you can trade/gift cool jpegs with other steam users

every other piece of this vile evil you want to regulate is 3rd party and valve has no control over it

though i am assuming you're bandwagoning against things like csgodiamonds/ebets and not just loot crates in general

I haven't signed it, I'm only giving it out because I know some people have trouble with it.

if my assumption is bad, i apollogise

i'm not looking for a debate on this.

of course you arent

you found a witch, and its time to light a pyre

I fail to see what you're getting at. I haven't signed the petition.

so, you arent promoting the petition?

For those interested sure.

As I said, if you don't agree, don't sign it.

you dont find it at all disingenuous to promote government action on a topic you admittedly are ill informed on?

I'll delete it if it bothers you this much.

I just found it interesting. I'm not ill informed, I have seen videos on the subject.

its not the content itself that bothers me

its hard to put into words

idk man, you do you

it feels like you're saying 'i dont see whats so bad about blacks' and you live in the hamptons, you dont have a dog in the fight that you're promoting

the regulation you're stumping doesnt effect you personally, and your information is from youtube videos

I play other games that bring gambling into the game.

examples?

Payday 2

like im trying to get a fix on what you consider gambling

are loot boxes gambling?

I see them as slot machines since a key costs about 1 euro and the boxes range in price, but you can end up with some pretty big "wins"

ok

see, i was misunderstanding you

If they are mated with microtrasactions, they are close to gambling. If money can be made off of the contents, it's certainly gambling.

in csgo there are actual 3rd party odds based vegas styled gambling sites

I've deleted the petition

Well, the link.

i would support the banning of loot box style play in games not rated M/PEGI 18

I have a couple dogs in this fight, but my only real issue is the way it's presented and subversively implemented in games that younger kids play.

yes, there i agree

granted i am of the belief that targeting children through marketing is fairly slimy

The petition wasn't targetting CS:GO specifically.

god only knows how much of my college fund was spent on gi joes and mutant turtles

Anyway, I'm going to go read. I have a bunch of new books to read.

I have issues with them being in full priced games as well, but not on the same grounds, it's value issue there.

games have gotten p. bad