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Korea May Ban D3 over Real Money Auction House trading

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  • CyberWizCyberWiz Member UncommonPosts: 914

    Originally posted by lizardbones

     




    Originally posted by just1opinion





    Originally posted by Cavod

    What really gets me about the whole thing is do you actually own the item when you purchase it?

     

    Because like all MMOs already do, I'm sure Blizzard will retain the right of ownership to all virtual data.

     

    So how can you possible sell something you do not own? 

     

    I see lawsuits in the future of the RMAH.






     

    You have a good point.  That's exactly why gold selling is illegal, so what makes this different?  Either both should be illegal or neither.








    No, they don't have a good point. You're not buying and selling a virtual item; you do not own the virtual item. You're buying and selling a license to use the virtual item within the game.



    Also, gold selling isn't illegal. Not even in South Korea. Gold selling violates the terms of service of most games in the United States. It's illegal to gamble online in South Korea, so anything you earn in a game that's like gambling (random drops) cannot be sold for real world currency. If you're not gambling, then it's perfectly legal to buy and sell virtual currency in South Korea.

     

    After thinking more about this I can see the argument how D3 with the RMAH may be considered gambling if you really stretch it. You buy the box ( you put money into it ), you play the chance game ( killing monsters and hoping something will drop ) and then you may or may not cash in thru the AH.

    However, if you look at it from a moral point of view, I do not consider it gambling.

    You do not put money into it directly for getting the items, you "work" for it by slaying monsters. Compare it to the gold rush in the States, you went out looking for gold and you had a chance to find some. After that you could go auction your gold and with some luck you sell it for a good price.

    Paying for the box is paying for the gameplay, not the chance of getting items and putting them on the AH, I feel that is stretching it.

    So to me, from a moral point of view, it does not feel like gambling in D3 / RMAH.

     

    The only thing I have a moral problem with is the fixed listing price, because there you put in money which you loose if you do not sell, and thus you are in effect gambling.

     

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  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910


    Originally posted by Loke666


    Originally posted by CyberWiz
    I do not agree that the virtual aspect of the goods make it gambling. That would mean that regular microtransactions, bought directly from a game company, would also be gambling.
    You invest real money and time in every mmorpg, and you always have the risk that the game gets closed, that does not equal gambling imho.
    For me gambling is putting money into something with the possibility of gaining more money based on chance.
    Now I also acknowledge that various governments widened their legislation to cover all the angles, and that the RMAH may fall into grey areas.

    Paying a static sum for something that you know what it is = not gambling.
    If they were to sell random stuff or randomize the price then it would be gambling.
    RMAH is a kinda odd thing, you buy stuff that you don't own and the company can nerf it any timne without any problems. The law dies not mentioning how it works and don't consider stealing stuff like that to be equal to stealing real stuff and so on. But it is not gambling (unless you leave your kid alone with Smurf village and your credit card, that would be gambling without any chance of winning).
    Still, Blizzard is too greedy in this case, the whole idea is just terrible, particularly for a game like Diablo. I used to think that SOE stations servers were bad but there you can at least choose to play on anothe server.


    If Blizzard implemented a Real Money Player Store(tm) system, instead of an auction, South Korea would still be considering a ban on the game. The issue is not the auction house. The issue is that the game itself is a form of gambling. When you kill a monster (pull a lever) you get a random drop (chance at earning money). You can't earn real world money by gambling in South Korea.

    ** edit **
    @CyberWiz - gambling is an amoral activity; it is neither good nor evil. South Korea is concerned only with the effect on society, and they do not believe it has any positives. So it's illegal.

    With D3, it just depends on how they view the game. Is is like mining for gold or gambling with a computer? So far, they have taken the view that video games and mmorpg in particular are like gambling with a computer. It's fine if you never take your virtual earnings and make real world money out of it, but as soon as you make real world money out of it, it's gambling.

