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Belgian Reboot Players Affected by Recent Change
Recently Nexon removed cubes, circulators etc from Belgian players in the Cash Shop which is understandable due to gambling law. But they removed red cubes and circulators in the Cash Shop from Belgian Reboot players too. I do not think this is fair because there is no real life currency involved with these on Reboot. I don't think they should've been removed. Please bring them back for Belgian players on Reboot worlds.
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Is it the same in non-Reboot?
They deleted the cubes in CS and circulators in reboot too .
More than likely it was a blanket-removal of everything, but one that mistakenly encompassed reboot. According to Ghiblee on reddit, they've gotten several messages concerning this and they're looking into it.
Its not a mistake, savage ace mentioned in the stream Q&A that it was intended,but that theyll try to do something about it.
hehehehehehehe
omg nexon stop be stubborn with that system change it allready
country by country lock? lol
look even EA started to make changes (who could imagine) look at APEX legends
We really understand that enforcing the Belgian gambling legislation affect your activities as well as your usual stuff in-game. As a player, we share the sympathy and frustration on what you are going through right now. I know that there will be a lot of adjustment you will take in order to adapt this changes. However, we are unable to lift or remove it in game as we decided to take proactive measures about this.
After 13 years I am done with this game!
Thanks for the ride guys and goodluck..
But everynight on tv there's this casino royale. On television... probably isn't concsiderd gambling enough...
Ithink it is time for emiggration to America. Zzzzz
R.i.p
Belgian maplers
Well what can they do man, the law is the law.
Even if u dont pay real money for it is still a gambling feature which damages kids brains.
..... they dont ban gambling... its regulations like age restriction,tax $$, fair use and other stuff
so sad to even try compare casinos to maple (like nexon dose for years unregulated )
its not belgium only its much more so good luck moveout (washington allready signed same as belgium so care were you go ...)
in fact if you want gamble
tell nexon to promote maple as its designed if not then tell them to change to mapleCASINOstory $$
its so sad how they think they can make war with regulations and force kids to gamble $$
maybe new company will do better
for now untill nexon gets sold we got no other options
The Netherlands and Belgium
The most publicized rulings of 2018 came in April, when The Netherlands and Belgium determined that some, but not all, loot boxes violated their laws on gambling. Notably, there was no “loot box law” passed in either of these countries. It was merely determined that these games were in violation of existing gambling laws. EA continues to dispute this ruling, claiming to “welcome the dialogue” with European regulators, but Wilson asserted on a May earnings call that they will “continue to push forward” with loot boxes.
Last month, Belgian prosecutors launched an official investigation to determine if EA is engaged in illegal activity. Meanwhile, 2K has encouraged Belgian customers to contact local authorities about the legal status of NBA 2K’s loot boxes in Belgium, maintaining the stance that some tweaks were made to that game’s real money purchases that should assure compliance.
Blizzard, on the other hand, has elected to remove the ability to buy loot boxes with real money for Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm in Belgium to be in compliance.
China and South Korea
In China and South Korea, it is already required that any developer selling loot boxes in their games must disclose the probabilities of receiving any given reward. In 2017, China passed a harsher law that outlawed virtual “lottery tickets,” leading Blizzard to remove the ability to buy Overwatch loot boxes with real money in that region—though they do somewhat cheekily get around it by offering loot boxes as a “free gift” when you purchase non-randomized in-game currency with real money.
Australia
In Australia, which has notoriously tough regulations on electronic gaming, a 2018 investigation led a committee to find loot boxes are psychologically similar to gambling, especially to young people. It recommends that games with loot boxes carry a warning label (the ESRB already does this in North America with their “In-Game Purchases” warning that came into use in February—and they asserted just this month that they do not believe loot boxes are gambling), and have their sale restricted only to people over the legal gambling age of 18. These recommendations have not yet been codified into legislation.
The UK
The UK has opted to let industry self-regulation handle the issue, with Conservative Minister of State MP Margot James expressing trust that organizations like PEGI will “[speak] to the industry to ensure that those who purchase and play video games are informed and protected." Elsewhere in the EU, aside from the aforementioned Netherlands and Belgium, no significant action against loot boxes has been taken so far. Right across the border in France, a gambling regulating body determined in July that loot boxes were not legally a form of gambling.
source : https://www.pcgamer.com/the-legal-status-of-loot-boxes-around-the-world-and-whats-next/