Should we also have a ban on all sports memorabilia then? It’s a gamble for me to go to my local team and have the players sign things and then at some point in the future it could be worth a ton of money?

Would this conversation be any different if they sold the cards for what they think the expected value is? Then you’d have people complaining about how they’re charging hundreds for a card and that’s not fair because little Timmy can’t afford it.

Edit: those tumblers that people drink out of have “rarer” colors and designs, better ban those two because of gambling.

So the issue isn’t the loot boxes and gambling to get items, it’s the resale? That’s a different issue.

Also it’s not “cash”, you can only spend that money back into steam.

So those cards have been around forever, and no one complained about them.

People care about these loot boxes because it’s easy for a young kid to get their parents credit card and rack up a ton of charges because they see a cool skin and don’t realize that ultra rare or 1/1000 chance to drop means that they won’t get t without spending a ton of money.

By definition gambling can be defined as playing games of chance for money. Well they aren’t going to win money, their reward is a collectable item.

Or to take risky action in hope of desired result. I don’t really see how this fits that definition either. There’s no risky action.

I would prefer if there were no loot boxes because I’d rather know what I’m getting, but people are focusing on the wrong thing here.

No one buys baseball cards for the informational side of it. They buy them as a collectors item. The same as these skins. The only difference is that one is digital and one is physical.

Sports cards have been around for ages and no one gave a shit. People care about the loot boxes in games because it’s easy for a kid to get their parents credit card and rack up a ton of charges.

How are these cases any different from any trading card that you can go to the store and buy packs of? Are those also unregulated gambling?

This is my biggest issue with AI. ChatGPT is a nice party trick, but how do you ensure the results are correct?

I used to hate having to show my work when I was younger. But as I have gotten older, I realized the result isn’t as important as how you got there.

There’s no way this is true. I can literally think of similar code as what’s in GTA V, I have never opened the link. Does that open me up to a law suit? That’s crazy.

Call of Duty 3 was pretty fun.

Man I just bought it for the switch as it was on sale. Didn’t realize it was recently released on Steam. Oh well.

Yeah… That’s an issue with the community.

I think my original point still stands but happy to rephrase it if it’s unclear.

Too many managers just rollover instead of actually fighting for what’s best for their employees and it’s annoying to say the least.

What’s worse: shipping an unfinished, buggy game harming your companies image forever or having investors wait another three weeks until they start seeing their cash flow? Oh no, heaven forbid.

Why not just push back the release until it’s actually ready? No one is going to die if a game gets pushed back a month or two

I stopped playing dota after thousands of hours because I got fed up with the community. I only have a certain amount of time I can game now and it’s frustrating to waste that little bit of time with super toxic and raging teammates. Does it happen in every game? No but it happened enough that I don’t want to risk it.

It looks like they finally are working to fix that, however I transitioned over to a new game - Path of Exile. It’s great, the only person I can blame for mistakes now is myself 😀.

You probably can’t go wrong with either one.

I’ve been using Pixels for a while and have been happy with them. Tried some of the other phones and didn’t like the UX. Most of them have a ton of bloatware. I have enjoyed the stock android experience and the camera.

I think the Pixel 8 Pro has a slight price increase, so you’re starting to get up there in price. If possible, I recommend going into a store and using the phones and such.

That’s not an issue with “Google Android”, that’s an issue with the Pixel launcher. There’s some other issues, like not supporting custom icons.

The great thing: it takes two seconds to download a new launcher, and a few years to perfect it 😂

A bunch of the older Mario and Zelda games. I have some memories of playing them with my mom and one of her friends (who passed away when I was a kid).

Mario 64 I think was the reason my mom bought us an N64😂. I have very fond memories of most of Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask as well.

Now that I’m thinking back on it, there was a Star Wars pod racing game and Ken Griffey baseball that sticks out as well.