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  • CyberWizCyberWiz Member UncommonPosts: 914

    Originally posted by Loke666

    Still, Blizzard is too greedy in this case, the whole idea is just terrible, particularly for a game like Diablo. I used to think that SOE stations servers were bad but there you can at least choose to play on anothe server.

    In a perfect world I would agree with you, but with all the illegal RMT going on, why should Blizzard not get a piece of the pie and nerf some illegal sellers while they are at it.

    I hope that by having legal RMT, Blizzard will have the funds ( funds from D3 itself, so that it is profitable ) and the willingness to put in the effort to elliminate the botters and scammers as much as possible. They will have a vested interest in keeping the game healthy, unlike DiabloII where they have nothing to gain.

    The thing is that even without the RMAH you do not have the choice to play RMT free because of all the illegal RMT.

    The only other way to combat illegal RMT ( besides legal RMT ) is with a subscription fee, where Blizzard would have another way of funding updates, adn the fight against botters, scammers and RMT.

    But if you look at WoW, where they really have put some effort in combatting this, they also failed.

    So the pragmatic solution is :

    - Make RMT legal

    - Do it yourself ( Blizzard ) and make profit from it

    - Use this profit to combat the rest of the illegal RMT market, together with the scammers and botters.

     

     

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  • CyberWizCyberWiz Member UncommonPosts: 914

    Originally posted by lizardbones

     




    Originally posted by Loke666





    Originally posted by CyberWiz

     











    If Blizzard implemented a Real Money Player Store(tm) system, instead of an auction, South Korea would still be considering a ban on the game. The issue is not the auction house. The issue is that the game itself is a form of gambling. When you kill a monster (pull a lever) you get a random drop (chance at earning money). You can't earn real world money by gambling in South Korea.



    ** edit **

    @CyberWiz - gambling is an amoral activity; it is neither good nor evil. South Korea is concerned only with the effect on society, and they do not believe it has any positives. So it's illegal.



    With D3, it just depends on how they view the game. Is is like mining for gold or gambling with a computer? So far, they have taken the view that video games and mmorpg in particular are like gambling with a computer. It's fine if you never take your virtual earnings and make real world money out of it, but as soon as you make real world money out of it, it's gambling.

     

    Okay so South Korea considers any random drops in video games virtual gambling and you are not allowed to cash in in RL cash.

    I think they are besides the point tho with their gambling law, because wether it is virtual or real, random or not random, it stays just as addictive. And it is the addiction that is the real problem in South Korea.

    Oh well, we will see how this goes.

     

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  • TalRashaTalRasha Member UncommonPosts: 827

    Originally posted by lizardbones



    If Blizzard implemented a Real Money Player Store(tm) system, instead of an auction, South Korea would still be considering a ban on the game. The issue is not the auction house. The issue is that the game itself is a form of gambling. When you kill a monster (pull a lever) you get a random drop (chance at earning money). You can't earn real world money by gambling in South Korea.



    Last time I checked, I did not have to insert coins in a monsters ears before pulling the lever :p

     

    If you are not risking your own money, it's not gambling. With killing monsters you risk nothing.

     

    This is Blizzards stance on the matter, if Korea shares this opinion remains to be seen.

  • just1opinionjust1opinion Member UncommonPosts: 4,641

    Originally posted by lthompson94

    Originally posted by romanator0


    Originally posted by thegypsyking


    Originally posted by RefMinor

    I am surprised the US will allow what is potentially a gambling shop.

    The RMAH has nearly zero similarities with gambling, that's a pitiful comparison.  All we can do is wait to see how Blizzard creates what could be the new MMO standard, or the fatal flaw with D3.

    How so?

    When gambling you pay somebody money to get a chance to make more money.

    The the RMAH you pay Blizzard money to get a chance to make some money.

    In both you aren't guaranteed to make anything.

    Looks like they have the same basic principles to me.

    So, by your logic, when you pay for something to make a profit... it's gambling?!  LOL!!  Welcome to the world of business.

