Monopoly getting rid of paper money, to use Visa.

[LordJezo]

<p><a target="_self" href="http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1228653,00.html?f=rss">It's the end of an era.</a><br /></p><p><strong>Monopoly board game players can now pay for properties with debit cards.</strong></p><p><strong>Game makers Parker have phased out the standard multi-coloured cash in a new version.</strong></p> <p><strong>Players will instead use a Visa mock debit card to keep track of how much they win or lose.</strong></p><p><strong>It is inserted into an electronic machine where the banker taps in cardholders' earnings and payments.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Anyone else think this stinks? One of the things everyone loved about the game was the cash, it's pretty much a pop culture icon at this point. And it's not even going to be a Mr. Moneybags brand gizmo either, the Visa label is right on there, product placement is taking over.</p><p>This is sadness. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by LordJezo on 7-25-06 @ 8:01 AM</span>

[Yerdaddy]

I'd like to see a version of Monopoly that uses aborted fetuses as currency.

[OGC]

<font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3">And people wonder why the youth of today are so stupid. Thanks to velcro they don't need to tie their $200 sneakers and now there is one less reason for kids to learn how to count and deal with money.</font>

[Dougie Brootal]

<p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Yerdaddy</strong> wrote:<br />I'd like to see a version of Monopoly that uses aborted fetuses as currency.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by douggrasso on 7-25-06 @ 9:42 AM</span>

[Jujubees2]

<strong>richg0404</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3">And people wonder why the youth of today are so stupid. Thanks to velcro they don't need to tie their $200 sneakers and now there is one less reason for kids to learn how to count and deal with money.</font> <p><font size="2">Now come on.&nbsp; I bet our parents said the same thing when we started using calculators.&nbsp; My kids still learned math the old fashioned way at school and have no problems doing most math problems without a calculator.&nbsp; And they can use a computer better than I can.</font></p><p><font size="2">There's nothing wrong with using modern technologies.&nbsp; Besides, if you don't want to use the Visa card system, I'm sure you can still use the play money.</font></p>

[HeyGuy]

<strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1228653,00.html?f=rss" target="_self">It's the end of an era.</a><br /></p><p><strong>Monopoly board game players can now pay for properties with debit cards.</strong></p><p><strong>Game makers Parker have phased out the standard multi-coloured cash in a new version.</strong></p><p><strong>Players will instead use a Visa mock debit card to keep track of how much they win or lose.</strong></p><p><strong>It is inserted into an electronic machine where the banker taps in cardholders' earnings and payments.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyone else think this stinks? One of the things everyone loved about the game was the cash, it's pretty much a pop culture icon at this point. And it's not even going to be a Mr. Moneybags brand gizmo either, the Visa label is right on there, product placement is taking over.</p><p>This is sadness. </p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by LordJezo on 7-25-06 @ 8:01 AM</span> <p>Sounds better to me. Everytime you played monopoly the main just sucked. It was small there was too much. Now it will be much easier swipe your card and &quot;boom goes the dynamite&quot; your done!</p>

[OGC]

<strong>Jujubees2</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Now come on.&nbsp; I bet our parents said the same thing when we started using calculators.&nbsp; My kids still learned math the old fashioned way at school and have no problems doing most math problems without a calculator.&nbsp; And they can use a computer better than I can.</font></p><p><font size="2">There's nothing wrong with using modern technologies.&nbsp; Besides, if you don't want to use the Visa card system, I'm sure you can still use the play money.</font></p><p><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3">Sure they learn the math in school without calculators, but it is nice to have a little practice in the real world to reinforce the lesson. </font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" /><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3"><br />I learned a lot of things in school that I have forgotten completely because I never had a use for them. </font><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3">Anyone done any calculus lately? How much do you remember about disecting frogs ?</font></p><p><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3">If kids have an easy way to do things they will take it. My kids are forever searching the internet for cheat codes to whatever video game they are playing.</font></p>

[JPMNICK]

lets just take a minute and think what will happen when the visa cards and readers quit working. have to buy a whole new game. I still have a monopoly game from 20 years ago that I can still use.

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>I think the standard cash version of Monopoly will always be used.&nbsp; THere's 8 million different versions of the game, I think this is just one of them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The wording of the article is difficult (British Journalism, big shock), but I think the paper money version is still available.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

<p><font size="2">Now come on.&nbsp; I bet our parents said the same thing when we started using calculators.</font></p><p>When I was in school, you could get detention for being caught with the simplest of calculators. Now a scientific calculator is a requirement.</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>richg0404</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="3">And people wonder why the youth of today are so stupid. Thanks to velcro they don't need to tie their $200 sneakers and now there is one less reason for kids to learn how to count and deal with money.</font> <p>not for nothing, pretty soon none of us will be dealing with cash so i doesnt matter all that much</p><p>i hardly use cash anymore its either credit or debit and im on my way</p><p><img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[Sheeplovr]

i like to play internet monopoly all the time its the game thats fun
not the peices i like this well i wil admit i like to put the thumble
on the guy on the horse<br />

[FUNKMAN]

at least you won't have them damn old people writing checks