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    Quote Originally Posted by Rucati View Post
    Well because loot boxes aren't really gambling?

    If I go to a casino and spend $200 there's a very very high chance I walk out with nothing. If I buy $200 worth of loot boxes I'm guaranteed to get something for my money.

    Is it worth it? No, not really. But some people enjoy it and find it fun, so who cares?

    The only people who get hurt by it are people who are unable to control themselves, no reason to regulate anything because of them. If a kid is spending money then that's on the parents, why is mom giving her kid access to a credit card? Why would you even feel sorry for someone that stupid?

    Just let people spend their money how they want, and if it allows companies to make fun games for free that's a plus.
    Raffles and lotteries are still a type of gambling. Difference here is they don’t need to be transparent about how lootboxes work, namely bad luck protections. Gambling is normally regulated to protect against fraud and other crimes.

    You underestimate how easy it is for a kid to have unauthorized use of someone else’s credit card. This was such a big problem with MapleStory in the 2000s. It’s why prepaid cards exist.
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  2. #242
    Quote Originally Posted by Gaidax View Post
    Out of almost 500 million in EU alone. It's just a drop in the ocean really, that's why corps just not release it in NL/Belgium and chug along.

    Until you get into hundreds of millions in the west - EA/Actiblizz/Ubisoft/Gameforge/Whatever - they won't give a fuck. It's a simple numbers game.

    There is this bit just recently, which is actually pretty awesome - it shows that at the very least in US congress there are some people who are at least aware of this shit. So who knows, maybe there will be some regulation there eventually, but I don't hold my breath.



    As a side note the interviewer guy is so fucking cringe, either he trolls or lived in a cave last 2 decades.
    Fair, i'm not holding my breath either, but i'm a realistic pessimist: It could go right too.
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  3. #243
    Quote Originally Posted by Gaidax View Post
    There is this bit just recently, which is actually pretty awesome - it shows that at the very least in US congress there are some people who are at least aware of this shit. So who knows, maybe there will be some regulation there eventually, but I don't hold my breath.
    Wouldn't put my hopes on it, prime reason being that if ever any legislative enters the floor, the likes of Kotick already have an army of lobbyists at the ready to "convince" the representatives / senators why these things aren't an issue.

    He can say that shit now because it basically flies under the radar of the mainstream media, but the gaming industry will not have the goverment interfere into their business without them going down with a fight like any other multi billion industry.

    As long as the shit is profitable enough for the gaming industry to fund lobbyists / campaigns to keep it going, i don't expect much unless it becomes a topic that decides elections and unfortunately it's a long shot from it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dhrizzle View Post
    So just to confirm - the government should regulate what content is allowed in video games based on a "think of the children and how they effect their behaviour" argument? Or in other words, Jack Thompson was right?
    The government should regulate Loot Boxes in the same way it regulates gambling, instead of this complete Wild West going on there now. I'll take that hit to my freedumbz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kralljin View Post
    Wouldn't put my hopes on it, prime reason being that if ever any legislative enters the floor, the likes of Kotick already have an army of lobbyists at the ready to "convince" the representatives / senators why these things aren't an issue.

    He can say that shit now because it basically flies under the radar of the mainstream media, but the gaming industry will not have the goverment interfere into their business without them going down with a fight like any other multi billion industry.

    As long as the shit is profitable enough for the gaming industry to fund lobbyists / campaigns to keep it going, i don't expect much unless it becomes a topic that decides elections and unfortunately it's a long shot from it.
    Abso-fucking-lutely, that's why like reply before I said I'm not holding my breath.

    I know full well said corporations can just toss $$ at it one way or another and stall it forever. That's why in US, despite it being a superpower, you have eyebrows rising deficiencies in various social benefits that are a given in any other normal 1st world country.

    It was merely just nice to see someone there who at least is not a complete digital ignoramus like those idiots who interviewed Zuckerberg. But still I don't expect shit there - Bobby and Andrew will shoot it all down with their little army of congress goblins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matheney2k View Post
    Or you haven't. A completely ''free world'' is nothing more than a world where exploiting others is the norm.
    What do you mean by "free world" and "exploiting others"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaidax View Post
    The government should regulate Loot Boxes in the same way it regulates gambling, instead of this complete Wild West going on there now. I'll take that hit to my freedumbz.
    You can take that hit to your freedumbz right now - stop playing games with lootboxes if you think it's gambling (it's not), and that gambling is wrong (it's not, it's perfectly ok to gamble).
    All right, gentleperchildren, let's review. The year is 2024 - that's two-zero-two-four, as in the 21st Century's perfect vision - and I am sorry to say the world has become a pussy-whipped, Brady Bunch version of itself, run by a bunch of still-masked clots ridden infertile senile sissies who want the Last Ukrainian to die so they can get on with the War on China, with some middle-eastern genocide on the side

  6. #246
    Quote Originally Posted by Elim Garak View Post

    Blizzard should get:
    1. Freedom to earn money the way they want
    Then why did you waste time typing hundreds of posts whining about Blizzard removing flying from WoW?
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    At no point have I claimed people weren't getting gold from the token or that gold can not be used to acquire power.
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    p2w is not inherently unfair.

