Do I have to agree with everything any company does or I have a mob mentality?
Disagreeing and condemning are 2 different things...
Yeah, rationality seems to be scarce these days.
Condemning? Grasping at straws mate. I said it is ridiculous. Now show me on the dolly where did that hurt you.
Constantine, The Console Poster
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
I am not the one who is trying to justify their position by comparing it to 'death threats, or harassing their employees over the phone.'
It isn't about an extent how far you are able to go with your 'dislike', it is the inability to accept an indifference that is the issue.
There is nothing ridiculous about it.
I am sorry if my post came out too personal, I guess my point was in more general tone.
I am sorry but your post came out too nothing, I don't understand you. Maybe it's my language barrier.
I think the amount of time/money required to unlock all the contents of this game is ridiculous. Why do I need to accept an indifference?
I also don't understand your position. What do you think of $2100/4500hr combo? You don't care? You think it's fine? You think it could be better? What's your take?
Constantine, The Console Poster
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
No I was asking sincerely. You meant I should accept the indifference of others towards this issue?
Constantine, The Console Poster
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
"55% of UK 25-34 year-olds switch from gambling-style games or vitual item wagering (such as skin betting in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) to real-money gambling. 80% of those who switch in The Netherlands do so because playing with real money "is more exciting."
Gaming has become not just a springboard to gambling it is gambling where the likes of loot boxes are involved. If there is a transfer process between some sort of in game credit and real money then gambling credits is gambling money.
Lets remember this is not just about loot boxes, just like real world gambling it can occur in many forms in games. If loot boxes alone are targeted, companies will seek to continue gambling in games in other forms.
By law in Belgium for a game to be considered gambling one must be able to lose one's money ( the wager)
so online casinos and more recently CS:GO item wagering is considered gambling in belgium because one can lose what they wager and walk away with nothing
in loot boxes one never walks away with nothing, one can get something undesirable, but one will always get something.
so by current law in belgium loot boxes are not gambling. . .
Very debatable. You really do end up with nothing, but some electronic data that is worthless to anyone but you. So in essence you really get nothing at all because you cannot convert it to anything of value as none of these games will let you sell it.
"55% of UK 25-34 year-olds switch from gambling-style games or vitual item wagering (such as skin betting in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) to real-money gambling. 80% of those who switch in The Netherlands do so because playing with real money "is more exciting."
Gaming has become not just a springboard to gambling it is gambling where the likes of loot boxes are involved. If there is a transfer process between some sort of in game credit and real money then gambling credits is gambling money.
Lets remember this is not just about loot boxes, just like real world gambling it can occur in many forms in games. If loot boxes alone are targeted, companies will seek to continue gambling in games in other forms.
The UK Government earned over £2 billion in 2014 from gambling alone.
I'm sure they don't care much about people getting addicted to put a stop to in game loot boxes.
The UK Government earned over £2 billion in 2014 from gambling alone.
I'm sure they don't care much about people getting addicted to put a stop to in game loot boxes.
So the UK Government is actually happy that these games are now getting kids into being more likely to gamble for real money in the future?
I don't think so, they would be more happy if they taxed it at the source.
You are talking one issue that is hitting games played by a lot of kids, so we can't just spin the gamble addiction like this is being just marketed to adults.
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
The UK Government earned over £2 billion in 2014 from gambling alone.
I'm sure they don't care much about people getting addicted to put a stop to in game loot boxes.
So the UK Government is actually happy that these games are now getting kids into being more likely to gamble for real money in the future?
I don't think so, they would be more happy if they taxed it at the source.
You are talking one issue that is hitting games played by a lot of kids, so we can't just spin the gamble addiction like this is being just marketed to adults.
The EU doesn't allow companies to have monopoly, right? Well the Finnish government owns two companies that are monopolies. First one, Alko, sells wines and liquors. Second one, Veikkaus, handles gambling.
While the defence of those monopolies are that, some of the profits are used to help alcoholics and addicts. I still find it kind of funny that one CEO of Alko got fired, just because the sales of Koskenkorva (our national vodka) went down one year.
So who knows what the governments are really happy about..
I'm not talking about that specifically, and yes that the games that do implement this gamble on loot crates do have ratings for kids (Battlefront 2 is 13 for example), hence obviously represent part of the games pop and are exposed to that.
So if I open a casino, and always give people apples when they don't win money, and put the apples as of equal value to your cost... Am I excluded from gambling regulations?
"Price is what you pay, value is what you get". Who said that? Warren Buffett
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.
Change material goods to digital and tell me how it's not gambling?
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.
Change material goods to digital and tell me how it's not gambling?
ConstantineMerus said: May I remind you again, it takes ~4500 hours or ~$2100 to unlock everything in this game. That is fucking ridiculous.
Just to be on the same page, what part about it is 'fucking ridiculous'?
1) That there are people willing to devote more spare time than you?
2) That there are people willing to devote more money than you?
3) That there is a chance you might be able to unlock everything? 4) That there is someone else the company decided to cater to? 5) That there is just someone with different opinion and perception than you? 6) That there is someone doing something without your consent?
The only ridiculous is how people do not hesitate to strip themselves off their rights....typical mob mentality...
Mob mentality lol
You really are off in your own little imaginary world.
Back when we didn't have laws or regulations, you didn't have any rights.
