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Great game, but I won't really sign up for a gaming service that is controlled (in part) by Tencent. Don't get me wrong, Epic makes great stuff. The Unreal eng

Great game, but I won't really sign up for a gaming service that is controlled (in part) by Tencent. Don't get me wrong, Epic makes great stuff. The Unreal engine is amazing. You can argue Tim Sweeney is the CEO, but any meeting at a high level with Epic includes Tencent. You are not talking to Sweeney alone, it's Tencent and Sweeney. The way Fortnite targets kids for Vbucks and skin sales is pretty gross too. Many stories of Mommy's credit card being ran up. A game that is essentially banned in China. No thanks. No amount of free games will have me install the Epic Games client.

scohesc 4y ago
A law firm in Canada has won a class-action against Epic Games for something to do with LootBoxes/VBucks - if you're eligible you get $25 bucks! I only got it because it's somehow related to Rocket League drops as well. Thankfully I have Rocket League on Steam before they removed it and migrated over to the Epic store to get that sweet sweet microtransaction money https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219/trending-topics-c5719357839387/epic-games-canadian-v-bucks-settlement-a11209772448411 https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219...
wy35 4y ago
> The way Fortnite targets kids for Vbucks and skin sales is pretty gross too. Many stories of Mommy's credit card being ran up. This isn’t exclusive to Fortnite, by FAR. Singling out Epic isn’t really fair when the same exact thing happens with Roblox, Clash of Clans, etc.
- klipklop 4y ago
  It's fair because Epic is part owned by a company (Tencent) that is owned/ran by a government (The CCP/CPC.) that bans such things for their children, but are OK with it in the West for their profit. But yeah, Roblox and CoC are gross too. However you should not trust Tencent and Epic. Just go pay for Kerbal on a better platform. A ranking CCP member must be on staff at a high level to carry out the interests of the party. I believe more than few of their upper management positions are headed by high ranking CCP members.

scohesc 4y ago

A law firm in Canada has won a class-action against Epic Games for something to do with LootBoxes/VBucks - if you're eligible you get $25 bucks! I only got it because it's somehow related to Rocket League drops as well. Thankfully I have Rocket League on Steam before they removed it and migrated over to the Epic store to get that sweet sweet microtransaction money https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219/trending-topics-c5719357839387/epic-games-canadian-v-bucks-settlement-a11209772448411 https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219...

wy35 4y ago

> The way Fortnite targets kids for Vbucks and skin sales is pretty gross too. Many stories of Mommy's credit card being ran up. This isn’t exclusive to Fortnite, by FAR. Singling out Epic isn’t really fair when the same exact thing happens with Roblox, Clash of Clans, etc.

klipklop 4y ago
It's fair because Epic is part owned by a company (Tencent) that is owned/ran by a government (The CCP/CPC.) that bans such things for their children, but are OK with it in the West for their profit. But yeah, Roblox and CoC are gross too. However you should not trust Tencent and Epic. Just go pay for Kerbal on a better platform. A ranking CCP member must be on staff at a high level to carry out the interests of the party. I believe more than few of their upper management positions are headed by high ranking CCP members.