He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!

[Catiline]

http://www.roma-victor.com/news/pres...php?pr=060323a

This is of course in no way a publicity stunt to get their ungrammatical game in the papers, so ignore the PR details they're really not there. Is fun though...

[Navaros]

That game is utterly disgusting and outright obscene. I hope they get sued into the ground for violating obscenity laws.

[TB666]

haha awesome .
I always wondered if they were gonna do that and they did

[Kraxis]

Lovely... Then players can also see who are cheaters and so on. Usually they only get banned, but this time they get the public eye on them as well.

I just wonder how they will manage the eventual hundreds of offenders. Though it would be nice to see them lining the roads to a city.

[Divine Wind]

Thats fantastic

I might give it a whirl just to see that.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

For minor sentences, this could become a badge of honor...

[Kraxis]

For minor sentences, this could become a badge of honor...

Imagine if the guy could log on and 'talk' while up there... I can just see it for me how some would talk trash like nothing else. Eventually getting people to just leave him alone, walking by just noticing who it is then hurrying on before he gets nasty.

[Proletariat]

Eventually getting people to just leave him alone, walking by just noticing who it is then hurrying on before he gets nasty.

Or eventually breaking out with a diddy.

If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle.
That's the thing.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistle]
Always look on the right side of life,
[whistle]

[Zalmoxis]

It would be great if when there are a large number of these people caught, they all get stuck lining the entrance to cities.

[Geoffrey S]

Heh. Pretty neat. I always like it when games try to stay in character for as long as possible.

[Ja'chyra]

That game is utterly disgusting and outright obscene. I hope they get sued into the ground for violating obscenity laws.

Was that a joke?

[BDC]

That game is utterly disgusting and outright obscene. I hope they get sued into the ground for violating obscenity laws.

Reminds me of Churches. It's like having pictures of people being killed in an electric chair everywhere. Very weird.

[Navaros]

Was that a joke?

Certainly not.

This game being allowed to legally be released, and people praising it and/or making light of it's obscenity - now that's a joke. Or at least it should be.

[Quid]

Brilliant! Let the roads of the crucified be opened. Very original idea; I given them that.

Quid

[doc_bean]

Certainly not.

This game being allowed to legally be released, and people praising it and/or making light of it's obscenity - now that's a joke. Or at least it should be.

You do realize crucification was a fairly standard punishment back then ?

[TB666]

You do realize crucification was a fairly standard punishment back then ?

Exactly, this game is trying to be as historically accurate as possible and since this guy commited a serious crime then he gets the punishment he would have gotten if he lived in those days which is crucificition.
And serves him right too.

[Catiline]

Certainly not.

This game being allowed to legally be released, and people praising it and/or making light of it's obscenity - now that's a joke. Or at least it should be.

I can't really see that it's mocking Christianity. It's relatively accurate from a historical perspective, the Romans were fond of crucifying miscreants.

[Geoffrey S]

Slightly OT, but why on earth the cross as a symbol of the Church? Wouldn't that be the last thing the Messiah would want to see when he returns to earth?

[Dutch_guy]

You're not supposed to think of those things Geoffrey ...

I bet you didn't go to a Christian school now did you !

[Reverend Joe]

Slightly OT, but why on earth the cross as a symbol of the Church? Wouldn't that be the last thing the Messiah would want to see when he returns to earth?

Yeah, it would be kinda like walking up to Al Hendrix with a picture of a bottle of sleeping pills on your shirt.

On topic again, I have to get this frickin' game, just so that I can get temporarily banned, just so that I can sit on the cross, as long as I can log on and talk. That would be really fun, in a perverse sort of way; just to spend several days, singing along to random songs (like "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"), and shouting insulting limericks at those who mocked me.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Slightly OT, but why on earth the cross as a symbol of the Church? Wouldn't that be the last thing the Messiah would want to see when he returns to earth?

I think it was something to do with how Christ turned that symbol of death and pain into one of hope and redemption.

That's one huge set of beams they have in game.

Crazed Rabbit

[Kraxis]

On topic again, I have to get this frickin' game, just so that I can get temporarily banned, just so that I can sit on the cross, as long as I can log on and talk. That would be really fun, in a perverse sort of way; just to spend several days, singing along to random songs (like "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"), and shouting insulting limericks at those who mocked me.

And I would get it to so I could influence the devs to make small rotten veggie stands so you can pelt the crucified people with them. And guess who I would seek out? Yes, a certain someone singing songs from 'Life of Brian'.

[Reverend Joe]

And I would get it to so I could influence the devs to make small rotten veggie stands so you can pelt the crucified people with them. And guess who I would seek out? Yes, a certain someone singing songs from 'Life of Brian'.

What's wrong with wanting to be crucified (digitally) for a few days? Hey, it's a great way to hang out with your friends.

(Sorry, Navaros, I couldn't resist. )

[GoreBag]

That's kind of...awesome.

[Husar]

Certainly not.

This game being allowed to legally be released, and people praising it and/or making light of it's obscenity - now that's a joke. Or at least it should be.

I don´t see much wrong with it, as long as they don´t spread the whole place with blood or so. Few days ago I read the romans were even very creative concerning crucification, they could vary the position of the cross and the people hanging on it like Saint Peter(Petrus) got crucified head down. The article said they had a lot of cruel fantasy concerning crucification, so portraying it like the game doesI found to be just a creative idea to deal with cheaters and the likes, especially because it fits very well into the game.

[BDC]

I don´t see much wrong with it, as long as they don´t spread the whole place with blood or so. Few days ago I read the romans were even very creative concerning crucification, they could vary the position of the cross and the people hanging on it like Saint Peter(Petrus) got crucified head down. The article said they had a lot of cruel fantasy concerning crucification, so portraying it like the game doesI found to be just a creative idea to deal with cheaters and the likes, especially because it fits very well into the game.

Beats just banning people too. My brother managed to get himself banned from WoW somehow. Idiot. He's too young to earn too so it was just punishing my parents...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

What's wrong with wanting to be crucified (digitally) for a few days? Hey, it's a great way to hang out with your friends.

(Sorry, Navaros, I couldn't resist. )

*Groans*

Bad pun.

[Zalmoxis]

Some say puns are the lowest form of humor.

[Kraxis]

Some say puns are the lowest form of humor.

What about bad puns?

[Crazed Rabbit]

That would imply there are such things as good puns.

Crazed Rabbit