Gaming banned in Greece

[Hamylde]

Riiggggghhht... I just read this

http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=220579

And I have to say... I'm pretty shocked! Why completely ban a form of entertainment. Even though, as the site already says.. it is common in some countries to ban a few games like Quake3 and such... I think banning every single video goes a bit to far. I don't think any goverment should have the right to do so!!!!!!

P.s. I've read this on many sites... so it doesn't seem to be a hoax

[(Hamylde)]

[Rocky Raccoon]

:eek: :weird:

I don't think that's possible... the two major OS include games... even paint can be considered as a game... (remember Mario Paint for SNES?)

[I am Jesus]

I saw this on Cscentral like 2 days ago, I think it's just fucked up.

[squell]

thats crazy... sucks to be someone that lives in greece..

[I am Jesus]

I would leave the country and take a laptop and start playing some games while i'm on the plane.

[Bilbo Baggins]

And Apollos was saying how great it was in Greece.

[Xerxes]

LOL! that will show them... no more solitaire for you :p

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by Xerxes
LOL! that will show them... no more solitaire for you :p Nooo!!!! Give me back my Solitaire, Hearts and Minesweeper damnit!!

I blame the gov't for being too over protective? Meh, I'm in Canada.

[pixiefied]

i think the game thing is a small issue compared to the other laws there.i also think the are brain washing those poor lil' children like(insert name here),that has to walk up hills both ways,in the snow just to go to that one room school in (insert town here)30 miles away.
the government is strict there and they decide what programs they can watch on tv(usa is not so strict).

[Curi0us_George]

Um. Holy fuck.

Greece sucks.

[Xerxes]

Except for that "lesbos" place... it just blows there.

[fish]

My exfriend used to brag about how he came from Lesbos and he was a "Lesbian"....


Most games have never really held my attention anyways. The only ones I play are on my PSA - solitaire and Traffic. I'd love to ban CS and Quake http://216.40.241.68/contrib/ed/spin.gif


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By Enigma1625 - Reply to #3 (Reply)
Athens, Greece was the birthplace of Democracy.

New Comment #16 @ 20:34, 30 Aug 2002

Great.. :D

[I am Jesus]

Originally posted by fish
I'd love to ban CS and Quake http://216.40.241.68/contrib/ed/spin.gif


Please don't say that:mad:

[Xerxes]

Hehe join the club. What else would the kids have to do though without CS? Ride around town on their fold up scooters? :p

[fish]

Originally posted by Xerxes
Hehe join the club. What else would the kids have to do though without CS? Ride around town on their fold up scooters? :p

That and wear panties on their heads (doo rags, I know:rolleyes:)


From the movie Raising Arizona
Son, you got a panty on your head :weird::D

[Xion(810)]

Fish, I'll join you. No more Quake or CS for anybody else. Massive-multiplayer FPS games should have the pure heart of a MMFPS game. Therefore Unreal Tournament must be implemented!!!

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by fish
:D

Yes! Without FPS's, there'l be no choice! "West coast toddlers be frontin'" :p

[Aeroe]

just when you thought the taliban was defeated...

[QHOBBES]

/me is no longer proud to be Greek
What about the Olympic Games?

[jyvasaa]

the ban's only on "interactive games". and imho the olympics are more of a sport than a game.

[Psycho Puppet]

There is only one expression on my face about this....

o.O

[henry3k56]

Thats too far.
How do you expect that the government of Greece have for entertainment? I wouldn't want to have to figure out what they do.:eek:

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by ¡Æ!
the ban's only on "interactive games". and imho the olympics are more of a sport than a game.

I'm curious- what sort of game is not interactive? :weird: Even pong requires the users to press up/down...

[Vie]

Apollos/inatlantis/AndrewSanders is going to do a Fruit!

[Niffle]

anybody know what the maximum penalty is for playing/possession of games in greece?

forget drug trafficking, game smuggling will make you a fortune! :up:

[ctn|chrisw]

edit: I dont think id want to live in greece

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by Niffle
forget drug trafficking, game smuggling will make you a fortune! :up:

LOL! Hey kid, you like games... ;)

[Hamylde]

Yup.. the whole thing is pretty messed up. But this stupid law has bigger proportions than anybody can imagine. Think about this:

-most cell-phones have to be banned, cuz most of them have games on em (like Snake on Nokia cell phones)
- Both Microsoft Windows and distros of Linux have to be changed. Since all of them have at least one cheap ass game on them
- I could think of a thousand other products that have lil games on them... imagine what has to be banned or changed

I think the Greek officials should care less about gambling problems (since everybody should be responsable for themself) and care more about their huge political probs with Turkey!!! REAL WAR..OR VIRTUAL WAR... which one is worse???

Is anybody in this forum from greece... I'd like to hear an opinion of "a victim" of this strang law.

[Signal Box]

I never thought I'd live to see the day where censorship gets to an extreme level. America censors a lot here for no reason, but Greece takes the cake!

