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I can't as I'm not planning to write doctoral dissertation on it. A few hints.
How were clerics, monks and other "people of faith" funded through history? By small community donations. Small those were, ignorable basically, but there was a mass of donations.
To make millions of and from these small donations, religions always fighted against each other trying to secure as many followers as possible. Hopefully you don't still believe it was faith that drove crusades, jihads and such whatnot - no, it was greed, but not just plunder, the second point was to secure even more followers.
Finally, how many religions support abortion choice? None. Why? Less children = less people to milk with microtransactions.
Btw… I've already stated before on the forum but you're new so before I'm accused for atheistic antireligion propaganda - I'm catholic. Which doesn't mean I mustn't speak what I think.
What I said up there does not mean I'm strongly against microtransactions. I'm not really, the society worked with microtransactions for centuries and it's not just religion, another example is lottery.
What I'm strongy against is the abuse of it and lootboxes are exactly that.
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Meanwhile Australian (precisely Victoria) strategic analyst who works for Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation was clear - under Victorian law in his opinion loot boxes are a form of gambling:
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/11/victorias-gambling-regulator-loot-boxes-constitute-gambling/
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The snowball is growing even bigger:
http://www.pcgamer.com/french-senat...star-wars-battlefont-2s-gambling-controversy/
Why are politicians so slow.
I mean, Star Trek Online boxes scandal is basically as old as Bible, how come it took some random EA game to finally make them react.
How were clerics, monks and other "people of faith" funded through history? By small community donations. Small those were, ignorable basically, but there was a mass of donations.
To make millions of and from these small donations, religions always fighted against each other trying to secure as many followers as possible. Hopefully you don't still believe it was faith that drove crusades, jihads and such whatnot - no, it was greed, but not just plunder, the second point was to secure even more followers.
Finally, how many religions support abortion choice? None. Why? Less children = less people to milk with microtransactions.
Btw… I've already stated before on the forum but you're new so before I'm accused for atheistic antireligion propaganda - I'm catholic. Which doesn't mean I mustn't speak what I think.
What I said up there does not mean I'm strongly against microtransactions. I'm not really, the society worked with microtransactions for centuries and it's not just religion, another example is lottery.
What I'm strongy against is the abuse of it and lootboxes are exactly that.
.
Meanwhile Australian (precisely Victoria) strategic analyst who works for Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation was clear - under Victorian law in his opinion loot boxes are a form of gambling:
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/11/victorias-gambling-regulator-loot-boxes-constitute-gambling/
.
The snowball is growing even bigger:
http://www.pcgamer.com/french-senat...star-wars-battlefont-2s-gambling-controversy/
A French senator has contacted France's online gambling regulator detailing his concerns about the microtranactions in Star Wars Battlefront II.
According to The Nerd Stash (via GameInformer), French senator Jérôme Durain contacted ARJEL (as well as other advocacy groups, including the organisation that represents France's games industry), proposing that loot boxes could be harmful to children.
While he stopped short of advocating new legislation—and seemingly took time to praise "the advancement of gaming as a culture"—he did specifically cite Battlefront II's recent controversy as a point of concern, stating the correlation between an in-game character's strength and spending real-life money needed further investigation.
Why are politicians so slow.
I mean, Star Trek Online boxes scandal is basically as old as Bible, how come it took some random EA game to finally make them react.
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