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Re: 14000 Tokens for the Excl.-Box GL goes Crazy?

Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:58 am

Daywalker1269 wrote:

This can only be a typo. There are only fools in the GL Team. Vote for 'rez. The only normal Guy!

that's the first time i've ever been accused of being normal. i feel special now. extra special.

14k tokens is silly. personally, i don't buy any of these type of boxes. only ones i do buy - engine boxes. and because the bike parts drop rate was low, i did buy a few bike boxes. other than that, it's just SRKB and whatever comes from TLEs and MP for me.

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EA got a spanking for their Battlefront2 loot boxes recently. public outcry on reddit and imgur, affected sales when SWBF2 was released last week, and affected EA share price. it prompted Belgium and Hawaii courts to investigate whether paying money for random boxes constituted gambling, which, for a game targeted at and played by minors, would be illegal.

"According to the UK Gambling Commission, since the prizes unlocked in loot boxes are usable only in the games in which they're won, and can't be cashed-out, they don't fit the bill for "licensable gambling activity."

While loot boxes, like those found in EA's Battlefront II, Blizzard's Overwatch, and more games, don't fall under the umbrella of an illegal gambling operation, the commission still expressed concern over the practice in games."

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/11/25/uk-gambling-commission-determines-loot-boxes-arent-gambling-under-british-law