Rosekin1982

Do you get something in return for every bet you make that is worth the amount you paid?

This will NOT end non-copyable products...

Gacha machines do not do this. If you are playing a Gacha and do not feel that every item in it are worth the pull price, well, to put it nicely that is on you. I have never seen a gacha were the commons items were not worth the pull prize. Maybe it is not an item I want, or a color I want, but it was still worth the price of the pull.

My point is that what you consider "reasonable" and what the creator considers "reasonable" likely vastly differ. I cannot name all the times I have passed on buying a really nice item from a normal vendor due to the ridiculous price they wanted.

As a frequent player of Gachas I can confirm it CAN take only 1 pull to get the item you want. Will it be every time? Nope. Most Gacha vendors ran honest machines. It is sad that the small minority that cheated gave the entire Gacha creator pool a bad rep.

It is cute you think this will happen. What do you consider "reasonable price"? 10 times what they charged for a gacha pull? 20x? More?

7Seas fishing is most likely what you are talking about. And there is no market for reselling the fish. The Rarities on the fish are for the purpose of fishing contests. Each rarity having a point value to determine where you place in the contest. This simulates pretty accurately, the randomness of actual fishing contests, where the person with the biggest fish wins. One could easily replace rarity levels with weights, but that takes some of the fun out of 7Seas. Catching a rare Narwhal or Poseidon is a lot more fun then catching a 5 lb or 20 lb fish. Ironically some people view 7Seas as gambling as well, despite the fact that those taking part in the contest do NOT have to pay to get into it. You show up with a purchased rod (same as purchasing a fishing rod in RL to fish) and the person holding the contest puts up the prize money. Now people taking part in the fishing can contribute to the pot to increase it if they wish, but it is not required nor does it increase you chances of winning the contest. There is no gambling. It is a random contest that simulates RL fishing contests.

And here is the thing with this new law. The days of getting those common items for cheap are soon to be gone. Forget 50, 75 or even 100 L$ items, they will now go up by a factor of 10 to compensate for the lost income. ANYONE Thinking this new rule will let them get the same items at the same price without the randomness are mistaken. The only reason you were getting quality items form the gacha for such a cheap prize is the law of averages. Most rare items in Gachas were set to a 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 change to occur. This meant that a person would, on average, need to play 10 or 20 times to get the rare. So lets say the gacha was a 50 L$ gacha. 10 pulls x 50 L$ equals 500 L$. Now some would need the full 10 pulls to get the rare, and others would need only 1 pull, and yes some needed more then 10 (it does happen at times). Some of us were happy with the commons in a machine. I for one did not play a machine unless I happened to like most of the items in it to begin with. So for 50 L$ I could get a quality item in a random color and I was happy. NOW though, what you will see is those same common items selling for 500 L$. Heck, I would not be surprised if the creators that switch to normal vendors after this jack up the "Rare" items more then 10 x the price you would have paid in the Gacha. All I can see this move doing is further hurting SL, driving talented creators out of SL entirely and driving up the prices of items for those that stay. And to those of you who keep commenting how much you HATED Gacha, here was an idea... DO NOT PLAY IT THEN. Pretty simple really. Why it is that those whom do not like something have to ruin it for others rather then just avoiding it is beyond me.

Actually they can. Same as they ban people from entering Gambling sims based on their IP addresses. If you live in a state or country where gambling is illegal then you are unable to enter a gambling sim currently.

I agree. I should be able to do what I want with my L$. I was referring to people who will inevitably complain that Creator XYZ is now selling the items that would have ben 50L a pull for 500L or more in a normal vendor to make up for that lost income. It WILL happen lol. Or the creators will stop creating and even leave SL.

Que whining about favorite creator left SL or jacked up prices to make up lost Gacha revenue

It amazes me the number of people who have such hatred for Gachas. Not sure how they think this is going to make things better. What I am foreseeing right now is a lot more creators calling it quits from SL, or are you people under the misconception that the Gacha machine creators are going to switch gears and offer these same items so cheaply in a store? There are several Gacha creators whom do not even have an In World store. And those that do start selling their creations in a normal vendor will most likely jack the prices WAY up to make up for lost revenue from the Gacha machines.

For the last month or so I been getting an error message when initially trying to sign into Marketplace. After I get it and try to sign in again it goes through, but it is frustrating having to basically sign in twice. This is a Gyazo of the message I am getting. - https://gyazo.com/1fae8cfb23321fd70ea0b474523b7145

I fail to see what is so fascinating about my parcel that anyone would wish to come onto it. I do not begrudge people using the road, and I do agree the system needs improving so they can drive on it without hitting ban lines or no warning security orbs. Some have tried saying go rent private land. I was doing this before, and it is far more expensive. My current parcel on mainland is more then twice the size of the one I had been renting and is costing me LESS per month. I really do not think it is unreasonable to expect some privacy on (virtual) land that I am paying monthly to be able to use, so yeah, I think that entitles me to decide who is allowed on my property. If I wanted to share my builds and such with others I would sell them on MP. If you want to have safer travel for driving and flying (no water on my property so sailing does not apply here) that is fine. I got no issue with you needing time to pass through or over. But do not expect me to open my entire parcel for you to freely explore and do as you wish on. Oh, and I got more random visits on the private rental property then you would think. Was why I started using security orbs and limited access to begin with. It is sad that I actually did have to start doing this. Had at least three people that came onto my rental property and proceeded to start using my furniture and wander through my house. All three refused to leave when asked, then proceeded to get nasty with me when I ejected and banned them. So far have not had a similar issue on Mainland, but until recently I was keeping it set to limited access with ban lines. So I will see how the security orb option works (and yes I have mine set to 30 seconds warning, plenty of time to leave before being ejected.)

Because it is still my land. I am paying monthly for the right to call it such. Do you wander into a person's house and property in RL? (And yes I see your little signature tag there) I have as much right to expect my property in SL is respected as I do in RL. I do not set up my house and land for your use. I got no issues with people wanting to drive on the mainland roads. And honestly, if the ban lines worked how they were supposed to it would never be an issue to those using the roads. The fact that so few respect privacy and act like they have the right to wander into any parcel or home they come across is just appalling to me.