• superniceperson@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    By that logic all games with any random component is gambling… which would include pretty much every game ever published. If Diablo isn’t gambling, then neither is genshin.

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      20 hours ago

      If player characters in Diablo were locked inside a digital slot machine that you could pay real money to spin, and players were heavily incentivized to do so because you can’t reasonably expect to get all of the best characters without spending a bunch of real life money on spins, you would have a point.

      You should really try to seek out other viewpoints. Literally every discussion about this topic overwhelmingly agrees that gacha games are gambling.

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          11 hours ago

          That’s not an accurate summary of what I said. Being factually correct isn’t being part of a hive mind lmfao

          You’re sitting here arguing that 2+2 actually doesn’t equal 4, and I’m done trying to explain that it does. Please learn to read past a kindergarten level someday

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            11 hours ago

            You literally said I wasn’t correct because a majority of people hold a different viewpoint, and that I should get out of a non-existent echo chamber so I conform to the majority viewpoint.

            If you don’t understand why your last paragraph is stupid, I don’t think you should have kids or care about what happens to kids.

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              11 hours ago

              I didn’t say anything about an echo chamber dude, try again. Maybe try responding to the first paragraph about player characters being locked behind a digital slot machine that you can pay real money to spin.

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                  11 hours ago

                  You still haven’t responded to the part about the real money slot machine

                  Almost like you know you’re full of shit

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                    10 hours ago

                    Because that’s stupid, the point of a slot machine from the players perspective isn’t colors moving, which is the only common theme between the two.

                    It’s like saying a horse is a tree because they’re both brown.

                    All video games contain a random element, and a lot of video games since Diablo have random reward elements, and fucking happy meals aren’t considered gambling so lootboxes aren’t gambling, so your allusion fails.