"We are esspecially impressed that you are allowed to play computergames at your school. At our school we are not allowed to play computergames anyway. But the computerrooms are not monitored, only by a security program that ensures that pupils can install nothing on the PCs. This program creates a logfile, too. We are in the eleventh grade and so we can catch a key for the computer room in the office. Lower grades need a permission of their teacher with a precise task. As you see we can use the computers everytime we want to but we mustn't do what we want to do with them. We have three computer rooms, one of them is the library. Just this week another computer room was established.
Games like Quake2 are on the index in Germany. There are two kinds of indicating games. The first way is to forbid the game for everyone. Nobody is allowed to play or even posses it.
The other way is to authorise only adults to buy and play it. These games are only sold on request. They are not advertised. In these days counter-strike is checked by the "Bundespruefstelle fuer jugendgefaehrdende Schriften" BPjS. This endangers the German counter-strike communtiy and our first pro-gaming clans like mTw (www.mymtw.de), sK(www.schroet.de). We are proud of our national counter-strike team (www.team-ger.de) which reached the second place in the European championship. The final was against Sweden. We do not think that pc games are dangerous for the minds of people but persons who haven't got a strong character can be influenced by games. This is an exception."
Martin, Stephan, Carl, Conni, Germany

"There are so many kinds of PCGames: 3Daction, strategy, quest, RPG, Tetris and etc.. I'd like to tell you about 3Daction, especially Quake2 and Counter- strike. In our school we have two computer class. One of them consist with good computers and one of this with bad. We have many computer competitions in first class (with good computers). Two years ago we have Starcraft competition. Each of participant must give 100 tenge if he want to play. […]. Next year I compete on Quake2 school competition. […].Then in that year I compete in Quake2 town competition. […]. Also I'd like to tell you about Counter- strike. I think that it is the best popular game in the world. In our town there are many competitions connected with this game.Many peoples say: 'Computer games do man stupid!!!' But I don't think so. I think that computer games make people better (not all of them but mush). Play computer games, compete, and win!"
Stepanov John, Kazakhstan

"I want to tell you about my lovely games. I like to play action, Age of Empires and other new or interesting games. I like to play Empires because it is very interesting game. At the beginning of the game comp give you task and you must do it. It is really fascinating way. You must do Sity killing your foes. If you do it you will win!"
Anton Gordeev, Kazakhstan

I know many games to play computer. I can't say you my lovely game, because all games are good. There are many games for little children in our country. They must be interesting and children need them but I haven't played these games already.
Computer's games are not interesting for me. May be we haven't good games in our country. And … I don't know. I don't play home, because it is very bad for my eyes […]."
Liliya, Kazakhstan

"I like action, simulator and economic games. In action games I like Need for speed IV, V. In economic one I like Settlers III, Roller coaster, The Sims, […].We have a lot of games of our creators. My favorite Russian game is GTA2 Description. You work in gang and you have special task in this game. For example to explosion the car or kill some foes. You are eager this action and forget all."
Gleb, Kazakhstan

"I like to play action. In our country it is more strategic games with action than other one. I like as interesting games as "il-2", "Need for speed 5", "Worms Armageddon", "Battle Zone" 1-2, "Red faction" and "Half life". Also "Dune" 2000 is interesting game too, but it is not so good than "Dune" battle for the Empire. Company that made games is EA sport, Microsoft, Art Electronic and MAXSIS. Some my friends like play "Sim Sity" and "Hospital". I don't play these games. They can't be interesting games for me."
Zhenya Pelevin, Kazakhstan

Topic: Beer

"Have you ever known the situation when you come from your work, university, you are very tired and you don't know what to do? What do you usually do?
Sleep? Watch TV? Eat? Or you prefer going to the shop to buy a beer?
Beer can be useful in different situations:
1. When you visit your friends and you can't drink wine, whiskey, vodka,
because of your health, age or other reasons, you can drink beer.
2. Your doctor says that your kidneys are ill and give you a lot of
receipts. In this situation beer can also help you.
3. You can read again the first paragraph.
There are two forms of a beer: light and dark. The differences are
not only in color, but in fortify and taste.
Also there are some forms of parking beer. You can buy beer in bottling form
(in cafe, bar, club, pub), in bottles (but some people say that in bottles
beer loses it's properties) and in tins. There are differences between
prices depending on beer's bottling. For example beer in bottles costs more
expe4ncive than beer in bottling form, but beer in bottles and beer in tins
cost approximately similarly.
There are a lot of jokes about beer. But the most popular for me expression
from one Russian film, where one of the beer's lovers said; 'Not beer ruins
the health of people, but water does it.'"
Irina Gaivoronskaya, Kazakhstan

"[…] When I read this word pleasant feelings visit my brains. […] Beer in our life is such a
thing, which helps us not to be insane in our difficult life. Our town is
reloaded by pubs of all types: some of them are very good, with pleasant
looking waitresses comfortable atmosphere but some are just sullen places.
When you for example enter the pub to relax, to forget your problems and
just to waste your time, you can see different people there: alcoholics,
middle- aged men, old women, students and so on. I think that beer helps us
to live. A lot of people think that it's a kind of harm and sooner or later
it can be the cause of alcoholism. I'm sure that's not. If you drink beer
not to be drunk not so much you won't have any problems, because beer is
like medicine, it's a poison in a large dose but it won't make you any harm
if your dose isn't large. What is, it can help your health, for example beer
cleans kidneys. Beer is also a way how to be happy when you have a bad mood
and just to fill your life with pleasant feelings."
Ibragimov Yadykar, Kazakhstan

summary of "beer":

-wide theme for discussion
-knows not much about beer
-it helps living in a insane world
-much pubs in their town
-some are very comfortable with pleasant looking waitresses
-some are just sullen places.
-when entering the pub for relax and to waste time, u see: alcoholics:
-middle- aged men
-old women
-students and so on
-many people think, it's a harm and it is causing alcoholism, but:
-he is sure that's not, because its like medicine if u drink only a bit and it's a poison in a large dose
-cleans kidneys
-beer is a way to get happy in a bad mood and fills your life with pleasant feelings.

a poem :

Dedicated to ... A Beer

Oh lovely beer, you make me sick!
>From every sip I get a hick-
up. But I don´t care
if you´ll be there.
My lovely beer!

Oh awesome beer, you make me happy!
Your name is on my favourite cappy.
You are such
a good thing. I love you so much.
My awesome beer!

Oh marvellous beer, no matter if you´re dark or light!
I´ll always drink you - day and night.
I like your taste
I´d never waste
My marvellous beer!

"hick-up - hick-up"