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WHAT A JOKE!!Quote:
The government of Greece is making heroic efforts to humiliate the nation in front of the entire world, by banning all electronic games. That's right; something as innocent as playing computer chess on your laptop in a hotel lobby is now a crime with penalties of up to three months in stir and a fine of 10,000 euros.
Read more here.......
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26939.html
You know, Being Greek that has got to be the dumbest thing they could ever possibly do. That would be like canceling all professional sporting events in order to stop illegal gambling here. Retarded.
That has got to be the most upsurd thing I have ever heard. I can't imagine not being able to break away into a couple minutes of gaming to relieve some stress here and there. I mean c'mon.
*New Business Idea* - Selling computer games on the Greece black market.
Just Kidding! I'll just sell the bootlegs... I mean forget the whole idea.
Hmmm. Perhaps it's simply an over-the-top interpretation of a vague law? I have a hard time believing the Greek government would knowingly ban such a large variety of games. I think there is an easy way to tell if it's a gambling game: "Does success or failure on the part of the player mean a real-money difference in their finances?" "Is it a network-necessary game?"
If yes to both, then it's online gambling :p
What about Solitare?... will the whole Windows OS be banned because it comes with uninstallable (as far as I know..I've never really tried or wanted to uninstall them) games?
You can uninstall the games from windows.
Yes, the windows games are included in their ban.
it would be impossible to prevent people from electronic games .. from downloading them, to recieving them via post, relatives visiting bringing them with them.. its far to insane
Thats so stupid. I've brought friends into arcades and have made bets but that was for coins. The really big money is over at someone's house infront of a TV.
i just want to know is how the hell will they enforce it? i mean with programs like kazaa and basic warez sites u can access these games easily and if they bring in some kind of proxy like the chinese govt theyll probably add a new offsite proxy which gives u full access
This could make some cell phones illeagal .
This is really insane! What has the world come to?? Does the world have bigger and better things to worry about than having the Greek Nintendo Police arrest your kid for playing Super Mario Bros while rapers, murderers and drug dealers plague every part of the globe?
I mean think about it. Millions and millions of people play games, and have done so for centuries. It's so ingrained in our lives it will be impossible to enforce. It's like saying they want to outlaw sex in fear it will breed rapists.
/me throws up hands in disgust and makes sure never to move to Greece
I don't imagine this will last too long. They will realize the amount of money that is generated from the gaming population, especially with the release of PlayOnline and the ever popular Final Fantasy series that's about to go global and multi-platform. There have been so many advances in the gaming world in just the past couple of years it would be ignorant not to share in the profits of all that it has become. I'm sure that after some serious financial consideration, they'll change their minds.
It's not easy being green.... *rubs off her olive skin and hides in fear of a gaming mob*
I would hope that something like this would never last. This is a good idea of a bad idea getting worse. Fines from 5,000 to 75,000 euros and imprisonment up to 12 months. I would like to think that when this goes to the European Court next week, that this whole mess will go away. go to www.gameland.gr to help protest this.
Attempting to ban games on that wide of a scale is a set of laws that would be unenforcable across a population of any reasonable size. Where is the article that states this? Maybe we are misinterpreting something in the original wording...
Greek Government issued a new law in order to prevent gambling; a law that would forbid slot-machines and the like... they did not issue a specific law banning all computer games... unfortunately, they don't know the difference and the law turned out to be so broad that computer games also are included...