Project Lore

FIRST!!!! =)

While I can understand their point of view for kids, I don't see why they should ban the whole game for everyone. Too often most governments think they have to be parents of even the adults and think they know it best (we all know they often aren't, like normal parents don't always know the real 'what's best' either).

And I find it quite funny that they think WoW isn't really a soloing game. Sure, you won't be able to do everything while soloing, but you can perfectly solo your way to 80 or do other stuff solo. May be boring, but it's the truth.

Its just a technicality - it shouldnt take long to be resolved.
I'll be heading down to my local EB Games this weekend tho, have a look and talk to the guys at the store about it. (and buy games for my new Wii :D )

There are PLENTY of more violent games out there, and since 'online interaction' is still not rated, just the content supplied with the game, i cant see any issues arising.

unless they deem that Female Nelf dance too erotic, and the Male Gnome one 'Severe Fantasy Horror'

Wow, first I've heard of that Juggnaut.

Hey everyone, first time poster here, I'm a proud Aussie and am shocked to hear of such restrictions. I've been the manager of the local Electronics Boutique store in the state of Victoria for 2 years, and WoW player for a lot longer. I was unware of any restrictions, I sell a dozen copies of WoW a day. I'll have to investigate this farther, would severely suck if we could no longer sell copies of WoW.

Really doug...really?

WoW was LEGALLY not rated until recently, via a loophole.
That loophole is being fixed, so that the games content needs to be rated before further sales can be continued (altho im sure there is a period of leniency to allow them to have the game rated before they go slapping people with fines...).

From my understanding, The ruling is that online interaction does not need to be rated, just the content included with the game. WoW got away without its content being rated because it was all 'online'

As an Aussie this really came as a shock to me.

I mean WoW has been able to sell here in Australia fine ever since it came out, yet it is only now with the government trying to censor our internet (which it shall not do as far as many Australians are concerned) and the fact that we have no 18+ rating (hopefully this will change).

All I can say is I'm glad I bought WoW before this happened and that hopefully this issue will be sorted out soon so that I can get some of my friends into WoW. It also makes me wonder what the retailers think, perhaps I should have a chat to the staff at my local EB and see their opinions on the matter.

a friend corrected me: http://www.massively.com/2009/01/28/mmogs-defy-classification-in-australia/

i am still at a complete loss how WoW can be released for 4-5years, be one of, if not THE, most well known games of all time... and noone noticed it wasnt rated.

Aussie aussie aussie, GG GG GG.

I'm an Aussie and I am also shocked at this news. Hopefully it gets sorted out soon because if they ban it in Aus, the government better get ready for ALOT of angry gamers bashing down their doors.

Shouldn´t they just say: Okay... if you want to buy WoW, then you need to either be 18 or come with your parents. That's it.

I don't have a problem with Aussies, they just lag like a motherfucker on vent. Sorry!

Im from New Zealand and we got it going all good. haha stupid aussies

i hate this law. My cuz went to buy wow yesterday and was told it was banned :O. FFS!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad i have my copy

I'm pretty sure that you can just find a person who has it use their discs and set up an account on the blizz website. but u need to find a person who has it, never the less go out and conquer.

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON!!!

Why ban a game if a 15 year old can't play it? Why not make it like buying smokes or Alcohol in the USA? You have to be of a certain age limit to purchase the item, and you can't have someone else do it for you.

What I want to know is what do they do if the person does the 10-day free trial? Who is at fault there, the person or Blizz. They'd probably say Blizz. >.>

Hey guys, I'm a first time commenter, long time fan of Project Lore (few months at least =P) I heard about these restrictions a little while ago, but dismissed it as a rumour, it's a real shame that some people wont be able to get their fix of wow, because in the end it's much like any other game but also it bugs me because it's much like any other game only (in my opinion) better because you actually get to interact with other players like yourself and make friends (even be they just online friends).

hihi make them go to New Zealand or something to buy it... ot they can just buy it online from another country... even from within the states...... allmost as stupids as some of the laws here in Norway

CRAP im from australia and i LOVE wow....=( also the guy who said FIRST!!!! is a noob

CENSORSHIP AND BANNING OF ANYKIND IS WRONG!!

PERIOD!!!

IM A FATHER. MY KIDS PLAY WOW, I PLAY WOW, I DONT CENSOR WHAT THEY PLAY, WHAT THEY READ OR MOVIES (NO XXX KIND OF STUFF OF COURSE) I SIMPLY TEACH THEM WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. GOOD PARENTING GOES ALONG WAY.

SORRY FOR CAPS BUT OMG, STUFF LIKE THIS MAKES ME SO MAD. ITS LIKE BOOK BURNING. GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL HASNT GOT A CLUE. "BIG BROTHER" IF YOUR WATCHING, KISS MY ASS. :)

It's not about censorship. The problem is Aussie does not have a rating higher than 15 rating. Picture having only PG13 rating in America, its not that they wouldn't like these higher rated games and movies. It's that they NEED a better rating system, Personally I've always enjoyed Europe's system a lot more than any other countries. They just need something 15+

As far as I'm aware, you can still buy it. EB games may not be selling it but that's because they are a big chain and would be an easy target to identify.

Independents won't worry about selling it because they know that no one in there right mind would prosecute them, I'm sure there's a few big time people in law firms who also enjoy jumping on wow during the weekend and if people were going to get fined they'd be rubbing their hands together for some easy $$.

Its a storm in a tea cup.

I believe this is where Rudd is getting his 950$ per middle wage worker payments from.
Fines for 10yrs of illegal MMO sales could go a long way to the governments pockets :P

Blizzard and the Australian government are both to be equally blamed for this legal snafu. And just who gets caught in the middle? The gamers.

(I live in the USA, but even so... my statement still stands.)

I wonder if that would include Blizzards download option for the game. Not actually selling the game, you only pay for the activation after you download it.

Loophole?

I believe Blizzard has stated that there are no issues in Australia in regards to the selling and playing of WoW.

I looks like this was just a result from a story by a creative blogger which then spread to a national newspaper.