Dorientje Woller

It's not only that, as not only kids and games kids play. Most AAA, MMO's, RPG's are played by young adults to even adults. Sadly, as with each aspect of life, there is a section of the population that is weak to the temptations of it. Let me ask you a question: Would you like it that your partner is wasting his salary to what is in fact pixalated crap that serves nobody in real life, to an extend that you have to get a loan to buy you for example a TV. It's, beside protecting kids while they are playing also protecting adults from the excesses we witness in the gaming industry.

Well, going to use example: Suppose you are a chicken farmer, and you sell your little pok pok animals in the US, but they are treated with chloride to prevent them to get ill. At some point you want to sell your product, chlorifide chicken meat in the EU. Well, going to tell you with a straight face: "Sorry, you can't, because chlorifide chicken meat in the EU is banned, for health reasons". Only thing you can do to get a foothold on the EU is bend to our will, and start producing chicken meat from chickens that haven't been treated with chloride.

Seems you failed to understand one major aspect of this ban of Gachas: NO still means NO and nuffing else.

So in your mind paying for example 75 Linden for a gacha and getting in return an item that is worth 40 linden isn't losing money?

It is gambling as you have forsaken already 2 points of the describtion of gambling: 1. You pay money, real or virtual. 2. Outcome is based on chance, not skill Once more, that you get each time an item of value is no longer a point of discussion after forsaking the first 2 points.

You pay an amount of money, whether this is real money or virtual money or even potato chips, in order to play a game based on chance not skill, aka the player has no control over the outcome, makes it betting or gambling. Whether the device, gacha machine, turns out each time an item of value doesn't matter at all.

OMG, sorry, the excuse of that any government has any say into how we spend out money is one arguement pulled in by the hairs. Yes, I am allowed to spend my money by my government into whatever I want, as long it isn't into illegal activities.

Isn't that what you already get in certain stores when you buy something: it's called a reduction or store credit.

Wrong, a raffle in SL only requires an entrance with your account name, not a payment. You simply slap the raffleboard to register, nuffing more, nuffing less.

No, that is a describtion of an illegal gambling device under the Carlifornian Gambling Law. I believe, correction, I am sure that the headquarters of Linden Labs are situated in California.

For those who are still doubting: Gachas according the Californian Gambling Law are illegal gambling devices, read the link, especially what is between the brackets: https://www.abc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Law-Enforcement-Advisory-Illegal-Gambling-Devices-1.pdf

I would ask a 4th question: is entering a raffle from a creator on FB well clearly within the privacy laws. Don't think that a SL creator has any business with my personal FB account and name.

Mind you something different: in order to be on the European or whatever market other then the US, Linden Lab has to comply to the laws of that market. So, if the EU considers Gacha as illegal gambling, then Linden Lab has 2 options: either they remove the gachas or they, Linden Labs, removes themselves from that market and if they don't do either of the both options, they risk to be blocked from that market. That is the simple and pure reality of doing international businesses.

Maybe they can ask if Gachas will be allowed on those special for gambling created sims/lands ? And hold their events there.

You don't understand it: follow the flowchart in this document of June 2019 by the Bureau Of Gambling Control: https://www.abc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Law-Enforcement-Advisory-Illegal-Gambling-Devices-1.pdf

If creators would use the same skeletons anchor points as they are there for the heads, the issue wouldn't be so obvious. But if I buy a hairset that clearly mentions for X head, than I expect that it fits for that head and hasn't a space of a finger wide between the head and the hair itself. Nor is it normal that even, when provided, none of the S/M/L sizes fits the head and are clipping it. Even hiding the scalp or using and alpha doesn't help in some cases. Fashion, my dear, doesn't dictate what people want, fashion is dictated in what people want.

Been hunting for a hair do that you like and discover then that it doesn't fit, no matter what you try. Or having 3 different sizes and none fit, either clipping with your head or are floating to a point that it becomes ugly and not wearable. Or better, having a ton of bangs & strands that you have to resize, but when you have reached the minimum or maximum those add ons are still floating or at least not in position. Or you paid already quiet an amount for a hair set and have to pay extra for a style hud to realize that the hair doesn't fit whether it's rigged mesh or not. What's wrong lately that nearly none of hair really fits, while we all know that heads, whether mesh or bento mesh are bound to the limits of LL and SL. Oh, don't drop me the usual bomb of adapt the shape of the head, play a bit around with the sliders till the hair fits. A. Not everybody has a shape he/she likes that is modifiable. B. As a shape "creator", I know damn well that the minute adaption of head sliders has an effect on the overall look of the avatar. It's about time to get your acts back together and start providing hair sets that fit all sizes and shapes.

Evidence isn't available on the net, but classified in archives to protect the victims. Not everything is been posted on the net, but it is available for those that matter.

First of all, addressing your opposition with an insult such as libtard, from the start. If you walk into my office and addressed me with an insult from start, do you really think that you would obtain anything, reach your goals/objectives, no matter how justified they are. Nah, don't think so. And has nothing to do with any of your political believes, religion, race or whatsoever. It means that you can't act like an adult or an human. Trump started his political career with lies, insults, conspiracy theories. One that can't handle the truth, reality, has no base or ground to debate. Always was, always is, and it will always be so. Now, in my social midst, Trump is a name to be avoided, not only since the last 5 years, but way before that. We know that he is listed as a potential sexual predator and pedophile since end of the 90's, early 2000's and is registered as such by our government and several instances. Still wonders why anyone in the US was still willing to vote for him after the release of the Access Hollywood tapes. There, he just showed the world how he really is. Yes, people do deserve a second chance, sadly I don't think that sexual predators and pedophiles should be on that list.

Or go for the 5 minutes and a game misconduct

Never forget: Stupidity should be awarded a two minute penalty.

Can anyone explain to us why the search engine of the in game browser is so messed up. Whatever you type into the search bar, the return you get is mostly groups and not places. Does anyone of Linden Lab realized that this might be a costly mistake for landowners, store owners, sim owners of whatever product they promote. Did you forget that these people invest quiet an amount into Second Life and now seeing that their investments have dropping return?

Meanwhile, after 23 pages of a well or not game, we managed to forget an important thing. Linden Labs is a private owned company with an international reach. Now, as an European citizen, I can tell you that the EU is taking slightly an harsh stance against foreign companies which have a marketshare in the EU. One of our laws, our rules, our regulations or be gone. Don't start a moan about it, this mentality is already in place since the start of the EU. In the European law, hate speech, racism, discrimination, xenophobia an so on are punishable criminal acts. Reports of such acts towards any social media, which Linden Labs is, must be removed within 48 hours. And make no mistake, the EU is verifying the actions taken by the social media company, each 6 months, reports it and based on these reports, penalties (fines) are been given. So, when you think you have your Freedom Of Speech, that Freedom Of Speech is being filled in differently in other countries and might lead to financial troubles for the company of which you are using it as a platform for your ideas. Just keep that in mind.

Crash report has been sent to those who concern it the most: Linden Labs.

Ah, please, stop doing what developers are specialized in lately: Blaming the user instead of themselves. Such an easy excuse.