First they changed the names of all the drugs in Fallout 3 to appease the Australian board, even in the other regions. Now, they're at it again, with Left 4 Dead 2!
http://kotaku.com/5395571/aussie-l4d2-gets-a-deep+clean-sanitizing
Introducing zombies that disappear as soon as you kill them, with little to no blood spatter! Oh, but it gets even better. You know that zombie riot guard? He's not present in the Australian edition. In fact, if an Australian even joins a game with other players from different regions, THEY don't get the zombie riot guard, either!
Australia, it's time you abandoned your batshit ratings system and used a more competent one. I would reccommend something very similar to the ESRB.

Whats the problem with the riot guard? Does it promote shooting cops or something?

Trust me, we're trying, but gaming here isn't as big as elsewhere, especially hardcore/adult gaming, which makes it even HARDER.....

Blame the South Australians. We Queenslanders have nothing to do with it... >_>
*ducks*

lol so true...
We're the only state with a bill of rights!

Wow, the cut version is worse than I ever thought before. I just don't see why it has to be this censored. L4D1 was worse than this!

Time to boycott the Australian left 4 dead players?

TIGHT

I don't know why Valve didn't just retexture the riot guard, that way it wouldn't affect everyone who didn't live in Australia.

So now we non Australians are deprived of fun when an Australian joins the game? Talk about being mean dicks.

it's for a whole of two maps.

I think its actually more than just two maps...

I oppose any measure to ruin my gameplay experience, however big or small.

Right. It's still nonsense that people in other countries whose laws regarding violence in video games aren't as unabashedly stupid and backwards as those in Oz are going to be penalized simply because we may have friends who live there and wish to play games with them.