great strawhat, very nice to look at, irrelevant though.
i guess following a conversation is too hard for you⊠we were on the subject that buying something without knowing whats inside is gambling, i brought the kinder egg example, you said that the kinder tells you exactly what you get, but afaik its a pool of toys unless they changed it recently to a specific toy per egg⊠Maybe i should uses pictures next time?
How in the world protecting a children and raising them arent related??? Please instead of trying to treat me like im dumb think what you write, those 20 years seem more like 5 suddenly.
Seriously is this your argument? One country caves to the sjw for some political votes and somehow thatâs some sort of worldwide proof?
Going by that logic, since its not sanctioned as gambling nor illegal in 99% of the countries in the world, itâs not gambling.
Seriously, if you are going to try to make fun of me, at least TRY to have an argument.
Different products, completely unrelated, bringing that up makes absolutely no sense. Sure you buy coins to buy a specific skin, that has absolutely no correlation with a lootbox. You may prefer that, but thatâs not the point we are discussing.
Very dissapointed you had resort to turn this into some kind of trolling and âlook how smart i am using smileys to make fun of himâ, i guess that speaks volumes of who you are. Anyway, it proved you are not capable of an interesting dicussion so, have a nice day.
Lootboxes arenât necessarily gambling because the contents are predetermined when you obtain it. I mean, I guess you can say buying a ton in hopes for something good works similarly but still I donât think its gambling.
Or I can do the same as you and rally other people that believe the same to support the current way, as I have 0 problems with it, since I earn EVERYTHING by simply playing (which I was planning to do anyway when I purchased the game).
Just because you believe to be right, it does not mean you are, nor does it mean you can dismiss other peopleâs point of view (I guess I could say the same for me, haha!)
But ultimately I am supporting Blizzardâs point of view, which is the one that has the more weight in this situation. It also has supported the game and the company.
You are in your right to demand transparency in ways to obtain the skins, and Blizzard is in their right to sell their products in whichever way they please.
I donât think I know about this, care to explain?
As far as I am concerned it is, even if it has no monetary value, you still have the ability to spend money for boxes. Which is in turn akin to a slot machine, that still qualifies.
If we could only get boxes through in game means, then it wouldnât be gambling imo, but then the game would need a total overhaul as to how it works.
Gambling needs to involve money to be such a thing, what exactly do you believe you earn from slot machines? You get chips which are then exchanged for real money
Youâd have a case if you were talking about selling the account, then it would make more sense
Heâs talking about the first Summer event when you couldnât buy new stuff for coins. There was a 20+ page mega thread on the issue on the old forums.
I believe one of the main reasons people end up with gambling problems is because they keep playing hoping to finally get a payout.
In this regard Overwatch does not run the risk that a person may consider it a way to improve their financial situation and then damage their financial situation as a result.
A person would not purchase loot boxes if they had a dire financial situation however many people would put their last few dollars on a gambling bet in the hopes they can save themselves from their financial problems - In this regard Overwatch loot boxes donât run the risk of psychological manipulation or exploitation in the way traditional gambling does.
This is a difficult topic and it depends on the definition of gambling.
Gambling usually means you have a monetary gain (or loss) out of the game you are playing. In this way it is not gambling.
It does however take the mechanics of a slot machine (Random Chance, Flashing lights, sound effects) and implement it into something that you cannot get a return on when it comes to your monetary investment, this not only teaches children that they can just shove money at something to get what they want (falsely I might add) and it preys on people with addictive personalities.
I put it more akin to trading cards but you cannot trade and you donât know the odds of what you are getting.
