hell". Broken rating system, and politicians using games as a scapegoat even more frequently than they do in the US.

I'm not surprised.

 

[A Pious Cultist]

You were honestly expecting a game that sells it self on being violent as all hell to not be banned or censored to shit?
Maaaan.

 

[Joel Soh]

I dunno how many people here are Aussie, but from the E-mail I got from JBHIFI, MK9 is also banned from import.

"Dear Customers,

Thanks for pre-ordering Mortal Kombat. We?ve just been given some disappointing news from the distributor. The Office of Film and Literature Classification have made a unanimous ruling to ban Mortal Kombat for >>>>sale or import into Australia<<<<, as it is a unanimous decision we?ve been told they are unable to lodge an appeal. Unfortunately we will be cancelling your pre orders. We will keep your emails on file in case a modified version becomes available so we can notify you.

Kind Regards,
xxxxx"

And don't talk like it's easy to just get up and move from one country to another. Seriously.

 

[alinos]

Seriously. Just because people under 18 can't play it doesn't mean everybody else can't. Australia needs to understand that games are not just for children, and they should not be treated as simple children's toys.

And People Need To Stop Using the Word Australia To describe it

the fact is there was 80% support for the R rating to be introduced

But because for some mucked up reason in a democracy theres a single committy that must be unanimous to change the laws that govern the ratings system's. It's tied to those people and only those people.

and it's much easier for the christian's to taint one of them than all of the especially when they have one who's electorate is one of the few that is high in religious population(even though christians don't seem to be against it just there electorial representatives unfortunatly)

It's one of the reason's i wish we had referendum's on something's

But no only our govt gets to make decisions and normally they don't anyways

 

[alinos]

I dunno how many people here are Aussie, but from the E-mail I got from JBHIFI, MK9 is also banned from import.

all banned games are banned from import. Otherwise it defeats the point because then the sale would merely have to take place overseas to allow anything in.

If customs were for whatever reason to search your bags or a parcel and found a banned game in it they are within their rights to take it from you.

The chance's of this happening are naught they have so many real crimes and stuff to find than a DVD with something that the govt doesn't want in childrens hands(because thats there argument)

 

[Zhukov]

Arg. That's annoying.

Although I can't get properly angry because I don't care in the slightest about that game.

So I guess I'm annoyed on principle.

 

[StormShaun]

Seriously. Just because people under 18 can't play it doesn't mean everybody else can't. Australia needs to understand that games are not just for children, and they should not be treated as simple children's toys.

The government ruins all our fun......we should FINISH THEM........*Cries*

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

As if 5000 poisonous animal species weren't enough reason to not live in Australia...

Aussies, your government is trying to tell you something! Move to the real world!

 

[Canadamus Prime]

NOOOOOOOO... wait I don't live in Australia, never mind.

 

[farq1414]

damn you all. Stupid Michael Atkinson he thinks that all games are for kids and i think i heard that that they where trying to get MA or R rating for the game. When will Michael Atkinson stop thinking that all game are for little kids even the code it say's "adults should be able to read, hear and see what they want" but there is no R18+ for games I HATE THIS SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MICHAEL ATKINSON this is what he said about the matter "I don't support the introduction of an R18+ rating for electronic games, chiefly because it will greatly increase the risk of children and vulnerable adults being exposed to damaging images and messages." That is why they are called R18+ (Restricted) so that no-one under age buys the game. O and by the way "FINISH HIM" (i grab michael head and pull it of his body along with his spinal cord and throw it at the ground then turn around to see his body fall to the ground with boold spraying out of his neck) now that's what i call R18+

 

[Haydyn]

I'm tired of video games being treated differently than film and literature.

 

[Jelly ^.^]

Just import the sucker.

 

[Jelly ^.^]

damn you all. Stupid Michael Atkinson he thinks that all games are for kids and i think i heard that that they where trying to get MA or R rating for the game. When will Michael Atkinson stop thinking that all game are for little kids even the code it say's "adults should be able to read, hear and see what they want" but there is no R18+ for games I HATE THIS SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MICHAEL ATKINSON this is what he said about the matter "I don't support the introduction of an R18+ rating for electronic games, chiefly because it will greatly increase the risk of children and vulnerable adults being exposed to damaging images and messages." That is why they are called R18+ (Restricted) so that no-one under age buys the game. O and by the way "FINISH HIM" (i grab michael head and pull it of his body along with his spinal cord and throw it at the ground then turn around to see his body fall to the ground with boold spraying out of his neck) now that's what i call R18+

Michael Atkinson isn't an Attorney General anymore man, and for the record, it was the Liberal Party's new arsehead in WA who blocked the last attempt to revamp the ratings system with an R18+ rating.