Bnet2 idea: ladder/pro betting

[Triceron]

Tournaments aren't easy to win, and if you worked that hard to earn those points are you really going to bet them off? Compared to someone who is just really lucky or follows the pro scene?

[Hydropillow]

I really would like to have such feature, just for the fun of it and following the pro-scene. But is it ethical to stimulate the younger players into 'gambling' behavior and thus preparing them for the real deal?

[DemolitionSquid]

I really would like to have such feature, just for the fun of it and following the pro-scene. But is it ethical to stimulate the younger players into 'gambling' behavior and thus preparing them for the real deal?

Is it ethical to expose younger players to Marines being cut in half and oozing blood?
Is it ethical to simulate destruction by nuclear weaponry?

Srsly, get over yourself. We live in a society that glorifies destruction and death, yet shuns the act of love-making, and you're worried about exposing youth to gambling.

[Triceron]

Cept one is cartoon violence, and the other can lead to long-term addiction.

[DemolitionSquid]

Cept one is cartoon violence, and the other can lead to long-term addiction.

So its OK to expose youth to violence and promote it, as long as its not "real." And yet its not OK to expose youth to gambling and promote it, even if they're not betting real money?

You people sicken me.

[Triceron]

Yep.

You turned out fine, rig- wait...

[DemolitionSquid]

Yep.

You turned out fine, rig- wait...

How the hell is that relevant?

Jack Thompson may be a dick, but it IS possible for violent video games to make violent people. And its the same for gambling video games possibly making gamblers. So I'm asking, why the double standard? Why are violent video games acceptable to you, but not online gambling with fake money?

Fucking hypocritical.

[Triceron]

There is no double standard about it. They're two different things.

One is censorship. The other is an officially supported gambling system. Simulated killing =/= real murder. Gambling = gambling. I don't care about the kids, personally. The moral factor of cartoon violence and gambling is trivial to me.

[DemolitionSquid]

There is no double standard about it. They're two different things.

One is censorship. The other is an officially supported gambling system. Simulated killing =/= real murder. Gambling = gambling. I don't care about the kids, personally. The moral factor is trivial to me.

Your point was that video game gambling could induce real gambling. I say that video game violence can induce real violence. You say violence is OK but gambling is not.

Ergo, you're full of shit and a hypocrite, deal with it.

[Triceron]

There's no difference between Videogame Gambling and Gambling. It's one and the same.

If you stole an item from someone in a videogame, it's not 'Videogame Stealing'. It's Stealing.