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#1 SuperAzusa

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 08:58 PM

thanks for deleting my thread.
its humorous to see freedom of speech stifled in the only country that still has it.
anyway, its obvious damage control. you dont want anyone to see what i see.

thats fine, ill keep posting til you wanna do something about it.

Simply put, your thread was amazing. The amount of realism it must've taken to come to the conclusions that you have about gambling is astounding and the fact that you came them in the first place is extremely mature.

As an avid MMO player I can tell you that the stuff you talked about was more than accurate. Milking the player for all they've got over a long period of time is the sole reason for them to exist these days. The golden age of MMOs has passed, existing mainly from the period of 2002-2008.

Because of how competitive the industry has become and the original developers losing interest in the games they have created, games such as Ragnarok, Runescape and WoW have sold out all sense of tradition they once had in order to become empty shells of the magnificent gaming experiences they once were.




Ragnarok Online is addictive by its own merit. Whether by subscription only, F2P with cash shop, or even private server people will still play it.

I am totally disappointed with the direction game design has had to resort to by milking its playerbase with continously renewed items to entice people to keep playing.
Cash shop sucks (literally), but I am a firm believer in letting people do what they want. Hey, if you want to pay for items that do nothing to enhance your real life, by all means, DO IT.
It is your money to do with as you please.

But when you use an already addictive game to cleverly disguise FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF A CASINO... this is a serious problem.

What is this casino I speak of?

The refinement NPCs.

Sure, you can use plain elu/oris to upgrade. But past a certain point, your item has the chance to break. Disappear. YOU CRY.
But Gravity is here to the rescue! We will sell you BETTER METALS that will ensure your item does not break! However, these cost real money my friend!

The definition of gambling is that it is a GAME OF CHANCE THAT INVOLVES MONEY.

Is there a CHANCE that your item may be upgraded? YES
Is real money involved? ABSOLUTELY

Some might make the argument that YOU DONT NEED TO SPEND REAL MONEY STUPID! YOU CAN BUY EVERYTHING IN GAME WITH ZENY!

To that, I reply, "AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THE KAFRA ITEMS BEING VENDED CAME FROM, STUPID?"

Real money has changed hands. Either directly or indirectly, this money eventually makes its way to being spent in the iRO casino.

Real life casinos pay taxes to operate as a casino.
Real life casinos by law must follow rules and regulations to operate as a casino.
Real life casinos implement age limits to prevent underaged people from gambling.
iRO does none of these, yet continues to operate with impunity.

In a casino, you can lay down real money in order to win real money.
In the iRO casino, you can lay down real money, but the payout is never in real money.

In fact, the flow of real money is a one way stream. Who would play at a casino where you get nothing tangible or valuable in return?

I certainly would not.

To conclude, and to summarize what I want to say:
Milking your playerbase is fine, but running a hidden casino that uses real money inside your game is F'ED UP and this practice must cease.

Someone with more connections and resources than myself just might take you to court over it.
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