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I'd be smart of Blizzard to fix this issue ASAP least they deter the next heavy spender from giving them large sums.

by emiliobumachar 4y ago

helmholtz 4y ago
Succinctly, that is why we have the society we do. Great meta commentary.
WorldMaker 4y ago
Big spenders love VIP high stakes tables with only fellow "elite" players to compete with. Blizzard probably just needs to make it an official tier, call it the Penthouse Club or something, and make some shiny in-game ads for it to attract more whales. I'm half-joking, but the joke is based on sad truths.
- egypturnash 4y ago
  In my dream world the profits from this sparkly, gold-plated tier would be split between charities and huge bonuses for all the people who labored to make this game. Welcome to the Wealth Redistribution Club, Mr. Jtisallbusiness. Pardon our dust, we didn't expect anyone to meet the sky-high entrance requirements so fast.
  - WorldMaker 4y ago
    That's related to why so many US states have struck devil's bargains with lottery companies. The lottery companies promise to give a percentage of profits back to public funds (often state education funds) for the rights to operate in that state. On the one hand it is nice to imagine that money going to fund education programs. On the other is the realization that gambling addiction affects every class of people, not just the super-rich and that if those lottery funds are broken down in comparison to other taxes they are often egregiously regressive (the poor buy a lot more lottery tickets than the average rich person, and worse spend a much larger share of their disposable income). It's hard to imagine pay-2-win not having similar devil's bargain problems for "wealth redistribution" that some of the players most interested/encouraged to pursue it aren't always the players that can truly afford it.

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I'd be smart of Blizzard to fix this issue ASAP least they deter the next heavy spender from giving them large sums.

by emiliobumachar 4y ago

I'd be smart of Blizzard to fix this issue ASAP least they deter the next heavy spender from giving them large sums.

helmholtz 4y ago
Succinctly, that is why we have the society we do. Great meta commentary.
WorldMaker 4y ago
Big spenders love VIP high stakes tables with only fellow "elite" players to compete with. Blizzard probably just needs to make it an official tier, call it the Penthouse Club or something, and make some shiny in-game ads for it to attract more whales. I'm half-joking, but the joke is based on sad truths.
- egypturnash 4y ago
  In my dream world the profits from this sparkly, gold-plated tier would be split between charities and huge bonuses for all the people who labored to make this game. Welcome to the Wealth Redistribution Club, Mr. Jtisallbusiness. Pardon our dust, we didn't expect anyone to meet the sky-high entrance requirements so fast.
  - WorldMaker 4y ago
    That's related to why so many US states have struck devil's bargains with lottery companies. The lottery companies promise to give a percentage of profits back to public funds (often state education funds) for the rights to operate in that state. On the one hand it is nice to imagine that money going to fund education programs. On the other is the realization that gambling addiction affects every class of people, not just the super-rich and that if those lottery funds are broken down in comparison to other taxes they are often egregiously regressive (the poor buy a lot more lottery tickets than the average rich person, and worse spend a much larger share of their disposable income). It's hard to imagine pay-2-win not having similar devil's bargain problems for "wealth redistribution" that some of the players most interested/encouraged to pursue it aren't always the players that can truly afford it.