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Sure there is. Card packs all cost money and what you're going to get is up to chance.
by kelseyfrog 2y ago
Sure there is. Card packs all cost money and what you're going to get is up to chance.
- jjmarr 2y agoAre all probability-based mechanics requiring you to choose how you spend limited resources gambling?
- kelseyfrog 2y agoWho knows, but the act of paying for the chance of a prize is definitionally gambling. See slot machines.
- bluefirebrand 2y agoThere are slot machine mechanics in tons of videogames that dont have 18+ ratings because they don't cost real money to play Hell, the very first Pokemon games on the Gameboy 30 years ago had slot machines. Should those have had 18+ ratings? Surely not. That would be absurd.
- handoflixue 2y agoYou spent time writing this post with the hope of earning the "prize" of karma. That's a higher price and a bigger prize than anything in Balatro
- bluefirebrand 2y agoThey don't cost real world money It is not "gambling" when the stakes are not real
- kelseyfrog 2y agoSorry, but it actually is. It's simply reality.
- bluefirebrand 2y agoNo, it literally isn't From wikipedia: ``` Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elements to be present: consideration (an amount wagered), risk (chance), and a prize. ``` If you arent wagering anything of value then it is not gambling Fake game currency is not of value
- singleshot_ 2y agoSurely if you can exchange something to be entertained, it has some value…
- handoflixue 2y agoYes, and Hacker News karma points have even more value, and are even riskier to acquire - everyone in this thread is gambling harder than you do in Balatro
- kelseyfrog 2y ago[flagged]
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoDon't you have better things to do than pretend to be a 12 year old on the internet?
- kelseyfrog 2y ago[flagged]
- handoflixue 2y agoTo gamble: "take risky action in the hope of a desired result" So, for instance, if you post on Hacker News and hope that people are swayed by your post, or will give interesting replies, you're gambling. Reading Hacker News is the hope that you'll find some good articles and commentary. Trust me, I'm risking FAR more by making this post than I've ever risked playing Balatro (although then again, buying a game is a risk, so... really, every purchase is gambling, wow!) Hopefully you can see how this is an incredibly useless definition for the purposes of holding a meaningful conversation about the world?
- favorited 2y agoBy that same logic, a game of Monopoly is "gambling." Properties cost fake money, and your dice rolls are up to chance. And any definition of "gambling" that would include Monopoly is overly vague to the point of uselessness.
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