I am not the one who is trying to justify their position by comparing it to 'death threats, or harassing their employees over the phone.'
It isn't about an extent how far you are able to go with your 'dislike', it is the inability to accept an indifference that is the issue.
There is nothing ridiculous about it.
I am sorry if my post came out too personal, I guess my point was in more general tone.
I am sorry but your post came out too nothing, I don't understand you. Maybe it's my language barrier.
I think the amount of time/money required to unlock all the contents of this game is ridiculous. Why do I need to accept an indifference?
I also don't understand your position. What do you think of $2100/4500hr combo? You don't care? You think it's fine? You think it could be better? What's your take?
As someone who is pro legalization of Gambling its hard for me to take a stance on this one.
Loot boxes and the way gaming industry is all about nickel and diming every cent out of the customer is something i despise but at the same time I want the option to Gamble. I love playing Draft Kings fanatsy football and I wish i could just straight up bet on sporting contests outside of Vegas.
So as much as I want to see EA get spanked i don't want any of this nonsense trickling over to the other things i love that walk a fine line when it comes to gambling such as Draft Kings.
I would guess the 13 year olds don't have a credit card yet so its hard to move onto actual money gambling. But if 55% of twenty to thirty year olds are falling for this, teens won't stand a chance once they get their own card.
I do question that the percentage is so high, but even if further studies show it to be more like 20%, that's just not acceptable.
In the past gaming when you were a kid made you want to play games when you got older. Now gaming when you are a kid is going to make you more likely to gamble.
ConstantineMerus said: May I remind you again, it takes ~4500 hours or ~$2100 to unlock everything in this game. That is fucking ridiculous.
Just to be on the same page, what part about it is 'fucking ridiculous'?
1) That there are people willing to devote more spare time than you?
2) That there are people willing to devote more money than you?
3) That there is a chance you might be able to unlock everything? 4) That there is someone else the company decided to cater to? 5) That there is just someone with different opinion and perception than you? 6) That there is someone doing something without your consent?
The only ridiculous is how people do not hesitate to strip themselves off their rights....typical mob mentality...
Mob mentality lol
You really are off in your own little imaginary world.
Back when we didn't have laws or regulations, you didn't have any rights.
It's often quite humorous how some folks choose to view governments so selectively, acting as if they've done nothing but make society worse, when that completely ignores the entire reasoning such governments were created and continue to operate throughout the world in the first place.
It's often quite humorous how some folks choose to view governments so selectively, acting as if they've done nothing but make society worse, when that completely ignores the entire reasoning such governments were created and continue to operate throughout the world in the first place.
...if only you were able to sense the irony of your post.
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I am not the one who is trying to justify their position by comparing it to 'death threats, or harassing their employees over the phone.'
It isn't about an extent how far you are able to go with your 'dislike', it is the inability to accept an indifference that is the issue.
There is nothing ridiculous about it.
I am sorry if my post came out too personal, I guess my point was in more general tone.
I think the amount of time/money required to unlock all the contents of this game is ridiculous. Why do I need to accept an indifference?
I also don't understand your position. What do you think of $2100/4500hr combo? You don't care? You think it's fine? You think it could be better? What's your take?
Gaming has become not just a springboard to gambling it is gambling where the likes of loot boxes are involved. If there is a transfer process between some sort of in game credit and real money then gambling credits is gambling money.
Lets remember this is not just about loot boxes, just like real world gambling it can occur in many forms in games. If loot boxes alone are targeted, companies will seek to continue gambling in games in other forms.
I'm sure they don't care much about people getting addicted to put a stop to in game loot boxes.
I don't think so, they would be more happy if they taxed it at the source.
You are talking one issue that is hitting games played by a lot of kids, so we can't just spin the gamble addiction like this is being just marketed to adults.
The EU doesn't allow companies to have monopoly, right? Well the Finnish government owns two companies that are monopolies. First one, Alko, sells wines and liquors. Second one, Veikkaus, handles gambling.
While the defence of those monopolies are that, some of the profits are used to help alcoholics and addicts. I still find it kind of funny that one CEO of Alko got fired, just because the sales of Koskenkorva (our national vodka) went down one year.
So who knows what the governments are really happy about..
Win Apples or Money! \o/
Change material goods to digital and tell me how it's not gambling?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/As I mentioned in another post. If there's a way to infinitely open loot boxes without paying, is paying for it simply speeding up progress?
You really are off in your own little imaginary world.
Back when we didn't have laws or regulations, you didn't have any rights.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Loot boxes and the way gaming industry is all about nickel and diming every cent out of the customer is something i despise but at the same time I want the option to Gamble. I love playing Draft Kings fanatsy football and I wish i could just straight up bet on sporting contests outside of Vegas.
So as much as I want to see EA get spanked i don't want any of this nonsense trickling over to the other things i love that walk a fine line when it comes to gambling such as Draft Kings.
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I would guess the 13 year olds don't have a credit card yet so its hard to move onto actual money gambling. But if 55% of twenty to thirty year olds are falling for this, teens won't stand a chance once they get their own card.
I do question that the percentage is so high, but even if further studies show it to be more like 20%, that's just not acceptable.
In the past gaming when you were a kid made you want to play games when you got older. Now gaming when you are a kid is going to make you more likely to gamble.