Why doesn't Kevin Harlan use his signature lines (more often)?

[Eman5805]

Sucking the gravity out of a room would pose serious risk of injury as everything floats around. It would also cause liquids to be uncontrollable and make quite a large mess on people's clothes.

Tots not cool.

[rockchisler]

They would not lose sales if he said that comment and the esrb rating went up from E. But Its their decision..Maybe in the future have a DLC for new voice overs?

[Shelb]

It has nothing to do with David Stern. It's actually because of the game rating. It'd be given a harsher rating if Harlan said his two most popular catch phrases. I'm not sure where I read it (maybe IGN or GameSpot) but apparently these were originally recorded when Harlan first recorded commentary and had to be taken out to avoid a T rating.

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by infam0us

This according to Chase. http://www.operationsports.com/featu...3/nba-2k10-qa/

That must be the most stupid thing I've ever heard.

So it's alright for me to mow people down in GTA but it's not alright for Kevin Harlan to say something that I've never even thought could be taken as some violent?

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[BADBOYS3]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

That must be the most stupid thing I've ever heard. So it's alright for me to mow people down in GTA but it's not alright for Kevin Harlan to say something that I've never even thought could be taken as some violent? Sent using Tap a Talk

GTA is a Mature rated game. 2K is rated Everyone. He's trying to say that using Harlan's lines would affect the rating (and possibly hurt sales):

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EVERYONE Content is generally suitable for all ages. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language. EVERYONE 10+ Content is generally suitable for ages 10 and up. May contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes. TEEN Content is generally suitable for ages 13 and up. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language. MATURE Content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

At worst, I don't see how it'd make the game any higher than Everyone 10+ (how many people under 10 are playing 2K, or have parents uptight enough to ban an E10 game?).

But I doubt ratings are the issue, considering people have actually heard "right between the eyes". And is this, or "no regard for human life" really any worse than some of the unedited stuff on the soundtrack:

"The feds hate me"

"He don't like me, hit him while wifey was with him"

"I'm ya mama's crib waiting ductaping your fam"

"*** step up, we just macin them, placin' them in funerals..."

"The Mobb comes equipped for warfare beware of my crime family"

"Ain't no such thing as half way crooks"

etc

[vtcha]

I really doubt they removed it because of the E rating, considering that Harlan says these quotes uncensored on national TV.

On a side note, would love a commentary trio of Harlan, Kerr & Miller w/ Craig Sager as the sideline reporter- This would definitely bring some authenticity and realism to my liking...

[Eman5805]

Quote: Originally Posted by BADBOYS3

GTA is a Mature rated game. 2K is rated Everyone. He's trying to say that using Harlan's lines would affect the rating (and possibly hurt sales): At worst, I don't see how it'd make the game any higher than Everyone 10+ (how many people under 10 are playing 2K, or have parents uptight enough to ban an E10 game?). But I doubt ratings are the issue, considering people have actually heard "right between the eyes". And is this, or "no regard for human life" really any worse than some of the unedited stuff on the soundtrack: "The feds hate me" "He don't like me, hit him while wifey was with him" "I'm ya mama's crib waiting ductaping your fam" "*** step up, we just macin them, placin' them in funerals..." "The Mobb comes equipped for warfare beware of my crime family" "Ain't no such thing as half way crooks" etc

That Biggie song was censored to point they should've just used the instrumental.

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by BADBOYS3

GTA is a Mature rated game. 2K is rated Everyone. He's trying to say that using Harlan's lines would affect the rating (and possibly hurt sales): At worst, I don't see how it'd make the game any higher than Everyone 10+ (how many people under 10 are playing 2K, or have parents uptight enough to ban an E10 game?). But I doubt ratings are the issue, considering people have actually heard "right between the eyes". And is this, or "no regard for human life" really any worse than some of the unedited stuff on the soundtrack: "The feds hate me" "He don't like me, hit him while wifey was with him" "I'm ya mama's crib waiting ductaping your fam" "*** step up, we just macin them, placin' them in funerals..." "The Mobb comes equipped for warfare beware of my crime family" "Ain't no such thing as half way crooks" etc

Didn't think about that at the moment. You're absolutely correct.

Still i think it's stupid since the context doesn't make you think of violence.
This is just one of the complaints I have about American censorship rules.

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