[New Gacha Policy Discussion]

12 minutes ago, Velk Kerang said:

I heard about that mate and to be honest and a lot of that I am sure stems off of pissed off parents who's kids are stealing their credit cards and spending it on stuff like that. Which should be a home issue and not a government one. Gacha machines to me aren't even close to being loot boxes, but more related to those little toy machines you used to see in the store where the kid could win a random toy. Which to be honest is perfectly legal.

So to sum it up if I understand the situation correctly one of the main sources of revenue and entertainment this game has is being banned which to be entirely honest really isn't a very smart move. It's been a part of Second Life culture for ages now. If it was going to be such an issue then the time to have done this should have been in the beginning. Not years down the road.

Maybe it's because I am not a lawyer so I do not fully understand why some of the legal issues of others areas would come in to play, but I've never heard of an mmo making massive community changes because Joe in Jersey can't legally do x, y, and z. It just doesn't make any type of sense to me. Sounds more like a Joe problem then an LL problem.

I don't think it's a smart move. I think it will kill interest for a lot of people on this platform as many come up here to collect Gachas. Not me, but many people do. I would urge that LL reconsider and actually stick up for their residents on this one. If it is in fact a case of LL's hands are tied due to some legal mumbo jumbo then I guess we have the whiners to thank for this change. In that regards Second Life will definitely be imitating Real Life. lol😎

Actually if you have Overwatch or Apex in certain countries you can't buy loot crates. They allow you to buy skins out right. The difference is SL is one large grid. There is no European version of SL that only operates on European servers where it's a micro ecosystem. That's why the change effects all of us. 

[New Gacha Policy Discussion]

23 minutes ago, ZacharyFen said:

Guess these folks need to understand what gambling is because gambling does'nt include always winning. Its only gamling if there are chances to lose your bet.

These are prizes boxes with random prizes.

 

Man go take it up with Belgium and other countries where they consider it gambling. Law is law.

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39 minutes ago, Scarlet67 said:

i feel like your making a mistake due to the fact that creators work hard to make stuff for secondlife and your alienating your users who like gachas will there be a diffrent way to do so its fun do do gachas the thrill of geting an item from a machine thats what there for is there a way for creators to earn money in some way? im scared for the future of secondlife in genral and im worried ppl will stop playing secondlife cause of the lack of that feature... 

What part of them complying with international law do you and some other people on here not understand? If Linden Labs doesn't do this that's it for second life. They'll be told "Either change it or we're blocking access to second life in our country." You know how many people would actually lose money if that were to happen? How many lives that would mess up? Gachas have to go

 

[When did you last see a Bellessarian home available?]

9 minutes ago, MollySevens said:

I sent you a message earlier, but if you've already found one, I'd like to release the one I have and try for a house.

Are you still looking to give up your houseboat? Cause right now only thing I can see available are victorian homes

[When did you last see a Bellessarian home available?]

I wish I had read this thread before I abandoned my house to try and failed at getting a houseboat. 😡