[ve3d]Michael Atkinson Wants Modern Warfare 2 Banned Down Under(Australia)

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We don't have one of those, but we don't go banning everything from left to right all over the place in the name of "thinking of the children".

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Although the government thinks that having rating systems like this would do, most aussie parents don't care and would buy it for their kids anyway (it pretty much backfires on themselves). If it was up to me it would stay at +15 but the parents would have to be responsible and make sure that their kids minds aren't being effected by the violence (as far as i know mine isn't). Although this is only my opinion i believe that there are many people like me that have the same opinion.

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I know it doesn't exist. I'm saying I would have created it for this game as well as probably a few others. I'm not saying that I wouldn't play these games, but I remember being about 20 years old.

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At 18 you're legally considered to be an adult (in GB). Considering the nature of what that means, surely that would be a bad idea?

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I really think age is irrevelant with video games, all of this is really about people going mentally unstable from playing these games and your maturity plays a large part in this. This is why i think the parents should be responsible for this and not the government, afterall, they are your legal guardians and have a duty of care over you and this should carry over to technology as well.

In australia the legal age limit for being an adult is 17 (or at least i think so, thats when we finish school) but most of the restrictions aren't lifted till we are 18 (drinking, smoking ect.)

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I am 30, and I know my mind is affected by games in a negative way. Unfortunately, I don't notice it until I stop for a couple of weeks or more. The difference is hard to explain, but I've observed the following with myself here on Overclock.net alone when I'm playing games every single day:

• I'm much less inclined to put forth effort into helping people.
• I feel less like helping others.
• I become irritated very easily by so-called "dumb" questions, and I just ignore them as though they don't deserve any help for being so dumb.
• If somebody posts a reply to a thread I am in who has obviously not read any of the thread at all, I have much less self-control and I end up giving them a piece of my mind - especially when there are only like 5-10 replies altogether.
• If somebody posts a reply to one of my threads and obviously didn't understand what I said, I'm much more inclined to tell them off.
• I'm less patient.
• I'm less willing to put up with people.

Just... in general, I have much more negativity in everything I do. But like I said, I don't notice it until I can stop playing for a couple of weeks and then look back. I am essentially blind to what's going on while it's happening. It's the same with my driving; I have more road rage and I end up performing maneuvers in order to show somebody how I feel about the way they treated me.

So, when I'm not playing games every day, or really when I'm not playing games at all, I find that just more normal or something.

I think that's why there are so many people on here who think there's nothing wrong with being totally rude to somebody, or telling them that they're stupid, or telling them that they're wrong in a rude way, etc.

Meh... I know what this looks and sounds like, but try to understand what I'm saying: I don't see the difference until I can get out of it and then compare. Again, it's something that I'm completely unaware of until I stop playing games for a while for whatever reason.

But in general, I just become the type of person I hate and I don't realize it until I'm doing other things every day instead of gaming.

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There is one explanation for this:

Weak minded.

I can go on vacation from work and have plenty time between school (or even when school is out) to game for 8 hours a day and rage on the computer... and still have the sense to come back to reality and be calm and cool .

Your symptoms are a result of you letting it get to you.

Letting it get to you.

You let it get to you.

You let it.

Mind over matter - be mentally strong, and you can overpower anything.

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I wish I had more friends like this.

Thank you, FreeRoller! Yeah, I am admitting that you're right. I appreciate that you took the time to say it too.

But, I have noticed that I'm most definitely not the only one. Ever since I noticed this, I have ended up seeing a pattern here on OCN where there are people who seem to consistently say rude and really inconsiderate things to others. It's as if they think everyone is annoying and that nobody is as smart as they are. They have a really bloated false sense of self-worth.

But, I'm getting way too intense on this one.

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Same here, i leave the game behavour in the game (even though i don't get very angry in game) and don't bring it back into reality.

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no offence mate but that doesn't apply to everyone. I've been gaming for most of my life and i'm not aggressive (although i was when i was much younger; but i wasn't gaming then so).

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I don't get angry in games either. It's just that if I game every day, I eventually start having less respect for other people or something. It's like I'm much less afraid to say things to people like "Dude, just Google it", or "well, if you would learn how to read, then you would have figured that out". You know, things like that.

It's that I'm more likely to fight or be confrontational, or something. I feel like I'm not explaining it right.

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I didn't say that it applies to everyone.

But to be honest with you: I can tell that you are much more of a gamer than I am. But like I said: I am completely unaware of it when I'm affected by it.

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I see it too, you're not alone

Really though, we need to have some kind of seminar for people to teach them that emotions are voluntary, most of the time

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Same, except when I get angry at a game, I keep playing and start exploding (aka: ZOMG IS HE CHEATING? WHY IS MY NET LAGGING! ZOMG ZOMG OZMG)

But I get off the computer and turn the rage switch to OFF and all is normal again I only get like that if I've had coffee within a few hrs of intense gaming haha... Its all in fun though lol