Australia And Hl2

Gwahir · October 2004

I actually kinda agree... I'm so cruel...

Chrono · October 2004

if hl2 is banned there i got 1 thing to say

COLEMAN LOSES! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Snidely · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (username @ Oct 25 2004, 07:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Part of me wants it banned to see what a gamer revolt is like.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Sad, nerdy and weak.

username · October 2004

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

BigBull · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Since the hardcore sex scenes with Gordon and Alyx.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
that made me giggle and rub my tummy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Gwahir · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ Oct 25 2004, 09:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Since the hardcore sex scenes with Gordon and Alyx. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that made me giggle and rub my tummy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
that disturbed me and made me grimace.

Snidely · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Oct 25 2004, 09:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ Oct 25 2004, 09:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Since the hardcore sex scenes with Gordon and Alyx. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that made me giggle and rub my tummy </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that disturbed me and made me grimace. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
That surprised me and caused me to raise an eyebrow.

funbags · October 2004

"The Pan European Games Information (PEGI) age rating system has given Half Life 2 an R(18+) rating.This means that minors are unable to purchase the game in numerous countries like Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK."

Ok, so they can go out and get smashed at the age of 16, but they can't buy Half Life 2?

Thats really cool.

Snidely · October 2004

They can also have sex at 16 legally here in the UK, right?

funbags · October 2004

As far as I knew, there is no law here in the united regarded the age you are legally allowed to lewz your virginity...

I just know thats its illegal to have sex with somebody under age..

Snidely · October 2004

Is that 14 or 16, though?

I think it's illegal until after 14...gah.

Anyway, I'd find it funny that a 16 year old could have <i>sex</i> but isn't mature enough to buy Half-Life 2...

Ratonetwothreetwoone · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 09:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Oct 25 2004, 09:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ Oct 25 2004, 09:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 02:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Since the hardcore sex scenes with Gordon and Alyx. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that made me giggle and rub my tummy </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that disturbed me and made me grimace. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
That surprised me and caused me to raise an eyebrow.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
the funny and ha doit....

**** i messed it up....

Thaldarin · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Oct 26 2004, 12:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Private Coleman @ Oct 25 2004, 07:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Daedalus @ Oct 25 2004, 07:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Pretty stupid, although AUS won't be able to buy via Steam as Valve will refuse to credit the transactions by law.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Credit card transaction worked fine.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Also, you guys in Australia don't get the GTA series?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
GTA3 got slightly edited. I think the only thing changed was the ability to have sex with a prostitue in the back of your car for extra health points... </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
yeah that was it. bypassable anyway by changing regional settings. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Yes, because having sex with a prostitute for health is far more dangerous to a young adults mind than blowing up an entire police army for fun. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Haha yeah, they seem it more likely and possible and believable that you will destroy cars and transfer drugs and kill police than one day sleep with a cheap tart, or a prostitute.

EDIT: If the credict card transaction went through, I'd say thats a definate HL2 is not going to be banned, because if it was going to be banned, and it could then be purchased via Steam I think Valve would have another court case to handle, and one is already proving to be too much.

Epidemic · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 04:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Is that 14 or 16, though?

I think it's illegal until after 14...gah.

Anyway, I'd find it funny that a 16 year old could have <i>sex</i> but isn't mature enough to buy Half-Life 2...  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
It's 15 here, denmark. Not that it holds any greater significance.

TommyVercetti · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 07:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ryo-Ohki @ Oct 25 2004, 06:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Gordon is part of the suit. Think back to HL1. "Major fracture detected. Morphine administered". Under that suit, Gordon is a soupy mass of flesh. The suit is the only thing holding him together. Remove the suit, and Gordon would:

a) Flow out of the suit like a viscous stew and

b) Die from shock as he's now a complete morphine addict </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Gordon's life holds no more meaning to him. He would love to take off the damn suit in one of his rare lucid moments and end it all, but the pully bit on the zipper snapped clean off.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Holy crap now that is depressing.

SoulSkorpion · October 2004

I can't believe this thread is still going.

Of course HL2 isn't banned in Australia. The only reason we ever got on to this topic is because some moron assumed that, since Australia's rating system doesn't go as high as R, rather than HL2 receiving the highest rating we <i>do</i> have it would have to be banned.

Can we let this die, already?

Gwahir · November 2004

well I thought I'd update the topic with this:
<a href='http://www.oflc.gov.au/content.html?n=46&p=35&sTitle=Half-Life+2&sMature=1&sMediaFilm=1&sMediaPublications=1&sMediaGames=1&sDateFromM=1&sDateFromY=1970&sDateToM=11&sDateToY=2004&record=198493' target='_blank'>Australia HL2 rating</a>

Snidely · November 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Oct 26 2004, 05:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Holy crap now that is depressing.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
They should have used velcro or, better yet, those button clipper things. You know the ones I mean.

SoulSkorpion · November 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Nov 1 2004, 04:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> well I thought I'd update the topic with this:
<a href='http://www.oflc.gov.au/content.html?n=46&p=35&sTitle=Half-Life+2&sMature=1&sMediaFilm=1&sMediaPublications=1&sMediaGames=1&sDateFromM=1&sDateFromY=1970&sDateToM=11&sDateToY=2004&record=198493' target='_blank'>Australia HL2 rating</a>  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Feh. I toooold you.

Gwahir · November 2004

told who? And if me, I never denied the unlikeliness.

Legionnaired · November 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Oct 26 2004, 02:47 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Oct 26 2004, 12:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Private Coleman @ Oct 25 2004, 07:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Daedalus @ Oct 25 2004, 07:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Pretty stupid, although AUS won't be able to buy via Steam as Valve will refuse to credit the transactions by law.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Credit card transaction worked fine.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Also, you guys in Australia don't get the GTA series?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
GTA3 got slightly edited. I think the only thing changed was the ability to have sex with a prostitue in the back of your car for extra health points... </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
yeah that was it. bypassable anyway by changing regional settings. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Yes, because having sex with a prostitute for health is far more dangerous to a young adults mind than blowing up an entire police army for fun. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Haha yeah, they seem it more likely and possible and believable that you will destroy cars and transfer drugs and kill police than one day sleep with a cheap tart, or a prostitute.

EDIT: If the credict card transaction went through, I'd say thats a definate HL2 is not going to be banned, because if it was going to be banned, and it could then be purchased via Steam I think Valve would have another court case to handle, and one is already proving to be too much.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
You can't get a credit card most places until you're 18 anyway. Non-issue.

SoulSkorpion · November 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Nov 1 2004, 07:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> told who?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
No, not you specifically. The forums at large.

Haze · November 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Oct 25 2004, 07:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (username @ Oct 25 2004, 07:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Part of me wants it banned to see what a gamer revolt is like. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Sad, nerdy and weak.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Challanging the government there to a Counter-Strike clan match.

Australia And Hl2

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