Blizzard appeals StarCraft 2 Korean 'Adults Only' rating

And Koreans will be playing this game for the next 10 years.

Aww, so much for the boob rush. That was my favorite tactic in the beta.

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The map editor was released today too!

the next starcraft II related post that appears on here better be the release date... otherwise, just keep the news to yourself... nahhh, im kidding... not really though... haha.

Really, is this really going to stop "non-adults" (under 18?) from playing this? I mean, ratings never stopped me.

Bah, said it before, but I'm saying it again.

Good luck Blizzard. There is a damn good reason why Korea gave the game an AO rating, and the only way for you to rectify it is to make SC2 the crappiest game out there. So much so, that no one in Korea, no matter how much they loved and abused SC1 sexually, will even go near a cafe that had SC2 played in it in the last week

Why's it so adult?

I meant pique. Though peak could be true also.

I think the South Korean government is very brave and responsible for trying to cut down on a big industry/national past-time for the sake of their citizens' health. However, I don't think an 'AO' rating will stop any teens from getting their hands on it.

Hey look, a Space Marine!

Sounds like it's all politics. I just read an article about the "curfews" Koreans have placed on certain games. They couldn't care if Starcraft was about ponies and rainbows, they'll try their best to limit the market. I'm not even sure why.

Why are they still playing SC1 anyways, doesn't it get old?

WHAT?! Blizzard is appealing? Screw this everyone torrent SC2 when it comes down! How dare Blizzard.

Sorry trying to justify stealing the game before everyone else does.

I'm a South Korean citizen living in America (at least for an year) and I see people saying it's AO-rated. Well, in South Korea, 18+ is equivalent to M, which is 17+ in America (the way of counting how old people are is a bit different in Asian countries). The problem is though that the game rating board in Korea is run by the government; in America it's voluntary to get the game rated by ESRB(although it's very, very hard to see games without rating marks), but in Korea if the game is not rated, it's illegal to sell it. Let's say a minor (a kid) wants to play Modern warfare 2 on PS3. In here he can just buy it and play it online and whatsoever, but he can't go online in Korea 'cause the PSN will require a Social security number in order to play it; therefore, you can't even go to Battle.net and play with friends if SC2 is M-rated—it is illegal to do so.