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 If you ever were unsure about which age rating to give your custom, here is a very over-detailed deep dive into what seems to fit within the FF, SR and M rating labels. This guide will also talk about how to handle slurs, so you don't end up with a karaoke party where people say a bunch of no-no words and ruins the fun.
+//Strong language ahead, for obvious reasons. Slurs have been mildly censored to avoid anything coming across as hate speech by accident.//
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 === Religion ===
-  * General references to God and other deities is fine. Blasphemy and going into details about Hell and like, not so much.
+  * General references to God and other deities is fine. Hardcore blasphemy or going into scary details about Hell and like, not so much.
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 ==== ☆ SUPERVISION RECOMMENDED (SR) ====
+Song should be acceptable for a T-rated game, such as Rock Band 3. Can contain some swears and suggestive language,  as well as general references to things like violence, drinking/smoking, heavier topics and such. If a song contains language that would be allowed in official DLC, it should be fine in this age rating.
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+=== Language ===
+  * General swears like "damn", "bitch", "crap" and "piss" are fine within the SR-rating. Harder swears should be reserved for M.
+=== Violence ===
+  * Most songs about violence should be fine with a SR rating. However, descriptions of extreme gory violence or songs describing in great detail real life atrocities might not, depending on context and extremity.
+=== Sex ===
+  * General descriptions of sex and sexuality, including lyrics directly talking about sex, intimacy and pleasure, are fine in SR. More graphic descriptions of sexual acts, genitalia and hardcore fetishes are perhaps best labeled as M.
+=== Substances ===
+  * Lyrics about drinking, smoking and mild recreational drug use are usually okay within SR. Mentions of harder drugs should be to show the negative effects of them, otherwise it should be labeled as M.
+=== Thematic Elements ===
+  * Most lyrical themes are fine within SR, its more about how they're explored and which language is used.
+=== Religion ===
+  * No big restrictions here; Harmonix were weird about the lyric "god damn" back in the day, but was later fully allowed uncensored, so yeah.
+=== Album Art ===
+  * Any nudity should be tasteful and artistic in nature. Mild blood and somewhat violent drawings and paintings are allowed within reason. In general make sure it would be allowed in a T-rated game.
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 ==== ☆ MATURE CONTENT (M) ====
+Song would only be acceptable in a game with a M-rating, such as GTA or Saints Row, and would not fly in a normal Rock Band game uncensored. Includes hardcore swearing and sexual language (“fuck”, “shit”, etc.), promotion of hard drugs, immensely gory details and other stuff no child should be singing.
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+=== Album Art ===
+  * While everything sorta goes here, do remember people are streaming this game. If a song has art with pornography, real gore or anything that could be deemed illegal, just change it with a picture of the band's logo or something.
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 ==== ☆ REGIONAL DIFFERENCES ====
+Depending on language and region, some words have different meanings or are considered less or more severe. Cultural context is thus usually good to keep in mind when trying to decide on an age rating.
+=== English ===
+  * "F*g" is a anti-gay slur in the US, but refers to cigarettes in the UK. The former would require an M-rating, the latter a SR-rating.
+  * "Sp*stic" is an ableist term either way, but its considered a slur in the UK while its seen as a general synonym for stupidity in the US. The former would require an M-rating, the latter a SR-rating.
+=== Scandinavian Languages ===
+  * "Fan", "Faen", "Fanden" and "Perkele" is the equivalent of saying "Fuck" in English, but directly translated just means "Satan". As such, they're considered way less severe swears than fuck, and are fine within a SR rating.
+=== Japanese ===
+  * References to illegal drugs might be censored in a T-rated game in Japan even if it wouldn't in the US, and as thus songs in Japanese portraying drug use as a positive should probably be rated M. Obviously this doesn't affect mentions of medicine and the like.
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