    If I own a used car lot, and buy a car for $500 - for a chance to resell it for a thousand... I'm gambling?

    RMAH and gambling are NOT AT ALL the same thing.

     

    It's only a CHANCE to make a profit.  You're not guaranteed to sell that item and they keep your AH fee regardless. 

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  • KwintpodKwintpod Member Posts: 262

    Originally posted by just1opinion

    Originally posted by lthompson94


    Originally posted by romanator0


    Originally posted by thegypsyking


    Originally posted by RefMinor

    I am surprised the US will allow what is potentially a gambling shop.

    The RMAH has nearly zero similarities with gambling, that's a pitiful comparison.  All we can do is wait to see how Blizzard creates what could be the new MMO standard, or the fatal flaw with D3.

    How so?

    When gambling you pay somebody money to get a chance to make more money.

    The the RMAH you pay Blizzard money to get a chance to make some money.

    In both you aren't guaranteed to make anything.

    Looks like they have the same basic principles to me.

    So, by your logic, when you pay for something to make a profit... it's gambling?!  LOL!!  Welcome to the world of business.

    If I own a used car lot, and buy a car for $500 - for a chance to resell it for a thousand... I'm gambling?

    RMAH and gambling are NOT AT ALL the same thing.

     

    It's only a CHANCE to make a profit.  You're not guaranteed to sell that item and they keep your AH fee regardless. 

    Which is exactly the way Ebay works......

  • just1opinionjust1opinion Member UncommonPosts: 4,641

    Originally posted by Kwintpod

    Originally posted by just1opinion


    Originally posted by lthompson94


    Originally posted by romanator0


    Originally posted by thegypsyking


    Originally posted by RefMinor

    I am surprised the US will allow what is potentially a gambling shop.

    The RMAH has nearly zero similarities with gambling, that's a pitiful comparison.  All we can do is wait to see how Blizzard creates what could be the new MMO standard, or the fatal flaw with D3.

    How so?

    When gambling you pay somebody money to get a chance to make more money.

    The the RMAH you pay Blizzard money to get a chance to make some money.

    In both you aren't guaranteed to make anything.

    Looks like they have the same basic principles to me.

    So, by your logic, when you pay for something to make a profit... it's gambling?!  LOL!!  Welcome to the world of business.

    If I own a used car lot, and buy a car for $500 - for a chance to resell it for a thousand... I'm gambling?

    RMAH and gambling are NOT AT ALL the same thing.

     

    It's only a CHANCE to make a profit.  You're not guaranteed to sell that item and they keep your AH fee regardless. 

    Which is exactly the way Ebay works......

     

    LMAO, you know what?   I honestly don't know why I'm even arguing it.  I think what I think and others think what they think and no one is going to change anyone else's mind.  Besides, I'm not even going to play this game, I'm opting for Torchlight2 instead, so why am I here arguing about this?  Ridiculous of me to be here.  I just thought the conversation looked interesting. Boy is it. lol

     

    I still have the same view of it all.....random roll generator determines if you get a good auction item, then you buy a CHANCE to sell it.  As far as I'm concerned, my opinion is STILL that it's gambling of a sort.

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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332

    Originally posted by CyberWiz

    Originally posted by Wizardry


    Originally posted by SaintViktor

    Looks like it could be the begining of the end of the RMAH. Stay tuned.....

     

    Source: http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/korea-may-ban-d3-over-real-money-trading

    I commend them and was just the other day i was saying that perhaps our fuiture lies with Asian developers.We are talking not only common sense but morals.Some of these big develoeprs like Blizzard are so entrneched with their fanbase,they feel they can do whatever they want,it is time the players let them know we are not their slaves or sheep to be herd around.

    This would be a HUGE step for gaming if a giant like Blizzard was turned down face first  and told we don't like your ideas.We need SOE to be slapped around a bit as well,we are headed down a VERY bad path that leads to total nonsense when comes to gaming, a casual past time.

