Thanks.
They got a message from me now. The best we can do is insist that the game involves no gambling. Not even for fake money.

Why should we try?

You have to be the change you wish to see in the world.

Originally posted by Stan:

Why should we try?

Imagine allies saying that in 1941.

It's based off gambling, it is literally hands of poker, and while there is no "money" involved, there is an in game currency that goes up/down based on hands played, cards brought.

It is at it's core, a gambling game, the PEGI 18 rating makes sense

Originally posted by The Raven of Chaos:

It's based off gambling, it is literally hands of poker, and while there is no "money" involved, there is an in game currency that goes up/down based on hands played, cards brought.

It is at it's core, a gambling game, the PEGI 18 rating makes sense

In that case we need to report every other game that contains in-game currency and the option to gamble with it to PEGI so they can put 18 ratings on all of them. Final Fantasy 7 has a whole casino in it

Originally posted by The Raven of Chaos:

It's based off gambling, it is literally hands of poker, and while there is no "money" involved, there is an in game currency that goes up/down based on hands played, cards brought.

It is at it's core, a gambling game, the PEGI 18 rating makes sense

The amount of mental gymnastics you used to make this post is hilarious.

Originally posted by Frostea:

Originally posted by The Raven of Chaos:

It's based off gambling, it is literally hands of poker, and while there is no "money" involved, there is an in game currency that goes up/down based on hands played, cards brought.

It is at it's core, a gambling game, the PEGI 18 rating makes sense

The amount of mental gymnastics you used to make this post is hilarious.

https://i.ibb.co/bN25z7P/Capture-d-cran-2025-01-02-151848.png

"OH MY GOD THERE'S GAMBLING IN THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAME!!! CALL THE FBI!!!" - PEGI

Grow up, PEGI. That caused the game corner in the old Pokemon games to go extinct.

Originally posted by OwOmaltine:

https://i.ibb.co/bN25z7P/Capture-d-cran-2025-01-02-151848.png./quote]
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"This game teaches - by way of images, information and gameplay - skills and knowledge that are used in poker. During gameplay, the player is rewarded with 'chips' for playing certain hands. The player is able to access a list of poker hand names. As the player hovers over these poker hands, the game explains what types of cards the player would need to play certain hands. As the game goes on, the player becomes increasingly familiar with which hands would earn more points. Because these are hands that exist in the real world, this knowledge and skill could be transferred to a real-life game of poker."

That's like saying teaching a child to read gives it knowledge and skill to transfer into witchcraft. They clearly didn't play past the first ante. What casino's going to let you bring in a tarot deck and some business cards?

Originally posted by lborl:

Originally posted by OwOmaltine:

https://i.ibb.co/bN25z7P/Capture-d-cran-2025-01-02-151848.png./quote]
[HIGHLIGHTED TEXT]
"This game teaches - by way of images, information and gameplay - skills and knowledge that are used in poker. During gameplay, the player is rewarded with 'chips' for playing certain hands. The player is able to access a list of poker hand names. As the player hovers over these poker hands, the game explains what types of cards the player would need to play certain hands. As the game goes on, the player becomes increasingly familiar with which hands would earn more points. Because these are hands that exist in the real world, this knowledge and skill could be transferred to a real-life game of poker."

That's like saying teaching a child to read gives it knowledge and skill to transfer into witchcraft. They clearly didn't play past the first ante. What casino's going to let you bring in a tarot deck and some business cards?

oh no a videogame showed me how to remove a bottlecap, this is a dangerous path to becoming an alcoholic, i must warn others.

Originally posted by Yukon Cornelius:

"OH MY GOD THERE'S GAMBLING IN THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAME!!! CALL THE FBI!!!" - PEGI

Grow up, PEGI. That caused the game corner in the old Pokemon games to go extinct.

Ehh. it was not that big loss anyway. almost nothing that game corner was worth it.

Why did they rate the game 18+? Because it involves cards?

Originally posted by The Raven of Chaos:

It's based off gambling, it is literally hands of poker, and while there is no "money" involved, there is an in game currency that goes up/down based on hands played, cards brought.

It is at it's core, a gambling game, the PEGI 18 rating makes sense

This is complete nonsense, you can distill any video game down to gambling with this perspective. Ability points, XP, any other game that has numbers you accumulate and spend to potentially better your playing field.

The fact it has cards and poker hands is not what makes it gambling.

Originally posted by Moebius:

Why did they rate the game 18+? Because it involves cards?

Its a poker game with poker rules. Poker is a form of Gambling, and in most countries, gambling is forbidden under 18. Sure you don't play with real money (not using or winning) but it can easily lead to look for other similar games with poker, that then involves money and daddy's credit card.