Germany Drafts Stringent Anti-Violent Game Law

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Gameguru Mania News - Dec,07 2006 -

Germany Drafts Stringent Anti-Violent Game Law - briefly
(hx) 12:20 AM CET - Dec,07 2006 - Post a comment / read (10)
In the aftermath of a recent school shooting in Germany, the regional governments of Bavaria and Lower Saxony have proposed new legislation that could punish those who make, distribute, or even play video games featuring "cruel violence on humans or human-looking characters" with a fine and up to a year in prison. The newly drafted bill is scheduled to go before the upper house of parliament next year. (thanks Gamasutra)

The draft law, a reaction to a school shooting that shook German public opinion last month, will come before the upper house of parliament next year. But it is already sending shockwaves through the 2m-strong German online gaming community.

The discussion in the world's third largest video games market also comes at an awkward time for Sony, which has delayed the European launch of its Playstation 3 videogame console from last month to next March because of component shortages and technical glitches. Call of Duty 3 and Resistance: Fall of Man, the two best-selling PS3 titles on Amazon.com's ranking list are both first-person shooters, which would fall under the mulled ban. Sony Computer Entertainment Germany refused to comment.

Germany has 40,000 active online gaming teams, the best of which regularly take part in worldwide tournaments where victories bring lucrative sponsoring contracts and prize money in the hundreds of thousands dollars. In the past decade, online gaming has become increasingly professional, with a rising number of players making a living out of their skills and teams acquiring renowned gamers for hefty transfer fees. Even if the ban does not make it through parliament, all this could be at risk, says Holger Scherff, leader of the German a-Losers.MSI team, if the discussion leads corporate sponsors to review their endorsement of professional gamers.

last 10 comments:

darknothing	(12:44 AM CET - Dec,07 2006 )
um i dont think its the games that do this to the person or persons i think its how there raised and if there given enought attention or there bein hard and beating them, games arnt doing this . as the saying goes Guns dont kill people stupid people with guns kill people.

xxxx	(01:27 AM CET - Dec,07 2006 )
Couldn't agree more. Pretty sad and shallow-minded.

djRom	(04:32 PM CET - Dec,07 2006 )
Games (violent and non-violent) have always been a release for me, so I don't go kill someone, lol. Its the same idea behind the foam sticks that phyciatrists give a group of people to get their aggression out in a "peaceful, controlled" manner. ~shrugs~ Just my opinion of course.

xxxx

(07:04 PM CET - Dec,07 2006 )

djRom> Games (violent and non-violent) have always been a release for me, so I don't go kill someone, lol.

Its the same idea behind the foam sticks that phyciatrists give a group of people to get their aggression out in a "peaceful, controlled" manner. ~shrugs~ Just my opinion of course.

Oh really? I thought it was more like The Simpsons, shock therapy! Hahahahaha!! (they don't really give foam sticks to people as a form of therapy do they? roflmao). If they do, be a great suggestion for Stumpass though I think an electric chair would likely be more suitable for Stumpass.

Sabot

(08:18 PM CET - Dec,07 2006 )

What is it with you paedophile, homosexual lizard xxxx? Your a friggin' faggot & pervert. Got a weird facination for me?? Missing little boys arsholes to scratch and lick out??
The story so far....
I go away for a week or so and come back, and the TRUE internet loverboy can't leave me out of any conversation..... :roll: You are *truly* the ORIGINAL dick-head/trouser bandit !!
You must have a mental age of 4?.... Forget the 4, he's JUST fucking MENTAL!

Look at his post count? NO LIFE OUTSIDE OF GAMEGURU -what a sad,sad, dysfunctional little trouser bandit....

Back to the topic;
Carmageddon was released in Germany with just robots, away back in the '90s. Violence against 'people-like' sprites was frowned upon back then in Germany, so it's nothing new realy.

djRom	(08:22 PM CET - Dec,07 2006 )
Kind of funny how all three of us (Stumpus, XXXX, and I) all joined within 3 months of each other. Stumpus and XXXX within 4 days of each other. Never noticed that till Stumpus just pointed out the post counts. On a totally different topic...Why did Bill Gates leave us? :(

xxxx

(09:52 PM CET - Dec,07 2006 )

Correct, ggmania is my home away from home StumpedAss. At least you got 1 thing right StumpedAss.. But I just thoroughly enjoy making you yap really, so damn easy and fun.. you seem to have a fetish talking about children and sex, come out with it man(or are you a man?) and confess to us where your child-porn and bestiality site is. Hahahahaha!!

