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 Post subject: No more games in Greece!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 10:27 am 
In Greece electronic games have be <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> banned!</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> Electronic games include games on PC's, Consoles, etc. For more info check out <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1040-956357.html?type=pt?=msnbc">msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1...=pt?=msnbc</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p><CENTER><HR><IMG SRC="http://www.Lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk/Ezboard/Sigpic3.gif" width="144" height="300"><FONT Size=2><BR><B>"Give them an inch and they'll take a foot, much more than that and you wont have a leg to stand on"</B> - <I>The Duke of Wellington, Blackadder the Third</I><BR><A HREF="http://www.lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk" TARGET="_top">Visit my Final Fantasy Site</A> and <A HREF="http://pub61.ezboard.com/bcomputergamesandanime" TARGET="_top">My Board</A> ^_^</CENTER></p><i></i>


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 Post subject: ^_^
PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 5:49 pm 
I think the government has generalized a little too much now. ^_^ hehehe ^_^ <br><br>It's funny to think of all those greeks with consoles though! ^_^ hehehehe ^_^<br><br>Imagine a college student who only bought the console, but didn't have enough money for games, planning to rent a few games now and then. ^_^ Now he's stuck with a useless piece of hardware. ^_^ hehehe ^_^ <br><br>The idiocy of this whole thing is so absurd that it's funny! Poor poor greek gamers. <p></p><i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: ^_^
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 2:59 am 
Yeah, I went there about 2 weeks ago and took my GBA, but if I did that now I could be arrested! I think its pretty harsh, it would probably have been simpler to legalize gambling ^_^ <p><CENTER><HR><IMG SRC="http://www.Lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk/Ezboard/Sigpic4.jpg" width="364" height="176"><FONT Size=2><BR><B>"IÂ’m Limo from Scotland so give me haggis"</B> - <I>Theme From A NOFX Album - NOFX</I><BR><A HREF="http://www.lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk" TARGET="_top">Visit my Final Fantasy Site</A> and <A HREF="http://pub61.ezboard.com/bcomputergamesandanime" TARGET="_top">My Board</A> ^_^</CENTER></p><i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: ^_^
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 6:21 am 
I bet you my Mewtwo could beat your Pikachu!<br>How much?<br>£1000!<br>You're on!<br><br><br>What are those people on? Pure Sugar? <p></p><i></i>


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 Post subject: Re:^_^
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 2:47 pm 
Uhh... okay... ^^;<br><br>Quote: In Greece electronic games have been banned!<br><br>Man... sux to be them. -_-; <p></p><i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: Re:^_^
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 5:58 pm 
Glad I'm not a Greek. It must suck to live there. <p></p><i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: Re:^_^
PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 10:43 pm 
Well the law was passed to curtail gambling.<br><br>As we all know video games generally aren't a source of gambling.<br><br>Of course with various kinds of electronic gambling machines (Keno for example) they sorta just generally banned all electronic gaming.<br><br>This of course may not stay as it is. There has been somewhat of a public backlash to this law.<br><br>And in terms of enforcement they seem to be concentrating more on REAL gambling machines rather than consoles.<br><br>It will be interesting to see what happens. I don't know if it was there intention or not to get rid of video games or not. But there reasoning was an attempt to get rid of illegal gambling. They may revise the law...or not. HEhe. <p>INTEL INSIDE<BR>It's not a marketing gimick, it's a warning label.</p><i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: No more games in Greece!
PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 5:12 pm 
I don't think they really meant to get rid of video gaming. If they take away gambling games, then why couldn't they take away video games? Its just something that they had to do so no one fusses about that issue. <br><br>Ofcourse, I would think that they would eventually revise it a little. If it was me, i would be smuggling that @#%$ everywhere. It'll be the next prohibition with videogames. <p><img src="http://holyknight.homestead.com/files/magnatag.gif"></p><i></i>


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