Glad I got the game when i did.

[Mr Kangaroo]

Given how Draconianly strict Australia's censorship laws are I'm glad i got the game when i did, I absolutely love it granted I need to make spread sheets and do a bunch of math and keep track of my supplies but that kind of brain hurty ♥♥♥♥ is what i love about the game.

[Sistermatic™]

Australia did not censor anything. Tyler said himself he forgot to do some paperwork.

And lets stop pretending ratings for games are limited to Australia.

[Mr Kangaroo]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Australia did not censor anything. Tyler said himself he forgot to do some paperwork.

And lets stop pretending ratings for games are limited to Australia.

Explain to me then why the game is Suddenly unavailable in my region. after being available for months.

[Zabs]

It just some Paperwork. The same thing happened to "The coffin of Andy and Leyley" when they forgot to give it a rating and it got removed from the store for a week.

[Zabs]

Originally posted by Mr Kangaroo:

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Australia did not censor anything. Tyler said himself he forgot to do some paperwork.

And lets stop pretending ratings for games are limited to Australia.

Explain to me then why the game is Suddenly unavailable in my region. after being available for months.

I will tell you why, because Australia has a really fickle ratings system. Even more so when it comes to drug abuse. Even in a comedic fashion like "Schedule 1" the scrooges in charge can be real cun.ts.

I am surprised Schedule 1 can be sold on steam at all for Australians due to how anti drugs the government are.

Back in the day Fallout 3 couldn't be released because of the whole real name with drugs. So the devs had to change all the drugs names in order for the game to be sold.

[Convexity Nexus]

Originally posted by Zabs:

Originally posted by Mr Kangaroo:

Explain to me then why the game is Suddenly unavailable in my region. after being available for months.

I will tell you why, because Australia has a really fickle ratings system. Even more so when it comes to drug abuse. Even in a comedic fashion like "Schedule 1" the scrooges in charge can be real cun.ts.

I am surprised Schedule 1 can be sold on steam at all for Australians due to how anti drugs the government are.

Back in the day Fallout 3 couldn't be released because of the whole real name with drugs. So the devs had to change all the drugs names in order for the game to be sold.

This, just old men that refused to allow anything like graffiti tagging, many games got banned because of that even unleashed or unknown ones.

That and they nearly banned the whole GTA series back in when it was on console.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by Mr Kangaroo:

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Australia did not censor anything. Tyler said himself he forgot to do some paperwork.

And lets stop pretending ratings for games are limited to Australia.

Explain to me then why the game is Suddenly unavailable in my region. after being available for months.

It is likely Tyler was asked to do it because he hadn't done the paperwork. Video games have to be classified in Australia before sale, as they are in most countries.

[fenrif]

Originally posted by Convexity Nexus:

Originally posted by Zabs:

I will tell you why, because Australia has a really fickle ratings system. Even more so when it comes to drug abuse. Even in a comedic fashion like "Schedule 1" the scrooges in charge can be real cun.ts.

I am surprised Schedule 1 can be sold on steam at all for Australians due to how anti drugs the government are.

Back in the day Fallout 3 couldn't be released because of the whole real name with drugs. So the devs had to change all the drugs names in order for the game to be sold.

This, just old men that refused to allow anything like graffiti tagging, many games got banned because of that even unleashed or unknown ones.

That and they nearly banned the whole GTA series back in when it was on console. :VGRUMPY:

Old leftist illiberal men. Lets be specific.

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Originally posted by Mr Kangaroo:

Explain to me then why the game is Suddenly unavailable in my region. after being available for months.

It is likely Tyler was asked to do it because he hadn't done the paperwork. Video games have to be classified in Australia before sale, as they are in most countries.

As Tyler himself said: Many many many other games do not have to do this. His has been singled out for some reason.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by Zabs:

Back in the day Fallout 3 couldn't be released because of the whole real name with drugs. So the devs had to change all the drugs names in order for the game to be sold.