  7. #247
    On topic, the streamer in question finally got a 5-star after 22k NZD, roughly 15k USD. Then deleted their character and uninstalled while flipping off blizzard, calling it a shit game. and encouraging everyone watching to uninstall too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerot View Post
    On topic, the streamer in question finally got a 5-star after 22k NZD, roughly 15k USD. Then deleted their character and uninstalled while flipping off blizzard, calling it a shit game. and encouraging everyone watching to uninstall too.
    That’s my take away from this whole thing, these streamers are spending an assload of money just to show you how bullshit it is. If anyone is influenced by this behavior to spend that amount of money, they were goin to spend it anyway. We all know they were going to quit this game and never touch it again after a short time. I’m glad they highlighted how fucking stupid that shit is.

  9. #249
    Quote Originally Posted by Jerot View Post
    On topic, the streamer in question finally got a 5-star after 22k NZD, roughly 15k USD. Then deleted their character and uninstalled while flipping off blizzard, calling it a shit game. and encouraging everyone watching to uninstall too.
    So a fucking idiot gave Blizzard a shit ton of his money, showed pointless outrage and further reinforced the fact the microtransactions are profitable. He's not alone either, there are tons of streamers who have been dumping thousands of dollars "ironically" into the game to teach Blizzard a lesson. Because you know, Blizzard puts the millions of dollars streamers spend to teach them a lesson into a different pile from the millions people spend because they just want to. The only thing these dumbfucks are doing is delaying any chance of Blizzard toning the P2W down.

  10. #250
    Quote Originally Posted by sensei View Post
    So a fucking idiot gave Blizzard a shit ton of his money, showed pointless outrage and further reinforced the fact the microtransactions are profitable. He's not alone either, there are tons of streamers who have been dumping thousands of dollars "ironically" into the game to teach Blizzard a lesson. Because you know, Blizzard puts the millions of dollars streamers spend to teach them a lesson into a different pile from the millions people spend because they just want to. The only thing these dumbfucks are doing is delaying any chance of Blizzard toning the P2W down.
    Yeah this “dumbfuck” spent money, that he is able to right off on his taxes, that got him a ton of recognition and viewers, which also lead to money from donos and ads on his channel, all while probably coming out ahead on this whole thing.

    And you’re sitting in here on a forum calling HIM the dumb fuck for making more money in a month than you probably do in a year while playing video games.

    Yeah he’s the dumb fuck

  11. #251
    Quote Originally Posted by sensei View Post
    So a fucking idiot gave Blizzard a shit ton of his money, showed pointless outrage and further reinforced the fact the microtransactions are profitable. He's not alone either, there are tons of streamers who have been dumping thousands of dollars "ironically" into the game to teach Blizzard a lesson. Because you know, Blizzard puts the millions of dollars streamers spend to teach them a lesson into a different pile from the millions people spend because they just want to. The only thing these dumbfucks are doing is delaying any chance of Blizzard toning the P2W down.
    While the dumb people (and there are plenty) will see streamers pour in money and think they should do the same, these videos are rather educational for the smarter people, to get a glimpse of what they're getting into and walk away.
    Even if those streamers give Blizzard a few hundred thousand, that's just pocket changed compared to what they're actually cashing in from it.

  12. #252
    Quote Originally Posted by Cayde69 View Post
    Yeah this “dumbfuck” spent money, that he is able to right off on his taxes, that got him a ton of recognition and viewers, which also lead to money from donos and ads on his channel, all while probably coming out ahead on this whole thing.

    And you’re sitting in here on a forum calling HIM the dumb fuck for making more money in a month than you probably do in a year while playing video games.

    Yeah he’s the dumb fuck
    And here you are arguing with me about him not in fact being a dumbfuck, but just a worthless asshole exploiting his viewers while at the same time making the situation worse. Congratulations, where should I mail your medal?

  13. #253
    Quote Originally Posted by pinkz View Post
    saw numerous headlines on $10000 here is one link

    https://gamerant.com/diablo-immortal...ive-star-gems/

    imagine raging how stupid blizzard is concerning DI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5J_KQZrqUo

    listen carefully at beginning about how he spent money
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7mY3LdDNP0

    claims for content, used same tactic in Lost Ark, recently admitted he cheated also offline with DI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTmdHu6cSnk

    acting or not, then at times grandstanding on loot boxes. still a good example why these systems work as a 27yo man gets emotional
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbsaxvWbTo
    So? There's people already past the 100k mark.