[binary hero]

how the hell are they going to manage it? hire hundreds of police to go and break into houses and confiscate all games/computers? They'll have to get EVERY greek ISP to block ALL warez sites (but then look what happened when the riaa tried to get all mp3 sharing sites...), then you'll have to search any post going into greece that could contain a cd...

vie - i think he will at least have a medium sized watermelon. if not, 5 grapefruits.

[Shenlong]

Originally posted by Hamylde

- I could think of a thousand other products that have lil games on them... imagine what has to be banned or changed


TI-83+ Calculators, you can put games on those too.

[Vie]

Originally posted by binary hero

vie - i think he will at least have a medium sized watermelon. if not, 5 grapefruits.


LOL:D

[BeerBaron]

Greece, the great creator of games. The originators of the Olympic Games, Bans Video games? Sad move indeed.

[BeerBaron]

Originally posted by Hamylde
Yup.. the whole thing is pretty messed up. But this stupid law has bigger proportions than anybody can imagine. Think about this:

-most cell-phones have to be banned, cuz most of them have games on em (like Snake on Nokia cell phones)
- Both Microsoft Windows and distros of Linux have to be changed. Since all of them have at least one cheap ass game on them
- I could think of a thousand other products that have lil games on them... imagine what has to be banned or changed

I think the Greek officials should care less about gambling problems (since everybody should be responsable for themself) and care more about their huge political probs with Turkey!!! REAL WAR..OR VIRTUAL WAR... which one is worse???

Is anybody in this forum from greece... I'd like to hear an opinion of "a victim" of this strang law.

Consider thousands of websites on the internet banned as well, These forums may also undergo scrutiny, i can think of many game threads, and forums based games on forums.winamp.com

[c2R]

http://english.cri.com*****english/2002/Feb/49692.htm

This website says that it only applies to public places, and somewhere else I read said this applied also to internet café's.

I don't think it affects private playing.

[Shenlong]

That's gonna go against what Best Buy is somewhat known for. Not entirley, but most of the crowding at the local Best Buys here are by the game consols...

[Hamylde]

Actually I've read on a couple of sites, that the law applies everywhere... home, public, Netcafes... I haven't researched the topic that much.. so I'm not that sure... But that's what I've heard

[BMWboy]

uner that law, you could be in trouble for having a copy of Microsoft excel 97, because there is an easter egg in the program that is a game.

[Shenlong]

Same thing for the Fast and the Furious DVD, since it has a PC demo of the Supercar Street Challenge game on it...

[apollos]

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
And Apollos was saying how great it was in Greece.

And it is nice, and I DID play counter strike in an internet cafe in Greece.

You see, many of the smaller internet cafes where people went to have been closed down but there are still some big ones that remain open and will remain open for good.

This law hasnt affected people in general in Greece as the Greek police is corrupted just as it is everywhere else in the world (at least the Greeks have the balls to admit that they are corrupt) unlike certain countries like the US and England who can do no wrong :rolleyes: anyway, thats a different political issue.

The point is, if a police man was to see you playing a computer game like CS he would say hi rather than shut the place down, nobody gives a shit about the dumb law. Which leads to the question, is it possible for me to download something that will allow me to do one player CS against lets say, the computer? I wanna get some practice in so I can kick their asses in Greece in the net cafe's when I go in the Winter :D

Originally posted by Hamylde
Actually I've read on a couple of sites, that the law applies everywhere... home, public, Netcafes... I haven't researched the topic that much.. so I'm not that sure... But that's what I've heard

I can read that Bilbo is the richest guy in the world, doesnt mean that that is the case.

[ctn|chrisw]

Originally posted by Apollos


I can read that Bilbo is the richest guy in the world, doesnt mean that that is the case.

Where'd u read that?

[apollos]

:rolleyes:

[pixiefied]

i think i read that in playgirl last month.......


hi apollos:D

[apollos]

:p haha


Hello Pixie :D
Nice new avatar btw, whats with the bizz for mod? :confused:

in addiction to what I said before, the Greeks see it as pretty much a non issue, even though some cafes are shut, people still go in them, if they get caught by police they are more likely to say hi than get them into trouble (as stated before).

The funny thing is, the law forbids things like gameboys too to be used in internet cafe's :D

I think that the guy who thought of the law much be related to dumb ass bush. :p
The question I ask is, why bother making it law when everyone still goes to the remaining cafes that are open and play games? :rolleyes:

[pixiefied]

go (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102350)here to find out apollos

[apollos]

Originally posted by 31337-2k2
I blame the gov't for being too over protective? Meh, I'm in Canada.

Seems that you have no idea what you are talking about. Would you believe me if i told you that whoars are advertised on TV ALL day long on one channel the Greeks get called "OK"?
Well its true. Words like "gamoto" (fuck) and "malakas" (wanker) are used all day long on tv there and nobody gives a shit.

Laws in Greece are too loose and are nowhere as near as harsh as in the UK, and everyone knows it. Just become some wise guy decides to do a George Bush, doesn't mean that everything is tight over in Greece.

