Anyone ever see the old transformers movie (the cartoon version, not the live action)? There's a single, conspicuous swear word bellowed out about halfway through.

I've always wondered why can't developers make a teen AND mature versions of a game. Content-wise it shouldn't raise the cost that much, and in IC's case, the mature version could be only available through Impulse. Of course, regulating who get's what version might be problematic.

Around here in Finland, Manhunt 2 was banned (IIRC), but our The Witcher has boobs

If anyone is intrested in trying out a Marza Voice Mod i have working one .Still changing certain sayings and tone. could use some ideas. If intrested send email to rjhughes67@hotmail.com

ROFL!!!!! See that what I imagined!!!

Well so?   I would still like to hear what you think of the ESRB. Like I said Ive really never heard a Devs POV. If you get some free time between fixing Entrenchement, the 2nd expansion, and sleeping.

I think of it more in terms of whether or not it adds value. Pointless swearing, gore, sex, etc. wouldn't have added much value to our game, but would have limited our reach. I wanted to have bodies flying out of ships in the debris, for example, but at their tiny scale, the value added was minimal, so it wasn't worth taking the ESRB hit.

don't worry, you will feel different some day if you manage to get married and have a kid. 

that would have been awesome, along with the other content.  but i would want to be able to disable it on the fly if possible.  give me some props here, i am developing my kiddo to be a well rounded gamer someday.  he watches us play MP and wants to join in.  so what does he do?  he grabs his legos and builds his own ships.  in a few years when Sins3 hits the shevles he will be ready pwn everyone.

Aderas, thanks for the location of the file.  I can take it from there I think.

Ive been married and have a kid, while he is only 3. His mother has let him watch both Star Wars and Transformers both which display alot of violence and such. LOL, now he goes around saying he Darth Vadar and Optimus Prime, which I think awesome(cuz Im a nerd like that). But she calls me up and ask why he going around shooting everything and pretending to be shoot people. Geeeeee....I wonder why? The ratings have nothing to with bad parent choices. And I think thats the bottom line. You can make all the rating and restrictions you want but in the end if the parents dont control what their young kids or teens do and see, the ratings are just a pain in the ass for Devs and mature players.

Yet, I also think the ratings are a good idea as it allows parents who are not gamers to know what kind of mature content a game contains. Guess we cant have our cake and eat it too. Sigh.

How about this as a solution. 

1. Copy a TEC game voice clip that you like ("copy that tac com")
2. Rename it 'CapitalShip_TechSiege_OnAttackIssueOrdered_0'
3. Remove the offending voice clip
4. Paste the new one in the sound folder

This may allow you to play MP if you like.  I end of doing this on 4X games.  I do not like the Marza or the "What Now Commander" which I think is carrier.  Sounds like I'm putting him out and all.  And look what happened to the "don't ask-don't tell" Hoshiko crusiers voice clips.  I think I will experiment with replacing with the "Roger Roger" droid response from the current Clone Wars cartoons. 

I think the TEC voice clips are designed to be the way they are due to the fact that TEC is really stretched by the two front war and is scraping the bucket when it comes to ship crews. 

It could be worse, I don't see how anyone can play Vasari.  2 minutes of menacing hissing (I get it, they are really bad lizards) and I'm back to TEC. I would think the Vasari would be the one's cursing, thay have got to be getting their tongues caught in the mouth slit in the little plastic masks they appear to be speaking out of.  Ever get your tongue stuck in one of those as a kid? It is sure to generate a few gds.

ROFL really have you seen Disney movies

the monkey in lion king sticks up his middle finger

in the little mermaid in the castle there is a dildo or dick dont no which

i could continue

rofl'ed at 15,000 Vasari die with every evacuator...makes you wanna huddle up in a corner and sob for days

AMEN!!!!

I think some of the crew in areas far from the reactor would be pushed outward by the parts of the ship between them and the reactor, then once they are out in the vacuum of space their blood boils as the dissovled gasses come out of solution and their eyes pop out of the skull and gaseous blood spurts out their mouths and noses and ears and their limbs get frozen solid and they shatter on the hull of a near by ship