Going full retard in favor of gambling isn’t a good look. The legalization of all of this has been one of democrats biggest wins and half of it was sponsored and pushed by republicans. Is James a moron targeting one company, sure. Is it just a money grab, probably. However, pretending this shit isn’t rampant and hasn’t been targeting kids for 20 years now is just full retard. Are you going to cry about pornhub pulling out of Florida because they required age verification next?
Yeah no, gotta say I think colluding with the reds for almost a century, collapsing the economy four times, selling nuclear weapons to the Chinese, flooding the country with hostile foreigners and legalizing a faggoty mockery of the sacrament of marriage are their biggest wins, not whether people can trade digital macguffins.
You’re reducing this to make it seem absurd, which is very boring of you. When the country becomes Las Vegas is that a win for conservatives? By your argument the slow march was not a big deal either, right?
you think numbing and neuroticizing the populace with a grave addiction from a young age has nothing to do with them being able to do everything else you mentioned?
No I think putting poison in the water, injecting them with chemicals from birth, and aggressively proselytizing sexual degeneracy has far more to do with it.
And I say that as a man with five children so far.
Playing is not a grave addiction. Fun is not a grave addiction. Lack of self control is a moral failure. Much like gun control advocates you're incorrectly conflating the means of something as being the problem itself, when in reality it's a people problem.
Such people would, and do, fall into any hole they can find. The particulars of the hole are irrelevant.
Without even looking at the article or knowing which game this is about, I would say that if the game pushes methods to earn the currency used to get the lootboxes by spending real world money, then yes, a case for gambling could be made. At the very least, it is definitely purposefully predatory.
So you’re okay with kids sports betting and flat out gambling in casinos right? Just say it.
This is the equivalent of you screeching because states require age verification for porn. Are you mad the 12 year olds can’t get onto pornhub any more as well?
This isn't about gambling at all. This is about hurting Valve by any means possible. There is a global ongoing attack on Valve because they allow players to have a voice. Valve allows refunds, Valve allows discussions, and Valve demands AI slop disclosure. That cannot be allowed to stand, because all of your money belongs to the megacorporations. You must be in debt at all times.
It’s about gambling in so far that valve does have a loot box market. I agree the only reason they’re only going after valve isn’t because of the gambling aspect. However, loot boxes have been targeted for a long time for child gambling.
If they gave a single shit about gambling, they'd be going after actual gambling companies putting targetted ads in children's content (youtube, instagram, tiktok).
Going full retard in favor of gambling isn’t a good look. The legalization of all of this has been one of democrats biggest wins and half of it was sponsored and pushed by republicans. Is James a moron targeting one company, sure. Is it just a money grab, probably. However, pretending this shit isn’t rampant and hasn’t been targeting kids for 20 years now is just full retard. Are you going to cry about pornhub pulling out of Florida because they required age verification next?
Yeah no, gotta say I think colluding with the reds for almost a century, collapsing the economy four times, selling nuclear weapons to the Chinese, flooding the country with hostile foreigners and legalizing a faggoty mockery of the sacrament of marriage are their biggest wins, not whether people can trade digital macguffins.
You’re reducing this to make it seem absurd, which is very boring of you. When the country becomes Las Vegas is that a win for conservatives? By your argument the slow march was not a big deal either, right?
I'm not, your fixation on this miniscule issue is just silly.
Sure, if you just didn't listen to a single word I said anyway.
Yeah gambling was banned by western society for centuries dating back to before and including Rome because its impact is minuscule. Great logic there!
you think numbing and neuroticizing the populace with a grave addiction from a young age has nothing to do with them being able to do everything else you mentioned?
No I think putting poison in the water, injecting them with chemicals from birth, and aggressively proselytizing sexual degeneracy has far more to do with it.
And I say that as a man with five children so far.
Playing is not a grave addiction. Fun is not a grave addiction. Lack of self control is a moral failure. Much like gun control advocates you're incorrectly conflating the means of something as being the problem itself, when in reality it's a people problem.
Such people would, and do, fall into any hole they can find. The particulars of the hole are irrelevant.
If loot boxes are “gambling” so are trading cards. Fuck off with this nanny-state BS
Without even looking at the article or knowing which game this is about, I would say that if the game pushes methods to earn the currency used to get the lootboxes by spending real world money, then yes, a case for gambling could be made. At the very least, it is definitely purposefully predatory.
It’s counter-strike (mostly, this dumb bitch is also complaining about TF2 and dota).
The “loot boxes” are free from playing. You spend real money on a key. The items you receive have no cash value beyond the secondary resale market.
How is this any different from trading cards?
Well, in that case, I see no issue with it and agree with you.
Physical product is the only legal difference. Are you trying to pretend trading cards aren’t intentionally predatory either?
“If gambling is gambling then the other gambling is gambling too!”
And? Are we pretending trading cards weren’t gambling simply because the government said buying physical product isn’t gambling?
Ok so you want the government to ban baseball cards too.
Anything else you want the government to do? Wipe your ass maybe? Fuck your wife?
So you’re okay with kids sports betting and flat out gambling in casinos right? Just say it.
This is the equivalent of you screeching because states require age verification for porn. Are you mad the 12 year olds can’t get onto pornhub any more as well?
This isn't about gambling at all. This is about hurting Valve by any means possible. There is a global ongoing attack on Valve because they allow players to have a voice. Valve allows refunds, Valve allows discussions, and Valve demands AI slop disclosure. That cannot be allowed to stand, because all of your money belongs to the megacorporations. You must be in debt at all times.
It’s about gambling in so far that valve does have a loot box market. I agree the only reason they’re only going after valve isn’t because of the gambling aspect. However, loot boxes have been targeted for a long time for child gambling.
The difference is there is no real currency involved, selling on the marketplace only returns store credit.
“The difference is there’s no real currency aside from the currency they use to allow you to buy things”
That and they can easily load up accounts with multiple game gift purchases and sell those, because magically, it’s a currency.
If they gave a single shit about gambling, they'd be going after actual gambling companies putting targetted ads in children's content (youtube, instagram, tiktok).
Republicans won't crack down on gambling. It makes Jews too much money.