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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 25, 2013 23:43:02 GMT -5
If Monopoly was realistic, all the squares would be either "Corporate Tax Avoidance" or "Foreclosure"
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 25, 2013 23:43:56 GMT -5
In the context of the game, why would the player be going to jail anyway? Are we to assume someone discovered some mob connections in awarding the contracts for the construction of the houses and hotels? As the original game is based off of Atlantic city... yes
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Jul 26, 2013 2:58:32 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever finished a game of Monopoly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 8:05:15 GMT -5
Please, compared to Baltic Ave, Jail is a paradise Compared to landing one space further and having to shell out $1,275 for a hotel stay at Pacific Avenue, I'll take jail, thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 10:34:38 GMT -5
So... where do you go, then?
"Go to The Empty Space?"
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 26, 2013 10:41:55 GMT -5
So... where do you go, then? "Go to The Empty Space?" "go to Club Fed".
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Post by Lancers on Jul 26, 2013 11:00:50 GMT -5
well, real corporate magnates never go to jail for anything either, so I guess it's just more realistic this way :) You have NO idea how badly I wanted to make this post the second I saw this thread. Kudos to you good sir.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 26, 2013 11:02:39 GMT -5
well, real corporate magnates never go to jail for anything either, so I guess it's just more realistic this way You have NO idea how badly I wanted to make this post the second I saw this thread. Kudos to you good sir. I was kinda stunned when I saw how many "likes" that got. board record?
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Post by Arrow on Jul 26, 2013 11:06:26 GMT -5
Please, compared to Baltic Ave, Jail is a paradise Compared to landing one space further and having to shell out $1,275 for a hotel stay at Pacific Avenue, I'll take jail, thank you. I was going to make a similar comment. Anyone who's played Monopoly long enough will often get to a point where every piece of property has been bought, and people start adding houses and hotels to them, meaning that you end up paying ridiculous amounts of money every time you land on it. And because by this point, everyone owns something, it gets difficult not to hit a property that belongs to someone else. Jail becomes very useful in that it can save you for a couple turns.
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Post by Lancers on Jul 26, 2013 11:07:54 GMT -5
You have NO idea how badly I wanted to make this post the second I saw this thread. Kudos to you good sir. I was kinda stunned when I saw how many "likes" that got. board record? I saw someone get like 30 likes for a post in the "Just Met a Mark" thread over in Current. Most I've seen.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Jul 26, 2013 11:08:42 GMT -5
The Monopoly FB page just made a post saying that Jail has not been removed from ANY Monopoly game. I saw this new version of the shelves at Toys R Us yesterday but didn't notice if Jail was missing or not.
EDIT: If you Google and image of this game you can clearly see the Jail space is still there. Seems whoever wrote this article didn't do any research.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jul 26, 2013 12:11:59 GMT -5
From another article: "Parents and children tell us they want a quick in-and-out, frictionless gaming experience," Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president of marketing at Hasbro, tells The Wall Street Journal. "That's the snackable component."
Who the f*** talks like this? I love reading that stuff
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jul 26, 2013 12:19:57 GMT -5
From another article: "Parents and children tell us they want a quick in-and-out, frictionless gaming experience," Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president of marketing at Hasbro, tells The Wall Street Journal. "That's the snackable component." Who the f*** talks like this? I love reading that stuff Sounds dirty....
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Post by wisdomwizard on Jul 26, 2013 12:27:05 GMT -5
The Monopoly FB page just made a post saying that Jail has not been removed from ANY Monopoly game. I saw this new version of the shelves at Toys R Us yesterday but didn't notice if Jail was missing or not. EDIT: If you Google and image of this game you can clearly see the Jail space is still there. Seems whoever wrote this article didn't do any research. The Daily Show covered this just last night. Hope they find out this was blown out of proportion because I'm certain John Oliver could come up with something really funny.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Jul 26, 2013 12:33:14 GMT -5
I'd rather play Coober Pedy anyways.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jul 26, 2013 12:51:34 GMT -5
How did they mess this report up? more and more the articles seem to be editorials rather than actual news and this "newz" wasn't even accurate
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Jul 26, 2013 13:26:52 GMT -5
They will soon have "Monopoly Classic" and will make millions off of it. Its new Coak all over again.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 26, 2013 14:27:07 GMT -5
I played Monopoly recently. I was the banker. While the game was being played, I secretly began hiding the money in my socks. When it was all gone, the other players had to hand over their money to me. Just to keep the game going for a little while longer. But I hid that too.
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