Electronic Arts Buckles Under Pressure, Removes Taliban from Medal of Honor

Thank god EA came to their sense. Now fallen american soldiers will come back to life and terrorist will disapear from the face of the earth creating a utopian society of peaceloving hippies who will clothe and feed all those poor and hungry around the globe. And to think it was EA holding up all this progress, who knew.

Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Vesica_Prime

'Cause This is 'Merica wer taking about. You shouldn't be able to kill 'Merican soldiers in a vidia game. Its... un-christian!

Think of da poor families of the soldiers that will never even play this game or have any connection to it. THINK OF THE CHILDREN. who won't give a damn.

This is absolutely bat**** retarded. Sometimes I am amazed at how stupid people are in this country. This doesn't change a damn thing, but the idiotic sheep will probably forget all about it now.

I used to think that EA was awesome for not being afraid of anything....My faith has been broken:(

Kill our troops with any other opposing force, just don't kill them with the Taliban!!! :cry:

Pathetic. I thought the controversy was fading away anyway, and it's not like all the attention was necessarily bad for the promotion of the game.

Also, this:

Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Vesica_Prime

Just a bunch of publicity stunts to make more money for EA. I know this game will sell millions but I really hope this backfires on them and people start to hate them and shun there games. How many MOH games do we need anyway.

Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Vesica_Prime

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Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Ninja-Hippo

Then why is it okay to play as South American militia in Call of Duty while they are killing off and kidnapping innocent civilians and tourists? Why is it okay to portray Russia as a evil, power-hungry super power even though the Soviet Union collapsed during the 90s?

Good and perhaps EA can remove them from Afghanistan as well. :twisted:

Good and perhaps EA can remove them from Afghanistan as well. :twisted:

SecretPolice

This is odd news.

[QUOTE="BeyondPain"]They're still the taliban at heart. No matter what name you put on them, people will recognise them as the Taliban stand-ins. It's like how CoD4 used Opposing Force (OpFor). It was an arabic super power lead by a dictator, everyone knew they were just the Iraq/Iran stand-ins. Whether I buy the game or not is dependant on gameplay and from what I hear from my friend who played the beta, its not all that flash.sikanderahmed

the game has significantly improved since beta

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Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Vesica_Prime

Then why is it okay to play as South American militia in Call of Duty while they are killing off and kidnapping innocent civilians and tourists? Why is it okay to portray Russia as a evil, power-hungry super power even though the Soviet Union collapsed during the 90s?

as a soldier in the army i didnt have a problem with the taliban being included in medal of honor. im really sick of people whining so much about almost everything they find offensive.ea needs to grow a pair and quit bowing down to pressure.

They should call both factions Freedom Fighters.

They should call both factions Freedom Fighters.

Baranga

this is the biggest win iw seen so far xD

EA shows respect to fallen troops & their families. Activision would use this for extra publicity.

Twin-Blade

Thats why Activision are the best, at least they know your only playing as Taliban characters, it's not real life :|

Just add a map that has a Mosque in it and call it a day.

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Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Vesica_Prime

Then why is it okay to play as South American militia in Call of Duty while they are killing off and kidnapping innocent civilians and tourists? Why is it okay to portray Russia as a evil, power-hungry super power even though the Soviet Union collapsed during the 90s?

Just add a map that has a Mosque in it and call it a day.

Rudy25

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Just add a map that has a Mosque in it and call it a day.

Sp4rtan_3

EA shows respect to fallen troops & their families.

Twin-Blade

Who is taking the place of the Taliban?

gameofthering

The Balitan of course.

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Just add a map that has a Mosque in it and call it a day.

bleehum

[QUOTE="Twin-Blade"]

EA shows respect to fallen troops & their families.

foxhound_fox

I used to think that EA was awesome for not being afraid of anything....My faith has been broken:(

call_of_duty_10

Kill our troops with any other opposing force, just don't kill them with the Taliban!!! :cry:

Mystic-G

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I used to think that EA was awesome for not being afraid of anything....My faith has been broken:(

Santesyu

Kill our troops with any other opposing force, just don't kill them with the Taliban!!! :cry:

Mystic-G

A complete clone of MW and a coward.

i understand why they did it, even though they could have went along with it their pressing buttons and stepping on toes and thats bad

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Why is it that it is okay to portray mass-genocides of Russians yet Taliban aren't allowed?

Lethalhazard

Because Russian extremists killing a ton of people in an airport in Moscow in an attempt to frame America is somewhat implausible compared to Taliban guys just shooting Americans, which happens all the time in real life and is probably considered insensitive to soldiers and families of dead soldiers killed by them.

Well that's sad. I really don't see the problem with them being called Taliban. It just a game.

I won't be buying this game now. I can't endorse censorship.Zero5000X

Good. Changing the name from "Taliban" to "OpFor" makes all the difference in the world (A bunch of middle-eastern people running around Afghanistan stereotypically wielding AK-47`s and RPGs? They could be anyone!), and shows we as a society favour freedom of speech and are above getting caught up in manufactured controversy.