    So our future lies with Asian devs who basically invented microtransactions and RMT? Great.

    Between microtransactions and player run RMT I will choose the latter every time.

     

    Yes KEYWORD>>>FUTURE.

    This doesn't mean the past,as of right now the majority of N.Amerk devs are going the RMT way whilst,Asian devs are actually starting to go the opposite route.

    The FUTURE weather Asian devs change their RMT ways or not ,i guaranteee the n.Amerk ways are headed in the exact same direction or worse.I am not saying the Asian developer "IS" our hope to the future ,i am saying it "IS" possible,especially since the N.Amerk devs are showing me the exact opposite.

    We are seeing Asian devs at least trying to advance gaming ,whilst many localized devs are streamlining mmorpg's down to almost nothing but a solo/linear/leveling questing curve nothing more.Can gaming really get anymore boring than hanging out on your max level player raiding loot that has no meaning to an already finished max level player?

    What have we seen over the last 5 years from N.Amerk devs?Battlegrounds?lol if that is all and the best they can come up with,then god help this genre,it is going no where and very slowly at that.

    I look at games like TERA and Archeage,this is the future as both are trying to add a little more to gaming and making pvp a little more encouraging to those thaty normally don't like  it [me for example] than these other games are.

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  • MalevilMalevil Member Posts: 468

    Well, it will be interesting to see what age rating will D3 get. As parent myself I dont plan to allow my kids to play any game with integrated real money trasactions like D3 till they are 18teen.

  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908

    Originally posted by romanator0

    Originally posted by thegypsyking


    Originally posted by RefMinor

    I am surprised the US will allow what is potentially a gambling shop.

    The RMAH has nearly zero similarities with gambling, that's a pitiful comparison.  All we can do is wait to see how Blizzard creates what could be the new MMO standard, or the fatal flaw with D3.

    How so?

    When gambling you pay somebody money to get a chance to make more money.

    The the RMAH you pay Blizzard money to get a chance to make some money.

    In both you aren't guaranteed to make anything.

    Looks like they have the same basic principles to me.

     

    All MMORPGs are based on the gambling metallity. The player high of a payoff is a major hook in their pyschology.

    Even in sub games you gamble, the only difference is that the currency in use is time.

    The RMAH concept dosent make this any better or worse.

  • RequiamerRequiamer Member Posts: 2,034



    Originally posted by bunnyhopper

    You are NOT paying for a random number generator


    Yes you do, that is the point.
    The way you warp it doesn't change its principles. You pay, roll some dices, and can get some profit from it or not.
    The fact you endorse a virtual personality, you need to fight with it in a game, and have to trade, here don't have much incidence. You definitely could use bots to deal with all those aspects and never have to "play", you would just come at the end of the botting session and get your money or not depending on the roll success of the day, and thats probably what a lot of people are already planning to do, and what Blizz is expecting some people to do to.

    edit typos

  • CeridithCeridith Member UncommonPosts: 2,980

    Originally posted by CyberWiz

    Originally posted by Loke666

    Still, Blizzard is too greedy in this case, the whole idea is just terrible, particularly for a game like Diablo. I used to think that SOE stations servers were bad but there you can at least choose to play on anothe server.

    In a perfect world I would agree with you, but with all the illegal RMT going on, why should Blizzard not get a piece of the pie and nerf some illegal sellers while they are at it.

    I hope that by having legal RMT, Blizzard will have the funds ( funds from D3 itself, so that it is profitable ) and the willingness to put in the effort to elliminate the botters and scammers as much as possible. They will have a vested interest in keeping the game healthy, unlike DiabloII where they have nothing to gain.

    The thing is that even without the RMAH you do not have the choice to play RMT free because of all the illegal RMT.

    The only other way to combat illegal RMT ( besides legal RMT ) is with a subscription fee, where Blizzard would have another way of funding updates, adn the fight against botters, scammers and RMT.

    But if you look at WoW, where they really have put some effort in combatting this, they also failed.

