UK Parliament committee sent report in recommended to categorize loot boxes AS gambling and to ban it for minors. Grains of sand...
Yong Yea's vid about it... links in vid for sources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKhSe6LcW-Q
Can't wait when vid games end "surprise mechanics" in games.
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Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
I know this is going to come as a shock to some of you, but the vast majority of humans don't give a Tellarite's TRIBBLE about dropboxes in video games, and aren't even aware that STO is a thing. They're not champing at the bit to free us of the tyranny of boxes full of unnecessary fluff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bir449_wK3A
My character Tsin'xing
I needed a good laugh.
The only way to prevent children from making unnecessary purchases in any online game is:
for their parents to properly supervise said children.
I know, right? This is such a dangerously radical idea. Who knew having children would require one to guide and teach them for the first part of their life? Isn't this what a government is supposed to do? Why'd we elect those losers if they're not gonna teach our kids right from wrong?
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
Tell that to the parents of the kid who spent $10k of his parents money on microtransactions.
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
I have to lookup the video for it but I think it was a couple years ago when this happened. The parents didn't get a refund either I don't think. You know that kid got grounded for life after that....
My character Tsin'xing
Agreed. EA version of lockboxes should be nuked from Orbit. However other games boxes like STO and similar are not bad at all. Evertything is optional, not needed for gameplay. It's a nice to have. Also, while it might take you a while, you can grind ingame to get the necessary resources to get the items.
I find it more likely that some MMO's would get pulled altogether if lootboxes and their equivalents would be banned because their whole monetization depends on those gambles.
I'm still not against some sort of enforcement or ban on these. I'm also sure that a good amount of kids who were "manipulated" actually knew what they were doing. It's easy for them to convince naive or less educated parents that they did not know.
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It would sure mean a huge drop in prices on the Exchange, but that would be acceptable IMO.