Talk:Recreational Software Advisory Council
RSAC vs. ESRB
[edit]An important part of the story the article needs to address is the actual reason the ESRB tag won out over the RSAC tag. It wasn't just because of "criticisms", and an advantage RSAC had over ESRB was that the publisher would pick their own RSAC rating; ESRB with its independent raters was much more expensive. I assume that the console manufacturers decided in some way to go with ESRB, which is a story that should be told here; and then that a big retailer or two insisted on ESRB for their PC products, and that was the end of RSAC. Tempshill (talk) 16:33, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Needs more pictures
[edit]Right now we only have an image of the ALL rating, article could really use some more images of various rating levels, if anyone has some that are usable under wiki guidelines.98.243.94.83 (talk) 23:08, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Exact wording of the internet ratings?
[edit]I compared the Wikipedia section with the original wording of Internet Explorer (RSACi.rat file) and I was wondering, what is the actual, official wording or definition? Here is the comparison:
Violence:
Level 0, Internet Explorer: "No violence: No aggressive violence; no natural or accidental violence." vs Wikipedia "Harmless conflict, some damage to objects". Level 1, Internet Explorer: "Fighting: Creatures injured or killed; damage to realistic objects." vs Wikipedia "Creatures injured or killed; damage to objects; fighting". Level 2, Internet Explorer: "Killing: Humans or creatures injured or killed. Rewards injuring non-threatening creatures." vs Wikipedia "Humans injured or with small amount of blood". Level 3, Internet Explorer: "Killing with blood and gore: Humans injured or killed." vs Wikipedia "Humans injured or killed". Level 4, Internet Explorer: "Wanton and gratuitous violence: Wanton and gratuitous violence." vs Wikipedia "Wanton and gratuitous violence; torture; rape".
Sex:
Level 0, Internet Explorer: "None: No sexual activity portrayed. Romance." vs Wikipedia "Romance, no sex". Level 1, Internet Explorer: "Passionate kissing" vs Wikipedia "Passionate kissing". Level 2, Internet Explorer: "Clothed sexual touching" vs Wikipedia "Clothed sexual touching". Level 3, Internet Explorer: "Non-explicit sexual touching" vs Wikipedia "Non-explicit sexual activity". Level 4, Internet Explorer: "Explicit sexual activity" vs Wikipedia "Explicit sexual activity; sex crimes".
Nudity:
Level 0, Internet Explorer: "None: No nudity" vs Wikipedia "No nudity or revealing attire". Level 1, Internet Explorer: "Revealing attire" vs Wikipedia "Revealing attire". Level 2, Internet Explorer: "Partial nudity" vs Wikipedia "Partial nudity". Level 3, Internet Explorer: "Frontal nudity" vs Wikipedia "Non-sexual frontal nudity". Level 4, Internet Explorer: "Provocative frontal nudity: Provocative display of frontal nudity." vs Wikipedia "Provocative frontal nudity".
Language:
Level 0, Internet Explorer: "Inoffensive slang: Inoffensive slang; no profanity." vs Wikipedia "Inoffensive slang; no profanity". Level 1, Internet Explorer: "Mild expletives: Mild expletives or mild terms for body functions." vs Wikipedia "Mild expletives". Level 2, Internet Explorer: "Moderate expletives: Expletives; non-sexual anatomical references." vs Wikipedia "Expletives; non-sexual anatomical references". Level 3, Internet Explorer: "Obscene gestures: Strong, vulgar language; obscene gestures. Use of epithets." vs Wikipedia "Strong, vulgar language; obscene gestures; Racial Epithets". Level 4, Internet Explorer: "Explicit or crude language: Extreme hate speech or crude language. Explicit sexual references." vs Wikipedia "Crude or explicit sexual references; Extreme Hate Speech".