Chat Hels Chatroom III: We've been to Helen back!

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  1. BlueShard

    BlueShard Giant Laser Beams

    Nirning Sony-Jimlad
     
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  2. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    Nirning Jimmie.

    @BloodyFingers seems like you enjoy Canada already :3
     
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  3. Hel

    Hel ✨ Johto's Finest ✨ Forum Moderator

    Good to see Bloody is enjoying Canananada.

    Im happy hes enjoying it
     
  4. Jimlad 42

    Jimlad 42 Supernova

    Nirning guys.
    Nirning Bloods.
    Nirning Charlatan.
    Nirning Surenu.
    Nirning Blueshard.
    Nirning Firepaw.
    Nirning Milkcalf.
    Nirning ~ Iris ~.
    Nirning Hel.
     
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  5. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    Nirning Jimmie! How's it going?

    Why are all the old games I want way too expensive for their age :zzz:
     
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  6. Jimlad 42

    Jimlad 42 Supernova

    It's going... Yeah, I'm ending that sentence there given what I'm playing right now.
     
  7. Hidari

    Hidari Over 9000!!!

    I heard someone talking about old games, so I am here now. <.<

    Also, hello! :3 I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. :DD
     
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  8. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    I may be an odd case right now, but I'm having enjoyable days in general as of lately.

    The ones that aren't ridiculously overpriced are censored. Such is life as a Europeon (and no, that was not a typo)
     
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  9. Hidari

    Hidari Over 9000!!!

    If I might ask, which game(s) specifically are you referring to?
     
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  10. BloodyFingers

    BloodyFingers The End of Time

    I'm good. Had lots of fun yesterday! :DD
     
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  11. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    Call of Duty 5, Dawn of War, Command and Conquer Generals... basically all those virtual slaughterhouses from back then.

    Yey :3
     
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  12. Hel

    Hel ✨ Johto's Finest ✨ Forum Moderator

    Rumours have it the Zombie game mode is blocked in Germany. Is that true?
     
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  13. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    That's only the tip of the iceberg of video game censorship in Germany. Command Conquer:Generals actually was censored so much it became a joke, what with cyborg terrorists and bombs on wheels instead of the actual terrorist unit.
     
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  14. HueHuey

    HueHuey Parsec Taste Tester

    Germany is just a terrible place when it comes to gaming
     
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  15. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    True. You do not want to see what they did to Fallout 3.
     
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  16. Hel

    Hel ✨ Johto's Finest ✨ Forum Moderator

    From what I understand Germany don't like being associated with Hitler and his "gang" Yes. Gang. Lol.
    Better than saying his regime against Jewish people and more or less the rest of the world.
     
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  17. HueHuey

    HueHuey Parsec Taste Tester

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  18. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    It's not only the Nazis, tho they are a big part of the issue given that our constitution pretty much outlaws national socialism. The general issue is that people who have no idea about video games think that video games cause violence and also think that censorship solves that. Guess what, it didn't work.

    And I actually fought and bled for the country that did that, imagine that.
     
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  19. Charlatan

    Charlatan Parsec Taste Tester

    That's maybe because german "reports" that "proof" a connection of video games + violence state "facts" like:
    > You shoot at little girls in Counterstrike. (the footage they added actually showed CT's escorting and protecting adult scientists)
    > A psychologically disturbed teen who killed his parents with a katana got that idea from Final Fantasy 8 (iirc the entire game doesnt have a katana or conventional sword at all).
    > Some game's are only about "killing *everyone*" (true today, non-existent back then)

    There is no exaggeration involved btw. Such a report aimed at parents did happen in german TV, and back then austria too because back then we simply used the same channels.


    Meanwhile, the common psychological viewpoint about violent games is that they rather reduce violence because people can vent their aggression there, and that only very young kids or heavily mentally handicapped people could possibly be influenced.

    For that guy who wanted to kill another because of an insult in World of Warcraft (or was it Guild Wars?) refer to "heavily mentally handicapped"
     
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  20. Surenu

    Surenu The End of Time

    Yeah, I read that bullshit. I guess using falsified "science" for propaganda hasn't stopped in 1945. It's all basic politics - blame something else for your own shortcomings. Schools were supposed to get dedicated psychologists over a decade ago, and of course, nothing happened because of a lack of money. There is, of course, a lot of funds for other things.
     
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