omg the esrb are such idiots they should be glad newgrounds is rating its movies and games not pick on ya over simlaritiies

I think this : GU - General User
TU - Teen User
MU - Mature User
AU - Adult User
would be a good alternative or Kortex's idea. The one I thought up was : Sparkler - Everyone
Firecracker - Teen
M-80 - Mature Audience
Dynamite - Adults Only

Then the other ratings system you have to watch out for is the MPAA.
With everyone sue happy nowadays, its like tip toeing through a minefield to make sure you don't zig or zag the wrong way.

It's not that big a deal, they could be way more pissed off

I say:

Red= Adult
Orange= Mature Teen
Yellow= Teen
White= Everyone!

^_^

Okay, here is a simple rating system that everyone will understand:

Tween (TW) - age 11 or younger, basically nothing to worry about.

Teen (-M) - age 12 - 16, basically immature themes but thats NG's target market. The -M represents a negative mature level or immature theme/content.

Adult (+M) - age 16 - 20, basically adult themes for real mature people.

Anything above adult (FU-ESRB), barely legal and your parents would freak and Wade would have to have a watch to see if NG will allow it or not.

I don't see why ESRB is concerned about the ratings on your site ESRB is always known to have black and white letters and squares for the ratings and you do not. But if you have to I suggest maybe
Public- Everyone
Invite only-Teen
I.D. Required- Mature
Private- Adult
You can alter this if you wish and I only put in the dashes to show what each one means. If the ESRB complains about this rating system then they have lost their mind.

Level 1 which used to be "E":
F.U.CK. (For Understanding Children and Kids)
level 2 which used to be "T":
S.H.I.T. (Suitable and Highly Interesting for Teens)
level 3 which used to be "M":
D.I.C.K. (Deemed Inappropriate for Children and Kids)
level 4 which used to be "AO":
P.U.S.S.Y. (Probably UnSuitable for Small Youth)
That oughta show those rat bastards!

I think using the tank for NG ratings would be a good idea.

For everyone : Tank with flowers
For teens : Tank shooting a cork bullet
For Mature : Tank shooting real bullets / a missile
For Adults Only : Tank with a nuclear explosion.

Well, that's just my idea.

At 7/8/04 10:26 AM, Kayol wrote: Okay, here is a simple rating system that everyone will understand:

Tween (TW)

I don't know why, but that word pisses me off.

Screw lawyers. Tom should just change it because we need his ass in front of a computer working on Pico 2 and other revolutionary/addicting/suicidal influencing flash games.

I don't like the idea of ages but the colour scheme sounds cool since nobody looks at the ratings anyway.

At 7/7/04 11:35 PM, TomFulp wrote: GU - General User
TU - Teen User
MU - Mature User
AU - Adult User

I think this rating system will be good.

Maybe you could just put the ages, like 13, 17, etc. You don't really need the ratings. Just take those off and keep the violence, nudity and shit on there.

What about something similar to the Home Land Securety warning levels:

Why don't you ask ESRB if it's OK if you still use E, T, M, and A for the ratings but you don't put them in little boxes.

At 7/8/04 12:32 AM, Lithium666 wrote: Tom, why not just rip off the terror alert scale and see if you get an email from Bush or something lol

That is exactly what I started thinking after another user recommended using colors. :)

At 7/8/04 10:43 AM, Snerd wrote: Level 1 which used to be "E":
F.U.CK. (For Understanding Children and Kids)
level 2 which used to be "T":
S.H.I.T. (Suitable and Highly Interesting for Teens)
level 3 which used to be "M":
D.I.C.K. (Deemed Inappropriate for Children and Kids)
level 4 which used to be "AO":
P.U.S.S.Y. (Probably UnSuitable for Small Youth)
That oughta show those rat bastards!

Thats hillarious what if we got ESRB to use that as a rating system then they would go out of business and we wouldn't have any legal problems.

