Hotfix: Toy Horsey Phrases

[Logdotzip]

Logdotzip...please think more rationally about what you just wrote. When a person becomes addicted to gambling online with gp, which do you think is a more likely outcome: That they realize that they don't like losing and they don't gamble, or that they get used to gambling and continue to do it, eventually expanding from gp to money in real life.

 

That's exactly what a psychological addiction is...even if it doesn't make sense to a non-gambler, a gambler will get a rush every time they win, and continue to gamble no matter how much they lose because of that small high they get upon victory.

 

I just don't understand why the people who lack self control need to ruin the fun for the people that do enjoy gambling.

 

I'll put up hundreds of millions on a whim on RuneScape, but you'd be lucky to see me throw down five bucks at a poker party with my friends.

 

 

Willpower is what the complainers of being cleaned lack. Once again RS needs to be dumbed down for the helpless.

RSGP is worth real life money though.

 

Yes, but not according to Jagex

 

It doesn't matter what Jagex says - what the courts think is what matters and Jagex is perfectly aware that this might be a problem, which is why they haven't introduced such a casino yet.

 

Precisely, and I hope they continue to care what courts think, so that I can continue to have one of the best RuneScape incomes available.

[pulli23]

but are you that immoral? Why do you act like a complete egoistical person, only caring about your own wealth and not about others HEALTH? "as long as I have good money I don't care about others". What's up with that? You're activelly pursuing people's addiction, you're making use of other people for nothing but some cash.

 

Really if you're that egoistical there's little point of discussing, you already have formed your own world, and I have formed mine - worlds that simply can't understand each other.

Edited January 23, 2012 by Kimberly
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[Logdotzip]

Because it's my personal opinion that if you are so irresponsible to let behavior on a video game reflect back to your real life, then you have little hope to begin with. I pity the people that become addicted to gambling in real life because they did it on RuneScape, but IMO that's just Darwinism at work, weeding out the weaker people who can't control themselves. I have the best income in game because these people continue to choose to bet. I take commissions, no odds are against them, so I am not in favor of winning everything. They knowingly bet with me against someone else, and willingly give me commission, with no odds stacked against them. No one forces them to come bet.

 

Before this turns into the constantly looked at "Morals on a video game" topic, I'll put it to you like this; I'm a good person in real life. I take care of my friends, help people with their problems, do my part in the world, etc., etc. On Runescape, I honestly don't care if people lose their gold from betting. They knew the risk, and if they didn't, well shit, they do now. They are weak minded individuals who cannot differentiate between artificial wealth and real currency. Yes, this and that, gold has real value, blah blah. But once again, according to Jagex, it doesn't, and for those insisting gambling should be against the rules, you are breaking rules to begin with by saying gold has real value.

 

I would never take $5 from some little kid. But I promise you I or someone else would take their GP if they willingly put it at risk and lost. You can bet on that. And if you don't want to bet on that, don't worry; someone else will.

[Alg]

Seems like it all comes back to the old "It's just pixels" argument. Which is true, if you're willing to ignore the time put into assembling those pixels. It's similar to saying that a completed model of a car is just a lump of plastic. The only difference is that your lump of plastic is a physical object.

[Logdotzip]

Seems like it all comes back to the old "It's just pixels" argument. Which is true, if you're willing to ignore the time put into assembling those pixels. It's similar to saying that a completed model of a car is just a lump of plastic. The only difference is that your lump of plastic is a physical object.

 

Actually it's not the same at all, because a complete model of a car would cost you a lot of money. Gold on a videogame costs you nothing, apart from maybe membership, and even then that's optional.

 

That's why I don't care if I lose GP on the game. I got it for free - I didn't buy it or waste real money on it. Sure, I maybe lost some time, but I had fun whilst making it anyways, so not a total loss.

On the other hand, if I lost 10 real dollars, that I worked for, yeah, I would feel robbed of my time. If people are buying GP with money, then losing it betting or staking, well ouch, sucks to be you. But they're breaking rules anyways.

[Alg]

Actually, dueling for more than 40k at a time does require membership, as do many of the gambling games that people play.

[The Ryan]

I must say there has been a noticeable decline in "hosts" at the GE on random worlds. Of course the most popular worlds still have quite a few but it seems jagex has eliminated a large portion of gambling hosts with these updates.