Finally! A petition!

[pevergreen]

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/vie...1346&lIndex=-1

Huzzah!

A formal petition to grant R18+ ratings for games!

No more censoring of terrible proportions (L4D2: Yeah I shot a grenade launcher into a bunch of zombies...oh they all faded to black within half a second. No blood, no bodies, no limbs. Just fade away.)

[miotas]

Now when will NSW catch up I hope it goes through and sets the standard for the rest of the states. Although, if it does go through and the rest of the states refuse to follow then it will be a great boon for the games retailers in Qld.

[naut]

then it will be a great boon for the games retailers in Qld.

Yeh, will have to travel up north to buy games, just don't drink their beer.

[CountArach]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am 90% sure this is a Federal issue falling under the OFLC and, in turn, the Attorney-General.

[pevergreen]

You got something against XXXX? Better than your VB. Yes I know what it stands for, I just don't know of anything brewed in NSW.
Nor do I drink.

Regardless, if legislation is passed, any game refused classification by the Federal Government can be classified by QLD government. So....L4D2 uncensored please!

Edit: way to ninja in the same minute pever, answer the silly welshmans concerns within seconds

[CountArach]

Yeh, will have to travel up north to buy games, just don't drink their beer.

Ours ain't any better. Only SA and Tasmania can do it decently. Maybe Victoria too.

Regardless, if legislation is passed, any game refused classification by the Federal Government can be classified by QLD government. So....L4D2 uncensored please!

But you can't get them into Queensland without going through Customs. Customs is entirely Federal and as such, even if it isn't banned in Queensland, it will still be illegal to have a copy. That's my understanding of the situation anyway.

[CountArach]

And why isn't this Backroom?

[pevergreen]

Delving into too much law for me to say anything with proof.

But if a game is classified, then QLD retailers can buy them and sell them.

Its not illegal to be gifted the copy of L4D2 not allowed for sale here over steam.

If you own the silly version of L4D2, you can launch the unrestricted one anyway, just no MP with normal people and no achievements.

edit: I didnt intend for it to be a thing like it is becoming, just a declaration that australia may be heading towards civilisation.

[CountArach]

Here is the situation explained:

The OFLC’s game classifications are based on the charter handed down to them by the Attorney General’s office. To amend the charter, the Attorneys General from each state have to meet and come to a unanimous decision.

And one of them is holding up the otherwise unanimous decision to introduce an R18+ rating to games.

Would you know it, it’s the same man who’s in favour of internet censorship (which is also a horrendously bad idea). He’s the South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson.

So it would still be illegal.