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by Ntrails 2841 days ago
Counterstrike boxes contain purely cosmetics. I can't get wound up about that. You can even buy the thing you actually want on the open market.

CS:GO is not a game using lots of shitty in game mechanics/restrictions etc to drive people to spend money in order to play/compete. Same with Dota2.
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kazagistar 2841 days ago
It's still gambling... even more so if you can exchange the cosmetics back for real money. Which means it's still exploiting some people's gambling addition tendencies, which is the justification for gambling regulations in the first place. They don't regulate video poker because the gambling is making that arcade machine less fun.
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Ntrails 2841 days ago
The thing I actually care about is computer games. Good ones, well made, and designed around being fun. I enjoy opening my dota2 chests - but they have (basically) no negative impact on the game.

I actually agree - it's "pure" gambling in that sense. You're spinning a wheel and getting a random payoff. I just don't think that's an inherently bad thing

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