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FPSC Classic Product Chat / idea about classifaction

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jonathan samson
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 13:46 Edited at: 30th Jul 2006 13:47
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i had a idea about classifing peoples fpsc games for free i can also do maybe dark basic pro,dark basic,the 3d game maker but is this even legal here is what my rating may look like...

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 14:59
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To be very honest, that sucks. I mean, look at it, its made in MSPaint for crying out loud. Also, why do we need ratings? Its not like we are going to have box art, which we will sell our fpsc games in. I dont think I would have that ugly MSPaint image on any box art.
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 15:23
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Well it's not as bad as I believed Higgins made it out to be, looks like some really bad jpg compression...but I see three misspelled words!

But the bigger question is, do we really need ratings for our games?

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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 15:40
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I dont think we do Bond. But if he wants to make ratings, I suggest he gets GIMP or PSP to do the graphics.
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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 15:45
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Wouldn't most first person shooters be rated M for mature?

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Posted: 30th Jul 2006 18:01
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Each to their own I guess.

Personally I think some kind of guideline or warning of content is appropriate and can be voluntarily used if a game maker wishes.

Its probably in a game and game makers best interests to place one though thats just my opinion.

If I ever completed a game then I would have no objection to it and would provide one.



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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 02:24
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I have no problem with my game (or any other for that matter) being rated.
As a parent I can tell you if my children were younger that I would look on a box for a rating before I looked at anything else.
I think if a game is released in a box it should have a rating on it.
I think if you are downloading a game from a link found on this site then the forum member should assume that it is rated M (or whatever a mature game gets rated in your part of the world).
This is a first person shooter creator and there is killing and blood in most of the games released that this engine was used to build.
But that is just my opinion.

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Surly its the government that clasifies games? Or is game clasification voluntary?

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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 02:45 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 02:47
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I'd make my own

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jonathan samson
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 08:19 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 08:22
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i am making a new one with shaded bits.
i dont use M because most people how play games are not relly mature
but i have more classifcations like 3,7,11,15,18

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jonathan samson
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 08:28 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 08:33
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i had just done all the colur stuff now here is what it looks like.

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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 09:06
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I would check the spelling, if I were you.


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jonathan samson
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sorry but this one i am not going to put on anyones game if i do classifie some ones game it would take 2 days because i would need to cheak if everything is in order also this one is a example.

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I've always liked the idea of producing my game in a box, but i think i'd probably want a rating from the developer as a sort of warning, another bit of the license:

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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 10:33 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 10:34
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Quote: "Surly its the government that clasifies games? Or is game clasification voluntary?"


The ESRB classifies all commercially published games, and its system is copyrighted. Basically, if you want to "rate" your games, they need to be made in the form of a "warning"--like:

Quote: "Warning: This product [or game, whatever you wish] contains scenes of expicit [or minus expicit if it's... well, not expicit] violence and gore"


And yes, it's very similar to Resident Evil's pre-game warning. Surprise there...

Since my game will be a free download, there isn't really a necessity as far as I go for a "label". But, on the download page I do plan to include some form of warning such as the one mentioned above.


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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 11:45
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You can put it on yourself, it's not that hard!

By the way, seeing as this seems to have turned into a contest to see who can make the best "Mature" rating - I've done one in 5 min:



http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/netdemonsd/ratingm.jpg

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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 12:10 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 12:13
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Well, while we're at it...



Made in thirty seconds flat. Beat that!


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jonathan samson
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 12:13
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the goverment does not do it for free also jiffy thats a funny classifaction label

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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 18:09
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Hmmm....
Still think mine looks better lol.

I'm gonna make my own ratings from now on...

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Common, a ten year old can handle the blood in FPSC. And Who wants to rate their own games and loose potential customers? I wourld never put that thing on My games when selling them... I wourld only do it if I was forced by law to put it on the box...

I want to see a FPSC Professional! And lets make it REALLY expensive this time......
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First of all it is up to parents to decide what level of blood is acceptable for their kids.
Also,the reason software is rated by those such as the ESRB is so that the government would not regulate and/or stifle the video game industry.
Volutarily rating the game you make will keep the government from making you and if they do you will have to do it their way,not yours.
It is only a matter of time before the government targets independant game makers if they are not doing so already.
I would rather put an "M" on my box than have the government do whatever they want with it.That will just lead to the government dissecting a game and only allowing what they deem as "acceptable" to be released.

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I read this whole thread, and it's such a crap idea. If you were gonna put a rating on your game you'd want it to look at least half official.

and Jiffy, that made me smile.

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Posted: 5th Aug 2006 17:16 Edited at: 5th Aug 2006 17:38
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The scary part is not knowing what's in those burgers. I would be a little worried about playing that game.

I wouldn't have a problem rating my games, when and if I ever get any out. I think it could lend some credibility to the Independent developer. Since we are not regulated by ESRB, we could just make our own if we wanted to.



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Posted: 5th Aug 2006 18:15
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Or if you just released your game online you could include a disclaimer at the beginning of the game.


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