The Lamonster
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haha wow the Australian government sucks!
I love MK and also porn so I'd be fucking pissed if I lived there.
I love MK and also porn so I'd be fucking pissed if I lived there.
The leg beat fatality was a classic. And Mileena's headbite fatality is straight gutter. Seems like they're making up for the last game and then some.Aske said:Oh hey - Quan Chi's awesome original fatality is back? Have to buy this now. Explicitly.
Well, there's a similar problem here. AO console games are defacto banned in the states, but the ESRB didn't think MK warranted it.Darkman M said:Glad i live in America.
What the fuck does this shit have to do with anything, porn isn't banned here.The Lamonster said:haha wow the Australian government sucks!
I love MK and also porn so I'd be fucking pissed if I lived there.
After careful consideration Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Australia have decided to appeal to the Australian Classification Review Board against the RC (Refused Classification) decision given to Mortal Kombat. After reviewing both the game play and the Board's original decision WBIE Australia believe the violence in the game is on par with numerous other titles readily available for sale in the Australian market. As such the company wants to exhaust all options to make the game available to Mortal Kombat fans in this country. An identical version of the game will be submitted for appeal.
Good luck. WB was in similar positions previously with other games like FEAR and the game was released.SolidSnakex said:
An identical version of the game will be submitted for appeal.
SolidSnakex said:
The Lamonster said:haha wow the Australian government sucks!
I love MK and also porn so I'd be fucking pissed if I lived there.
VOOK said:Before MK was RC'd only the hardcore fans even knew about it.
Now, everyone does and it'll get through.
The process works.
SolidSnakex said:
Replicant said:I hope it works. But I think it'd help if everyone would also send their protest to Australian Classification Review Board. The more noise we make, the better it'd be.
YoungHav said:Australia would rather wage genocide on natives than allow violence on tv screens.
Shaneus said:News? At least it means we'll be able to get MK quicker from NZ than from the UK (probably). Possibly also get the stick without being bent over for shipping costs.
Shaneus said:Update. Hint: It's not good news
LongDongJunon said:That obviously must mean it's GREAT news then right?
...right?
onken said:Fair enough and not surprising, MK9 would never pass a 15 rating in most countries.
SolidSnakex said:True, although neither would an uncensored version of GoW3, but that's what it received in Australia. That's why this banning makes little sense.
web01 said:Meh this really is not a big deal.
Most people will just import and get it for $50 less than the price it costs here in Australia
If you still buy from retail in this country your a complete sucker.
Jack Thompson is wondering why America doesn't do this. smh.MoxManiac said:Haha wow the Australian government is one big fail. Terrible.
So if I understand this right, if I were to just mail Zaro fifty copies of Mortal Kombat, he would have to pay some astronomical fee?GameSpot said:The Customs spokesperson said someone caught trying to import RCed games into Australia could expect a fine of up to three times the value of the product, or A$110,000, which ever is greater.
klee123 said:Apparently customs will seize imports of Mortal Kombat. So now we can't even import it. This is getting ridiculous.
klee123 said:FUCK......
Apparently customs will seize imports of Mortal Kombat. So now we can't even import it. This is getting ridiculous.
http://au.gamespot.com/news/6303984.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1
EatChildren said:I have imported RC material before. ... I have never had anything checked by customs, not even legal products I've imported. I've imported tons over the years, and nothing has been opened.
DaBuddaDa said:How could they stop someone from buying it off eBay, unmarked, packed in a plain white envelope? Customs sure as hell isn't having someone hand open every single package coming into the country looking for dem evil Mortal Combats.
And even if they did happen to open your package and see it's Mortal Kombat, what are the chances the customs officer is even going to know that that specific video game is banned? Wouldn't they more than likely be like: "Oh, a dumb video game. Are there drugs in the box? No? Ok, it's fine"?EatChildren said:They cant. What customs do is randomly check packages. As you can imagine there is a flood of packages coming into the country, so a vast majority never get checked. If your package does get checked it will arrive with a big yellow "OPENED BY CUSTOMS" sticker, and maybe a report. It's totally random, and they dont target anything really specific. There is no feasible way for customs to search every single package, videogame or otherwise, coming into this country. It is totally random, and more unlikely than likely, that your package will be searched.
DaBuddaDa said:And even if they did happen to open your package and see it's Mortal Kombat, what are the chances the customs officer is even going to know that that specific video game is banned? Wouldn't they more than likely be like: "Oh, a dumb video game. Are there drugs in the box? No? Ok, it's fine"?
This is not a move targeting specific consumers who want to import the game. Honestly, I don't think they care about a few people importing it off of eBay or something. What they are saying is: "Hey Gamestop, Hey Bestbuy, Hey Whatever-game-stores-they-have-in-Australia, Hey Mom & Pop store, you are not allowed to send an order off for 100 copies of Mortal Kombat to be imported and sold in your store. If you do that, they'll be seized."
Bleepey said:With any luck this will cause severe overhaul of classification and censorship in Australia. Such bullshit.