  14. #254
    Quote Originally Posted by sensei View Post
    And here you are arguing with me about him not in fact being a dumbfuck, but just a worthless asshole exploiting his viewers while at the same time making the situation worse. Congratulations, where should I mail your medal?
    I’m not arguing a thing with you. I was telling you something.

    Also, exploiting his viewers? What? LOL

    Streamer spends his own money.

    Gets money from willing people.

    Specifically tells them NOT to play this game and showcases its predatory systems.

    And that’s exploiting his viewers? Sweetheart, sit down.
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  15. #255
    Quote Originally Posted by sensei View Post
    So a fucking idiot gave Blizzard a shit ton of his money, showed pointless outrage and further reinforced the fact the microtransactions are profitable. He's not alone either, there are tons of streamers who have been dumping thousands of dollars "ironically" into the game to teach Blizzard a lesson. Because you know, Blizzard puts the millions of dollars streamers spend to teach them a lesson into a different pile from the millions people spend because they just want to. The only thing these dumbfucks are doing is delaying any chance of Blizzard toning the P2W down.
    Or these streamers are generating a buzz to make these types of mtx illegal. Netherlands and Belgium have already determined diablo immortal is illegal. Hopefully more countries follow. I want the gaming industry to get their ass destroyed for what they have done to video games in the last 10-15 years. What could have been amazing games were ruined by greed.

    Whatever method can make MTX illegal i don't care. Just make videogames great again. Elden ring proved it is still possible.
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  16. #256
    Quote Originally Posted by GreenJesus View Post
    Or these streamers are generating a buzz to make these types of mtx illegal. Netherlands and Belgium have already determined diablo immortal is illegal. Hopefully more countries follow. I want the gaming industry to get their ass destroyed for what they have done to video games in the last 10-15 years. What could have been amazing games were ruined by greed.
    That would be the best possible outcome for this tbh. Hopefully for countries on the EU follow through and the biggest one (which I’m not sure how their laws work but I know they are cracking down in different ways) is if China came through and said fuck this, that would be MASSIVE for us. This shit needs to be extinct

  17. #257
    Quote Originally Posted by GreenJesus View Post
    Or these streamers are generating a buzz to make these types of mtx illegal. Netherlands and Belgium have already determined diablo immortal is illegal. Hopefully more countries follow. I want the gaming industry to get their ass destroyed for destroying video games with this p2w bullshit.
    Though to be fair and transparent, they're not banning them because they're p2w. If the system was all about cosmetics only they'd still ban it - they only care about how the acquisition process works, not whether the result is in-game power or in-game prestige.

    I agree that p2w is pretty shitty, but it's not the problem governments have with such games.

    I'm not sure what aside from regulation we should do about disincentivizing pw2 designs - besides the obvious vote-with-your-wallet approach, of course. Raise awareness? Raise protest? Nothing seems particularly effective, as it seems a lot of people ARE in fact fine with p2w existing. How much of that is genuine approval and how much is jaded apathy and/or willful ignorance, who can say.

  18. #258
    Quote Originally Posted by Biomega View Post
    Though to be fair and transparent, they're not banning them because they're p2w. If the system was all about cosmetics only they'd still ban it - they only care about how the acquisition process works, not whether the result is in-game power or in-game prestige.

    I agree that p2w is pretty shitty, but it's not the problem governments have with such games.

    I'm not sure what aside from regulation we should do about disincentivizing pw2 designs - besides the obvious vote-with-your-wallet approach, of course. Raise awareness? Raise protest? Nothing seems particularly effective, as it seems a lot of people ARE in fact fine with p2w existing. How much of that is genuine approval and how much is jaded apathy and/or willful ignorance, who can say.
    Vote with wallet doesn't work. There will always be a 40 year old Robby that isn't educated about the issue and will waste their money. It needs to be regulated or gaming companies will continue to exploit the 5% whales to earn 80% of the profits and make the game gigabad for the rest of the 95%.

  19. #259
    Quote Originally Posted by Jerot View Post
    On topic, the streamer in question finally got a 5-star after 22k NZD, roughly 15k USD. Then deleted their character and uninstalled while flipping off blizzard, calling it a shit game. and encouraging everyone watching to uninstall too.
    Well, that's incredibly stupid. Why would a company care that you flipped them off on stream when your dumbass already gave them thousands of dollars?

  20. #260
    Quote Originally Posted by s_bushido View Post
    Well, that's incredibly stupid. Why would a company care that you flipped them off on stream when your dumbass already gave them thousands of dollars?
    Not to mention tons of free publicity. Not necessarily good publicity but I'm pretty sure Blizzard still comes out the winner here.

    Then again, the guy understands it, what he did was for publicity as well.
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