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Lol, for a second, I was like, ''Not vampires again,''

Anyhow, I agree with PlayWithFire

I like blood, it keeps me alive.

Well the question was "what is your opinion of blood?" not "what is your opinion of blood in scratch projects" so I gave an honest answer. As far as blood in scratch projects go there should be a warning to satisfy the sensitive people.

Last edited by archmage (2010-05-20 00:35:03)

I do not like games with blood in them and they should not be on the website. Paddle2See agrees with me.

Paddle2See wrote:

For projects, it doesn't matter if there are warnings posted on it...if it's not kid-friendly, it doesn't belong on the site.   Warnings are not considered effective since they can't actually stop a younger member from running the project.  I hope that helps make things clear.

It really depends on the amount. If it's kept to a minimum or discoloured/unrealistic, etc. a warning is enough (you could even add an option in-game to disable it). But when it gets to the point where your screen starts turning red, that's when it should be removed.

pff.

cartoon blood? come on guys. not even a 4 year old would be scared of that.

as for Paddle2See's comments, i don't really agree. the warnings are there so people can't complain. it's they're problem for viewing it in the first place. they were warned.

but that is just my opinion, everyone is entitled to one.

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=14210 There's an interesting thread about violence in Scratch projects you might be interested in reading. :-D I also expressed my opinion there...

MyRedNeptune wrote:

Actually, it all depends on the way blood and violence is presented in a project. Sure, violence is part of our life, but when the blood is accented, that cannot be considered appropriate, because then the violence is taken not as "just a small part of life", but as something that life is all about. That is called gore, and that is, what I believe, Rico is afraid of.
And actually, sometimes it's hard to distinguish a violent concept from a non-violent one.
Sometimes, a project can be quite harmful without visible blood, projects that contain "emotional" violence. For example, they might encourage hatred towards a person or anything in itself or provoke negative feelings.

My next game will have blood in it, but you can turn it off, which is great for the young 'uns. TBH as long as it has a warning I think it's okay.

Well, I really dont like those kinds of projects that are just made for the blood/violence/torture, like projects called "Shoot _____" or "Turture _____" where the game is centered on the blood, and I think they should be flagged. In games, you dont really need to simulate blood. You can just make the character glow red or jerk backwards when it recieves a hit, but I dont really mind if someone uses a small amount of simulated blood just so you know the characer is getting hurt or loosing lifes, and thats not covering half of the screen or on every other costume and bakckround.

Last edited by Targethero (2010-05-20 09:40:34)

It's when blood is used in massive amounts it become unneccessary. Brutal legend for example has very high blood if you turn the gore on. It is really unneccessary.

With it though in small doses.

Hmm... I find it okay if there's a warning. But I personally don't like games with blood, so I never play them.

I think blood in games and on Scratch is okay, as long as it's realistically minimal and there is a warning. I mean, if a cat scratches you (no pun indended    ), there's going to be a little blood. But if gruesome costumes and limb-loss, or other intense violence is in there, it shouldn't be on Scratch in the first place.