CS:Go - the online casino?

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quikah

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I haven't played CS since they change the name to CS: Go. I thought lootboxes sucked, but I had no idea how bad it could get. These 2 videos are pretty eye opening.

I have lost all respect for Valve. I am using GoG as much as I can from now on.

 

GodisanAtheist

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Yeah but Valve is a company I like that I happen to own a lot of products with so

*Insert ad hominem attacks against you, your character, and GOG just cause here*

 

Zeze

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Why is Valve doing this when Steam is literally is a nonsteam diaherrea of money? What is it 30% cut for ALL games lmao.

 

GodisanAtheist

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Zeze said:

Why is Valve doing this when Steam is literally is a nonsteam diaherrea of money? What is it 30% cut for ALL games lmao.

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-Cause the right amount of money is always just a little bit more.

 

aigomorla

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Zeze said:

What is it 30% cut for ALL games lmao.

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Yeah but they handle about 75% of the customer relation side, from refunds, on site Ads, to transactions, to distribution.
Servers are not cheap, neither is the multipul enterprise class fiber bandwidth to dish out to its customers.

When was the last time you even heard of Steam getting hacked, or them leaking your payment info?

And I think by far Apple and google play are far far worse then Steam.

 

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Stg-Flame

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Why do bots only necro old threads? Is there some sort of programming that makes them only comment on threads that haven't been active in a long time?

 

Fallen Kell

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Stg-Flame said:

Why do bots only necro old threads? Is there some sort of programming that makes them only comment on threads that haven't been active in a long time?

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Since you did such a good job of predicting a necro.... I will respond. A lot of it has to do with bot training. At some point in time, a snapshot was taken of a whole lot of sites and data. That snapshot was then used to train the bots. It can sometimes take months of time for bots to train, and sometimes, the training materials was even old before the bots were designed and started training. The bots are then released, and now pick some thread that they algorithmically scored "best" on to be able to jump into a conversation, and comment on that thread, not taking into account that the date is months ago, and thus "necro" a thread.

 

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Stg-Flame

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Fallen Kell said:

Since you did such a good job of predicting a necro.... I will respond. A lot of it has to do with bot training. At some point in time, a snapshot was taken of a whole lot of sites and data. That snapshot was then used to train the bots. It can sometimes take months of time for bots to train, and sometimes, the training materials was even old before the bots were designed and started training. The bots are then released, and now pick some thread that they algorithmically scored "best" on to be able to jump into a conversation, and comment on that thread, not taking into account that the date is months ago, and thus "necro" a thread.

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The past few bot replies that necro'd old threads keep editing the comment a few days after the initial comment was made, but now it adds a clickable link like the one above you did. The link was added on Saturday and nobody has caught it yet...

 

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JayBurkear

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The whole lootbox thing feels pretty shady, and it’s easy to see why people feel let down by Valve. It sucks when a game you love turns into something that feels more like a cash grab. That being said, there’s still a big trading community for skins if that’s your thing. Sites like https://skin.land/ make it easier to stick with trading without getting wrapped up in the gambling side of things.

 

Last edited: Jan 6, 2025

Odearrini

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quikah said:

I haven't played CS since they change the name to CS: Go. I thought lootboxes sucked, but I had no idea how bad it could get. These 2 videos are pretty eye opening.

I have lost all respect for Valve. I am using GoG as much as I can from now on. In short, it is better to play on a gambling site where there is an opportunity to win a real prize, not as in CS: Go

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I hate to admit it, but CS is really bringing us closer to a casino. Hopefully these lootboxes will be removed from the game in 2025.

 

Last edited: Jan 7, 2025

Artorias

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It unregulated casino style gambling at this point and needs maximum regulations.

Disclaimers, gambling addiction messaging and information on support services in the game. Valve needs to do a lot more and is simply not doing their part.

The main stream media love making video games the scapegoat for violence all the while gambling in videogames goes rampantly uncontested. They got a slam dunk of a story in their face and yet we hear nothing.