Evil French Moderators

Again the French are trying to ruin it for us all. Despite the fact that they have never won a single war and are dependent on the United States for ALL military support, they now believe they have the right to dictate terms for the online gaming world.

The French lobbying group called the Internet Rights Forum issued guidelines to publishers and legislators about the online gaming world that include their suggestions for moderation on things like the online content of games which includes everything that happens online in games, which is not coved by Europe's version of an ESRB rating. This does including their recommendations for in-game advertising restrictions.

While most of the Forum's concern is that all of the content that is mostly player to player communication in online games goes outside of the rating system. Publisher do not cover online content in their ratings and that is what the Forum believes they are responsible for.

The Forum also wants the rating to apply to in-game advertisements and for the game to have warnings on the package if the game contains ads. Not that ads are anything new in games but with the ability now to change the ads over the internet the Forum in concerned about poorly targeted ads ruining a games atmosphere and that children could be exposed to ad content that is to mature for their age. I fully support the need for context only ads in-games but that is up to the publishers as long as the ads aren't out of place I don't care what they promote.

The Forum's restrictions would be on mostly player chat and forums. This would ruin online games. It is no ones business what I say to who every I am talking to in game. Report me if you want but don't restrict me. I hope everyone who reads this will be with me in telling the French to go stuff it and hopefully soon before and US conservatives get the same idea. Here for more details about the beginning of the end.