German Social Affairs Minister Wants to Rate World of Warcraft "Adults Only"

[Kekkis]

Oh and noes.. Well 2 bad for German ppl if Social Affairs Minister get what she wants.

http://www.gameculture.com/node/1177

[merujo]

i always find kinda pathetic these measures after "things" happen.

[beyond-tec]

I.
they're trying to forbid first-person shooters since Counterstrike was released.
you can still buy it in the shops so it will take ages to rate WoW 18+.

II.
even if they rate it 18+, nothing would change. The mother, father, brother, sister....
of someone would buy the game in the shop. Done. The rating of "adults only" is only
for selling it in the shops, not for creating accounts, paying the account etc etc...
so it wouldn't change anything here.

[magwo]

Meh, retards.
Kids don't kill kids due to violent inspirations - kids kill kids when they are unhappy, abused and/or suffer from mental illness.

No legislation in the world can replace treatment, tolerance, respect and kindness.

[beyond-tec]

kids are bored, school ends at 14:00, they don't need to help their parents,
don't need to work, they just hang around with their friends, they don't have
any problems / worries... they just hang around doing nothing and wasting time.

too much free time = too much stupid ideas in a society that doesn't have any
laws to convict kids that are under 16 years old and try to help kids instead of
punishing them for what they've done.

we got gangs here of ~20 kids that hurt other people, rob them, even stab them
down with knifes etc. and can't get punished because they're 14 years old and
the only thing our legal authorities can do is take them home and talk to their parents.

but hey...
rating WoW as adults only will truely solve this issue.... for sure.. I promise... yeah....

[Bigfish]

Another case of someone looking for political ammunition from an unrelated source.

[Bigfish]

Also, I want my Adult's Only content. Dryads gone wild, brothels in every capital, severed heads and limbs, and the grim, harsh realities of STDs and Pregnancy.

[Basilikos]

Also, I want my Adult's Only content. Dryads gone wild, brothels in every capital, severed heads and limbs, and the grim, harsh realities of STDs and Pregnancy.

Multiboxing that would be hilarious. One of your drones not doing quite what you want? Make them suffer!

[Qtrain]

If anyone remembers and played "Carmageddon" I want it remade and set to a "G" rating, man that was a fun single player game, very old at this point . Blood guts and goo and dead bodies all over.

[Smoooth]

I think food should be banned. Every single murderer in the history of mankind ate food sometime before killing. Coincedence? I think not!