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malkia
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posted September 03, 2002 10:31 PM |
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IYY
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posted September 03, 2002 10:34 PM |
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Oh no! All these poor Greeks!
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malkia
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Famous Hero
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posted September 03, 2002 10:36 PM |
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RMS
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posted September 03, 2002 10:54 PM |
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...I've got to say that must be one of the silliest and most idiotic things anyone could do...
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2XtremeToTake
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posted September 03, 2002 11:06 PM |
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oh ****.........wasnt lith in greece???? Did they ban internet access too?
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privatehudson
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The Ultimate Badass
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posted September 04, 2002 12:13 AM |
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That's pretty damn barbaric if you ask me
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Nivek
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posted September 04, 2002 02:21 AM |
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That is really retarded. How in the hell are you going to enforce this? Of course, the government could send you e-mails containing spyware that notifies certain authoritahs of certain software that is on your computer... but still, that can be manuevered around. What the hell does video games have to do with gambling anyways?
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malkia
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 04, 2002 04:08 AM |
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rat-race
Well you can gamble basically on anything - remmember that slapstick movie "Rat Race"?
But in games - one can gain experience, and compete against the others - this way - people can bet on him or not.... But still it's a bad idea... I really didn't expect such thing to come from Greece!!! The people who started the Olympiads more than two thousand years ago!
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RMS
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Legendary Hero
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posted September 04, 2002 04:11 AM |
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It's a strange world that we live in...
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LydiaElf
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posted September 05, 2002 03:43 AM |
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people! don't believe in everything you hear! it's nonsense!
"Law bans all type of gaming in Greece!!" of course not! only gambling machines are illegal and only in public! ts ts ts...
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IYY
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Supreme Hero
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posted September 05, 2002 03:51 AM |
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It was on two sites that I trust and it clearly said that all gameboys, gamecubes and even windows games are all illegal!
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LydiaElf
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posted September 05, 2002 03:56 AM |
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then I sould have been arrested...
nope! that's not true... I'll try to find that law... but I'm sure there's a misunderstanding...
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IYY
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Supreme Hero
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posted September 05, 2002 03:58 AM |
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oh, u r from Greece.... Then I guess you are right.
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malkia
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 05, 2002 04:53 AM |
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Lydia,
most of the people probably don't know about this law - it was enacted on 30 July 2002 - just few days ago.
The law you described is from about March this year.
Read more on the news - or here:
http://www.netcafe.gr/files/law.txt -- http://www.netcafe.gr/
Quote:
LAW NUMBER 3037 - 30 July 2002
GAMING PROHIBITION
The President of Greek Republic
We issue the following law which was voted by the Greek Parliament
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Article 1
Game categories
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According to notion of the commands of the current law:
a. Mechanical games are those, that depend on one's muscle force.
b. Electrical games are those, that depend on electrical mechanisms.
c. Electromechanical games are those that depend on electrical mechanisms and the use of one's muscle force.
d. Electronic games are those, that depend on both electrical-electronic mechanisms and software.
e. Entertainment technical games are those, whose result depends exclusively on the ability and skill of the
player, and are used solely for entertainment.
The category (e) also includes all card games which had been characterised as
"technical" games, according to the statement of law F.E.K A21.
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Article 2
Game prohibition
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1. Operation and installation of any game of type (b), (c) and (d) of Article 1, including computer games,
placed in public places such as hotels, cafeterias, organization halls and in any other public or private
place, is prohibited.
2. Operation of games of type (e) is allowed in devices of type (a). Regarding these games, it is prohibited to place bets.
Such bets will attract penalties described in Articles 4 and 5.
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Article 3
Internet cafes
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The prohibition of using computers described in Article 2 does not affect internet cafes, as long as the computers
are not used for any gaming activities.
To be able to run an Internet cafe, a special permit is required from the municipal or the state where the
company is based) and from its starting point (port) if it is a boat based company. According to the first
application of this measure, the company should be equipped with this permit in three months
from the issue date of this law.
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LydiaElf
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me?
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posted September 05, 2002 05:01 PM |
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errr... you know something? you were right!
"Greeks ban electronic games by mistake
Beware Greeks writing laws
By Adamson Rust
ONE OF THE SO-CALLED CRADLES of European civilisation appears to have got its Aristotles all in a twist over computer gaming. And mobile phones, for that matter.
The Greek government appears to have lost its marbles.
The government wanted to prevent its people from wasting their money by using electronic slot machines but the democratically appointed government has banned all computer games everywhere by mistake.
And now the cops are raiding Internet cafes to enforce the said SNAFU.
The law, according to our Greek correspondents, prohibits any kind of game that is played on any kind of electronic equipment.
And it appears to have been drafted so loosely that that includes mobile phones.
Theoretically, the cops could bust into people's homes but so far apparently they have arrested Internet cafe owners and customers who were fighting a few rounds of Q3 CTF.
Next thing, the cops will be creeping up on people using their mobile phones just to make sure they're not playing a quick game rather than using them for their real purpose.
Here are some details of the cock up in Greek.
And there's more details about this at the Greek Net Cafe organisation.
Give us a glass of hemlock, Socrates!"
(http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5206)
god save us!!
oh, and sign this please...
http://www.petitiononline.com/comp5932/petition.html
(I still believe it's a misunderstanding, though)
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Romana
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Thx :D
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posted September 05, 2002 06:08 PM |
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lost it's marbles..LMAO..what a great pun
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2XtremeToTake
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted September 05, 2002 10:03 PM |
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i signed the petiton......
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Kynes
Adventuring Hero
altruistic egoist
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posted September 06, 2002 03:39 AM |
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Me too... Whoa, this is just so obscure, it will be remembered - 'Greece: the country that illegalized electronic games'! 
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LydiaElf
Known Hero
me?
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posted September 06, 2002 01:36 PM |
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:/ it's so embarassing... Lith, where are you?
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Odvin
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 06, 2002 01:50 PM |
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I've signed the petition, too. It's just terrifying. If there will be the same law in Russia...
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