    So the pragmatic solution is :

    - Make RMT legal

    - Do it yourself ( Blizzard ) and make profit from it

    - Use this profit to combat the rest of the illegal RMT market, together with the scammers and botters.

    In a perfect world, illegal narcotics wouldn't be such a problem. But it's going to happen no matter how hard the US government tries, so why shouldn't they get a piece of the narcotics trade and compete against the illegal sellers?

    Yes, I realize that's a slippery slope argument at it's core, but my point is that one shouldn't forgo one's own principles simply because it's inconvenient and less profitable.

    Besides, how exactly does Blizzard legitimizing RMT actually handle any of the ills that come from it? People's accounts will still be hijacked for their items, players will still scam other players, players will still have a monetary incentive to exploit bugs, hack the game, bot, etc. So Blizzard 'getting in on the RMT action' isn't actually combating any of the downsides to RMT, it's just shifting where some of the profit of it goes.

    And that's why I think it's a purely greed motivated move on Blizzard's part. By making RMT acceptable they're by association also promoting all of the bad behavior associated with RMT. But they don't care, because they're making money off of it.

  • TalRashaTalRasha Member UncommonPosts: 827

    Originally posted by Requiamer

     






    Originally posted by bunnyhopper

    You are NOT paying for a random number generator





    Yes you do, that is the point.

    The way you warp it doesn't change its principles. You pay, roll some dices, and can get some profit from it or not.

    The fact you endorse a virtual personality, you need to fight with it in a game, and have to trade, here don't have much incidence. You definitely could use bots to deal with all those aspects and never have to "play", you would just come at the end of the botting session and get your money or not depending on the roll success of the day, and thats probably what a lot of people are already planning to do, and what Blizz is expecting some people to do to.

    edit typos

     

    No you don't, that is the point.

    Please explain how you pay for the random number generator.

     

    You only pay for putting up an auction. That is not a random number generator. It's not a random component that determines if your auction will sell. It's your listed buyout price against the market price that determines if and how fast the auction will sell.

     

  • RelytDnegelRelytDnegel Member UncommonPosts: 261

    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg

  • bunnyhopperbunnyhopper Member CommonPosts: 2,751

    Originally posted by RelytDnegel

    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg

     

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  • RequiamerRequiamer Member Posts: 2,034



    Originally posted by RelytDnegel
    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg

    You know what you really sound like a fan boy here. There is no one to convince here about anything. Those are investigations and decision taken by authorities anyway.



    Originally posted by TalRasha
    Please explain how you pay for the random number generator.



    You pay for the box, and you pay to put your items on the auction house. The game is the holder of the RNG.

    People that pretend to not see the similarity are pretty twisted here.

  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908

    Originally posted by bunnyhopper

    Originally posted by RelytDnegel

    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg

     

     

    I personally didnt say it wasnt, I just said;

    All MMORPGs are based on the gambling mentallity. The player high of a payoff is a major hook in their pyschology.

    Even in sub games you gamble, the only difference is that the currency in use is time.

    The RMAH concept dosent make this any better or worse. 

     

    If you play MMORPGs, you gamble. End of.

     

    But I guess you don't see anything but your PoV either :/

  • CyberWizCyberWiz Member UncommonPosts: 914

    Originally posted by Ceridith

    Originally posted by CyberWiz


    Originally posted by Loke666

    Still, Blizzard is too greedy in this case, the whole idea is just terrible, particularly for a game like Diablo. I used to think that SOE stations servers were bad but there you can at least choose to play on anothe server.

    In a perfect world I would agree with you, but with all the illegal RMT going on, why should Blizzard not get a piece of the pie and nerf some illegal sellers while they are at it.

    I hope that by having legal RMT, Blizzard will have the funds ( funds from D3 itself, so that it is profitable ) and the willingness to put in the effort to elliminate the botters and scammers as much as possible. They will have a vested interest in keeping the game healthy, unlike DiabloII where they have nothing to gain.

