Oh man, you people are so idiot, go grown some IQ, TERA is already tiring and it haven't even released yet.
What does IQ have anything to do with this? You do know IQ is highly based on skills that have nothing to do with this, right? Like analyzing, for an example, that you are a troll.
changes had nothing to do with fan base but the ERSB(i think thats right) had to censor it because censors said so end of story it sucks but nothing we can do about it.
No, had nothing to do with ERSB. ERSB rates on what's inside a game and the contents in the game. TERA would have still passed with a M+17 rating but the company believes this character is a stigma of evil crime itself, so it got changed not because of ERSB, but because of a decision for "western audience" because the company believes their fictional characters in the game are to the likeness of real-life people(was in an inteview of elin being called "little girl").
Regardless, companies like NIS America are still doing fine with their character "etna" from disaega. Elin wasn't controversial, some people may have not *liked* her(and there are always those who hate video-games regardless), but the company made it look like she was illegal and a controversity when anime's been around for years in the US, published several times, and has a 4.2 million industry here alone.
Elin-likeness is nothing new in the market. If that were true, then all the manga/movie/series publishers would have been shut down a long, time ago. Even shows like Ranma 1/2 for teens.
K-Tera was rated 18+ originally not because it has such things (and does not) but because of castanic clothes(which is almost nudity in some outfits) and blood splatters. It was for maturity reasons, and Korea has much more people using the internet than the US does. So the age-ranges vary. Their connection is wicked fast over there.
I've looked over their TOS. They were more fearful of people submitting "hentai" on their website than anything else, which you CAN'T anyway because this is a M 17+ website. Not only that, but it is never in good-taste to submit such materials on official websites to began with. Even K-Tera/JP doesn't have it and that says a lot considering the rating for K-Tera is 18+
That was what elin was based on being( X-rated stuff), when she wasn't even that type of graphic character to began with. So two different things got mixed together instead of the categories they would fall into.
Regardless, companies like NIS America are still doing fine with their character "etna" from disaega. Elin wasn't controversial, some people may have not *liked* her(and there are always those who hate video-games regardless), but the company made it look like she was illegal and a controversity when anime's been around for years in the US, published several times, and has a 4.2 million industry here alone.
Just a quick correction but Anime is a $4.35 Billion industry in the US not million.
Regardless, companies like NIS America are still doing fine with their character "etna" from disaega. Elin wasn't controversial, some people may have not *liked* her(and there are always those who hate video-games regardless), but the company made it look like she was illegal and a controversity when anime's been around for years in the US, published several times, and has a 4.2 million industry here alone.
Just a quick correction but Anime is a $4.35 Billion industry in the US not million.
Hmm I got my stats back from 2004. Care to show me an update to the link?
Regardless, companies like NIS America are still doing fine with their character "etna" from disaega. Elin wasn't controversial, some people may have not *liked* her(and there are always those who hate video-games regardless), but the company made it look like she was illegal and a controversity when anime's been around for years in the US, published several times, and has a 4.2 million industry here alone.
Just a quick correction but Anime is a $4.35 Billion industry in the US not million.
Hmm I got my stats back from 2004. Care to show me an update to the link?
The anime market for the United States alone is "worth approximately $4.35 billion, according to the Japan External Trade Organization".
Regardless, companies like NIS America are still doing fine with their character "etna" from disaega. Elin wasn't controversial, some people may have not *liked* her(and there are always those who hate video-games regardless), but the company made it look like she was illegal and a controversity when anime's been around for years in the US, published several times, and has a 4.2 million industry here alone.
Just a quick correction but Anime is a $4.35 Billion industry in the US not million.
This is why I thought it was ridiculous they even changed it, Considering a large portion of their fans where attracted to the game because of the elin alone.
But even then, the censorship wasn't the worst part and could be dealt with, the deciding factor was the crap job they did XD.
Regardless, companies like NIS America are still doing fine with their character "etna" from disaega. Elin wasn't controversial, some people may have not *liked* her(and there are always those who hate video-games regardless), but the company made it look like she was illegal and a controversity when anime's been around for years in the US, published several times, and has a 4.2 million industry here alone.
Just a quick correction but Anime is a $4.35 Billion industry in the US not million.
This is why I thought it was ridiculous they even changed it, Considering a large portion of their fans where attracted to the game because of the elin alone.
But even then, the censorship wasn't the worst part and could be dealt with, the deciding factor was the crap job they did XD.
"The Culture
The Society of the Promotion of Japanese Animation exists to promote the culture, art, history and related inspiration and derivatives involved with Japanese Animation and Manga.
Anime
Anime, a shortened Japanese version of the word "animation", refers to animation produced and created in Japan. Anime is renowned as a visual medium for its emphasis on visuals, unique presentation, and immersive storytelling style.
In America, cartoons are considered a form of entertainment meant for children, but in Japan, people of all ages watch anime. Most shows and movies are centered for kids, adolescents, or young adults, but there are also many anime series made for older audiences. Many anime series deal with deep, thought-provoking themes, presenting complex characters who change as the plot progresses.
Anime is distributed via many channels: television broadcasts, direct DVD sales, theatrically, and online. According to the Japan External Trade Organization, the anime market in the United States is valued at $4.35 billion.
Manga
Japanese for "comics", manga consists of comics and print cartoons from Japan, in the unique style developed in Japan after World War 2. The genre includes a broad range of subjects, including action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, mystery, and horror. In the United States, manga is gradually gaining acceptance as a genre of comics, with hundreds of titles now available in English. As of 2006, the United States manga market was estimated to be in the range of $175-200 million. Many works of anime are based on, or inspired by, manga."
The "changes" are stupid and so is the lack of quality in them. Obviously, now that I look more into it even now it appears more and more that this company didn't do their research on what cultural diversity really is....
Passing the players down as a 'minority' isn't a good excuse, and in the end they'll end up loosing more people in how elin and TERA is being handled anyway. For a 'minority' this industry does have big numbers to back them up, but it's just an easy shortcut way of scaling Tera down into a typical western mmo fashion because it's the same thing to be expected in western mmo's. Big characters only, a lot of fighting, etc.
I can say this though, people like companies that are initiative and thinkers outside the box. Their unique and they'll stand out as such. TERA already had those things, just hope that the uniqueness what made the game isn't torn out like toliet-paper even more but, it probably will be regardless..
