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.
there is a guaranteed payout (you bought “a pack of cards” and you got “a pack of cards”). The exact same scenario applies to loot boxes
alternative value/functional use (you can play Pokémon with your Pokémon cards as opposed to just reselling them). The exact same scenario applies to loot boxes/skins
no cash payouts. All “cash value” resides in the secondary market. Again, the EXACT SAME SCENARIO APPLIES TO LOOTBOXES.
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?
So you bring up two forms of gambling to convince me we should ban not-gambling?
And if you support digitalID to get on the internet you’re a fucking mongoloid who shouldn’t be here. Reddit is probably more your speed. Have you given the rothschilds your dicktip-scan so you can log back into discord yet?
Honest question. Were card packs always gambling, or were they just random? Because Garbage Pail Kids were something I remember being able to have all of them with extra to trade. Did the odds get so bad, that NOW trading cards are gambling?
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.
Hah, cheers
The Duality of Man, huh? (check the next comment below to see what I mean - or don’t, if you seek to preserve your brain cells lol)
Physical product is the only legal difference. Are you trying to pretend trading cards aren’t intentionally predatory either?
WRONG
trading cards aren’t considered gambling because:
there is a guaranteed payout (you bought “a pack of cards” and you got “a pack of cards”). The exact same scenario applies to loot boxes
alternative value/functional use (you can play Pokémon with your Pokémon cards as opposed to just reselling them). The exact same scenario applies to loot boxes/skins
no cash payouts. All “cash value” resides in the secondary market. Again, the EXACT SAME SCENARIO APPLIES TO LOOTBOXES.
Retard
“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?
So you bring up two forms of gambling to convince me we should ban not-gambling?
And if you support digitalID to get on the internet you’re a fucking mongoloid who shouldn’t be here. Reddit is probably more your speed. Have you given the rothschilds your dicktip-scan so you can log back into discord yet?
No one knows you're a dog on the internet and that's the way it should be.
If kids are getting onto sites they ought not have access to, that's a parenting issue. Full stop.
Honest question. Were card packs always gambling, or were they just random? Because Garbage Pail Kids were something I remember being able to have all of them with extra to trade. Did the odds get so bad, that NOW trading cards are gambling?