The theme of Lutboxes has long gone beyond the games themselves. In a study published in the reviewed journal Addictive Behaviors, the relationship between the attitude of gamers to Lutboxes and the dependence on gambling was shown.
The report was shared by the Center for the study of gambling at the University of British Colombia. The study took place in two stages: the first survey of relations with Lutboxes was conducted among 144 adult gamers from North America, and the second with a group of 113 university students.
In an interview with the Vancouver Sun newspaper, the leading author of the study Gabriel Brooks (Gabriel Brooks) said: “As a rule, we had such a connection: the more a person spent monthly, the more likely he was involved in the problems associated with gambling and/or risky passion for Lutboxes”. According to the results of the study, these words are more related to the respondents of adults than students.
Researchers have discovered a number of similarities between groups. The vast majority of respondents at least once opened “cases”: 88.9 % from the North American group and 94.8 % of the student group. Real money on lutboxes spent 49.3 % and 60.3 %, respectively.
In addition, the majority of respondents in both groups believe that the Lutboxes are a form of gambling. Among adults, it thinks so 68.1 %, and among students – 86.2 %.
In order for Lutboxes it is more difficult to equate to gambling, developers forbid to sell things from them for real money. But some of the respondents found ways to “push” the treasured boxes or objects from them for real currency: 27.8 % adults and 39.7 % of students. Some even made a profit from this: 18.1 % of the first group and 25.9 % of the second.
Nevertheless Brooks He admitted that this study is not enough to justify the legislative measure, and stated that it was necessary to conduct an additional one – in particular, about the attitude to the Lutboxes of children. However, he suggested that people who are at risk of gambling dependence can be addicted to Lutboxes.
The report also proposes to introduce a special shortcut that places games that contain Lutbox mechanics. Another option is to create special accounts with a function prohibiting buying such entertainment.
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Personally, I am extremely grateful to Lutboxes for the fact that thanks to them I realized that all gambling should go around the tenth road. It was like this: I bought Batla 1 with a premium, for which I received twenty boxes. All of them opened them, but I wanted more. At first I knocked out honestly – I played about a dozen matches and received the most minimum box (my rustication in the sense). But the worst has always happened after its opening. I got a golem skin-we sell the legend from the first boxes to buy a new box, because something better gets there better. I got a steep skin – we still sell the legend from the first boxes to buy a new box. Why? Yes, simply because "still. ". But how evil I was when my girlfriend played from my account and opened a box that I spent for later, it was clearly unhealthy. Then I realized that I should stay away from Las Vegas. And from strip offices like “Favorite of Sports” and “National Lottery”, which are simply unlimited in Ukraine (though there are sooo many). It’s good at least I didn’t spend real money – the price of two euros for the minimum box of anyone will scare away. But then I spent a lot of time a lot, which I regret, because it was at that time that this very time could convert into an inconspicuous amount, and instead converted into a bunch of pixels, including 16 legendary ones, which is even less than their original amount. Yes, I was still relatively lucky in terms of excitement in Games, but this does not justify him at all, as, in fact, and me. Lutboxes should be everywhere prohibited at the legislative level, no warning shortcuts, age -related restrictions and compromises. Like all online casinos and any gambling activity that are scattered in different places (all these “mesh coin layer and find the code”). Because a person should not have a gambling at every step. Gambling in any form should be so hard to reach the decision to “stab” was as conscious as possible, as far as possible. Large suburban casinos pose little danger, even for people like me, so I have nothing against it, although these guys should pay considerable taxes. But all this is already so, IMHO.
In order for Lutboxes it is more difficult to equate to gambling, developers forbid to sell things from them for real money.
And what? They can prohibit anything in essence, and this will not change the fact that the exchange for real money is and is common.
But some of the respondents https://belbetcasino.co.uk/login/ found ways to “push” the treasured boxes or objects from them for real currency. Some even made a profit from this.
Well, it is logical if MMO has been automated to such an extent that resources are automatically mined in the game, sold and then the in -game currency is exchanged for real. Then right it suggests itself.
The report also proposes to introduce a special shortcut that places games that contain Lutbox mechanics. Another option is to create special accounts with a function prohibiting buying such entertainment.
And for the sake of this, the noise on the topic regularly rises? It seems to me that it will not affect anything, let at least half of the box with the disk write “Lutboxes kill” (as on packs with cigarettes). And the creation of special accounts is relevant only for children who have enough skill to control. And older children themselves are able to create accounts without restrictions and answer the question “And you are more than 18?".
People, everything written by you is how to explain to a person with a predisposition to drugs that drugs are harmful. Stump is harmful that it is harmful. I’ll tell you more – as a rule, they do not even bring pleasure even the most avid shopping. But this does not affect anything. The predisposition to such things is embedded at the genetic level and it is simply incredibly strong. It cannot be cured, you can simply not give her a reason to declare yourself. No, even if it’s something harmless. And dividing the lobboxes into “norms” and “evil” is the same as saying that the grass is normal, and the rest is evil. It can be so, but only if you are inclined to "drug addiction", then you can’t do anything at all.
What, isn’t it a fucking casino? The casino is still. More sites with cases, how infuriates their advertisement on some channels. What do children really accustom these gambling games. It is easier for adults to seize denyuzhka in a real casino, and here is the most for children and adolescents.
In order for Lutboxes it is more difficult to equate to gambling, developers forbid to sell things from them for real money.
