Olympians Unable to Play Their Own Game?

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Posted by TranceSeeker on Sep-04-2002 10:03:

Olympians Unable to Play Their Own Game?

According to a news post in CNet, new laws were passed in Greece forbidding all use of video game(which even includes AoM). Offenders that are caught are fined 5,000 to 75,000 euros and imprisoned for 1 to 12 months. The government origionally made the law to prevent illegal gambling, but most gamers believe it has gone way too far. Several gaming organizations are attempting to organize to protest against this law, including taking the case to European court.

"The Greek government has banned all electronic games across the country, including those that run on home computers, on Game Boy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for owning mobile phones or portable video games.

Greek Law Number 3037, enacted at the end of July, explicitly forbids electronic games with "electronic mechanisms and software" from public and private places, and people have already been fined tens of thousands of dollars for playing or owning games...

...The Greek government introduced the law in an attempt to prevent illegal gambling. According to a report in the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, Greek police will be responsible for catching offenders, who will face fines of 5,000 to 75,000 euros (about $4,980 to $74,650) and imprisonment of one to 12 months. "The blanket ban was decided in February after the government admitted it was incapable of distinguishing innocuous video games from illegal gambling machines," the report said..."

Poor guys....

Posted by BluNine on Sep-04-2002 10:09:

NFW...there's NO way that's true

Posted by TranceSeeker on Sep-04-2002 10:13:

quote:
Originally posted by BluNine
NFW...there's NO way that's true

WTF sure its true !
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-956357.html

Posted by BluNine on Sep-04-2002 10:17:

remind me to cross greece off my "places i'd like to visit" list...

Posted by fastmp3 on Sep-04-2002 17:30:

that's so fuckin unbelievable , do you have other reliable sources seeker ?

Posted by jdat on Sep-04-2002 18:12:

wtf ????????????????,

how is this possible???????????????

VIDEO GAMES ......
goodness

WOW

anyhow they are fucked with the olympics ... they are so far behind, and no one wants to volunteer ...

Posted by biznology on Sep-04-2002 20:38:

hey, if i go to greece i sure as HELL wont be playing video games there.

still the principle sucks. late|

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Sep-04-2002 21:22:

Yeah, when I first read about it I didn't think it was true either. Turns out it is...wow how it would suck to live there!

Posted by noikeee on Sep-04-2002 21:45:

wtf?

I thought Greece was a civilized country, member of the EU. But they have put such a narrow-minded law.. I wouldn't be surprised if that was Iraq or Afghanistan.. but in Greece? please

Posted by TranceSeeker on Sep-04-2002 22:48:

Imagine they forbid trance in your country....

Posted by noikeee on Sep-05-2002 20:14:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceSeeker
Imagine they forbid trance in your country....

then I would become a criminal

Posted by capricorn15 on Sep-05-2002 20:30:

look at the fuckin like, its a fake link, with all those numbers on the end, but either way, when you plug a video game machine into the wall, no one outside knew they were plugging it in right, so why does the government say they cant tell the difference between when somoene is playing a video game or an illegal gambleing machine, im confused