Maintain the ban on Gacha
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Zia Underwood
Gacha is an unethical predatory practice designed to abuse the psychology of neurodivergent individuals and individuals who are prone to addiction. It obfuscates the cost of an item by a series of small payments that prey on a humans inability to really understand what is being spent.
Its use in gaming has been for the express purpose of generating wealth beyond the true worth of an item through exploitation. If you are going to allow this predatory monetization in your game than you might as well allow a traditional slot machine or a roulette table because they are functionally the same thing. There are no solutions that make this ethical. And lets face facts you don't have the manpower to regulate the current grid in a timely manner. This is a huge undertaking and predatory monetization and other psycological tricks will be deployed in the loopholes your policy will leave open. Like NextUp which was truly not much different than gacha.
Im sure this was a decision made by the CEO or the accountants. Im hoping you can find a way to put a stop to this. Its the right and ethical thing to do.
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Patty Gummibaum
Very much prefer the Gacha system the way it is now, we have the option of purchasing more if we want one item coming up on the list. Please don't change it back.
Silver Elf
The solution is simple. Require Gacha sellers to make the entire product available to sell at the Gacha machine so the consumer has the option. Play or just buy the whole thing.
Tetsuryu Vlodovic
Silver Elf Agreed, I'd rather pay extra just to avoid the hassle and the headache
Sylvie Jackman
Gambling is forbidden and Gacha is welcomed back?
That's called plain DOPPELMORAL
HoRnIvOrE Resident
No one is forcing you to use Gacha. If you don’t like it don’t use it.
Zia Underwood
HoRnIvOrE Resident this take no matter how many times it is repeated remains as ill informed as ever.
Signal Linden
Merged in a post:
Thumbs down on the return of Gachas
Eren Padar
Gachas had been replaced grid wide by Next-Up type machines. Whereas Gachas are basically a form of gambling (feeding the machine and hoping to get what we want), a properly-working Next-Up / Meipon / etc. machine is a fine and fun alternative to Gachas, and it left no question as to what was being received. This is especially the case if the merchant has it set to shift offering order at least once a day (or even once an hour).
Next-Up machines also encourage merchants to put more valuable and popular merchandise in their machines, because people won't buy junk items. Many Gachas contained two or three good items and a bunch of junk. Such problem does not exist in Next-Ups. Buyers know exactly what they're getting, but it still offers the random factor that makes such machines fun and popular.
As a merchant, I believe there is simply no need for Gachas. I use the Meipon machine myself and it works well for both me and my customers. I have it set to change merchandise order regularly, offering return customers additional options. That machine sells items regularly, and always to customer satisfaction (since they know what they're getting ahead of time). As a merchant I'm quite pleased with how Next-Up / Meipon etc machines work. The Wootables worked fine at Fantasy Faire this year. My Meipon machine sold a lot of merchandise; people obviously like them.
I noticed on the Gacha announcement board, the "SAD" response of SL users outweighed all other responses put together. So I would believe the majority of SL users don't like Gachas. LL considered the "legality", but did it consider the wishes, welfare and benefit of the community? I don't recall a survey being done asking either populace or merchant opinions on this matter.
On the one hand Linden Lab forbids gambling, but it doesn't mind people paying machines to hand out random merchandise? That seems a very thin and gray line. Next-Ups / Meipons etc. work well. There is no need or reason to return to Gacha machines. I understand of course this is my opinion, but that opinion seems to be shared by a considerable majority of SL residents.
Moz McGinnis
Agree
Blueridge Azalee
I am sure the designers would love for them to come back, they made a small fortune on them, I for one don't think they should come back, I am not allowed to gamble in here because my state does not allow it, but Gocha is gambling so what is the difference in allowing me to use a Gocha maching and allowing me to gamble in SL? none that I know of, just another way to get around the system for the designers
Dreamboy Diesel
The only people who seem to like gacha are those who sell the items on marketplace clogging up our searches there. I feel allowing them is a bad move I would definitely like this decision to be reversed!
Blueridge Azalee
Dreamboy DieselI I feel the same way.
Kehylix Resident
I was very glad when gachas were eliminated and want this decision to be reversed as well!
Christi Maeterlinck
Hear hear and well said, Eren Padar. What IS the point of Gacha? If I want something, I pay for it, without messing about and getting something I don't want for a lower price!
misstoriblack Resident
Spoiler alert, just don't use them and they will go away again
Dreamboy Diesel
misstoriblack Resident I very much doubt that the resellers will once again be busy on them with a very negative impact on marketplace.
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