The casino in your pocket

Post by hotnfresh » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

RhodesianHunter wrote: post #83

xcdzvyn wrote: post #76

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> I think the time has come when android and ios should make a special versions of their online shops for children and teenagers and simply ban those types of games from those shops. IMHO this shouldn't [have to] be any of Apple or Google's business. It's a parent's responsibility to parent their child, not some conglomerate's.

>It's a parent's responsibility to parent their child Most won't. Call it lack of time or attention, ignorance of the problem, apathy... ultimately parents can't be aware of everything. We have shit like micro plastics in the water to contend with. What's the effect on society?

Post by AlexandrB » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 4:18 PM UTC

underdeserver wrote: post #137

This reminds me of the claw machines you see in malls. They look like something you can be good at - place the claw more accurately, choose a toy placed at a cleaner angle - but what they actually do internally is randomly give you a (say) 10% chance, if you hit it you will grab the toy (unless you're REALLY far from one), if not you won't. The illusion is there, but the profit is stable and guaranteed.

Post by pesfandiar » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 4:47 PM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #120

ehnto wrote: post #32

It has been fascinating and demoralizing to watch monetization roll out. To younger generations like my brother, they don't know any different, it's just part if gaming for them. But at least something like aesthetic loot crates are a sideshow to the actual game. Some games are good at keeping the separate and you can understand that it's just how they choose to fund the game. When the whole game is just a loot crate…

> It has been fascinating and demoralizing to watch monetization roll out. To younger generations like my brother, they don't know any different, it's just part if gaming for them. A step worse too: they are being trained that being bombarded with adverts is acceptable. Genuinely heard (couldn't avoid hearing, the voices were fairly loud) on a train the other week a dad explaining to his charge how he should “watch t…

Post by jacksontheel » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 4:50 PM UTC

Semaphor wrote: post #93

meheleventyone wrote: post #91

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That’s there half because it’s a tabletop system and half otherwise there is a break in causality. Just having a random chance of success or failure isn’t very obvious and you don’t see near misses and so on. For most people showing the action is more satisfying. The underlying system comes from D&D so is full of quite crunchy randomness where results are usually rolled in front of everyone so you get a much more soc…

My main complaint about BG3 is actually how far they changed it from D&D. My favorite games are owlcat’s two Pathfinder games which is a tabletop system far crunchier than the streamlined D&D 5e. But you are missing what I said. The information is great, the unskippable animations are not.

Post by flexagoon » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 5:02 PM UTC

gnu8 wrote: post #190

MPSimmons wrote: post #164

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Is the pity counter stored on the server?

The gaming data is all stored server side and subject to the tightest controls imaginable. You would never be able to twiddle bits and get an advantage in the game. Your PI however is sold to all and sundry, as well as being made available in an S3 bucket with no permissions for anyone who doesn’t want to pay for it.