First of all, it is a shame that it has to be changed. I would say for for:

General Audience
Ages 13 to 17
Ages 18 and up

But, keep the descriptions of each, like excessive something.

While you are at it, you could change the voting, 1-5 thing. It is old...

Ryan

i did wonder about that....

i figured it was just similar... could they really sue tho? their not losing money to it are they?

At 7/8/04 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 7/8/04 12:32 AM, Lithium666 wrote: Tom, why not just rip off the terror alert scale and see if you get an email from Bush or something lol

That is exactly what I started thinking after another user recommended using colors. :)

actully if you think about it, that would be a pretty sweet way of telling how things are good or bad
Green = Everyone
Blue = Mild scenes
Yellow = Moderate scenes
Orange = Explect scenes
Red = Holy crap this is so much vilonce, swearing its un-fucking believeable!

hahaha, that works lol

1 - all

2 - teen (although everyone on the site is :/ )

3 - adult

4 - OLD CRIPPLE IN A WEELCHAIR

I just remembered something everyone is talking about what should represent E, or T or whatever but how are we going to keep the content descroptions such as Excessive violence mild nudity Excessive Textual Explict Language etc..

At 7/8/04 03:19 AM, someone_else wrote: But how about:

S - Safe
C- Caution
D - Danger
RA - Red Alert

Those are probably one of the best ones so far... got my vote :)

get rid of the ratings. people are going to watch all of the movies anyway, so the wisest thing to do is to toss the ratings alltogether.

Not true. I watch moost of the movies anyway, but if I'm around family or other young children, I want to know what is i nthe movie before I watch it.

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but for the rating system, it might be possible to use a small mercury thermometer, with the four or five levels involved, and the mercury rises with each more adult ranking. For example:
E-About 1/4 of thermomter filled
T-Just below halfway up
M- About 3/4th's filled.
Ao- Filled completely/ or overflowing thermometer.

Those are just my ideas.. Maybe it'll be put to use or not.. I dunno.. but it's a suggestion!

GU - General User
TU - Teen User
MU - Mature User
AU - Adult User

this one you did seems to make the most sense.. i'd go with this one.

I thought about something original for NG.
So here's mine:
NG>0 (All)
NG>13<17 (Teen)
NG>! (Mature)
NG>18 (Adult)

screw the esrb. they only said they demand you change them. the ones you made up were kinda corny, so i say stick with the one we have now. if your going to change them, I demand you give me all your money and give me all access to Newgrounds database! :P

OMG this is fucking pathetic! They can copyright letters???? Somebody please save us from these corporate assholes who think they can copyright the entire english language and now the alphabet.

At 7/8/04 12:09 AM, Paladin_X wrote: What the heck is the ESRB's problem? Only someone with brain power equivalent to that of a slab of concrete could confuse the ESRB's rating system with the rating system used on Newgrounds.

The reasons I say that are as follows;
1. The ESRB has their "stamp of approval" on their rating boxes.
2. The ESRB's rating boxes are very plain looking, while the rating boxes on Newgrounds are much more colorful and stylish.
3. The ESRB's rating boxes look nowhere near as cool as the rating boxes on Newgrounds.

Maybe that's why they're getting so uptight over this 'rating box' stuff, because they're jealous.

So true!! Those bastards at the ESRB just want more publicity. Just tell them to screw themselves!! Besides, it seems pretty lame that they're doing this stuff to a website rating system!! Don't they got other things to worry about? Like losing their jobs for being so stupid!! I mean, c'mon, it's just a rating system! Who could give a damn if it's similar!! HELLO!!!! Note the word SIMILAR, mean not exactly the same!!! Those ESRB jackass can just go back to smoking each others poles!!!! Or maybe they're just doing this because they're bored of that!!!!!!!!! XP

DrAtomic's Rating Suggestion:

AA = All Audiences
TA = Teen Audiences
MA = Mature Audiences
17A = 17 & Older Audiences (Adults Only)