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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53587

On Friday, Electronic Arts made the decision
to rename the Taliban multiplayer faction in Medal of Honor
to the more generic \'Opposing Force\'. Now comes word that the decision
to rename the faction in EA\'s upcoming multiplayer shooter might have
been due to the possible loss of official US Army support for the g

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gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

so it is ok and normal to shoot them IRL, but it is not ok to "shoot" them in the video game. What? Would that piss them off or something? Laughing

Ceriden · Contributor Joined: 30 Apr 2010 Posts: 17

They are talking about controlling a Taliban character fighting a coalition character or seeing a character labeled as such firing at you.

I can see where they are coming from. It's a hard thing being sensitive when you are making media that is covering a conflict that is currently happening versus one that has happened.

So why not meet in the middle. Make it an option to turn off so if one is fighting against, or for, the terrorist faction they see the opposing force tag and not Taliban. Which might also mean a texture change as well, I haven't looked into what they are supposed to look like.

Much like the option to turn off/on blood or language. Leave it to the player to decide what they are comfortable with viewing.

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

It's ok to kill people. Just be damned sure you do it in the name of the 'correct' god. Rolling Eyes

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

there's only 4 gods that we truly kill for... Oil, gold, diamonds and water.

psolord · Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject:

You forgot heavy metals.

Aizen · Contributor Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 3

Gold is a heavy metal Confused

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

i didn't forget anything Razz

Think exchange Wink

Baconnaise · Elite Member Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 710

I don't see what the big deal is? The only issue I can see realistically is they are giving too much credit to a small time organization. I'm of the opinion at this time that even the old school mafia rings were more powerful even. You could basically say the same about them that the only power they have is usually in their own neighborhoods.

Bert · Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:37 am Post subject:

Its all about politics. The US Army doesn't want any substantiation of the Taliban and fair enough if any advice/content was given without MoH presenting their intentions. However, people play military shooters for their own reasons and politics isn't one of them. I suspect the issue won't affect sales. Another game of the same genre was Novalogic's Delta Force Task Force Dagger.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

I still don't get it. Shooting and killing Tabs IRL is fine, calling them in the news is fine, calling them in newspapers is fine, calling them in video game is "sensitive" and not fine. It's like Hitler saying "naming opposing faction as "yews" in that game is sensitive issue."