    The thing is that even without the RMAH you do not have the choice to play RMT free because of all the illegal RMT.

    The only other way to combat illegal RMT ( besides legal RMT ) is with a subscription fee, where Blizzard would have another way of funding updates, adn the fight against botters, scammers and RMT.

    But if you look at WoW, where they really have put some effort in combatting this, they also failed.

    So the pragmatic solution is :

    - Make RMT legal

    - Do it yourself ( Blizzard ) and make profit from it

    - Use this profit to combat the rest of the illegal RMT market, together with the scammers and botters.

    In a perfect world, illegal narcotics wouldn't be such a problem. But it's going to happen no matter how hard the US government tries, so why shouldn't they get a piece of the narcotics trade and compete against the illegal sellers?

    Well you have a good point, and in fact alcohol and tobacco are a good example of regulated legal narcotics in the US. While Marihuana is an example in Holland and Belgium.

    Yes, I realize that's a slippery slope argument at it's core, but my point is that one shouldn't forgo one's own principles simply because it's inconvenient and less profitable.

    Besides, how exactly does Blizzard legitimizing RMT actually handle any of the ills that come from it? People's accounts will still be hijacked for their items, players will still scam other players, players will still have a monetary incentive to exploit bugs, hack the game, bot, etc. So Blizzard 'getting in on the RMT action' isn't actually combating any of the downsides to RMT, it's just shifting where some of the profit of it goes.

    By legalizing RMT there will be at least a percentage of items that are gained by playing the game is it is meant to be played, so the AH will at least contain a good part of legal items, and most likely also a good part of illegal items. Blizzard can then spend the money earned to improve the game and combat the botters and scammers.

    And that's why I think it's a purely greed motivated move on Blizzard's part. By making RMT acceptable they're by association also promoting all of the bad behavior associated with RMT. But they don't care, because they're making money off of it.

    Well, again, straight microtransactions are worse imho ( and the only alternative for a F2P title, unless you go freemium ), because in that case they are conjuring items out of thin air, and the game no longer has to be played.

    To conclude, I would prefer that Diablo3 would be a subscription game, with an even playing field, but nowadays I guess that is out of the question, so I prefer legal RMT between players over Microtransactions within a cash shop.

     

     

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  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910


    Originally posted by vesavius

    Originally posted by bunnyhopper

    Originally posted by RelytDnegel

    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg
     


     
    I personally didnt say it wasnt, I just said;
    All MMORPGs are based on the gambling mentallity. The player high of a payoff is a major hook in their pyschology.
    Even in sub games you gamble, the only difference is that the currency in use is time.
    The RMAH concept dosent make this any better or worse. 
     
    If you play MMORPGs, you gamble. End of.
     
    But I guess you don't see anything but your PoV either :/



    You're both right. MMORPG and Hack/Slash adventure games are a form of gambling. The RMAH is an auction house, which while it may share some similarities with gambling, isn't gambling in the generally accepted definition of gambling.

    South Korea is concerned with converting something earned through gambling into real world money. They have other laws in place to address the gambling mentality that can take over when players are playing online video games.

    I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.

  • bunnyhopperbunnyhopper Member CommonPosts: 2,751

    Originally posted by vesavius

    Originally posted by bunnyhopper


    Originally posted by RelytDnegel

    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg

     

     

    I personally didnt say it wasnt, I just said;

    All MMORPGs are based on the gambling mentallity. The player high of a payoff is a major hook in their pyschology.

    Even in sub games you gamble, the only difference is that the currency in use is time.

    The RMAH concept dosent make this any better or worse. 

     

    If you play MMORPGs, you gamble. End of.

     

    But I guess you don't see anything but your PoV either :/

    I wasn't refering to you in all fairness and I agree with your over all notion in terms of "gambling" in the sense that I "gamble" every time I cross the road.

