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- monkeychow
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Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
We do have fucked up laws for video games...but that isn't the reason rockband has not been released 
The reason is apparently due to lack of supply for the hardware parts of the game is what my local store told me...like they dont have enough of the drum/guitar controlers or whatever to supply the demand for replacments in the european markets...so they arn't going to release here until they can get up to speed...
- monkeychow
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Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
Our games issue for anyone who gives a shit..the problem is that classification is compulsory over here.
Movies are classified as follows, we use some of the same language as the USA but the meaning are a bit different.
C: recommended for very young kids
G: General Admition (all ages)
PG: Parental Guidance Recommened (no enforcment)
M: Recomended for people 15 and older (no enfocment)
MA: Restriceted to People 15 and older (enforced at cinema)
R: Restricted to people 18 and older (age of legal adulthood here) (enforced in cinemas).
X: Only for porn - only legal in some states.
RC: Refused Classication - basicly the government makes this film illegal to view.
(So a usa PG13 either becomes PG or M here. A USA R rating is usually M or MA and a NC17 rating in the usa is R).
The problem comes in that for games they only rate them up to our MA standard...i guess from the very false assumption that its only kids that play games. This means that if i game contains something that if it was in a film would make the film R rated (or nc17 to you folks) - typically sex, violence or otehr adult themes - then the game can not be given a rating, and thus is illegal to sell in the country.
It needs to be fixed because it means adults of 35 can not play a game where they do an adult activity such as have sex because it doesn't fit into what should be in a movie for 15 year olds. Insane.
Edit: Moral of the story - many games are banned over here, but rockband is not one of them, they just havn't got the resources to release it apparently. But it does mean it looks like people like me will need a single release to hear Shackler's Revenge in any decent timeframe!
Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
Not to veer this too far off the subject, but it seems like you Aussies get pretty screwed when it comes to game releases. That nuts that you guys haven't even got Rockband 1 yet, while they're talking about releasing a version of Rockband 2 in Japan. I think harmonix should take a second and think about how many Japanese will have enough space for the gear. Most people here live in apartments with very minimal space. I have friends here who said they'd never even think about getting an Xbox "because it's too big."
And sorta back on the video subject:
That guy being an art director and yet seeming to not know much isn't that odd to me. The art director does just that and directs the art - doesn't mean he's gonna know exactly what's going on with marketing and everything else.
Yet vice versa, in regards to "he wouldn't know all that stuff", I'd also disagree. People talk, you hear things. My current company is terribly secretive between project teams, but I've heard stuff and known stuff even about other projects before it was announced. Just because there's lots of geeks in game companies doesn't mean we don't socialize, go drinking together, and talk about stuff that going on. We're sorta social, demented and sad, but social. 
Anyway, if this is a hoax, somebody needs to take these two guys out and give them a swift kick in the nuts - hard! But if he was just acting, the red-head is gonna give Heath Ledger a run for his money at the Oscars this year.
Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
DCK, I'm with you. That guy is in the wrong line of work if it's fake. He should be an actor.
He obviously said what he said because he believed in it. Whoever he is or not and what type of work he does isn't really important. It's ok to be skeptical but as for this one, I see nothing in the guys mimics or his tone when he speaks that it's a set up. He may be fucking everyone over talking off the record, but he is obviously giving people what he thinks is inside information based on rumours he's picked up. It happens all the time no?
Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
DCK, I'm with you. That guy is in the wrong line of work if it's fake. He should be an actor.
He obviously said what he said because he believed in it. Whoever he is or not and what type of work he does isn't really important. It's ok to be skeptical but as for this one, I see nothing in the guys mimics or his tone when he speaks that it's a set up. He may be fucking everyone over talking off the record, but he is obviously giving people what he thinks is inside information based on rumours he's picked up. It happens all the time no?
That was well put, he's giving out information based on rumors that he's heard, just like Sebastian Bach and others have done in the past. That's basically it. It remains to be seen how much of this, if any, turns out to be true. The one thing he and we know for sure is that "Shackler's Revenge" will be on the game. Anything else is a bonus, and I hope we get a lot of bonuses.
Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
This is interesting. The dude seems pretty candid and not at all looking for attention. Though he didn't seem overly impressed with Shackler's. 
So if 4 albums come out I guess I can buy three of them just not the one titled Chinese Democracy? 
Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
This is interesting. The dude seems pretty candid and not at all looking for attention. Though he didn't seem overly impressed with Shackler's.
I agree he didn't give a glowing review of "Shackler's Revenge". Though he did say it was good. But how many times do you listen to a song once, or even a few times and instantly love it? It doesn't happen very often. I didn't really get into the latest leaks until 10 listens in or so. Now I love them as much as the rest.
Re: GNR, Rock Band, the VMAs and 4 albums
Overly impressed? I thought he was rather lukewarm!
He said "didn't seem so overly impressed"
Anyways, am I the only person super surprised at the low level of activity in the forums despite the big news? Will it take the album release for people to become excited about this again? I keep refreshing threads here and at HTGTH and expecting alot of discussion, but there hasnt been too much recently. Calm before the storm?
