Russia gives the Sims 4 an "Adults Only" rating

[Foxi4]

Does anybody care about Age Ratings?

Store managers do.

 

[stomp_442]

Maybe they need a LGBT rating on the games that need it, so I know what games not to buy.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Store managers do.

" You're 13 and i won't sell you COD! " No one ever said.... welp here at least.

 

[Foxi4]

" You're 13 and i won't sell you COD! " No one ever said.... welp here at least.

I was 22 when a store clerk refused to sell Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 to me because I forgot my ID. And no, I don't look child-like.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

I was 22 when a store clerk refused to sell Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 to me because I forgot my ID. And no, I don't look child-like.

I look younger than i am and no one asks me for ID or anything when i buy stuff ;O;
Once they asked when i wanted to play Bingo ;o;

 

[Foxi4]

I look younger than i am and no one asks me ;O;

My sister's 29 and she still gets asked for an ID when she buys cigarettes, it's hilarious.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

My sister's 29 and she still gets asked for an ID when she buys cigarettes, it's hilarious.

The gift of being young forever, it will be good in the 40s.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

I was 22 when a store clerk refused to sell Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 to me because I forgot my ID. And no, I don't look child-like.

You live in a real boring place, dont you? (just joking pal ) Here at least (and I bet that in Russia too) nobody cares about your age when you are buying something... Do not matter if it is a beer, a knife, a game, a porn movie, if you have the money, you can take home. So that's why I find this thread pointless.

 

[Foxi4]

You live in a real boring place, dont you? (just joking pal ) Here at least (and I bet that in Russia too) nobody cares about your age when you are buying something... Do not matter if it is a beer, a knife, a game, a porn movie, if you have the money, you can take home. So that's why I find this thread pointless.

Actually the incident ocurred in the UK.

 

[Tigran]

*snip*

Wow... You really have a hate for a pile of wood.. or cigarettes... not sure.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

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You know... I dont know why but... I have a feeling that it never happened...

maybe it is just me... anyway...

 

[AngryRussianKid]

You know... I dont know why but... I have a feeling that it never happened...

maybe it is just me... anyway...

Hmm... It's my first thought, when I saw these news.(I mean my words from #70 message) I always think, that in Europe, there are ideal children and their ideal parents. They take a look on age rating every time.
Also, my inglish is very bad.

 

[The Catboy]

I am a little more shocked that they didn't just outright ban the game or censor it. Honestly with Russia's stance on homosexuality, the fact that this game is even predicted to coming out there is a shock to me.

 

[Taleweaver]

Way to go, Putin! Make sure to piss off every freakin' child in your country! No, they won't rebel openly or come out on the streets. They'll just pirate the crap out of it and probably force gay marriages everywhere "because they can".


The only disturbing thing about this affair is that I now have the mental picture of pussy riot promoting an EA game. And that really is a picture of a disturbed world...

 

[GHANMI]

Way to go, Putin! Make sure to piss off every freakin' child in your country! No, they won't rebel openly or come out on the streets. They'll just pirate the crap out of it and probably force gay marriages everywhere "because they can".

The only disturbing thing about this affair is that I now have the mental picture of pussy riot promoting an EA game. And that really is a picture of a disturbed world...

About this decision (which is as pointed out above incredibly lenient since they could have instead banned it or asked for EA to edit the game to allow the release at all)...
It's not like it's impopular censorship in a repressive way. It's embraced by the population as a respect of ancestral values.
The vast majority of Russians are in fact -as much as I hate generalizations- having incredibly conservative social norms, and support wholeheartedly that homosexuality and related stuff is expected to be unacceptable social behavior and should be hidden from children.

That, and that the "West" isn't as popular there as you may think...
Western groups exercising any pressure on any social matter is guaranteed to have the reverse-effect.
(Some groups tried to send children coloring books there promoting same-sex couples... for children. The popular outcry wasn't pretty, and as a matter of fact LGBT became even more unacceptable socially after the Soichi campaigns).

In essence, calling Russians "homophobic people" if you prefer to put it this way is true.
Russians and other eastern cultures are very different than the US, where game makers can be lynched if they dared to localize a game that included breeding marriage but not same-sex marriage.
That's just how it is.

Maybe they need a LGBT rating on the games that need it, so I know what games not to buy.

Adding "LGBT Themes" to the ERSB/PEGI rating? I think it already exists as "Sexuality Themes" in fact... Correct me if I'm wrong.

Needless to say, some activists (the supporters of "if parents educate their children in the way they intend to, they will be invariably racists/sexists/homophobes/bigots and the only way for this to be helped is to forcibly shove down their throats our own education in their games and coloring books".. methods ironically not unlike churches' methods)
are not happy with this and want the mere mention/warning/notice of it be removed from ratings.

In my opinion, people must after all monitor the content their children are exposed to, and educate them the way they wish to.
Labels like "Violence", "Sexuality Themes", and even "Fear", are important.

 

[Fat D]

I find the use of gay as an insult in a forum thread on this topic... slightly ironic.

 

[hhs]

Funny that Russia has made such a to-do about repressing its gayness.

I mean, what's gayer policy wise than inserting yourself in your comrades back door to keep him from hanging out with a European crowd.

Come at me bro, I'm behind ten thousand claymores.

 

[Nyancat]

18?! I've been playing sims since I was 8??

 

[Hyperstar96]

Keep up the good work, Russia

 

[Christopher8827]

Erm, to be honest, I oppose any distribution of homosexual propaganda to minors (and obviously most Russians would agree with me). For example, the MiiEquality campaign seems to the attracted the attention of GLADD and ABMLA, who have a special interest in furthering their aims to spread homosexuality, even though the game should be for all ages. Not only that, the gay lobbies are hell bent on intimidating people opposing their aims by redefining the opposition as 'bigots', etc. They have fired the CEO of Mozilla, Eich, for his views. Innkeepers have had their business boycotted, and shut down. Photographers being threatened with fines for refusing to photograph a same-sex union. A Catholic/Christian orphanage/foster-care.adoption provider forced to shut down because allowing gay couples to adopt the children would violate their beliefs.

The fact is that Western society seems to have an obsession with gay people. Russia seems to be on the right track on stopping it.