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[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A casino is pure gambling, there’s no parallel game attached to it

What are you talking about? Blackjack, poker, literally any card game...these are all parallel games that accompany the gambling. You can play these games independently of spending money. Casinos just make it pay-to-win by offering bets and larger payout tables for high-rollers, etc.

It might surprise you, but people understand what CS is.

Except you because you can't make the distinction between CS and a casino. That's why I am explaining it to you. CS is a competitive shooter first where none of the loot box mechanics affect actual gameplay, which is more than you can say for a majority of F2P games. A casino REQUIRES you to pay money to even engage in it. I don't get what's so hard to understand about this.

I’m talking about addictive gambling, I’m not talking about selling pay to win advantages.

Stop moving the goal posts. Your whole point was calling CS a casino, but there's massive differences between the two that you seem to gloss over. Now, if CS offered higher damage weapons, more health, etc. and the only way to get them was via loot boxes, then sure, I'd agree with you, but that's not what CS does. Calling it simply a casino is just being reductive.