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BBFC: They stole our traffic light, may sue ELSPA over ratings system

Posted Oct 29, 2008 at 5:54PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: British Board of Film Classification, ELSPA, Paul Jackson, PEGI

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Perhaps the latest episode in the war of words between the BBFC and ELSPA is the former threatening to sue the latter over their recently released game ratings board.

The board in question is a traffic light-like rating system with PEGI (Pan European Game Information) age ratings. The new system is supposed to give parents a quick and easy reference on the appropriateness of a particular video game.

It's a pretty solid looking system with only one problem: it looks almost exactly like the BBFC's ratings board:

On the left, as the logo suggests, we have the BBFC board that's been in use since 1982 and on the right is the ELSPA's system for rating videogames which was unveiled just recently.They do seem to be similar, though the same can be said if we compare them to a common traffic light.

The BBFC probably wouldn't have made such a big deal out of the whole thing, had the ELSPA not been so critical of them over the last few months. If you recall, ELSPA's director general, Paul Jackson, had been quite vocal about the BBFC not being fit to handle games classification. The full story's in the related articles below.

"We're happy for ELSPA to make sensible improvements, but not if they encroach on the protection of the BBFC's symbols," said the BBFC on this issue.

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I mean for crying out loud, this is to help to stop kids playing games they shouldnt. Everyone is aiming for the same common goal to make sure kids are safe from adult games, so it looks the same, it is just a circle with a number in it. There are other problems in the world with this C**P, grow up BBFC and maybe help ELSPA.

# yeh — 2PeteShakur 2008-10-29 23:43

Couldn't agree more - get ur act together BBFC, dis is a disgrace, ur meant to set an example...

# ,mmm — emcp 2008-10-30 07:01

tescos sainsburys etc

they all have traffic light systems serious what a load of *****

also the new one is actually easier to read than the BBFC\

the BBFC colours look almost identical and dont have a traffic light instead it just colours ffs it doesnt go from green to red noticably

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-10-30 08:16

Agreed. How lame can this get? Are they losing money from this? Does this affect them in any way, shape or form?

The last time I checked both Ford and Toyota cars have FOUR WHEELS!!! OMFG!!!! They copied us!!!! OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!! !

# ISOHaven — Orlyeh 2008-10-30 15:58

Perhaps they're not losing money, but the design is their creation and a symbol of whatever it is they do. You'd be upset if somebody started using IS0Haven or whatever name you use on forums and people confused the two.

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-10-31 04:47

I don't buy that at all. First of all, they DID NOT invent the circle or the triangle. NOR are they the first to use multiples of each in a system to show information.

So no, it is not their creation. All they did was copy existing ideas and incorporate that into their function. The new design uses no triangles, uses solid colors and PROPERLY resembles a traffic light from green to red.

Also, I have found people using ISOHaven in other areas. I couldn't care less.

# they stole urr jobs! — dark420bishop 2008-11-03 12:42

oops, i mean, rating system

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