Actually djRom, we both applied right at around the time HX changed the site from just a basic comments system to a forum...

Bill Gates didn't leave us, it was StumpedAss using another account. Guess he got tired of being an idiot and acting like his ex-lover/hero Bill Gates..I'd just love to give HX some extra powertoys for PHPBB so we can see who everyone truly is.. but I guess HX has better things to do.

HX do we really need Stumpass slandering your site with profanities all the time? I mean, 1 maybe 2 posts, ok... but as far as StumpedAss is concerned, this guy cannot comment without muttering profane stupidities.

And StumpedAss, you weren't on vacation, why do you lie? You were seeing your shrink, or should I send out the PM to everyone from you...?

Sabot

(12:08 PM CET - Dec,08 2006 )

Have a look at my sig and ask yourself 'who said that'?

You are the lowest of the low, how can a -supposed- adult talk about child-rape as if it's the weather?
You were the one that said;
quote:
xxxx wrote:
it's likely that same site you sent me before with your grandmother having sex with your dog...Told you already not interested. Not interested either in seeing that vid of your dad molesting you at the age of 3...You should get some help for that eh?

THAT was the OFFICIAL site for xxxx lager that i gave you!? What WARRANTED such a sick,sick outburst?? There is NO need to bring sexual abuse of children -as a stick- in ANY arguement

There are MILLIONS of children wordwide, getting physicaly and sexualy abused DAILY. And this low-life pond scum uses the subject matter like some 'NEW' word that it's just learned...

YOUR not an adult! Your not capable -nor trustworthy- of having children.

ANY MAN that -in this day-and-age- talks like you have is either; sexualy backward, lacks skills to have a relationship or is number one a DANGER to kids!
Seriously xxxx, you are one SICK,SICK individual!!!
I guarantee if you said that in the street to a 'normal' adult male, they would rip your head off and ask questions later.

More so, authorities are just eager to get hold of individuals like you for questioning and monitoring in the future.

So how does xxxx get my name into a headline;
quote:
Gameguru Mania News - Dec,06 2006 - all
Germany Drafts Stringent Anti-Violent Game Law when i HAVEN'T EVEN been here for over a WEEK!! and the headline has NOTHING to do with my hobby or anything else??

HE said it!? I haven't been here for over a week. So don't you get suspicious when you have a 'follower' on the net that brings your name into subjects that aren't even relevant...........

You just can't stop thinking about me eh? 'trouser-bandit' is an apt name -

Exactly, that's why i said what i said about him. I LEAVE here and get on with my life; it's a BRILLIANT site -easily the best on the internet today (thanks to hx et al) i grab my news and off i go. Like the majority here -except xxx- we leave our 'opinion' (occasionaly) and laugh or reply to it contructively.

There's 'having a laugh' and there's folks that can't express themselves without going down the 'sewer route'. It's not clever and -above all- shows lack of communication skills. But there's many people like that -you just ignore them and they go away. (sometimes you can't bite your tongue and angrily vent yourself -human nature)

BUT If i was hx, i would think seriously about dropping your IP off to the relevant authorities.
Act like an adult or act like a paedophile, it's your choice.

Oh and any REAL man would see the stupidity and dangerous nature of what they have said and appologise -especialy to hx.

But of course.......

djRom	(05:18 PM CET - Dec,08 2006 )
BTW...I decided to search google for "your grandmother having sex with your dog". And GGmania was the first link that came up. lol Also, more ON TOPIC...I would hate to live in Germany with a government that is going to dictate what is good and bad for me.

xxxx	(05:36 PM CET - Dec,09 2006 )
Is StumpAss still yapping? Come on, you all got to agree with me. Stumpus=chick. Mystery solved. Here's Stumpus in reality.