Message from @Legiondude

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2018-08-31 12:18:41 UTC  

So Belgium just forced Activision Blizzard to remove all its loot boxes from overwatch. I want to see peoples thought on this. From what I have seen from the "Gaming Community" they see it as a win and good thing. I don't however. Thoughts

2018-08-31 12:22:59 UTC  

Even if it did effect gameplay why have governments intervention? Just boycott it like Star Wars tm Battlefront tm 2 EA tm

2018-08-31 13:12:27 UTC  

I agree it's gambling though. I'd much rather be able to choose the digital product I purchance without buying 0/? boxes with a chance of getting what I want

2018-08-31 13:12:29 UTC  

It the problem of loot boxes lies in the gray zone of gambling and that is heavy regulated in most European nations

2018-08-31 13:12:51 UTC  

I'm certain it is gambling

2018-08-31 13:13:32 UTC  

the fact that it provides no "In-game" changes is irrelevant, you are buying something because you see worth in particular skins

2018-08-31 13:14:21 UTC  

if it provided in-game advantages it wouldn't only be called **Gambling**, but it would also be labelled **Pay-to-win**

2018-08-31 13:15:04 UTC  

It gambling in all but name. It the gambling laws that are not updated to the age of loot boxes

2018-08-31 13:16:29 UTC  

Some loot boxes do give in fact game advantages. Look at fifa games where you can spend thousands of dollars and still not get the best players in the game

2018-08-31 13:16:30 UTC  

@Nordhand It __is__ definable as gambling, there just isn't any regulations as of yet against it.

2018-08-31 13:18:16 UTC  

Governments are a slow moving beast and in this case they are waiting on what the rest of governments do first

2018-08-31 13:18:30 UTC  

**Mel#2132** was cleansed from the server.

2018-08-31 13:20:14 UTC  

Is it gambling though? You can't gain anything if greater or lesser worth. If lootboxes are gambling how bout trading cards

2018-08-31 13:20:53 UTC  

well it's a tricky business; they don't want to see as the oppressor for implanting regulations, but on the other hand these businesses are just going to continue to push their luck.

Trading cards are already registered under gambling, hence **Trading**-card games

2018-08-31 13:22:11 UTC  

You can buy cards off Ebay and other marketplaces. You cant trade in **Untradable** e-content, you can only posses it by gambling your chances. @Gustavus Adolphus

2018-08-31 13:25:28 UTC  

inb4 overwatch implements *m y t h i c* skins

2018-08-31 13:27:46 UTC  

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2018-08-31 13:43:33 UTC  

So

2018-08-31 13:43:43 UTC  

Trumps approval rating just dropped 12 points

2018-08-31 13:45:22 UTC  

from what?

2018-08-31 14:13:10 UTC  

Says who?

2018-08-31 14:13:17 UTC  

Daily Wire was reporting his rating is stable at 43

2018-08-31 15:06:25 UTC  

**OvuevuvevuenyetunwevueMugbemosas#5772** was cleansed from the server.

2018-08-31 15:33:44 UTC  

Gotta love the Japanese

2018-08-31 16:15:40 UTC  

I thought they already had been

2018-08-31 16:15:58 UTC  

And people were pissed because the people who weren't posting them were claiming they were but that they were 'editing the cuts together' or some shit

2018-08-31 16:34:53 UTC  

It has evidence that Kraut was false flagged, working on the permissions

2018-08-31 16:39:55 UTC  

permissions?

2018-08-31 16:40:53 UTC  

Anyone wanna watch a religion debate at 7PM BST?

2018-08-31 16:40:55 UTC  

2 vs 2

2018-08-31 16:41:09 UTC  

how does this guy still have a fucking job?

2018-08-31 16:41:24 UTC  

I mean, for fucking real, 2014 wasn't that long ago

2018-08-31 16:49:31 UTC  

buy them all

2018-08-31 16:49:33 UTC  

fly to CA

2018-08-31 16:49:40 UTC  

still fly back with a profit

2018-08-31 16:51:31 UTC  

Like people who visit Thailand, come back to Oz and then complain about having to pay $25 for a brown packet of ciggies with a picture of a literal corpse on the packaging <:think_woke:378717098681171988>