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Luck be a Landlord is now banned in 13 countries on the Google Play Store (blog.trampolinetales.com)
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[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml 91 points 2 years ago

"Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions."

For those curious about the game. Game details from Metacritic.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

So it's literally a slot machine simulator...

And the guy who made it doesn't understand why it's being taken down for gambling?

[-] ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 53 points 2 years ago

So you think an FPS should be taken down for murder?

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

No because that's not killing anyone.

But a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn't really pay out.

So a slot machine simulator getting banned in countries that ban gambling makes perfect sense.

But the creator apparently thinks it's because those countries just love capitalism so much...

I don't know what's hard to understand

[-] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 years ago

a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn’t really pay out

Uhh, no? That's not what gambling is?

[-] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Didn't you know that every choice you make throughout the day is gambling?

[-] hughperman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Every random number generator is gambling, dammit. Right down to quantum mechanics.

[-] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 years ago

What about Vampire Survivors, as well as numerous other games, using spinners or other slot-machine-like animations to represent RPG drops? Should all of these games be banned for the same reason? If anything, many of these better re-create the slot machine experience with their flashy effects and more substantial results.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In Super Mario Bros 2 you use a slot machine to get extra lives at the end of each level - I hope they've banned that game too.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not exactly up to date on mobile games...

But if their primary gameplay is a slot machine simulator, then yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they're also banned.

Although people who play a lot of mobile games would explain the type of replies I'm getting. So it probably wasn't intentional, but you did help, thanks!

[-] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

These aren't mobile games, they're desktop games, and this isn't anything new. These same themes and effects have been used for decades. As someone else points out, even the retro Mario games have you use spinners and slot machines. RNG is exciting and helps make a fun and engaging game. I mean, by that same logic, a game like Catan should be banned because one of its primary mechanics is just being rewarded for favorable dice rolls, as you would be when gambling on dice.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

There is a metric fuckton of slot machine games on the playstore. This game, which isn't gambling, is being limited while other slot machine games aren't.

It would be different if the policy was applied equally to other apps as well.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

But if their primary gameplay is a slot machine simulator, then yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re also banned.

You've been told multiple times it is not.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

LbaL is also on Steam btw, I played it there a few years ago

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

Well the UAE for instance recently made a deal with a Las Vegas casino. Wynn Resorts.

Exceptions are made, clearly.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I googled that.

It's set to open in 2027 because they're confident by then it will be legal.

But it's 2023 and it's not legal. So sure, if in 2027 it's legal and this mobile slot machine simulator is still banned, maybe it would matter

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Really, Luck Be A Landlord just needs to call them 'duty free luck draws' or something. Or disguise the slots as horse races. Gambling is rampant in places like the UAE, it's just gamed,(haw). So that's all LBAL would need to do. I doubt it's worth the effort for the sales in the countries banning it though.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

But it’s 2023 and it’s not legal. So sure, if in 2027 it’s legal and this mobile slot machine simulator is still banned, maybe it would matter

Except gambling on racing is legal.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Are you just trolling?

[-] hyperhopper@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

The fps isn't killing anybody and spinning the wheels in luck be a landlord isn't taking anybody's money.

Neither is bad.

[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

FPS games aren't actually killing anyone.

And a slot machine simulator is not actually gambling. Gambling 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. (Wikipedia) . If you are not paying or receiving money you are not gambling. You are just playing a game.

[-] Homeschooled316@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Present evidence that fake gambling causes real gambling. Not evidence that it actives dopamine receptors. Actual gambling.

Fantasy and fiction don’t cause maladaptive behavior. One day society will accept that this is still true for audiovisual media, just as it had to be slowly accepted for music, just as it had to be slowly accepted for books.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is like saying meteorologists who predict the rain cause it...

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

But a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn’t really pay out.

u wot? It's not a slot machine simulator either.

[-] steb@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Similar to some countries banning games that depict skulls or blood, these countries have banned games that depict gambling. This is different from banning games that contain loot boxes or actual gambling.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 years ago

Anybody who has played the game will know how much of a dumbass take this is. It's no more a "slot machine simulator" than Doom is a "military training simulator".

[-] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 23 points 2 years ago

Uh oh, looks like all the Borderlands games are illegal. Gearbox better watch out

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Too bad lootboxes are banned in a lot of countries so you couldn't make a closer analogy...

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago

The only loot boxes in Borderlands are the actual boxes of loot you find in the game world playing the game like any other box of loot in an RPG. Unless there's a new one I haven't heard of that contains MTX loot boxes.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even for someone with a username made out of emojis....

Come on man, you can't be that stupid

Edit:

Nevermind, saw that post history. That's what I get for being an optimist

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It sounds like you have no fucking clue what you're talking about. Have you ever actually played any of the Borderlands games? Or are you like @Detheroth and considering the event/pre-order exclusive codes needed to unlock golden keys as a lootbox, despite them not actually selling them for money? FFS, you can cheat to obtain these things by just copying your save file, since they're stored locally on your profile.

If you had argued over the season pass shit, you'd have somewhat of a point, though not anything to do with gambling. But you decided to focus on lootboxes.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

For someone who calls everyone else stupid, you're pretty damn ignorant yourself.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

The only loot boxes in Borderlands are the actual boxes of loot you find in the game world playing the game like any other box of loot in an RPG. Unless there's a new one I haven't heard of that contains MTX loot boxes.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Star Fox has a secret level with a slot machine as a boss and the only way to beat it is to successfully get a jackpot. It's as much of a gambling sim as this dude's game is.

[-] Iunnrais@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

His is less gambling. In starfox, it’s purely random. In his game, you strategically select the symbols that can appear on the machine to make combos more or less likely.

[-] Iunnrais@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

It’s not even a slot machine simulator. It’s more like a deck builder card game with a slot machine theme.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

This is a new low if we are banning games like this in this world. I'm just gonna assume the people who banned it have never been to a casino once in their life, let alone seen a real slot machine.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Look at the list of banned countries. Do you think those countries have many casinos?

[-] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Not FIFA though.

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