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1 minute ago, mmmlisi4ka said:

It is very profitable for LL to stop gacha machines, when the creators will transfer their items to the MP, and almost all transactions will pass through the MP,  LL will receive their 10 percent.

LL already gets the money when you buy the lindens to purchase gacha stuff.  LL gets their cut no matter where you're purchasing it from.  You literally buy the money you're spending on these things from them.

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4 minutes ago, SativaStaryk said:

Ok what about sploders?

 

Sploders that you have to pay into in order to win are already against the rules.  They've been against the rules since the gambling ban.

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1 minute ago, DeeJay Peapod said:

well then we should all ban, breedables, sploders, any of the fishing games where you have to buy worms, because its all based on chance that you may or may not make a profit in return ergo if you breed horses but your not getting the value of those original horses after food and all the stuff thats required to maintain them, then its technically chance. sploders should be banned simply because its more gambling.

Sploders that you have to pay into to win money are already against the rules.

And, you're right, everything else that has a 'pay for a chance', like breedables, fishing with linden-bought bait, and anything that is similar to a gacha that you use lindens to purchase a chance.  They all fall under this new rule, so they would technically not be allowed.

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Just now, Send Starlight said:

I have a dave & busters or chuckee cheese style board game hangout where a ticket system I developed gives "tickets" with zero linden value that can be turned in to retrieve random gachas from signs for fun. Will I need to remove this system completely?

In addition, I provide a "mulitplier" that allows players to tip the sim to get x2, x3, x4 tickets for up to 10 plays when they win so they acquire tickets faster. I also provide a 1x for free that provides 10 tickets a game. Paying for this is not required to play or receive the prizes. Players generally pay with effort and time spent simply playing the board games.

Even with this freeplay feature and the fact that the tickets don't hold value, will I be required to remove my system and the gacha prizes. Or, do I need to modify the way it works or remove it?

The system is located here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Indian Paradise/117/69/2513

I need some guidance here.

I think as long as there's no lindens/money involved, it should be fine.  The issue is using real money for a chance at an item, so your tickets with a zero-dollar value, should be fine.

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2 minutes ago, Javen Latte said:

I think their hands are tied in this. It isn't only about lootboxes but also wording mentions microtransactions for items or partial items. I think that part of it is what really hurt gachas.

One could probably argue that there's a 'cash out' cycle with gacha items, too.  It takes some mental gymnastics, but selling the items for lindens and then cashing out those lindens could fall into a grey area as far as gambling goes.  If I can think of it, you know some bored and salivating regulator has.

2 minutes ago, DeeJay Peapod said:

I mean....LL gets that money regardless of gachas....i mean breedables act on the same principle.....

Breedable creators should be considering their options as well, since if they fall under the new 'gacha' policy, they're in violation as well.

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Just now, DeeJay Peapod said:

lmao LL doesnt get paid for gacha machines....they get paid for the mesh and texture uploads and thats where it ends so unless a reseller is putting it on the MP 

They get the money that people dump into lindens in order to continually hit that slot machine.  Every single linden dollar that is bought goes to LL and don't tell me that people don't buy obscene amounts of lindens for those gacha games. 

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People are blaming LL for this, but do you really think that they'd turn down free money?  This has to be a decision that was made for them by some regulatory body.

Gacha probably falls under the same umbrella as lootboxes in some countries.  Someone probably finally noticed this and sent LL a strongly worded letter and a delightful fine to pay.