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Aesthwyr

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This is hands down one of the worst responses I have ever heard to anything ever. "Government will make all my decisions for me, I don't need a brain or to think for myself". Wow …. I actually fear for the species.

26-Nov-2019 05:16:32

Dilbert2001
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Aesthwyr said :
This is hands down one of the worst responses I have ever heard to anything ever. "Government will make all my decisions for me, I don't need a brain or to think for myself". Wow …. I actually fear for the species.

If you fear for your species because you don't like the governments and their regulations, you and your species always have the freedom to go live in a country you like... if you can ever find one that allows you to not follow their regulations. :D

26-Nov-2019 18:00:52

Thunder Rose

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Some like to compare Loot boxes to baseball cards, that I can understand. At lease TH keys don't cost say as much as 2019 Topps Dynasty Baseball cards were you only get a case of 5 boxes, were you only get 1 card per box at cost some were between, $1,630.00-2,000 depending on what card shop you buy them from.

27-Nov-2019 19:09:04 - Last edited on 27-Nov-2019 19:10:17 by Thunder Rose

Dilbert2001
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While we certainly haven't heard from governments like Belgium for close to 2 years now, we know for a fact loot boxes continue to grow in video games:

“Loot boxes” are becoming increasingly prevalent on computer video games despite rising alarm over the early exposure of children to gambling, new research suggests.

Research by academics at the University of York indicates that the prevalence of loot boxes – virtual bundles of random items exchanged for real-world money – is continuing to grow on desktop games: in the group of top games studied, the presence of loot boxes has increased from about 4% to 71% over the past nine years.

The preprinted study charts the introduction of loot boxes within the 463 most played desktop games on the site Steam from 2010 to 2019. It also reported a rise in microtransactions, where specific items are purchased, from 8% to 86%.


https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/nov/22/loot-boxes-increasingly-common-in-video-games-despite-addiction-concerns

So the presence of loot boxes in 71% of the top games don't bother any of the governments, TH is hardly a concern. Nobody can stop Natural Selection anyway.

15-Jan-2020 18:15:22

Dilbert2001
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Very bad news for TH and loot boxes haters... Washington State is considering 2 Bills HB 2720 and SB 6568 that will exclude online video games from laws covering gambling (including the judgement that made Big Fish Casino a gambling game) and shield them from all kinds of claims already filed. More similar bills are said to be in the making with the game industry behind them:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/gambling-games-lawsuit

Well, the "net" seems to be crumbling totally now. :(

29-Jan-2020 23:07:39

Dilbert2001
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Dong U Dead said :
I don't class loot boxes or TH gambling at all.

But OP among others don't seem to share your opinion.

And these bills are not just specific to loot boxes. They cover all kinds and all aspects of "gambling", including in Jagex's case, Duel Arena and the variety of Flower Games too.

30-Jan-2020 15:52:37

Bel Tiamat
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CuddleBucket said :
Been closing in for a while.
When does it close?

U think u're a wild fish, but u're a farmed fish.

U were born in the net, swimming around, completely unaware u're in the net, because u're a farmed fish.

TH is not gambling.

TH and lootboxes are like the magician taking ur money during the show and although u already bought ur ticket at the door, that's the price of seeing the trick. Dear God, please send the competition, feels like there ain't any.
I long lost count of the victories, there were just far too many.

07-Feb-2020 11:22:11

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