As you said, the Pokemon thing isn't quite as fierce as it was 5 years ago... but they are in fact working on a fully 3D Pokemon RPG for the gamecube.
http://cube.ign.com/objects/716/716652.html?ui=gam efinder
Maybe I'm the lucky minority here, or my mail host has some crazy filters I don't know about, but I very, very rarely recieve any type of spam. Now, I don't go handing out my email address either. If I'm signing up for something shady, I use another address at a web-based email account, which does get a lot of spam... but otherwise I use the mail host that comes with my website http://www.surpasshosting.com/ and Thunderbird as a client, and never see any type of spam.
I don't think the purely age-driven rating system would work because not every 10 year old has the same level of maturity. One kid may be able to handle mild lyrics and some violence, knowing full well that it's not real and he shouldn't repeat anything he sees or hears. Another may run around screaming curses and imitating the game like an idiot, because he doesn't know any better.
The current system gives an approximate age group to give you an idea of what level of maturity is needed (T meaning 13+, M meaning 17+, etc.) When they added the descriptions (Mild cartoon violence, Sexual themes, Strong Lyrics, etc.) I think they completed the system. Not only do you get an idea of what age group should be playing the game based on the 1 letter rating, but you can make an informed choice by looking at the exact reasons it is rated this way.
I've said this before, and I stand on my point; If parents took more care into raising their kids responsibly, knowing what is wrong and what is right (or at least within reason), no further additions to the system would be necessary.
I'm going to end my post saying I see way too many parents not giving two thoughts to what their children do/say/play, and that's what I base my opinions on. Unfortunately I think this is becoming the norm, so maybe, for this reason alone, a new 'dummy' rating system should be implemented for idiot parents who can't be bothered with raising their kids correctly.
No offense, but let's say you were a Mac user and decided (for whatever reason) to jump to the PC. If you go to any retail store that sells PC software and pick up something that isn't compatible with your PC, they aren't going to let you return it either. It's a common practice. Too many people have installed software to use and then returned it for their money back, copied it to resell or otherwise abused the return policies of these stores. As I work in retail I have seen it before. They're just following policy to protect themselves. It just seems like a bit of an overreaction to give up on the mini because you didn't check the system specs on the box before you purchased the software.
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As you said, the Pokemon thing isn't quite as fierce as it was 5 years ago... but they are in fact working on a fully 3D Pokemon RPG for the gamecube. http://cube.ign.com/objects/716/716652.html?ui=gam efinder
Maybe I'm the lucky minority here, or my mail host has some crazy filters I don't know about, but I very, very rarely recieve any type of spam. Now, I don't go handing out my email address either. If I'm signing up for something shady, I use another address at a web-based email account, which does get a lot of spam... but otherwise I use the mail host that comes with my website http://www.surpasshosting.com/ and Thunderbird as a client, and never see any type of spam.
I don't think the purely age-driven rating system would work because not every 10 year old has the same level of maturity. One kid may be able to handle mild lyrics and some violence, knowing full well that it's not real and he shouldn't repeat anything he sees or hears. Another may run around screaming curses and imitating the game like an idiot, because he doesn't know any better.
The current system gives an approximate age group to give you an idea of what level of maturity is needed (T meaning 13+, M meaning 17+, etc.) When they added the descriptions (Mild cartoon violence, Sexual themes, Strong Lyrics, etc.) I think they completed the system. Not only do you get an idea of what age group should be playing the game based on the 1 letter rating, but you can make an informed choice by looking at the exact reasons it is rated this way.
I've said this before, and I stand on my point; If parents took more care into raising their kids responsibly, knowing what is wrong and what is right (or at least within reason), no further additions to the system would be necessary.
I'm going to end my post saying I see way too many parents not giving two thoughts to what their children do/say/play, and that's what I base my opinions on. Unfortunately I think this is becoming the norm, so maybe, for this reason alone, a new 'dummy' rating system should be implemented for idiot parents who can't be bothered with raising their kids correctly.
No offense, but let's say you were a Mac user and decided (for whatever reason) to jump to the PC. If you go to any retail store that sells PC software and pick up something that isn't compatible with your PC, they aren't going to let you return it either. It's a common practice. Too many people have installed software to use and then returned it for their money back, copied it to resell or otherwise abused the return policies of these stores. As I work in retail I have seen it before. They're just following policy to protect themselves. It just seems like a bit of an overreaction to give up on the mini because you didn't check the system specs on the box before you purchased the software.
BTW, I am a PC user.
Looks to me like the King of all Cosmos is up to no good again.