r/OnePieceTC • u/pesaher • Sep 23 '17

MEGATHREAD Global Controversy Megathread

As you all know, shit has been going down in the Global server in the last 48 hours. So, to avoid cluttering the front page, all the already existing threads will be linked here and any future threads regarding this topic will be deleted. Keep the discussion in this thread, and please redirect users who make new threads here.

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u/mikejm1393 Rich Mahogany Sep 23 '17

If they do consider it gambling, wouldn't the game have to have an age restriction in the states?

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u/StNowhere Surf Clam Pirates - 53 Legends Sep 23 '17

Most likely, and it isn't legally considered gambling yet. But let's not kid ourselves, we're spending money to have a chance at winning a prize. It's gambling.

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u/mikejm1393 Rich Mahogany Sep 23 '17

Isn't that more like a raffle, which is (?) Legal for under 18s to participate in?

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u/StNowhere Surf Clam Pirates - 53 Legends Sep 23 '17

Kind of, but I don't really think so. A raffle is a number of people having an equal chance at taking a single prize (assuming they all only have one ticket, raffles can have different rules).

Gacha pulls are closer to a slot machine. There several possible outcomes, and the machines are programmed to pay out higher prizes at a small fixed percentage. The difference between the two here, is that American gambling laws require that slot machine win rates be disclosed.

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u/mikejm1393 Rich Mahogany Sep 23 '17

There is still the distinction that you always get something with gacha pulls, where as you can get nothing for some slot machines. Not sure how, but I imagine that Bandai may use that to distinguish themselves from gambling (the fact that you always get something, no matter hpw shitty the usopp trio are). Which, in my opinion, makes them seem even more scummy and devious.

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u/StNowhere Surf Clam Pirates - 53 Legends Sep 23 '17

Very true, but I honestly believe that legislation against this kind of stuff is coming. Same thing with how lootboxes have become the gaming industry's latest cancer. Everyone's trying to get as much as they can out of it before the law catches up.

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u/mikejm1393 Rich Mahogany Sep 23 '17

Whats happening with lootboxes?