Whoever says and do what, and I will always believe that Lutboxes are a cancer tumor of the modern gaming industry. If the Lutboxes are in the F2P games, often fall and open without a key, then this is quite normal, but if you bought a game and to get its content should buy fucking boxes – this is P*:%*% How bad! Previously, we either received gaming content immediately, or opened up some kind of achivka or tasks, now you are simply obliged to grind and tremble in order to receive skins, repaints and other buns. It is always worse when the chance of a drop of good clothes is extremely small! All modern developers put every effort into these same lutboxes, skins, etc.D. Why make large -scale content for the purchase of which you can reward the player near the skins, tasks, etc.D. If you can just make updates with skins and bug fixes! We survived, BL*:%!
What is it for? If you spend real money just on a chance to get a virtual thing, it can cause the same dependence as if you spend real money just on a chance to get a real thing?
Incredible! Who would have thought?!
Hammer! Recognition of the presence of a problem is the first step to solving it. Otherwise you can’t prove to some that it was worth it to stay away from gambling.
The problem is that when children begin to attend a kindergarten/school, the influence of parents begins to strive for zero. And begins to engage in education. Given your logic, it turns out that if parents lost their duties at the initial stage of education, then write disappeared. After all, we have to live in this society, and we all have to “interest” take care of his “origins”. Here I am about what, not about "sterilization". 🙂
Analogy about peanuts, as I understand it, this is in general. And then, if this is an answer to a comment, it turns out that these are the parents of the allergy sufferers should mark packaging. : D
I absolutely do not want my children to live in a magical world, where most of the information and entertainment is prohibited due to the fact that someone else considered it harmful
We will allow the sale of alcohol to minors and let the parents follow the child does not thump. 🙂 Note, this is a ban and it does not work. Therefore, I’m not saying that everything needs to be prohibited. It is necessary that the environment shows with their example small, which is better not to thump (t.e. the same “interest”), not that thumping is bad. This is just enough and it doesn’t work either. But when you talk with an educated person, there is some desire and book to read. 🙂
If a person has an allergy to peanuts, this is not an occasion to remove all products with peanuts from the sale or make it difficult to reach people with allergies, just indicate its availability on the package.
So it is with children. If you want the child to not watch films with the rating R, do not spend money on games – take care of his upbringing and control over his actions.
Modern children already have less freedom than I had in childhood. And I absolutely do not want my children to live in a magical world, where most of the information and entertainment is prohibited due to the fact that someone else considered it harmful.
You compare allergies (t.e. Something that is openly harmed, which a person will not touch on his own will and he needs to be monitored so as not to interact with this by accident) with gambling (something that you have a high chance to lead to sad consequences, but at the same time a person gets dependent on this and has a traction to interact with it)?
So, speaking of "products", then it must be compared with the free sale of drugs and alcohol. The same gambling is not just trying to withdraw from the field of easy accessibility to an average resident.
That’s it and that that the Lutboxes are available for real and are designed for people with a predisposition that will break and spend real money. Yes, in most cases there are (not intentionally provided for a developer, but simply there are, due to certain restrictions) a certain stop, when the player receives everything you need (or everything available) and the need for the need for the Lutboxes disappears (unlike the games for real money, where the “ceiling” may simply not be), but the essence of the games with lutboxes is precisely in order Drive in the fire of consumer excitement, luring more and more money.
T.e. Unlike participation in standard gambling, a painful gambling may not be left “without ports”, but it is likely to spend the amount tangible to his own budget, which will not pay off in any (including pleasure) parameter.
In general, what nafig lutboxes in games? How they fit into any game, if this is not a casino game? They do not give up the ENT, the atmosphere? Here you are an immortal soul, hunting for orcs, but you are already opening boxes with orcs inside ..
This is an artificially inserted roulette, not in order to entertain the player who has already acquired the game, or help him plunge.
Here in some Overlord 3 \/Evil Genius 2, there should definitely be huge lutboxes with monsters \/soldiers as an element of gameplay.
And for the sake of this, the noise on the topic regularly rises? It seems to me that it will not affect anything, let at least half of the box with the disk write “Lutboxes kill” (as on packs with cigarettes). And the creation of special accounts is relevant only for children who have enough skill to control. And older children themselves are able to create accounts without restrictions and answer the question “And you are more than 18?".
Duck care for children in the interests of parents, not manufacturers. Why should manufacturers think to children and introduce some anal restrictions so that minors could not have access to something that _ part of parents considers unacceptable?
On the same PS4 there is a completely anal parental regime that will not allow the child to buy or play in the unreasonable parents and rating. And even having created a new user, children will not be able to log in to the system.
For Steam, everything is more complicated. You can try to solve the problem technically and get a bunch of headache.
But it is best to solve this problem administratively, for example, watching out the statements of a child’s bank card and solve problems with the fact that instead of normal meals, he leaked all the money to the Lutboxes.
Buy BF1 with a premium
Play for boxes
Yes, you are clearly problems. Before thinking about gambling, you should read about statistics, interest percentage, and so on. Any casino gives a percentage of victory 45%-almost 50% and it seems that at some point you win and ultimately you will remain with anything. Lutboxes norms if there are no things affect the gameplay. Everything else is evil.
In BF1, you need to play for the sake of the atmosphere, although the cards there are miserable in places and casual gameplay.
In general, try not to be distracted by boxes, not in them salt. Many streamers and initiators have just hundreds of non -open chests, since they are not needed.