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19-Sep-2019 16:12:50

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2006

Dilbert2001

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Fake moons said :
Any half decent lawyers would have advised Jagex to admit they don't know how their old players are as they don't have any age verification.

Get your half decent lawyers to tell Jagex a thing then. In fact their lawyers had talked with the Authorities for over about 200 hours last year according to what Jagex told the UK DCMS.

19-Sep-2019 16:14:40

Jan

2003

Tuffty

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@Fake moons

If you can't call someone by their chosen RuneScape name then don't post a shortened name to cause upset or distress. Several posts removed for not using their proper name.

@Dilbert2001

If you stopped replying to them they would stop posting. You are giving them exactly what they want and thats a reaction. Best to ignore trolls as all they want is a reaction. Several of your posts too were removed due to you quoting a name you didn't want called. Comprehensive Account Security

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19-Sep-2019 16:18:05 - Last edited on 19-Sep-2019 16:18:54 by Tuffty

Fake moons

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Tuffty said :
@Fake moons

If you can't call someone by their chosen RuneScape name then don't post a shortened name to cause upset or distress. Several posts removed for not using their proper name.

@Dilbert2001

If you stopped replying to them they would stop posting. You are giving them exactly what they want and thats a reaction. Best to ignore trolls as all they want is a reaction. Several of your posts too were removed due to you quoting a name you didn't want called.

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19-Sep-2019 16:28:20

Fake moons

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Dilbert2001 said :
Fake moons said :
Any half decent lawyers would have advised Jagex to admit they don't know how their old players are as they don't have any age verification.

Get your half decent lawyers to tell Jagex a thing then. In fact their lawyers had talked with the Authorities for over about 200 hours last year according to what Jagex told the UK DCMS.

“It is of serious concern that there is simply no effective system in place to keep children off age-restricted platforms and games. The reactive way in which platforms are dealing with this problem further highlights the problems of online industries rolling out products without considering, or mitigating against, their potential adverse effects on users.”

I feel like they get it

19-Sep-2019 16:37:43

Fake moons

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“Data on how long people play games for is essential to understand what normal and healthy–and, conversely, abnormal and potentially unhealthy–engagement with gaming looks like. Games companies collect this information for their own marketing and design purposes; however, in evidence to us, representatives from the games industry were wilfully obtuse in answering our questions about typical patterns of play.”

19-Sep-2019 16:38:22

Fake moons

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“We recommend that loot boxes that contain the element of chance should not be sold to children playing games, and instead in-game credits should be earned through rewards won through playing the games. In the absence of research which proves that no harm is being done by exposing children to gambling through the purchasing of loot boxes, then we believe the precautionary principle should apply and they are not permitted in games played by children until the evidence proves otherwise.”

19-Sep-2019 16:39:30

Fake moons

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“The games industry’s emphasis on player choice does not acknowledge the way in which many games use random reward mechanisms that have been scientifically proven to create repetitive behaviours, and the effect that this might have on the meaningful exercise of choice. Moreover, the reluctance to discuss engagement metrics or to acknowledge the psychological impact of core design principles in evidence to us suggests that highly-skilled designers either do not know the data and psychological studies and strategies that underpin their industry or, what is more likely, do not feel comfortable admitting it in a public forum. For an industry generating such high revenues from so many millions of players worldwide, that lack of transparency is unacceptable.”

19-Sep-2019 16:40:13

Fake moons

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“We consider loot boxes that can be bought with real-world money and do not reveal their contents in advance to be games of chance played for money’s worth. The Government should bring forward regulations under section 6 of the Gambling Act 2005 in the next parliamentary session to specify that loot boxes are a game of chance. If it determines not to regulate loot boxes under the Act at this time, the Government should produce a paper clearly stating the reasons why it does not consider loot boxes paid for with real-world currency to be a game of chance played for money’s worth.”

19-Sep-2019 16:40:41

Jun

2006

Dilbert2001

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I certainly endorse DCMS's recommendation on Parental Control and better Age Verification procedures for all social media and video games through voluntary levies (better known as self-regulations) in order to better identiies the real children and trolls pretended to be children who indeed are harming the entire online community.

Let all the social media and Platforms implement a top level parental control system like what Japan and South Korea are doing so parents have control on what social media and games their children can access. But on the other hand LAWS also require the parents to take full responsibility of their children's access and payments. They can't blame it on the social media and games.

19-Sep-2019 16:46:33 - Last edited on 19-Sep-2019 16:46:55 by Dilbert2001

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