Super hard disagree. I do like me some Magic the Gathering and CCGs in general. If anything I'm say more concerned with the increasing trend of real world blind pack collectibles aimed exclusively at kids than I am with online loot boxes, which is something most of the industry has abandoned anyway after the panic went viral.
But nope, absolutely not. Loot boxes aren't worth forcing online age verification any more than porn was a few months ago when we were all mad because the UK did it. And absolutely no, I am an adult and if I want to gamble online, let alone buy loot boxes in a videogame, I absolutely should be happy to do that.
yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t care. Loot boxes are gambling, which is addictive and frankly evil.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
So is alcohol and I will have a beer regardless of what you or anybody else thinks about it. Screw you, you don't get to baby my addictions, I'm a big boy.
yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
And guess what: we ID you if you want to ingest alcohol. Great analogy.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
And we do if you try to buy porn in a bookstore. We still don't like upending the entire framework of the Internet for the sake of replicating that online. Which is exactly what's happening here. The loot box thing is an afterthought that mandates a specific age rating for games that include them and nothing else. Porn is the main focus of the legislation.
And I disagree on implementing internet-wide ID checks for the sake of keeping kids away from porn. Hard.
TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
The UK has challenge 25 laws that mean that you only need to show ID if you look like you’re under 25. So no you don’t always need to provide ID to purchase alcohol, at least not in puritan shitholes.