     

    What I personally am arguing against is the notion that some in this thread have that the D3 mechanics some how count as gambling in the sense that can actually be legislated against by sporting and gaming license agencies.

     



    What would be occuring in D3 would be more akin to work and thus should be legislated and taxed as such. People who salvage wrecks spend an inordinate amount of time and money in the hope of a return, but they don't report to the governments gaming and gambling authority.

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  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910


    Originally posted by bunnyhopper

    Originally posted by vesavius

    Originally posted by bunnyhopper


    Originally posted by RelytDnegel

    I really need to stop reading this thread. Trying to convince people that the RMAH is not a form of gambling is very similar to banging my head on a brick wall. It's painful and is going nowhere. gg
     


     
    I personally didnt say it wasnt, I just said;
    All MMORPGs are based on the gambling mentallity. The player high of a payoff is a major hook in their pyschology.
    Even in sub games you gamble, the only difference is that the currency in use is time.
    The RMAH concept dosent make this any better or worse. 
     
    If you play MMORPGs, you gamble. End of.
     
    But I guess you don't see anything but your PoV either :/


    I wasn't refering to you in all fairness and I agree with your over all notion in terms of "gambling" in the sense that I "gamble" every time I cross the road.
     
    What I personally am arguing against is the notion that some in this thread have that the D3 mechanics some how count as gambling in the sense that can actually be legislated against by sporting and gaming license agencies.

    What would be occuring in D3 would be more akin to work and thus should be legislated and taxed as such. People who salvage wrecks spend an inordinate amount of time and money in the hope of a return, but they don't report to the governments gaming and gambling authority.




    The mechanics can count as gambling that can be legislated on. South Korea has already done it with other games. That's why other games in South Korea do not allow you to 'cash out' of the game. You can't play Lineage II and legally sell your in game currency for real world currency in South Korea. Unless Blizzard can argue that there is a big difference between what people in Lineage do and what people in Diablo do to earn in game currency, either the RMAH will be disabled or D3 will not be legal to play in South Korea.

    ** Disclaimer **
    The RMAH is one of the main reasons I would actually play D3. I was not really considering playing D3 seriously until they announced the RMAH.

    I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.

  • Mari2kMari2k Member UncommonPosts: 367

    Originally posted by lennpell

    This is good, because Blizzard knows koreans love these types of games and they'd lose so many sales it'd be ridic, we might just have our saving grace for the AH here guys.

    I doubt that Diablo is that popular in asia.... its just not their style and the korean like pvp, diablo was never famous for it.

  • DAS1337DAS1337 Member UncommonPosts: 2,610

    Originally posted by romanator0

    Originally posted by thegypsyking


    Originally posted by RefMinor

    I am surprised the US will allow what is potentially a gambling shop.

    The RMAH has nearly zero similarities with gambling, that's a pitiful comparison.  All we can do is wait to see how Blizzard creates what could be the new MMO standard, or the fatal flaw with D3.

    How so?

    When gambling you pay somebody money to get a chance to make more money.

    The the RMAH you pay Blizzard money to get a chance to make some money.

    In both you aren't guaranteed to make anything.

    Looks like they have the same basic principles to me.

    Except that you are promised a sale price and actually recieve the reward 100% of the time..

  • Deathwing980Deathwing980 Member UncommonPosts: 80

    Basically what they are saying is this...

     

    Diablo 2 had Unidentified items, Players will post said Unidentified items up (that are high quality types of items) then players will use real money to purchase said item, then use a scroll to identify and then it turns out to be a piece  of shit item... thus it is know Gambling for items

     

    As much as i like the diablo series, i completely hate the fact that we are adding a real money auction system, it really hurts and is just as bad as COD pulling a 15 bucks a month subscription to get little updates for their game... and shitty 17 dollar addons in the game....

     

    companies seriously need to stop throwing shit into gamers faces, they think we are dumb... START VOTING WITH YOUR WALLETS FOLKS NOT YOUR FREAKING EGOS!

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