Hotline Miami 2 banned in Australia

[Almercenary]

The official quote goes

 

It has been refused classification because it is among a category of games which "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified."

 

Basically everything you find in an action/ crime movie...

 

Honestly, I think someone needs a good smack in the face at the classification board.

 

...And people wonder why Australia has high piracy rates

 

 

http://www.pcgamer.com/hotline-miami-2-has-been-effectively-banned-in-australia/

[werto165]

was it those feminazis again? EDIT: not revalent, that was just target... 

But seriously come on! hotline miami is a great game, great art, great music, great gameplay. 

[TheSLSAMG]

was it those feminazis again? 

I'm not sure personally, but I wouldn't be suprised.

 

Why the fuck should video games be censored or banned due to content that movies get a little chatter about? I don't even live in Australia, yet I find this incomprehensibly stupid.

[Antistatic12]

The developer might rework the game and resubmit. It has happened in the past. If that happens probably delay at launch though.

[RichardsD]

I completely agree!  Good on them banning that sick violent filth

 

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go watch 24, 300, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Rambo, and True blood, all of which are available at your local Target Australia.

[werto165]

I completely agree!

 

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go watch 24, 300, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Rambo, and True blood, all of which are available at your local Target Australia.

Yeah, I mean in games of thrones someone gets the eyes gouged out...

[decer304]

We did get the R18 rating for a reason. It frustrates me that even with that rating, which took ages to pass, the acceptable level of content has not been relaxed by much...

[Guest Kloaked]

All of a sudden I like America more.

[Almercenary]

I completely agree!  Good on them banning that sick violent filth

 

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go watch 24, 300, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Rambo, and True blood, all of which are available at your local Target Australia.

Nah, its ok though. Target doesn't have GTA 5 which is worse than all of them.

[The Crazed Child]

gawd they ban everything here, I literally fucking hate this place

 

-slow internet

-They ban Airsoft, which isn't even harmful at all

-banning really good games

-other retarded stuff

[Trik'Stari]

Why does anyone still live in Australia?

 

gawd they ban everything here, I literally fucking hate this place

 

-slow internet

-They ban Airsoft, which isn't even harmful at all

-banning really good games

-other retarded stuff

 

I saw that, they classify airsoft as a "firearm" which is just the most retarded thing ever.

[Real_PhillBert]

Yay freedom! Wait...

[Dabombinable]

Ah screw it, if its available online in the US, I'll just buy it through a VPN, none of the nanny state bastards will stop me from playing what I want to play.  I remember their push to have Santa  saying 'hohoho' banned, and make him say 'hahaha', the imbeciles.

[infamous_last]

Who cares I'll buy it online like all my other purchases, if it's geoblocked I have a VPN to circumvent.

 

Policy fail.

[Eroda]

exactly...

[Misanthrope]

Yeah we must protect the people from this ultra realistic depictions of violence  :rolleyes:

[Albatross]

What doesn't get banned in Australia?

[Almercenary]

What doesn't get banned in Australia?

Slow internet. Thats perfectly legal. And sex working.

[Technous285]

Why does anyone still live in Australia?

 

 

I saw that, they classify airsoft as a "firearm" which is just the most retarded thing ever.

Markers for Airsoft & Paintball are both classed as "firearms" (replica or not), pistol-type markers require a lower-level firearms license to the rifle-types (though having a firearm license for a rifle-type marker covers pistol-types as well)... Only way to get some exercise and have fun "shooting" others inside the magic circle of the scenario is to buy NERF blasters and even then THOSE have to be detuned relative to US stock-blasters forcing folks to go out and mod their blasters to get mor performance out of them and the flawed-design darts (the hole in the head of Streamline darts throws off aerodynamics making the damn things highly inaccurate).

Honestly, only reason I'm still here is because I quite literally can NOT afford the plane or boat tickets for a holiday further than maybe Tasmania or New Zealand, let alone to the US, Canada or UK to scout things out before moving all my stuff overseas. Mainly because I'm stuck on a govo pension with no other source of income, and some shitwank bureaucrat who wants to build a mini-empire under the claim of "removing those trying to rort the system" pushed in some bullshit plan that's either gonna end up killing my pension, drive me into a mental asylum trying to jump through the hoops to keep my pension or put me 6 feet under when I snap due to their fucking bullshit and jump in front of a truck.

[Almercenary]

Markers for Airsoft & Paintball are both classed as "firearms" (replica or not), pistol-type markers require a lower-level firearms license to the rifle-types (though having a firearm license for a rifle-type marker covers pistol-types as well)... Only way to get some exercise and have fun "shooting" others inside the magic circle of the scenario is to buy NERF blasters and even then THOSE have to be detuned relative to US stock-blasters forcing folks to go out and mod their blasters to get mor performance out of them and the flawed-design darts (the hole in the head of Streamline darts throws off aerodynamics making the damn things highly inaccurate).

Honestly, only reason I'm still here is because I quite literally can NOT afford the plane or boat tickets for a holiday further than maybe Tasmania or New Zealand, let alone to the US, Canada or UK to scout things out before moving all my stuff overseas. Mainly because I'm stuck on a govo pension with no other source of income, and some shitwank bureaucrat who wants to build a mini-empire under the claim of "removing those trying to rort the system" pushed in some bullshit plan that's either gonna end up killing my pension, drive me into a mental asylum trying to jump through the hoops to keep my pension or put me 6 feet under when I snap due to their fucking bullshit and jump in front of a truck.

