Korea Considers Diablo III Auction House Tantamount To Gambling

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Held within the highly anticipated reams of Diablo III code will be an Auction House, wherein players will be able to auction off their wares for real-life coin.

A report submitted to the Korean National Assembly has put forth the idea that such behaviour is equivalent to dirty, dirty gambling due to the nature of random loot drops. As a result, the standards set out in Korea by Article 1 of the Gaming Industry Promotion Law in July aren't met by Diablo III's Auction House. The consequences of this are far-reaching, but hit Diablo III during its development.

The media in Korea have apparently taken this as a move against Blizzard, but the Korean Gamers Rating Board have countered this with the fact that all games will be coming under the same scrutiny.

Makes sense but I don't agree with it.

Good, I'm not a fan of the system and I hope this makes Blizzard reconsider it.

and yet they allow backroom deals and money to flow into officials pockets from gold farms for most mmo's?...kay...

and yet they allow backroom deals and money to flow into officials pockets from gold farms for most mmo's?...kay...

WilliamRLBaker

Well, i think someone needs some geography lessons when they think Korea and China are the same.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

and yet they allow backroom deals and money to flow into officials pockets from gold farms for most mmo's?...kay...

XaosII

Well, i think someone needs some geography lessons when they think Korea and China are the same.

Someone obviously doesn't know they exist everywhere, even in USA.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

and yet they allow backroom deals and money to flow into officials pockets from gold farms for most mmo's?...kay...

XaosII

Well, i think someone needs some geography lessons when they think Korea and China are the same.

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

and yet they allow backroom deals and money to flow into officials pockets from gold farms for most mmo's?...kay...

WilliamRLBaker

Well, i think someone needs some geography lessons when they think Korea and China are the same.

It's true, Korea has been on the watch list for WoW accounts for sometime. Suspect accounts are normally banned fairly quickly.

Korea is a huge market for Blizz games, even when they don't have the ''craft'' in their name. Maybe this will make Blizz reconsider the system, which, together with the DRM crap has turned many people off the game.

Korea is a huge market for Blizz games, even when they don't have the ''craft'' in their name. Maybe this will make Blizz reconsider the system, which, together with the DRM crap has turned many people off the game.

QQabitmoar

huh? I seen the f****** majority supporting this drm. maybe im looking at the wrong websites.

TheShadowLord07

The hell with that. The Diablo 3 beta has a ton of issues with connection. One hiccup is enough to DC you, and when you get DCed it doesn't tell you. The game just ceases to advance or let you interact with anything. A hiccup does that, and then you have to exit and relog. Seriously always online DLC is completely stupid for a single player game. Make seperate profiles for offline and online, that way you have the freakin' choice without having to deal with this BS.

Sucks for Koreans if they don't get Diablo 3. I wonder if the blizzard fanboys will turn on them as quickly as they did the people screwed over by the online only DRM.

Honestly I cannot say I don't understand why this is happening because I do. I think auctioning items is a little dirty especially if their is an exploit

You can craft all the set armors in-game. If you put the effort in playing the game A LOT you won't need real money to get the best gear. The auction house is for those who are too lazy to want to play the game. :)xsubtownerx

I find it kinda funny; these people will buy Diablo 3, a game heavily based around finding loot for $60 and then spend more money to play it less!

i think this has to do more with the fact that it removes some of korea's gold farming business.

Personally i think blizzard was smart with this feature because it basically puts the selling of items for real life money in blizzard's hand instead of some 3rd party possibley unsafe business. If people are going to do it anyways, might as well include the feature in the game and make it a ton safer. Not to mention that blizzard gets a little money off this feature sine people have to pay a fee to list the item whether it sells or not.

i think this has to do more with the fact that it removes some of korea's gold farming business.

Personally i think blizzard was smart with this feature because it basically puts the selling of items for real life money in blizzard's hand instead of some 3rd party possibley unsafe business. If people are going to do it anyways, might as well include the feature in the game and make it a ton safer. Not to mention that blizzard gets a little money off this feature sine people have to pay a fee to list the item whether it sells or not.

SageJMP

Either way you look at it, it makes no sense. People play for loot. They bought the game and don't know what loot they will get out of it. That's gambling?
When I had a job I got threatened every day that I might end up fired directly if something were to go wrong. That was a gamble for money?
You know, I thought a gamble meant you could lose something. Is that even applicable to the auction houses?

Either way you look at it, it makes no sense. People play for loot. They bought the game and don't know what loot they will get out of it. That's gambling?
When I had a job I got threatened every day that I might end up fired directly if something were to go wrong. That was a gamble for money?
You know, I thought a gamble meant you could lose something. Is that even applicable to the auction houses?

KungfuKitten

It has more to do with the addictive elements behind gambling. The best loot will be high level boss runs done by 4+ player parties, where loot will be gambled over (probably by dice rolling).

