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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:38PM Muffimon said

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With that logic, any game that takes place on Earth should be banned.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 8:58PM R V said

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At least we can still play mass effect
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 9:12PM LaughingTarget said

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Sorry, but you can orbit Earth, they'll have a problem.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 9:32PM vmenge said

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Brazil has no logic, it's not like that ban is going to make any difference.
People only buy original copies of games in Brazil if they're next-gen , and since they're being sold illegaly, I don't really think any seller is going to care if it's banned or not.
Besides, it's supposed to be illegal to sell alcoholic drinks to kids under 18, but everyone starts buying them when they're 14, at any freakin' local supermarket.
So like I said, it's not like that ban is going to make any difference.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:32PM (Unverified) said

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What?

Are you kidding?

I did half the shit I did playing that game IN SCHOOL when I was a kid.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:56PM (Unverified) said

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So, this judge thinks it's no big deal that Police death squads hunt the homeless children in the night, but OOOOOOHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOEEEESSSS, do not let the children play a game.

Frak this witch hunt, I am soooo sick of it all.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 10:02PM (Unverified) said

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Agreed. I think Brazil's legal system has bigger worries than a game. It seems like a statement that they want to make, like "Bullying is not cool!". Shame how the reciprocal with Brazil is "But rainforest abuse is A-OK!"
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:15AM vmenge said

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@WiiSports Machine...Fernandos in disguise PSN: Killjebus, they don't hunt homeless children, I don't know where you heard that shit.

@A Pissed-off English Gamer, rainforest abuse is illegal and can get you plenty of time in jail for that (rainforest abuse) here in Brazil, we just don't have enough people to watch the forest, so we can't keep up with the whole forest (which is freakin' big).
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 10:39AM Dashx747 said

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As a brazilian gamer I agree that this ban is stupid, and that this judge should be worrying about other things, like you know, crime.

But at the same time I will say that this is to little effect. This is not the first game to be banned, so did Counter Strike and Ultima (I have no idea why Ultima would get banned, but it did), but there still is a big shiny Half Life 2 with CS in every store (hell, there is even the box with just CS for the cheap guys), and Ultima, well, I haven't play Ultima in like 8 years (just WOW and EVE now), but in any case online purchases/subscriptions are free of any legal barrier (can't stop the internet).

So, don't worry. The biggesty problem still is the import tax for games, which make a game in retail that is 40 dollars in US cost 125 dollars here (yes, 125 US dollars). Thank goodness for online distribution, that is tax free.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:35PM 007craft said

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a youth center put in the request? Must of been one of those youth centers run by middle aged women with 5 year old children.

If actual youths were running it, they would realize that getting together after school to play games helps stop things like violence and bullying as it occupies the less inteligent troubled youths.

Wow my comment is full of right and wrong lol
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:39PM KeenCommander said

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What is the big deal: there's nothing that offensive in that game. Period. There never has been. There never will be.

I didn't think it was that good of a game to begin with to deserve all of the fuss, either, but that's just my opinion. It's good, just not that incredibly good.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 10:13PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe the didn't liked teh ghey.

Either that or they are confusing Bully with GTA.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:41PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe they should fix the game.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:41PM The Albatross said

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Lemme get this straight... a country with one of the most lucrative drug trades in the world, as well as a robust human smuggling industry, is banning the sale and importation of ... Bully, the videogame?
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:03PM (Unverified) said

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Well they certainly have a high moral standard to uphold
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 6:55PM (Unverified) said

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Bully is not banned in Brazil. It was banned just in a single state, Rio Grande do Sul.

Either way, it's pathetic. We had recent political scandals, and no one is getting arrested until now. On the other hand, Counter-Strike and Everquest got banned (these ones, on the whole country), and they are trying to block the ENTIRE WORDPRESS COMMUNITY because of a single stupid blog.

I guess Brazil wants to follow on China's footsteps and become the next Olimpics host. It worked for them!
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:20PM (Unverified) said

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Marcos... I saw on Terra that they banned from entire country... They asked for a list who buy the game...

http://games.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI2736976-EI1702,00.html
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:10PM Roto13 said

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lol Brazil.

My Brazilian husband is going to facepalm.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:17PM (Unverified) said

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This is bullshit... Anytime it will became available too... And we can't forget that most people buy piracy... So the game still will be played anyway...
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:23PM Gwr said

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wow amazing logic....
IMO you should ban COPS in brazil since,theres criminals and those things happen IRL and they bad right?

Still as T2 SAID:
The joke is on you,those sales wont scratch rockstars record.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:42PM (Unverified) said

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It's ok, it's not like this is the first time this has happened.

Rockstar banned Xbox 360 players from playing Bully by releasing an unplayable game!
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 9:09PM PoisonedAl said

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I had it crash ONCE. Big fucking deal.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 7:51PM JustinVincible said

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Brazil can ban any game they want as long as they keep producing those incredible women.

*Sigh* I'll get down there for Carnival someday...
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 9:19PM (Unverified) said

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That's real thoughtful of Brazil, saving its citizenry from having to suffer through Bully.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 8:39PM karmaghost said

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Everything DOES NOT take place in a school. Banning a game just because it's called "Bully" is stupid. Have these people even played it?
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 8:41PM karmaghost said

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Also, you actually spend more time helping nerds and beating up jocks and popular kids than anything else.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 10:17PM (Unverified) said

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It´s a shame for us. Really... In a country that have the biggest economic (and race) difference in the world, it´s understandable though that some judges from somewhere in the jungle decides so fast based in a corrupted federal justice.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 10:16PM (Unverified) said

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The funny thing about Bully is that is played by grown ups.Kids play GTA and Halo 3.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2008 11:52PM (Unverified) said

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wow, talk about governmental bandwagonning. Clearly, this "youth center" is not run by people who are thoughtful about youth development.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:57AM n3rdx1000 said

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LOL @ rockstar calling Brazil poor. I bet they've been waiting to finally be able to tell someone to sod off if they don't like the game.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 7:27AM (Unverified) said

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I live in Brazil. Brazilian legal system is pathetic. Period.
Let the parents control what their children play. The government should have nothing to say about it.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 10:45AM (Unverified) said

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Makes absolutely no difference: people here in Brazil buy pirate games only anyway (as a legit game costs about 20% of our average monthly salary).
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