Bazalonia
22-03-2006, 03:02
Title: The Life Sucking Games
Validity: High unemployment and at least reasonable Welfare funding
Description: A recent survey of @@NAME@@'s unemployed have found that a staggeringly huge proportion of them waste their day by spending the vast majority of it, well the bit that they are awake, playing Computer Games. The results of the survey have come before your government. Now you have to decide what to do about it.
[option]Minister for Employment, @@RANDOMNAME@@, has an interesting Suggestion. "This is a good plan for getting people off those idiotic games, everyone who is un-employed for more than 3 months must join the Army reserves. It builds discipline, work ethic and it gets them contributing to society. This might be considered a form of conscription but something needs to be done about getting these people a job; and once they have finished their time in the Army Reserve. What employer would not want them?"
[effect]umemployed persons have the occasional 'accident' on the training field
[stats]unemployment slightly down, civil rights down, IT industry down, Defense budget up. slight tax increase
[option]@@RANDOMNAME@@, head of a leading Games producer, the maker of one of the more popualar games, TooReal Tournament, states "They want to do what now? Well, how about instead we turn gaming professional? I'm sure with the governments help and advertisments we can turn these unemployed persons into sporting superstars. This will dramatically increase there self esteem, get them off welfare and off course give a big boost to gaming and the nations IT Infrastructure."
[effect]Gaming Sport stars now are more famous than more traditional sports
[option]"These people need to get off their bums and find a real job." States @@RANDOMNAME@@ the CEO of one of @@NAME@@'s biggest companies "For too long these people have been sitting around playing these games instead of looking to work. I say Ban MMORPG's.. or at least stop welfare payments of anyone who plays them. Then they will get of their fat lazy bums and and actually lok for work. If there playing games there not looking it's that simple."
[effect]many game developers have gone out of business
[option]"What is wrong with playing games while on benefits?" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a person receiveing unemployment benefits, "though I am sick of people 'bludging' and giving us unemployed a bad-name. I think the government should set a minimum number of job applications that willl force the bludgers to go out there and do something!"
[effect]unemployed frequently get their benefits cut for not quite reaching the application target
[[option]"We need to help these people find jobs," states @@RANDOMNAME@@, an Activist for Unemployed Rights, "People can find themselves jobs, we should not let the government slam it down our throats. Just think of the self-esteem when after a long time of unemployment you find yourself a job. The government should just butt out and let these people find themselves jobs."
[effect]People leave work and start living on unemployment benefits
Validity: High unemployment and at least reasonable Welfare funding
Description: A recent survey of @@NAME@@'s unemployed have found that a staggeringly huge proportion of them waste their day by spending the vast majority of it, well the bit that they are awake, playing Computer Games. The results of the survey have come before your government. Now you have to decide what to do about it.
[option]Minister for Employment, @@RANDOMNAME@@, has an interesting Suggestion. "This is a good plan for getting people off those idiotic games, everyone who is un-employed for more than 3 months must join the Army reserves. It builds discipline, work ethic and it gets them contributing to society. This might be considered a form of conscription but something needs to be done about getting these people a job; and once they have finished their time in the Army Reserve. What employer would not want them?"
[effect]umemployed persons have the occasional 'accident' on the training field
[stats]unemployment slightly down, civil rights down, IT industry down, Defense budget up. slight tax increase
[option]@@RANDOMNAME@@, head of a leading Games producer, the maker of one of the more popualar games, TooReal Tournament, states "They want to do what now? Well, how about instead we turn gaming professional? I'm sure with the governments help and advertisments we can turn these unemployed persons into sporting superstars. This will dramatically increase there self esteem, get them off welfare and off course give a big boost to gaming and the nations IT Infrastructure."
[effect]Gaming Sport stars now are more famous than more traditional sports
[option]"These people need to get off their bums and find a real job." States @@RANDOMNAME@@ the CEO of one of @@NAME@@'s biggest companies "For too long these people have been sitting around playing these games instead of looking to work. I say Ban MMORPG's.. or at least stop welfare payments of anyone who plays them. Then they will get of their fat lazy bums and and actually lok for work. If there playing games there not looking it's that simple."
[effect]many game developers have gone out of business
[option]"What is wrong with playing games while on benefits?" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a person receiveing unemployment benefits, "though I am sick of people 'bludging' and giving us unemployed a bad-name. I think the government should set a minimum number of job applications that willl force the bludgers to go out there and do something!"
[effect]unemployed frequently get their benefits cut for not quite reaching the application target
[[option]"We need to help these people find jobs," states @@RANDOMNAME@@, an Activist for Unemployed Rights, "People can find themselves jobs, we should not let the government slam it down our throats. Just think of the self-esteem when after a long time of unemployment you find yourself a job. The government should just butt out and let these people find themselves jobs."
[effect]People leave work and start living on unemployment benefits