Buying items for Diablo 2 made game a BOT/Hacking festival and ruined the legit gamers. Period.... Because lets not forget Diablo 2 had major economy and trading .. After the mass duping/hacking/botting in order to earn real $$ for items ...Diablo 2 became fan to play but way , waaaay "BAD" for legit gamers.

So now what blizzard is doin? Instead of fight VS those sites and third party developing in order game be as much as hack free and fair for everyone , in Diablo 3 they introduce a way to legitimize boting/duping/hacking. With the difference that the previously "utterly bad" sites now transformed to a multimillion profitable microtransation for Blizzard , called Real.Money.Auction.House --> RMAH.

And quote me , in a year after Diablos 3 release will be a BOT/DUPE/HACK festival. Quote me for further discussion if you want

Buying items for Diablo 2 made game a BOT/Hacking festival and ruined the legit gamers. Period.... Because lets not forget Diablo 2 had major economy and trading .. After the mass duping/hacking/botting in order to earn real $$ for items ...Diablo 2 became fan to play but way , waaaay "BAD" for legit gamers.

So now what blizzard is doin? Instead of fight VS those sites and third party developing in order game be as much as hack free and fair for everyone , in Diablo 3 they introduce a way to legitimize boting/duping/hacking. With the difference that the previously "utterly bad" sites now transformed to a multimillion profitable microtransation for Blizzard , called Real.Money.Auction.House --> RMAH.

And quote me , in a year after Diablos 3 release will be a BOT/DUPE/HACK festival. Quote me for further discussion if you want

AzatiS

[QUOTE="AzatiS"]

Buying items for Diablo 2 made game a BOT/Hacking festival and ruined the legit gamers. Period.... Because lets not forget Diablo 2 had major economy and trading .. After the mass duping/hacking/botting in order to earn real $$ for items ...Diablo 2 became fan to play but way , waaaay "BAD" for legit gamers.

So now what blizzard is doin? Instead of fight VS those sites and third party developing in order game be as much as hack free and fair for everyone , in Diablo 3 they introduce a way to legitimize boting/duping/hacking. With the difference that the previously "utterly bad" sites now transformed to a multimillion profitable microtransation for Blizzard , called Real.Money.Auction.House --> RMAH.

And quote me , in a year after Diablos 3 release will be a BOT/DUPE/HACK festival. Quote me for further discussion if you want

Zophar87

I was playing many years , from 1.09 up to 1.12 ALOT.

If you dont agree with what im saying then you never played Diablo 2.

Also the bot/hacking , selling items thru sites , Forum points etc etc etc started massively with 1.10. which was 2004 around... so please.

[QUOTE="Zophar87"][QUOTE="AzatiS"]

Buying items for Diablo 2 made game a BOT/Hacking festival and ruined the legit gamers. Period.... Because lets not forget Diablo 2 had major economy and trading .. After the mass duping/hacking/botting in order to earn real $$ for items ...Diablo 2 became fan to play but way , waaaay "BAD" for legit gamers.

So now what blizzard is doin? Instead of fight VS those sites and third party developing in order game be as much as hack free and fair for everyone , in Diablo 3 they introduce a way to legitimize boting/duping/hacking. With the difference that the previously "utterly bad" sites now transformed to a multimillion profitable microtransation for Blizzard , called Real.Money.Auction.House --> RMAH.

And quote me , in a year after Diablos 3 release will be a BOT/DUPE/HACK festival. Quote me for further discussion if you want

AzatiS

I was playing many years , from 1.09 up to 1.12 ALOT.

If you dont agree with what im saying then you never played Diablo 2.

Also the bot/hacking , selling items thru sites , Forum points etc etc etc started massively with 1.10. which was 2004 around... so please.

[QUOTE="AzatiS"]

[QUOTE="Zophar87"]You never played Diablo II before 2008.Zophar87

I was playing many years , from 1.09 up to 1.12 ALOT.

If you dont agree with what im saying then you never played Diablo 2.

Also the bot/hacking , selling items thru sites , Forum points etc etc etc started massively with 1.10. which was 2004 around... so please.

I'd agree with them.

[QUOTE="Zophar87"][QUOTE="AzatiS"]

I was playing many years , from 1.09 up to 1.12 ALOT.

If you dont agree with what im saying then you never played Diablo 2.

Also the bot/hacking , selling items thru sites , Forum points etc etc etc started massively with 1.10. which was 2004 around... so please.

AzatiS

Ebay using Paypal. I never said anything about maphack. I retract my bot statement because I remember channel bots and even price-check bots now. Hey, at least I'm willing to admit to it. :P

Blizzard has learned a lot from World of Warcraft and time will tell regarding the security of Diablo III.