Let us gamble scrip?

Have a bunch of it. Never really spend any. All my best weapons come from co op. let us gamble it so it has some better purpose. What do u think?

I see nothing wrong with that idea as long as they come up with a good system. I've only bought a few things with my money. The rest of it just sits there.

You mean like gambling?

I would LOVE if there was a basement area of the Crater Bar where you watch 2 AI controlled mobs fight each other in melee, like in the show.

You could bet scrip on it for where you could win double. Bet as low as 1000, and as high as 10000.

Also a main level area for the crater bar to be the "social hub" everyone is asking for.

Gambling, eh? Sure. Give me all your scrip and we can take bets if I'll give it back :D

Kidding aside, I like the idea. Nothing wrong with some gambling in between ark hunting while tossing back a brew or two.

They already shot this down, as it's illegal in a lot of countries.

Just in case you didn't know:

You can purchase pretty much any Orange item you want if you have enough scrip on the Trading Forums.

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Originally Posted by SWFTWLF

They already shot this down, as it's illegal in a lot of countries.

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If it somehow tied to real money it would be, but this is scrip, earned in game. It's no different than playing black jack on a phone.
Example, you can bet "bits" on slot machines in the game, would be gambling as you can buy bits with real money. Scrip you can't.

The game is also rated M so it's not directed at children either.

Obviously laws vary, but again, it's an M rated game. It's not directed at children in any way.

Example Rift (rated teen), lets you gamble on their carnival of ascended event.

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Originally Posted by duggoonie

let us gamble it so it has some better purpose. What do u think?

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I don't understand. If you think scrip is useless, why would you want to gamble to potentially get more of it?

The idea of gambling is to risk something of value to you for the potential to get something of equal (or higher) value to you...

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Originally Posted by hardy83

If it somehow tied to real money it would be, but this is scrip, earned in game. It's no different than playing black jack on a phone.
Example, you can bet "bits" on slot machines in the game, would be gambling as you can buy bits with real money. Scrip you can't.

The game is also rated M so it's not directed at children either.

Obviously laws vary, but again, it's an M rated game. It's not directed at children in any way.

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Actually gambling period is illegal in many countries, even with fake money.

What would be cooler would be being able to tame hellbugs and then fight them for scrip/salvage or keycodes :o.

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Originally Posted by SWFTWLF

Actually gambling period is illegal in many countries, even with fake money.

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This. It was the reason some emotes were removed from GW1, people used to gamble ingame money.

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They already shot this down, as it's illegal in a lot of countries.

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explain Red Dead Redemption, Fallout New Vegas, and Grand Theft Auto?

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Originally Posted by Solo

explain Red Dead Redemption, Fallout New Vegas, and Grand Theft Auto?

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None of which are MMO. And also alot of countries have versions that differ from the main stream because of this law and that.

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Originally Posted by Solo

explain Red Dead Redemption, Fallout New Vegas, and Grand Theft Auto?

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Well some of the GTA games got AO/Adults Only ratings until they cleaned up a lot of content. Same with RDR. Fallout New Vegas had to be imported for the first 3-6 months after US release for some systems because Aus-land found out you could mod the games...

Really there's a long list of things / people that could better explain this than me, but if you're looking for instant gratification, just ask guys like Total Biscuit or Yahtzee sometime.

oh well everyone should take a break

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Originally Posted by hardy83

You mean like gambling?

I would LOVE if there was a basement area of the Crater Bar where you watch 2 AI controlled mobs fight each other in melee, like in the show.

You could bet scrip on it for where you could win double. Bet as low as 1000, and as high as 10000.

Also a main level area for the crater bar to be the "social hub" everyone is asking for.

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basement area with gambling, fallen earth flashback!

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Originally Posted by Solo

explain Red Dead Redemption, Fallout New Vegas, and Grand Theft Auto?

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You are gambling with an AI, in a singleplayer game. There is no laws about that.

I think they may be able to add a way to gamble ingame money (no real money) against an AI, like in Fallen Earth. But no gamble between player, or using real money (including bits).
And I'm not so sure about that.

Since they can't stop players from making individual bets among themselves, we need players acting as bookies. And things to bet on, obviously.

Also, I'd love PvP(vPvP) races Cannoball-Run style -- pay an entrance fee, pick your vehicle, first five from, say, Mt. Tam to the Crater gets prize money. We'd need some programming to prevent people from fast-travelling, etc. (Also, good place for bookies to make some side bets.)

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Originally Posted by hardy83

You mean like gambling?

I would LOVE if there was a basement area of the Crater Bar where you watch 2 AI controlled mobs fight each other in melee, like in the show.

You could bet scrip on it for where you could win double. Bet as low as 1000, and as high as 10000.

Also a main level area for the crater bar to be the "social hub" everyone is asking for.

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I like this idea.

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Originally Posted by Nemesis969

I like this idea.

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its like the varren fights

How can be gambling illegal in some regions? And how do you play poker in this areas?

they gamble on the show so whats wrong with it ingame....