Re: Female Armors

by **Thoru** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:01 am

Force them to watch an episode of burn notice. They will see girls in bikinis.

Burn Notice rocks.

by Evangel Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:35 am

Burn Notice has nothing to do with this discussion. Burn Notice is a Mature program that is rated for exactly what it shows. AQW, however, deviates from its E10 rating quite a lot in terms of appearance.

by Crystal Lion Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:54 am

With reference to Evan's comment above, the way AQW looks with its leotard/diva/cabaret uniforms, it's PG13+ in design at least.

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:15 pm

I blame ESRB, they forgot to take into account the vioence and rated the game lower than it is, Now AE cant make the game for a mature audience without being sued by con-artists thus the only way the can keep teenagers playng is by doing this.
Or something...
I dunno, this discussion gives me a headache!

by wwwtoy Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:29 pm

Zeo wrote:10. Thats actualy high. Geez. WoW is 13+ and has pole dancing. AQW has 3 years lower and the worst it has is a bikini armour. Oh noes, a armour with skin showing- it's totally unacceptible for 10 year olds to be seeing. Yet 5 year olds are taken on beach resort holidays. Just because its a game. And if you now say to me or are thinking, "Well some armours look just like *censored for good reasons* outfits, think about all the 3 year olds who have a laugh dancing to female music videos. Yea. I don't see the whole point, AE isn't doing anything wrong. Most MMO(RPG)'s contain skin-showing armours, cuz its most boys natural reaction to click it- and its been proven more boys play MMO(RPG)'s than girls. As for the young players?- They won't notice. Unless they have NEVER seen a woman in a bikini on TV, at the beach, etc. Which is not very likely.

Agweed

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:31 pm

Look, this game is not burlesque kk?
Official burlesque is fishnets, high heels, thong, headgear and pasties, Ive yet to see something like that in the game!

by Crystal Lion Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:34 pm

Fishnets and high heels are abundant in AQW. Corsets and leotards are also part of the burlesque look, MrSebi. Look at most of the female classes, many of them are built around the leotard pattern.

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:04 pm

Yeh but slightly similar is nowhere near actual burlesque, besides the term burlesque indicates a comedic performance in which scantly clad females are only part of the act.
Now, im not saying you are completely 100% wrong, but DO keep in mind that there are infact armours like you want in AQW, quite a few infact, so really, I dont understand why you are complaining!

by Lavitz Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:07 pm

This is because of miltonius.
Did you know that he has made 3 animation videos with some items of AQW?
they are a story, and if you think AQW show stuff...
anyway, only I have found the link to them...

www.primalinstinctpro.com/

by Guest Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:01 pm

(groans) This is gonna be the death of me, I know it!

by **Erik** Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:03 pm

We need to look for the reasons ratings are given. ESRB would make it rated M-17 for having nudity of the "personal" parts AKA partial nudity. ESRB would make it T-13 mainly for blood, swearing, or types of fighting. E-10+ is given for fighting, but that is without blood, and possibly for other reasons, leading us to believe part of the reason the game got E-10+ could be the unnecessary skin showing.

AE is never going to open a 18+ server, because that would hurt their image. Badly. They would start losing younger players whose parents were concerned that older players would come onto the E-10+ servers, and spread bad ideas.

Altogether, we need to understand the ratings. Take a look at your game boxes, and look at "what" they are rated for. i.e. I got 3 game boxes out to compare the ratings of E, E-10+, and Teen.

Mario Kart Wii- Rated E for Everyone
Contains comic mischief

Sonic and the Black Knight- E-10+ Everyone 10 and up
Contains Fantasy Violence

Super Smash Bros Brawl- Teen
Cartoon violence
Crude Humor

Compare these with AQW. Fantasy violence is exactly what is in AQW, therefore it got the rating it needed. So you can't blame the ESRB for rating it the way they rate all games.

by Evangel Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:11 am

EVERYONE
Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

EVERYONE 10+
Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.

TEEN
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.

MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

Title	Publisher	Rating	Content	Platforms
AdventureQuest Worlds	Artix Entertainment	Everyone 10+	Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes	Web Browser

Taken directly from the ESRB website.

Although I agree with their rating, I still believe it should be T given the amount of skin.
But that's not the point, they are putting unnecessary partial nudity in when it is... unnecessary.

by Zeo Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:33 am

again i say, what 10 year old is gonna see a animated girl with a exposed thigh and THINK SOMETHING OF IT?!?! Might as well ban 10 and under's from your nearest swimming pool!

by **Altera** Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:14 am

Indeed and while we're at it, ban them from watching cartoons!

by Evangel Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:11 am

That's a whole different story. At a swimming pool, you have to wear revealing clothes, its not like you're gonna swim fully dressed. I'm talking about UNNECESSARY PARTIAL NUDITY. Like, almost every single female armor having exposed thighs.

Would a person in real life wear something like that? A full suit or armor with the exception of the thigh?

by **Winnie** Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:50 am

Hey Everyone,

I haven't posted on this topic yet, but I've read the whole thing. I've come to understand that nobody here has actually taken action.

So, I was wondering: Should I send this to Artix? I know he would care, and he would do somthing about it, becuase that's the way he is. If this many people care, He'll do somthing. Instead of writing a letter, shouldn't we just send him the topic? It shows the whole story. I'll put a little in at the beginning about why and such, but I think that this thread says it all.

Sending an email on Friday is suicide. There's no way he'll read it, and I'm not sending it over the weekend either. You have over the weekend to voice your views, and if I get positive input, I'll send it Monday.

I believe this really does involve the entire community, so that's why I'm voicing this way. I don't mean to offend any of your ideas from previous pages, but it seems nobody has taken action.

by Evangel Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:23 am

@Winnie: Well, we had an idea of writing a formal letter to Artix and attaching our signatures to it.

by **Winnie** Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:26 am

I read about it. It seems nothing has been done.

by Alderos Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:43 am

Hm, well nice idea winnie, and hopefully the other people, like crystal lion, will end up being happy from artix's response

by **Winnie** Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:44 am

Yes, Crystal would be thrilled if AE did somthing.

by **Rage** Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:38 am

It would also be beneficial for all the girl players who are constantly harassed by other players based on their gender.

"BABY, U LOOK HAWT"

See what I mean?

by Guest Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:43 am

I get harrased.... AND IMA GUY!

by Peregrine Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:58 am

I know how you girls feel. Guys are proposing to me in-game all the time.

by Guest Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:52 am

(No responce to the post above.)

by SecretSchenkel Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:00 am

Zeo wrote:10. Thats actualy high. Geez. WoW is 13+ and has pole dancing. AQW has 3 years lower and the worst it has is a bikini armour. Oh noes, a armour with skin showing- it's totally unacceptible for 10 year olds to be seeing. Yet 5 year olds are taken on beach resort holidays. Just because its a game. And if you now say to me or are thinking, "Well some armours look just like *censored for good reasons* outfits, think about all the 3 year olds who have a laugh dancing to female music videos. Yea. I don't see the whole point, AE isn't doing anything wrong. Most MMO(RPG)'s contain skin-showing armours, cuz its most boys natural reaction to click it- and its been proven more boys play MMO(RPG)'s than girls. As for the young players?- They won't notice. Unless they have NEVER seen a woman in a bikini on TV, at the beach, etc. Which is not very likely.

Agreed 100%.

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