Should Torn be PG18?

I've seen this argument come across often, usually under random and unrelated threads. In my mind there a couple of good reasons to allow PG18 content in forums, as well as a wide variety of situations where maybe it's best to keep things as they are.

The principle of Torn is that this is a crime based game - common gameplay includes doing several NPC crimes (such as robberies, hacking, kidnapping, murder, arsons, etc...), participation in mafia factions, personally attacking and mugging other players, as well as scamming, extorting and even make someone's playing experience a nightmare.

"Pornographic, sexually explicit or graphically violent material generally deemed unsuitable for minors in imagery or depicted in text." - Social Guideline Rules.

Does anyone else find ironic a violence based game does not allow graphically violent material?

Does it really make sense to draw the line at explicit mature content?

Should 13 year olds even be playing this?

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Should Torn be PG18?

Gotta love them polls!

"PG18"

parental guidance until 18

"oi ma can i look at these tits or na"

that isn't how PG works.

can't wait to move out so i can finally jack it without permission

I voted no because at 14 i was being trained to fight, I doubt a text based game would affect me more than an irate officer would.

Wow 14 is pretty young! Which country were you being trained in dude?

Nope! My eldest is 13yrs old. I'd do my nut if I ever found out she was playing this. I'm not too strict on age ratings as I have allowed her to watch films rated 15 (only if I have seen them first) as I know the Age Rating System here in the U.K. can be a bit bizzarre at times.

But to me, this is a text based version of GTA. Idk the in's and out's of this. Maybe Ched thought this game was PG13 at the time of launch years ago and it has never really been revised. Or maybe it was officially rated by an Age Restriction Board of some sort. But in my eyes, the content of posts in this forum plus some in game contents certainly don't come across as suitable for under 18's.

nobody cares

the trick is finding someone willing to do it for you :)

I don't think it should be, it has some bad elements, but I've been playing GTA since I was 12, and I've only murdered 17 prostitutes

Fair enough, guess I don't know how these ratings work! xD

I just meant allow 18+ content.

I think the main result of that would be people getting a lot more D pics and "rate ur dick" threads

There are many great players who started off playing Torn before they were 18, if I recall there was even a staff member who was only 12 but highly mature for his age. I would like to see more maturity in the game however, limiting the age restriction doesn't necessarily solve the problem, there are plenty of immature people above the age of 18. Not to mention the fact that Torn would be losing a huge chunk of its userbase, reducing donations which means slower updates and possibly causing the death of the game.

The cons far outweigh the pros, I wouldn't say no to a PG18 chatbox, though.

If you create a "How old are you?" poll with options =18, the results would be the same as this poll.

Edit: Actually that wrong. I think alot of people keep a Torn tab open at work or other semi-private places, and I like not having to worry (too much) that my screen will get me in a sex crime lawsuit. Voted No.

its a game dude

Doesn't staff already remove explicit content from players profiles if fount to be offensive or pornographic? Oh and telling them to stay away from the forums lol

Can I bust a nut too?

wait what are we talking about

WAIT! SOMEONE ELSE?! TOUCH YOUR DICK?!

Genius!

Nice thread idea, i think Torn is full of pussies that will get offended by anything right now. People like Ali who kiss every staff member's ass then has a tantrum when she doesn't get her way after reporting someone