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Counter Strike banned in Brazil
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JFOBP
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Joined: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 3473 Location: Illinois
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 Counter Strike banned in Brazil
The decision was announced by Carlos Alberto Simões de Tomaz, a judge from the Judicial District of Minas Gerais, and was supposed to affect the entire country. However, only now a Brazilian entity has started to act.
Procon, a federal entity established to defend the consumers' rights, has already begun apprehending all Counter-Strike and EverQuest copies in the state of Goiás, as these titles have been considered "inappropriate" and "harmful for consumers".
Procon is already investigating several LAN centers in the state, and starting yesterday, seventeen have been notified. According to Procon, these games have to be deleted from every computer, otherwise the owner will have to pay a daily fine of almost $3,000 USD and may have his establishment being closed. In stores, all Counter-Strike and EverQuest copies have been removed from the shelves and sent to the Ministry of Justice.
"This is a big damage, because our games are original, and although Counter-Strike is old, it is the key-game of every LAN house," Lucas Tiago Bretanha Abacheri, owner of Escuderia Lan House, told UOL.com.br.
Sebastião Natal de Oliveira from the Goiás section of Procon has already stated that all server providers will be notified by Monday, although he was unable to confirm if this service has also been prohibited.
Meanwhile, Electronic Arts (EA), the official Counter-Strike distributor in Brazil, has already commented on this matter, saying: "EA has not been notified by Justice yet (...) EA is waiting for the Judicial notification to take the appropriate measures."
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| Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:53 pm |
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ApoKolypse
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Joined: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:00 am Posts: 8388 Location: London
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Damn, Deepslit's screwed.
_________________Jonn "ApoKolypse" Leonard www.twitch.tv/45Bananas
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| Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:59 pm |
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AngryKitten
Lazer Jesus
Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 8983 Location: Georgia
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I know they'll never see this, but...
that Brazilian CS:S server that banned me for "hacking" can suck my diiiiiiiiiick twice now.
_________________ I got a sex change.
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| Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:18 pm |
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qwned
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Joined: Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 1770 Location: Maryland
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What the F*CK will MiBR do now that their esport is banned in their home country? LoL
_________________CorpseHumper wrote: lol negro fund.
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| Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:51 pm |
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Spyda
Game Server Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 5609 Location: Yo mama's room, Bitch!
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I don't think they'll stop playing..
_________________ icemaN: i was droppin wards like they were turds
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| Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:18 pm |
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Deepslit
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Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:00 pm Posts: 2103 Location: Tampa, FL
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ApoKolypse wrote: Damn, Deepslit's screwed.
Pray for me  pointBLANK Deepslit
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| Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:01 pm |
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ApoKolypse
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Joined: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:00 am Posts: 8388 Location: London
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lmfao.
God damnit that's just funny.
_________________Jonn "ApoKolypse" Leonard www.twitch.tv/45Bananas
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| Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:39 am |
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