   GTA Hot Coffee Settlement - They're giving away $$$
https://gtasettlement.com - you can claim a replacement game or money back for the game. The amount they'll give you varies on how much proof you supply that you ever bought the game... but bizarrely they'll give you $5 if you have no proof at all (as long as you swear you did, under threat of perjury).I wondered if anyone here is planning to claim?   
  I don't get it, if someone finds the content offensive (after buying GTA no less...), don't download the bloody hack.   ;  That would make too much sense boolean, we can't have that! It's sooo much easier to blame the developer. [flaming]   ;  Things like this really chap my ass. First off, as boolean stated you have to go out of your way to hack the game to see the "offending content". Also, it's a rated M game and anyone old enough to buy/play an M rated game is old enough to see what the hacked game shows. There's nothing there you won't see in an R rated movie. And why is it that some parents get so bent out of shape about little Billy seeing some crappy computer generated sex act when they think it's okay for him to play a game that's based on nothing but senseless and gratuitous violence? It's just another case of a lawsuit happy society looking for something to pretend to get offended by so they can make some noise and get some attention.Crap like this makes me so mad I can't think straight.[evil]   ;  Let's all place bets on how many people take advantage of the replacement option. I'm thinking "about four".   ;  Hmm. I hated the game and stopped playing it. I guess this might be a good option for me!   ;  Considering that the difference between the 'M' rating and the 'AO' rating is '17+' vs '18+', I'm rather sad that the general public actually gets money out of this.I can understand the rating board suing them, since they did obviously damage the rating board's image a bit (mostly because of the way the media covered it, but the media wont be held responsible), but a class action lawsuit just doesn't make any sense to me.   ;Quote:Original post by ExtrariusConsidering that the difference between the 'M' rating and the 'AO' rating is '17+' vs '18+', I'm rather sad that the general public actually gets money out of this.I've always thought of M and AO as being analogous to R and NC-17, both of which mean 17+.;  So wait, now you can actually get paid to download warez (the patch, I mean, not GTA - perjury is serious business)? O_O   ;Quote:Original post by Way WalkerQuote:Original post by ExtrariusConsidering that the difference between the 'M' rating and the 'AO' rating is '17+' vs '18+', I'm rather sad that the general public actually gets money out of this.I've always thought of M and AO as being analogous to R and NC-17, both of which mean 17+.The ESRB and MPAA disagree with your interpretation:The 'M' logo clearly indicates 17+ and the 'AO' logo clearly indicates 18+.There is also a significant difference between 'R' and 'NC-17' (both of which are 17+) : With 'R', people 16- can attend with an accompanying parent or adult guardian, while with 'NC-17' the age limit does not allow exceptions.Also, it's important to keep in mind that all these rating systems are completely voluntary and aren't part of the law at all. That is why I don't understand how the class action lawsuit succeeded. They could have just not been rated and it wouldn't have been a problem, so the only damage was really done was to the rating organization itself.   