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Accolades for gambling is just wrong !!!

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Don't get me wrong, I like the new minigame of Dabo, but I also think that it is pretty irresponsible of Cryptic to have award's for how much you have spent & won on gambling with levels of 1000, 10000 and the epic 100,000 credits. Ethics aside, with people gambling large amounts of ec's away they also need to (if it already hasn't been implemented) have a way to cash in your Latinum for Ec's or you will see a rise in people buying credits from gold farmers to make up for the losses.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    100,000 credits isn't what I would really call epic.......


    .:rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    there are so many EC in this game i could give 100'000 credits away and never miss them.

    if some people want to risk real money for fake money that might never arrive via a goldseller then they will have done so already by spending their money on ships, anomalies, the exchange etc. adding dabo accolades wont change anything.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    Don't get me wrong, I like the new minigame of Dabo, but I also think that it is pretty irresponsible of Cryptic to have award's for how much you have spent & won on gambling with levels of 1000, 10000 and the epic 100,000 credits. Ethics aside, with people gambling large amounts of ec's away they also need to (if it already hasn't been implemented) have a way to cash in your Latinum for Ec's or you will see a rise in people buying credits from gold farmers to make up for the losses.

    They put in a cap for how much you can bet per round of Dabo.

    EC are cheap to come buy. Just one PvP match at Rear Admiral will net 14k+ credits - enough for 8 rounds of PvP to equal that max accolade.

    Don't panic - math and reason have saved the day again!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    It's not so much the money factor, its that they are REWARDING GAMBLING, which I find moraly wrong on Cryptics part.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    It's not so much the money factor, its that they are REWARDING GAMBLING, which I find moraly wrong on Cryptics part.

    and killing people isn't? lol its a game... play it or leave it
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    Don't get me wrong, I like the new minigame of Dabo, but I also think that it is pretty irresponsible of Cryptic to have award's for how much you have spent & won on gambling with levels of 1000, 10000 and the epic 100,000 credits. Ethics aside, with people gambling large amounts of ec's away they also need to (if it already hasn't been implemented) have a way to cash in your Latinum for Ec's or you will see a rise in people buying credits from gold farmers to make up for the losses.

    We get Accolades for gambling!?! THATS HILARIOUSLY AWESOME!!! :D:D:D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Whats wrong with gambling?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    It's not so much the money factor, its that they are REWARDING GAMBLING, which I find moraly wrong on Cryptics part.

    ethics is such a relative concept. how many people have you killed in the game, how many times have you been reward for blowing up a certain number of starships, or violated someone's territory.

    its just a game, dont over think it. its not going to corrupt our civilization
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    It's not so much the money factor, its that they are REWARDING GAMBLING, which I find moraly wrong on Cryptics part.
    I thought you stated ethics aside.

    If it's not a money in this post and not ethics in your original post, then what? :rolleyes:

    Honestly, committing genocide and basically killing a few million people by Rear Admiral should raise more eyebrows than the this topic.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    Don't get me wrong, I like the new minigame of Dabo, but I also think that it is pretty irresponsible of Cryptic to have award's for how much you have spent & won on gambling with levels of 1000, 10000 and the epic 100,000 credits. Ethics aside, with people gambling large amounts of ec's away they also need to (if it already hasn't been implemented) have a way to cash in your Latinum for Ec's or you will see a rise in people buying credits from gold farmers to make up for the losses.

    in real life you gamble without you knowing about it .... is that inmorale too?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Aeleys wrote:
    and killing people isn't? lol its a game... play it or leave it

    agreed, moving on.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    and you find nothing disturbing about killing 1000 Romulans Accolade?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    It's not so much the money factor, its that they are REWARDING GAMBLING, which I find moraly wrong on Cryptics part.

    Just out of interest, who cares... its a game... its not really an ethical forum and nobody on STO is going to develop a gambeling addiction to Dabo
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Rewarding gambling with a pittance of fictional money that carries absolutely zero real world benefit to the players? Fake cash which isn't really all that useful even within the game itself?

    Cryptic has unleashed Gamblor and we must be freed from the grips of his neon claws!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Pogmahone wrote:
    Whats wrong with gambling?

    No doubt. Life itself is pretty much one big gamble. Shoot some people "gamble" with their life and others for that matter every day and even get paid to do so. :cool:

    Hmmmm.... the OP reference to the religious morality maxim of "gambling is a sin" or some similar paradigm is rather provincial. Oh well money, chips, lives -etc... it really is all the same. What matters is the value one places on things and that of course is highly subjective to be sure. :D

    It is like the great JTK once said, "risk is our business" and gambling is all about knowing the risk is it not?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    saje wrote: »
    Don't get me wrong, I like the new minigame of Dabo, but I also think that it is pretty irresponsible of Cryptic to have award's for how much you have spent & won on gambling with levels of 1000, 10000 and the epic 100,000 credits. Ethics aside, with people gambling large amounts of ec's away they also need to (if it already hasn't been implemented) have a way to cash in your Latinum for Ec's or you will see a rise in people buying credits from gold farmers to make up for the losses.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    This post has been edited to remove content which violates the Cryptic Studios Forum Usage Guidelines ~GM Tiyshen
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I can see it now, RA's lining the walls of Sol Starbase all begging for a few EC, all with stories of gambling away their EC, their personal items and weapons, their ships items and eventually the ships themselves, and finally lowering themselves to selling their boffs to the orion syndicate only to lose and be kicked out after unsuccesfully offering one of their costume slots.

    You'll give them money only to have them slink back to deep space nine in the cargo section of a hired danube runabout and gamble that away too.

    It truly is a good time to be Ferengi!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Lets not turn this into a religion bashing session please. I am catholic and I couldnt care less about a gamblers table in a game.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Cormoran wrote: »
    I can see it now, RA's lining the walls of Sol Starbase all begging for a few EC, all with stories of gambling away their EC, their personal items and weapons, their ships items and eventually the ships themselves, and finally lowering themselves to selling their boffs to the orion syndicate only to lose and be kicked out after unsuccesfully offering one of their costume slots.

    You'll give them money only to have them slink back to deep space nine in the cargo section of a hired danube runabout and gamble that away too.

    It truly is a good time to be Ferengi!

    ROFL!!!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    100,000 credits isn't what I would really call epic.......


    .:rolleyes:

    Seriously. I can make 100k in a few minutes easily.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Don't we also get accolades for all the enemies we kill?
    But accolades for gambling is irresponsible?
    Priorities, they are backwards.
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