Left 4 Dead 2 Banned In Australia

Man I pity you poor fellas. I’ve been over seas for the last 7 years now. To be frank the Australian government are far behind. Pretty friggin’ far behind.

I took off after ‘we’ voted for a monarchy. Again and again progressive policy is hyjacked by tight arsed fogies from the wrong generation. When I left there was a buzzword floating around… everyone was talking about Australian practices attempting to be ‘the world’s best practice’. This is more like an example of the ‘world’s worst’.

The board has to get with the program. Perhaps you poor bastards just have to wait until that old generation simple dies out. Either way I pity you guys. The one dissadvantage about cooking out there alone on the island is that you’re out of context. While younger generations are up to date yer country is run by friggin’ dinosaurs.

Good luck with this one folks.

I have started a petition for the introduction of an R18+ classification for games in Australia.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ozgamers

Michael Atkinson is one man (apparently) but we are many. I see the oflc as a hyprocritical organisation that flip flops and hurts local business by restricting what we can play (and hence create), and promoting piracy by keeping games out of the hands of those who should be legally allowed to play them. If a game isn’t suitable for minor’s, fine don’t sell it to them. No ID? no game. Same applies to film and literature, I don’t see why games should be differen’t.

like I said.

you can Just order a copy from overseas.

dont you guys Just love that xbox360 AND PS3 games DONT have region restrictions anymore.lol

In order to put a human face to the “gamer” name I encourage you to post a letter to:

Australian Government Minister for Home Affairs
Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600
Australia

Include in it the following filled out with your own details:

To whom it may concern,

My name is ________________. I am a ____ year old ____________. My hobbies include _______, _____________, and video games. I believe there should be an R18+ classification for video games.

Signed ______________.

So, for example, mine will read:

My name is Aaron Nassau. I am a 25 year old business owner. My hobbies include film making, music and video games. I believe there should be an R18+ classification for video games.

If we all send them on the same day it’ll be more effective when they recieve them. Also, I plan to handwrite mine to avoid them thinking they’ve all been sent by the same person. If you wish to do this too then please do.

You have just over a week so hopefully more people will join by then. The more we have the more they’ll take notice.

Please keep in mind that anything which can be misconstrued as strong or threatening language isn’t going to help our image so please avoid it. Be rational about it in public and as angry as you like in private, no one will see the logic in a temper tantrum.

Thanks!