Woohoo, official off-topic thread!

Started by FinalAnswer3,949 pages
Originally posted by quanchi112
What kids wouldl possibly be scared by this movie or learn anything about the nazi's from watching lion king?

The average idiot American child.

Originally posted by quanchi112
Yeah telling me I missed the point when the word mature on a rating means anything but mature. Handling concepts such as gore, sexual content, et.c has to do with maturity itself. That's why 7 year olds shouldn't play these games like gow because generally on average they aren't mature enough to handle them on their age.

So you're saying they use words they don't mean. Please, please, please tell me you aren't serious. We say it's a mature rating but we don't really mean the word mature, right?

All you need is blood for a game to get a mature rating right away with ESRB ermm

Originally posted by ScreamPaste
So much truth. Now, if we send BT to comic v.s., we'll be even. haermm

That would actually be interestingly funny to see haermm

Originally posted by quanchi112
Yeah telling me I missed the point when the word mature on a rating means anything but mature. Handling concepts such as gore, sexual content, et.c has to do with maturity itself. That's why 7 year olds shouldn't play these games like gow because generally on average they aren't mature enough to handle them on their age.

So you're saying they use words they don't mean. Please, please, please tell me you aren't serious. We say it's a mature rating but we don't really mean the word mature, right?

You know what?

Go read the dictionary.

Only a subset of a definition even fits the point you are trying to make. Mature is used by the ESRB to mean adult. They don't use the word 'adult' though, since there is already an Adults Only rating which is a death knell for a game. And that doesn't even cover the fact that other countries rate games differently, which you so blithely ignored.

And quite frankly, I would say that an obsession with violence, gore, and sex is not a very mature trait at all and is rather a symbol of mental immaturity.

Originally posted by FinalAnswer
The average idiot American child.
What makes an american idiot child different from any other child in the world? An idiot is an idiot.

Originally posted by SpadeKing
All you need is blood for a game to get a mature rating right away with ESRB ermm

That would actually be interestingly funny to see haermm

Ok, well should kids be exposed to gratuitous violence and blood at age 5? I mean it's just blood right? GOW is a pretty violent game.

Originally posted by Peach
You know what?

Go read the dictionary.

Only a subset of a definition even fits the point you are trying to make. Mature is used by the ESRB to mean adult. They don't use the word 'adult' though, since there is already an Adults Only rating which is a death knell for a game. And that doesn't even cover the fact that other countries rate games differently, which you so blithely ignored.

And quite frankly, I would say that an obsession with violence, gore, and sex is not a very mature trait at all and is rather a symbol of mental immaturity.

They used the word not me. An adult rating is for an adult.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

In this country an adult is recognized at 18 not 17.

Originally posted by CosmicComet
do dragonflies even have any weapons? can they bite? did the ant just destroy it?

I they can bite, but yeah, the ant won pretty easily. I forgot how though.

Hey, Peach. You have Soul Silver, right? Do you want to battle?

Originally posted by quanchi112
Yeah telling me I missed the point when the word mature on a rating means anything but mature. Handling concepts such as gore, sexual content, et.c has to do with maturity itself. That's why 7 year olds shouldn't play these games like gow because generally on average they aren't mature enough to handle them on their age.

So you're saying they use words they don't mean. Please, please, please tell me you aren't serious. We say it's a mature rating but we don't really mean the word mature, right?


Originally posted by quanchi112
What makes an american idiot child different from any other child in the world? An idiot is an idiot.

Ok, well should kids be exposed to gratuitous violence and blood at age 5? I mean it's just blood right? GOW is a pretty violent game.


Oh for the love of muffins...

Other guys, I am making a point, right? If I'm not making sense, please tell me. I could swear I'm being absolutely logical, but the sheer lack of any understanding in this discussion is making me doubt the strength of my position.

Originally posted by quanchi112
They used the word not me. An adult rating is for an adult.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

In this country an adult is recognized at 18 not 17.


If an adult in the US is 18 (a spurious argument in itself, but I digress), then does not the fact that the "Mature" rating begins at 17 shed doubt on the position that "Mature" means "sex, language, gore, not for kids"? A 17-year-old is still legally a minor.

I mean of course, here, that the true definition of the word, and the forced definition of the ESRB rating, are not equal.

Oh for the love of muffins...

Other guys, I am making a point, right? If I'm not making sense, please tell me. I could swear I'm being absolutely logical, but the sheer lack of any understanding in this discussion is making me doubt the strength of my position.

