#(also the fact that gacha ecosystems revolve around balancing the needs of whales n f2p complicates this further)

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we have moved on to persuasive speeches in comm class n bc we have so little time left in the semester they're gonna be partner debates, so i have grouped up with the guy in there with whom i started talking abt genshin a while back, n we're just like. "fuck it. let's just do the ethics of gacha games and whether they should be regulated like gambling in casinos"

#which is a very broad topic n i know we're not gonna touch on everything in the ten minutes we'll be allotted #so in my head i'm like running through the arguments you always see online #n it's fun to discuss too bc since we're both familiar w/gacha culture those aspects also feel like important things to discuss as well #bc like. on paper you can present gacha games as harmless bc you ''don't have'' to spend money on it if you have the self-restraint #and there Are kids who grew up playing these things who learned restraint along the way #n are able to engage w/these kinds of things with healthy boundaries n limits n stuff #n like kids Shouldn't be playing gacha games; many people say that the target audience of gacha games are kids but that's like. #that's literally not true. the target audience of gacha games are the whales who are all adults. #just bc they often attract the attention of kids as a side thing doesn't mean they're necessarily Made for them #but that doesn't negate the fact that hey! there ARE a lot of kids who can someday be harmed by this *as collateral* #and just bc they're not the target audience doesn't mean it's okay to just ignore them bc there are so many #(also the fact that gacha ecosystems revolve around balancing the needs of whales n f2p complicates this further) #(in order to keep the whales happy you have to keep your f2p around or else there's no one for the whales to flex on) #(so in a sense f2p are kind of like live bait to keep whales around) #(it doesn't matter who or what the f2p/low spenders are; as long as you have bottom feeders around to make up majority of players) #n since kids tend to have a lot of passion and spare time they often get pulled into games like gnshn which can unlock gambling addictions #since there's basically not a lot of oversight it's really easy for them to fall into bad patterns just bc of gacha culture n stuff #anyway since we have similar views we're both chill with taking either side of this debate presentation #i think we're both of the opinion that there is Something that has to be done but we're sympathetic to the people who disagree #simply bc we've both experienced this shit From The Inside #花話