Monopoly is going to use FUCKING DEBIT CARDS WTF?

[xnikki118x]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1228653,00.html

Mayfair? Put It On The Card

Updated: 17:06, Monday July 24, 2006
Monopoly board game players can now pay for properties with debit cards.
Game makers Parker have phased out the standard multi-coloured cash in a new version.

Players will instead use a Visa mock debit card to keep track of how much they win or lose.

It is inserted into an electronic machine where the banker taps in cardholders' earnings and payments.

Parker said replacing of cash with plastic showed the game was moving with the times.

Spokesman Chris Weatherhead said: "The new electronic Monopoly reflects the changing nature of society and the advancement of technology."

The new version follows a YouGov survey of 2,056 adults which showed 70% used cash less often than they did a decade ago.

It is part of an international deal between Parker and finance giant Visa, which designed the mock debit card and its electronic machine.

Monopoly Here and Now Electronic Banking costs around £24.99, compared to £12.99 for the standard "cash" version.

My childhood is ruined.

[Ichirou]

Keep your original version, it'll be worth money someday.  REAL money, not monopoly money. 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

old (look at the publication date of that story)

[brawndolicious]

this would make bidding wars for properties so much more boring.

[drozmight]

debit cards

[xnikki118x]

Keep your original version, it'll be worth money someday.  REAL money, not monopoly money. 

I plan to keep it because this new one sucks!

old (look at the publication date of that story)

Sorry.

this would make bidding wars for properties so much more boring.

Absolutely.

debit cards

My bad.

[drozmight]

you're bad




Yeah this is weird.

I'll hang on to my Star Wars Monopoly set because it has a Star Destroyer. Dun duh dunnnn dun duh dunnnnnn.

[xnikki118x]

I'll hang on to my Star Wars Monopoly set because it has a Star Destroyer. Dun duh dunnnn dun duh dunnnnnn.

[The Sceneman]

I saw Nintendo Monopoly at a shop a few weeks ago, and it looked cool

[DJ_Tet]

Star Wars Monopoly was a cool set, I liked the pewter playing pieces 

[abrader]

Fukk all that - bring  out the game of "life" - those little plastic hills and endless scenairos make it a great thing. Remember the little plastic cars - remember when you have kids they ride in the backseat?

[Mupepe]

Monopoly is the best stoner game.  it's also the best game to play with a woman.  women who play monopoly turn me on and i don't know why.  but  i see them counting cash (yeah, i know, not anymore wtf?) and rolling the dice and picking up cards and i just want to grab their hand and say "baby, let me buy the boardwalk for you " and then we get married forevur.

[Mr. Gundam]

Wait a second, if they add debit cards, you cant secretly swipe extra cash every so often... 

[Saint Cornelius]

it's also the best game to play with a woman.

no, the best game to play with a woman is either Hide The Sausage or Motorboat.

[brawndolicious]

Wait a second, if they add debit cards, you cant secretly swipe extra cash every so often... 

you also can't hide your $500's under the board.  and do you know how complicated it's going to be to set up the complicated bids where you have to buy things in sets so that you can make sure you're opponents don't have monopolies but still don't have money?

[FlameOfCallandor]

Does BoA still rape you sideways when you overdraft your purchase of Marvin  Gardens?

[The Sceneman]

lol wut

[Yeti]

Marvin Gardens was my favorite property because it sounds so ridiculous. I also liked the railroads.

[brawndolicious]

Everybody wanted the fucking railroads.  You could easily sell it for $1000 if you were good at the game.