As has been discussed on the forum, the first reason was because Australia did not have a classification high enough for Fallout 3 so it was refused classification.

It eventually got classified after the drug name change. And from memory 'all drugs' did not have their name changed in Fallout 3, it was morphine only because it was a proscribed drug.

For the record, Fallout 3 now has a MA15+ rating in Australia. The ESRB rating is HIGHER at 17+. US ratings are stricter in this regard.

Originally posted by fenrif:

As Tyler himself said: Many many many other games do not have to do this. His has been singled out for some reason.

Tyler's game is developed in Australia, he is an Australian business/company. He can argue about what other companies might be doing, even if they are overseas entities, but he doesn't get an exemption because of it. Ignorance of the law is not a defence, anywhere.

Incidentally, ALL games have to do it in Australia (even overseas developers). If they haven't it's because they haven't been caught/seen. I suspect the sheer number has made it impossible to do. Insofar as Tyler, I suspect some wowser dobbed him in. There's been a couple on the forum even.

[matija123123]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Australia did not censor anything. Tyler said himself he forgot to do some paperwork.

And lets stop pretending ratings for games are limited to Australia.

Every other game that ends up in Australia gets banned same as with Germany. There is a difference between age ratings and actual censorship.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by matija123123:

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Australia did not censor anything. Tyler said himself he forgot to do some paperwork.

And lets stop pretending ratings for games are limited to Australia.

Every other game that ends up in Australia gets banned same as with Germany. There is a difference between age ratings and actual censorship.

It *wasn't* banned.

Read this thread.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/3164500/discussions/1/599652366068813977/

And the claim everything gets banned is complete nonsense. 7 games refused classification in 10 years out of 21,141 games that were.

'Schedule Business 1' is currently refused classification - it's NOT Schedule 1 - might be a clone.

https://www.classification.gov.au/search/title?search=schedule%201&field_rating%5B1%5D=1&f%5B0%5D=category%3AC&f%5B1%5D=classification%3ARC

[Jooshimus]

I'm also glad I got it before it was pulled, saves having to jump through hoops.

Sistermatic will die on the hill that it's not censored yet. That's great but I don't think most people care about the semantics, it's unpurchaseable and with no date when it will be.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by Jooshimus:

I'm also glad I got it before it was pulled, saves having to jump through hoops.

Sistermatic will die on the hill that it's not censored yet. That's great but I don't think most people care about the semantics, it's unpurchaseable and with no date when it will be.

Come on mate, back it up a bit, I hate censorship as much as most, but the BS surrounding this needs to be sorted. We saw the same crap with the 'Tyler is getting sued' BS or did you forget that already?

(Although, in fairness, your post history shows you weren't here for that so maybe not aware of the BS that it became).

[Jooshimus]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Originally posted by Jooshimus:

I'm also glad I got it before it was pulled, saves having to jump through hoops.

Sistermatic will die on the hill that it's not censored yet. That's great but I don't think most people care about the semantics, it's unpurchaseable and with no date when it will be.

Come on mate, back it up a bit, I hate censorship as much as most, but the BS surrounding this needs to be sorted. We saw the same crap with the 'Tyler is getting sued' BS or did you forget that already?

(Although, in fairness, your post history shows you weren't here for that so maybe not aware of the BS that it became).

Yea I didn't read much into the suing posts, especially if it sounds like it hasn't concluded. Way too much conjecture.

You're definitely the most clued in here on how the system works. I just wish the game could still be sold for a time while the classification is made. Then I wouldn't have posted on this topic at all. I suppose we just have to agree to disagree on something, while the game is unpurchaseable, the game has been temporarily censored, and you don't agree or at least refuse to use that terminology.

[Spliffa]

I'm glad i bought it when i had the chance, but i really do hope the review process goes well. we got Left 4 Dead back, surely we can get S1 & Silent Hill F lmao