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Did you restart Steam after making the change ?
Also, I set the language filter to not filter profanity or slurs but the program still filters everything.
I'm sure Valve will get right on this. LOL
It's totally insane. If the message said: "Hey, we are required by game rating agencies to display this age gate and there is nothing you can do about it" I would not be happy but at least the situation would be clear. But the message clearly tells me that there IS A WAY to disable it in my preferences... And that doesn't actually seem to be true.
Anybody actually managed to configure their preferences in such a way as not to see the mature content warnings and age gates? If so, share your secret!
All the content i could possibly allow i already allowed. (((
Would be happy to resolve the problem as well.
I'll give you the full copy/pasta now...
Please use the search. Seriously, my copy/pasta from the last 1,000 threads...
1. Age is set by cookies. If you have to enter the date again, you are deleting Steam's cookies.
2. (The following is about all warnings like the one for the game hub and age gates)
3. Been asked soooooo many times that Valve even made a Q&A for it...
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1708442022337025126
Since I can't seem to find a solution, allow me to chanel my frustration into a rant instead.
I'm doing this to vent my frustration, if you get offended by political discussions, do us both a favor and don't read on;
I think age restrictions in general are stupid. Content isn't like alcohol, it won't kill you if you aren't "old enough" yet. I often hear people say that being exposed to inappropriate content at an early stage may hinder development, but not only is that an assertion that's basically impossible to prove, it restricts free expression of oppinion, and I don't get why so many people are okay with it.
Sure, if you show little timmy a gore movie, they might have nightmares for a while, but so do some adults. Its literally the intention of the movie to scare you, thats why its called a horror movie. And if you say that it's gonna leave "permanent damage", no. Worst case, they develop a phobia, but that is both unlikely and not really detramental. Tons of succesful people are afraid of some things for no particular reason, being afraid is part of being human after all.
I think this applies to both violent and sexual content. Sure, most kids will not be able to understand what a sexual relationship is, but so what? We all are ignorant about some things, and keeping all related media away from us is the exact opposite of a solution.
If there is any serious damage, "premature" exposure to "adult" content can have on young people, please enlighten me and tell me how that justifies actual media censorship, a term which I find doesn't carry nearly enough negative conotation.
As if all of that wasn't dumb enough already, this mentality also exaggerates the problem it claims to fight.
By making certain things "too grown up", children get the impression that it is somehow better content that they should watch, because growing up is pretty much their main goal. So now this censorship created the awkward situation where kids look at porn simply because they were told they weren't mature enough yet.
The more you think about it, the more reductive the concept of a tabu topic becomes. If you say "we shouldn't talk about such things", people are inevitably gonna talk about it. Thats the reason many kids that are absolutely pro equality and pro human rights scribble swastykas on their school desks.
They don't agree with NS ideologies, often they aren't even aware of it. They just noticed that adults say you shouldn't draw that, so naturally they do.
This rebel mentality is what has led to such advancements as freedom of speech, and I find it painfully ironic that that same rebellious mindset makes kids use images of a regime that opposed those ideals to its core.
Imagine instead that sexuality, violence and horrible acts in history were a topic you could talk about freely. Instead we live in a society where the mere mention of an important of human history to remind peoples of the terrible things that have happened and could happen again can cost you your entire career.
Manier comedians have to balance on a wire when trying to talk about anything remotely sensetive, since anything they say can and will be held against them in the court of public oppinion, even though telling jokes is literally their job.
If we made all content accessible to all people (a part of human rights I might add, which kids just convieniently happen to be excluded from), violent, scary and sexual media would lose the appeal of being off limits as well as "too grown up", so the only people that do consume said media are those that actually enjoy it.
Then, the argument that makes my blood boil the most:
"But this is a bad example for this kid"
If you have the audacity to claim that your kids flaws come from their freedom of media consumption, you actually flat out shouldn't be a parent.
Bad influences are unavoidable. There's always gonna be something bad in a kids life. You can't keep them in a perfect bubble, nor should you.
Kids should be exposed to all the bad things in society, and as a guardian it is your job to teach them to resist such bad influences.
If you censor the kids world, they will not have the opportunity to prepare for the real world. Instead they'll be stuck with a twisted worldview, which doesn't accomodate for all the nuances of life.
I didn't have it easy as a kid. I got bullied, I got diagnosed with aspergers at a really young age and I had a hard time learning how to socialise in general.
If my parents would have set up an illusion, making me believe that everything was fine the way it was, I would never have learned how to deal with these problems and I would still be that emotionally unstable, unfriendly ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I was during my childhood and teenage years.
Sometimes, life sucks. Sometimes horrible things happen and it seems like justice does not exist. Well, thats because it doesn't.
We are all just an assortment of atoms that have miraculously gained self awareness and now have to learn how to deal with it. There is no higher entity that will guide us to the world and guarantee us eternal happiness.
If we want to have a happy life, an accomplished life or any other form of success in the time we have in this world, we are responsible for making that happen ourselves, but we can only accept this responsibility when we are aware of the world in all its details and not just a watered down imitation.
We aren't responsible for the world we're in, but we're responsible for the world we leave behind.
TL;DR there should be no effort to limit access to mature content.
Do note that because it still exists it does not mean it's a problem or that it will be fixed.
Fun fact, I'm not sure if this is the reason that applies here, but Valve HAVE said before that with age gates they MUST ask every single session as the ratings organizations demand it.
Now, sure, Valve should absolutely update the message if this is the case. But if also if it is the case, then it ain't going to change.
No game shows full nudity and hentai sex scenes without your preferences being set to show you Adult-Only content.
So, that is the only way you can see things of an adult nature.
Also, they don't suffer the same problems as normal mature games simply because they have no Rating association related to them. :P
And since it's an opt-in, it doesn't need the same protection as a mature game.
But in any case, you have it the wrong way round. It's down to the devs to abide by the terms of the slef regulating ratings board.
All Valve do is offer the age gate accordingly to absolve their liability. Not their fault if the dev gets it wrong.
But again, I'd like to see hard evidence for this claim.