At least we have good booze, right?

[Albatross]

Slow internet. Thats perfectly legal. And sex working.

 

I half expected to be quoted with an answer of "Life".

 

Oh, you can sell your body but you can't buy a lady for a night in GTA? Makes perfect sense...

[Technous285]

At least we have good booze, right?

Meh, my drug of choice is Carbonated Caffeine (Pepsi/Coke, Mt Dew...).

[StareX]

So.. Yeah, you are going to see atleast 30,000 seeds in torrents.

THANK YOU AUSTRALIA GOV!!!!!!

[SpaghettiCarbonara]

Markers for Airsoft & Paintball are both classed as "firearms" (replica or not), pistol-type markers require a lower-level firearms license to the rifle-types (though having a firearm license for a rifle-type marker covers pistol-types as well)... Only way to get some exercise and have fun "shooting" others inside the magic circle of the scenario is to buy NERF blasters and even then THOSE have to be detuned relative to US stock-blasters forcing folks to go out and mod their blasters to get mor performance out of them and the flawed-design darts (the hole in the head of Streamline darts throws off aerodynamics making the damn things highly inaccurate).

Honestly, only reason I'm still here is because I quite literally can NOT afford the plane or boat tickets for a holiday further than maybe Tasmania or New Zealand, let alone to the US, Canada or UK to scout things out before moving all my stuff overseas. Mainly because I'm stuck on a govo pension with no other source of income, and some shitwank bureaucrat who wants to build a mini-empire under the claim of "removing those trying to rort the system" pushed in some bullshit plan that's either gonna end up killing my pension, drive me into a mental asylum trying to jump through the hoops to keep my pension or put me 6 feet under when I snap due to their fucking bullshit and jump in front of a truck.

 

It's ok bro, I'm in a similar position, only I can't get new start (or whatever the fuck they call it) because I'm not old enough and can't get youth allowance because I'm not studying full time. I'm going to see if I can do vce and go to uni and push myself into a good career. I don't exactly need the money to survive (still live at home) but I'd love to be able to go see my girlfriend who lives in another state.

 

If you're like me and left school for a whole host of reasons and you're over 18 (which I'm assuming you are), you can do vce (year 12, online) at tafe for a year and go straight into uni. You can get a pension while you do that. There's tons of easy degrees you can do that will land you a really good job that will pay more than $70k a year with plenty of job opportunities. It's easy to think that there's no way to get income (which is how I thought for a long time), but you need to realise that if you put in like 3-4 years of work, you could be reeling in more money than you know what to do with. If you're not interested in uni, I recently saw a traineeship that pays you $500 a week if you've completed year 12.

 

Just saying, you're not the only one in this position and there's a lot you can do to pull yourself out. Hell, hundreds of thousands of others are going through the same thing. Throw me a message if you like.

 

Edit: I am making a lot of assumptions here. If you're one of those guys that have been through uni but can't get a job, I apologise.

[Technous285]

It's ok bro, I'm in a similar position, only I can't get new start (or whatever the fuck they call it) because I'm not old enough and can't get youth allowance because I'm not studying full time. I'm going to see if I can do vce and go to uni and push myself into a good career. I don't exactly need the money to survive (still live at home) but I'd love to be able to go see my girlfriend who lives in another state.

 

If you're like me and left school for a whole host of reasons and you're over 18 (which I'm assuming you are), you can do vce (year 12, online) at tafe for a year and go straight into uni. You can get a pension while you do that. There's tons of easy degrees you can do that will land you a really good job that will pay more than $70k a year with plenty of job opportunities. It's easy to think that there's no way to get income (which is how I thought for a long time), but you need to realise that if you put in like 3-4 years of work, you could be reeling in more money than you know what to do with. If you're not interested in uni, I recently saw a traineeship that pays you $500 a week if you've completed year 12.

 

Just saying, you're not the only one in this position and there's a lot you can do to pull yourself out. Hell, hundreds of thousands of others are going through the same thing. Throw me a message if you like.

 

Edit: I am making a lot of assumptions here. If you're one of those guys that have been through uni but can't get a job, I apologise.

It's okay. I'm on the DSP due to Aspergers Syndrome, been on the DSP since 2005 (I'm 27 now), attempted to do Cert 2, Cert 3 & even Cert 4 in IT at CIT (Cert 2) & TAFE (Certs 3/4) over the past 11 years ("failed" each of them due to the communications modules that do NOT work for me!) after getting the HELL out of high school with a SC at the end of Year 10 in 2003.

I'm also stuck in a little village of ~300 people with a 110-120km trip (each way) to each Albury & Wagga with no method of transport outside of ONE bus per MONTH unless I can get a lift in to Wagga.

As it is, my DSP is under threat as Centrelink says I'm "compulsory" to look for work, whilst the workplace group I'm with (Sureway) have me in their system as "Voluntary" and apparently as long as I'm as such I don't HAVE to go to meetings with them and Centrelink can't do a thing to my pay though Centrelink claims that I have no choice about it and HAVE to go to each meeting.

Even if I wanted to get a job (or start a business) I'm technically unemployable due to the reason I'm on the DSP in the first place, and those that could possibly employ me won't take the chance as they have to pay out a LOT for insurances to cover me and/or pay out a lot of cash to make sure the workplace environment is "safe" enough for me to work in. And without those insurances for the business, Centrelink wouldn't let me be employed at such a place.