Counter-Strike, EverQuest banned News
PC News by Ellie Gibson
Bad news for Counter-Strike and EverQuest players living in Brazil - both games have been banned after a judge ruled they are "harmful to consumers' health".
As reported by AFP the judge, Carlos Alberto Simoes, made his ruling in October 2007 - but the ban is only coming into effect now. Simoes stated the games encouraged "the subversion of public order". He also ruled they were "an attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security".
Counter-Strike and EverQuest were first released in 1999. One modded map for the former game saw players taking on the role of either a police officer or drug dealer in the slums of Rio de Janeiro.
According to Brazilian readers of Kotaku, the game has been accused of teaching players war strategies.
It's alleged EverQuest is harmful because players are asked to accept both "good" and "bad" quests, the psychological burden of which is said to cause problems. The game was never officially released in Brazil.
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Royal Fool
21/01/08 @ 09:33
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I suppose there will be waves of angry Brazilian CS players forming rebel resistance groups now.
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Given the state of Brazil's internal strife due to Drug cartels fighting for turf and different rebel groups popping up like squirels to fight the government I'd have thought most kids routinely live with the fact of guns and violence as a daily matter of life..........but of course CS is just one step to far.
Hey theres an idea for Gordan Brown and his government, ban CS and any other game you can blame for the state of crime and violence in the UK.
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keyboardmonkey
21/01/08 @ 10:16
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Video Games responsible for all Drug and Gun crime in Brazil!
/E-mail to Daily Mail written Right just need to find a game that has Kidnapping as its main theme and then all politicians/ bent cops/criminals/ drug lords are off the hook. |
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Kill_Crazy
21/01/08 @ 10:18
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I think Brasil may have far more important matters to deal with. Like drugged up kid gangs and some of the worlds most bent cops where they'd rather shoot people than 'fill in the paperwork'. Absurd.
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This ninja pc should be able to crank up the oldest CS shouldn't it? http://indrayam.com/images/100laptop.jpg
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The_Inquisitor
21/01/08 @ 12:03
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A footballer said recently that England are not good internationally at the sport because too many people are playing games. Maybe Brazil just wants to prevent the same thing happening to them. Funny though.
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