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Chitchat CEO slams Singapore government’s “schizophrenic” stance on gaming

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Razer CEO slams Singapore government’s “schizophrenic” stance on gaming

Yahoo 25 July 2016

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The Singaporean CEO of gaming hardware firm Razer, Tan Min-Liang, criticised the government’s “schizophrenic” approach towards the gaming industry after a minister said that the authorities will study the potential impact of Pokemon Go on society.

Speaking on Sunday (24 July), Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim told reporters at an event that the government will “study very, very carefully whatever that is brought into Singapore” and ensure that the game will not harm lifestyles here.

Pokemon Go has yet to be launched in Singapore. The wildly popular game was launched in Hong Kong on Monday (25 July), the second market in Asia after Japan last Friday (22 July).

“And if it’s really something which we should be concerned about I think MDA (the Media Development Authority) will definitely decide on what are the things we can do best, if the game is really needed here, how… we can do it in such a way that it becomes a win-win situation,” said Yaacob, according to a report by The Straits Times.

In response to the minister’s comments, Tan said in a post on his Facebook page on Monday that the government should keep an open mind when it comes to new games.

“There’s no point over-regulating in an industry you know nothing about. So slowly put down the pitchfork and walk away,” Tan said.

Tan also pointed to the contradiction of how the government wants to support the gaming industry and yet has banned several gaming titles for various reasons in the past. He added that the gaming industry is now the “biggest medium for creative expression.”

“No one’s going to be creative in a place where you’re going to arbitrarily ban games because it offends some of your sensitivities because you’re still living in the 19th century,” Tan said.



 

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there will be loss of productivity and procreativity for sure. even japs are abandoning work in droves last friday, first time in their history. for sg, sinkies will collide, crash, run into traffic, wander into reservoirs, drown themselves and join the bedok reservoir orgy of suiciders (bros) as a lifetime member. it is thus not unfathomable for gov to assess public safety impacts before approving it, just like japan did for over 3 months. heck, the beta was tested in japan for months since q1. but if this were to be a gov pet project via temasick investment, it would have been launched on day one. :wink:

"Japanese authorities have also released safety guidelines to coincide with the game's launch. They remind players to be careful of heat stroke, to prepare extra batteries, check the weather forecast and to refrain from playing while walking, especially in dangerous areas like train platforms." cnn.
 
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With Pap in charge, sinkieland will always be mediocre at best.

Given a choice, talented people will never want to stay in a nanny state constantly being told what is good for them or not
 

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there will be loss of productivity and procreativity for sure. even japs are abandoning work in droves last friday, first time in their history. for sg, sinkies will collide, crash, run into traffic, wander into reservoirs, drown themselves and join the bedok reservoir orgy of suiciders (bros) as a lifetime member. it is thus not unfathomable for gov to assess public safety impacts before approving it, just like japan did for over 3 months. heck, the beta was tested in japan for months since q1. but if this were to be a gov pet project via temasick investment, it would have been launched on day one. :wink:

"Japanese authorities have also released safety guidelines to coincide with the game's launch. They remind players to be careful of heat stroke, to prepare extra batteries, check the weather forecast and to refrain from playing while walking, especially in dangerous areas like train platforms." cnn.

It is a fad that will soon pass. Ban for what?
 

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Mr Tan is a business man, he KPKB because he is protecting his business interest.

PAP as the gov need to look at the impact on society, so Mr Tan should also put away his pitchfork and walk away from something he know nothing about.
 

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there will be loss of productivity and procreativity for sure. even japs are abandoning work in droves last friday, first time in their history. for sg, sinkies will collide, crash, run into traffic, wander into reservoirs, drown themselves and join the bedok reservoir orgy of suiciders (bros) as a lifetime member. it is thus not unfathomable for gov to assess public safety impacts before approving it, just like japan did for over 3 months. heck, the beta was tested in japan for months since q1. but if this were to be a gov pet project via temasick investment, it would have been launched on day one. :wink:

"Japanese authorities have also released safety guidelines to coincide with the game's launch. They remind players to be careful of heat stroke, to prepare extra batteries, check the weather forecast and to refrain from playing while walking, especially in dangerous areas like train platforms." cnn.

Japs were forced to take saturday off by ronald reagan. After episode, japan was never the same again.
 

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Japs were forced to take saturday off by ronald reagan. After episode, japan was never the same again.

instead of either taking saturday off or work half a day on saturday, factories in japan compromised with 2 full saturdays per month which essentially means half a saturday per week. for months with 5 saturdays which are rare it's also 2 saturdays per month giving japs 1 "big" saturday off.
 

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This problem can easily resolved by 3 parties comprising. Ceo pay pappy kopi $. Ceo charge the players fees. Player pay and pay and play till song song.
Win win win solutions .
 

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If i discover pokemon under the skirt or between cleavage, i want to capture, will the female sues me?:biggrin:

If there is pokemon in lao lee coffin, can open up coffin?:biggrin:
 

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With Pap in charge, sinkieland will always be mediocre at best.

Given a choice, talented people will never want to stay in a nanny state constantly being told what is good for them or not

that's why this place would always be a nanny state and its citizens cry babies. even a video game or pokemon they wnat to regulate and monitor. really childish. if people want to play the game and ends up killing themselves so be it. Accidents are nature way of getting rid of such farked up clumsy idiotic people. that's why this place is going down and down due to sheer stupidity and its whining people.
 

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that's why this place would always be a nanny state and its citizens cry babies. even a video game or pokemon they wnat to regulate and monitor. really childish. if people want to play the game and ends up killing themselves so be it. Accidents are nature way of getting rid of such farked up clumsy idiotic people. that's why this place is going down and down due to sheer stupidity and its whining people.

They kill themselves thats their privilege but if they kill others in the process then how?
 

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If i discover pokemon under the skirt or between cleavage, i want to capture, will the female sues me?:biggrin:

If there is pokemon in lao lee coffin, can open up coffin?:biggrin:

Valid question. Well if that female is also a pokeman player most likely answer is yes but ask permission first.
As for Lao Lee no way as corpse can't player pokeman
 
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