No, you are making sense, this is just Quanchi. 😐 He actually spent about 40 pages actually insisting TP Link doesn't have super strength. Yeah.

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Oh for the love of muffins...

Other guys, I am making a point, right? If I'm not making sense, please tell me. I could swear I'm being absolutely logical, but the sheer lack of any understanding in this discussion is making me doubt the strength of my position.

Don't worry, General. You're good. 👆

Originally posted by quanchi112
What makes an american idiot child different from any other child in the world? An idiot is an idiot.

The American Idiot child is fat and has AIDS.

And Swine Flu.

And tell me, Quan, if a definition placed on a word is concrete as decided by a board of people, then what do you make of New Zealand's "Mature" 10+ rating?

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Oh for the love of muffins...

Other guys, I am making a point, right? If I'm not making sense, please tell me. I could swear I'm being absolutely logical, but the sheer lack of any understanding in this discussion is making me doubt the strength of my position.

If an adult in the US is 18 (a spurious argument in itself, but I digress), then does not the fact that the "Mature" rating begins at 17 shed doubt on the position that "Mature" means "sex, language, gore, not for kids"? A 17-year-old is still legally a minor.

You're making sense to me. Actually, I see where he is coming from. But its a very narrow bit of thinking. He see's the M, calls it "Mature", and is done with it. See's the E, calls it "Kid".

Originally posted by quanchi112
They used the word not me. An adult rating is for an adult.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

In this country an adult is recognized at 18 not 17.

I know what the ratings are. Far better than you do, I'm sure. I didn't need to run off to wikipedia for that info.

And you might have a point with "adults are 18" if the ESRB was legally mandated. Which it is NOT.

Mature simply means that it contains content not considered appropriate for most minors, period. A kid can still buy an M-rated game with parental permission, for example. An AO-rated game? Retailers won't even touch them with a ten-foot pole.

Just...gah. How is this difficult to understand? Everyone else seems to get it just fine.

Originally posted by LLLLLink
Hey, Peach. You have Soul Silver, right? Do you want to battle?

GK couldn't, so I'm asking.

I have it, but I don't have any interest in actually battling or anything, sorry.

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Oh for the love of muffins...

Other guys, I am making a point, right? If I'm not making sense, please tell me. I could swear I'm being absolutely logical, but the sheer lack of any understanding in this discussion is making me doubt the strength of my position.

If an adult in the US is 18 (a spurious argument in itself, but I digress), then does not the fact that the "Mature" rating begins at 17 shed doubt on the position that "Mature" means "sex, language, gore, not for kids"? A 17-year-old is still legally a minor.

I mean of course, here, that the true definition of the word, and the forced definition of the ESRB rating, are not equal.

The ratings themselves all have to do with maturity itself. They rate the games based on ages they feel can handle the themes of a certain game. GOW games are for an older audience and if you'd ask the creators they'd agree. I have even heard the dante's inferno creators say we didn't make this for kids.

Zelda games are made for kids not adults can enjoy them as well but the themes in these games aren't as mature by the esrb as it considers the gow themes.

Theyuse the word mature not because they just picked a random word but because games like this are for older audiences than games with teen ratings.

If you were right about your position both the gow and zelda would have the same rating but they don't just like I stated it's obvious gow is for an older audience than zelda.

Originally posted by ScreamPaste
No, you are making sense, this is just Quanchi. 😐 He actually spent about 40 pages actually insisting TP Link doesn't have super strength. Yeah.
He doesn't have super strength. You take feats out of context and ignore how he's portrayed and magically think the guy can play tennis with lightning like reflexes.
Originally posted by FinalAnswer
The American Idiot child is fat and has AIDS.

And Swine Flu.

Still the best country in the world by far and I was never fat as a kid.

On a less mind-numbing note:

Full collection. Revenge of the Fallen Leader class, combined with Jetfire, Target-exclusive '07 Movie Voyager class, '84 G1 original, Animated Cybertron Deluxe, Animated Voyager, War for Cybertron Deluxe, Animated Activators, RotF Legends, and the tiny Prime that comes with RotF Stratosphere.

Because I had to.

Originally posted by Peach
I have it, but I don't have any interest in actually battling or anything, sorry.

I kinda thought so, but I had to ask. Oh well...
I guess Cyner is my only gaming buddy...

America was a mean country.