Counter Strike owns ^_^

[apollos]

I think the game thing is a small issue compared to the other laws there.i also think the are brain washing those poor lil' children like(insert name here),that has to walk up hills both ways,in the snow just to go to that one room school in (insert town here)30 miles away. the government is strict there and they decide what programs they can watch on tv(usa is not so strict).

Ditto to my initial statement in the previous post. Pixie, have you heard the story "You're Black, Said The Pot To The Kettle" ? The American government is way stricter than the Greek government. period.

[pixiefied]

no,you'll have to read me that story someday:p

[apollos]

Originally posted by pixiefied
no,you'll have to read me that story someday:p

fine, come sit on my lap and I will tell all ;)

:D

[pixiefied]

oh goodie...a childrens story!

/me sits on andrews lap. somethings poking me andrew...


;)

[apollos]

:D LMAO!!!!

HAHAHA!

Oh goodness, I wonder if it could possibly be captain winky or not ;)
I'm glad to see that we have some fun chicks in these forums :D
(gah, now everyones gonna think that im a perv) oh well... :p
i forgot to add that most people think that of me already anyways ; )

[pixiefied]

Originally posted by Apollos

i forgot to add that most people think that of me already anyways ; )

we dont think that of you:D :D :D

[Curi0us_George]

Originally posted by Apollos
at least the Greeks have the balls to admit that they are corrupt
Yeah. That's a real point of honor.

It's really great that you can still take the time to insult the US government, while your government is busy taking away all o your rights.

Go Greece.

[SNYder]

soooo, let me get this strait. in greek land (heh) me and my friend could be playing individual games of solitar next to each other (me on the computer, him with real cards) and the police willl barge in and take me to jail while some of the officers stay behind to watch my friend finish his game?

[c2R]

No, as Apollos said, they'd probably join in as noone really cares about little things like the law there anyway...

[apollos]

Originally posted by c2R
No, as Apollos said, they'd probably join in as noone really cares about little things like the law there anyway...

what that guy said ^ :p
But in all fairness to the Yanks, crime is a bigger problem than it is in Greece so harsher laws are needed. For all the wars and such in the history of Greece, the Greeks tend to save their aggression for the wars and recognise that guns aren't toys and should be used for war only, well and hunting too I suppose.
*Apollos coughs.

It's really great that you can still take the time to insult the US government, while your government is busy taking away all o your rights.

I found this following quite ammusing ^_^

17:02 2001-08-16

MOST STUPID LAWS IN THE WORLD – AMERICA

The Canadian legislation like the American one tries to embrace almost all spheres of life. The Canadians are not allowed to take bandages off in public places otherwise those who do it will have to pay a large fine. 1cent coins are not allowed to be paid for the goods the cost of which is over 50 cents. Clear soft drinks can not contain caffeine.

Local and town laws are even tougher. In New Scotland province it is not allowed to water the lawns when it is raining, in Quebec it is not allowed to sell yellow margarine. It is forbidden in Montreal to swear in French and to wash cars in the street. In Toronto (Ontario province) it is not allowed to drag a dead horse along Yong-Street. It is quite possible there is no such street in Toronto, but nobody cared to cancel the law. In another town the water level in the bath tubs can not exceed the limit of 10 centimeters. Finally children are not allowed to go out with untied shoe laces – on the whole territory of the Saskatchewan province.

In Bolivia women can not drink more than 1 glass of wine in bars and restaurants. This law has been working since the beginning of the XX century. The authors of the law considered that the larger amount of alcohol makes a woman morally and sexually pliable. The violation of the law is not limited to fine only ($100) it is also a ground for divorce. It is very hard to live for bearded women in Mexico. If a woman with a beard goes out there, it may be over with the public shaving.

In general the laws in Latin America are unusually humane. For example the Paraguay law which prohibits duels makes the only exception – for those who willed their internal organs to medical or scientific institutions. In Peru it is not allowed for prisoners to put paprika and other spices in their food – they are considered to be afrodiziaks which like the legislators believed were inadmissible for men who had to live under the conditions of restricted communication.

From here (http://english.pravda*****fun/2001/08/16/12667.html). I know this may be wrong but hell, its pretty darn funny, even if it isn't true :D

[binary hero]

Inatlantis (will somebody change his name back please, even if he doesn't want it), i think you are missing the point somewhat. The greeks have BANNED GAMING, this means that if you play a game you will BE BREAKING THE LAW, breaking the law is NOT GOOD, in fact, you could call it BAD. It doesn't matter if you can't make a clear caffenated drink in canada, what this thread is about is essentially people losing their rights to do what they want at a computer.

Maybe more crimes are commited in america than in greece, but AMERICA IS A HELL OF A LOT BIGGER THAN GREECE. think about it and stop being so damn blind.

[TheRabidJackal]

Originally posted by Apollos

unlike certain countries like the US and England who can do no wrong :rolleyes:

u must be joking. in england they arrested my dad for speeding, when he was behind a bus! the bus went on... :weird:

[fwgx]

change of tune (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-957487.html)

[Curi0us_George]

I'm glad to hear it.