It might be nice to have a slot machine on the site that uses DC points to play.
And BlackJack ... oh, and multiplayer Poker and other card games.
Then have all the points that everyone loses in the 'casino style' games (the odds are against you) displayed as "points lost to casino" as a warning that gambling is not only a sin, but also usually the opposite of profitable.
If you win a certain amount of points though, maybe a "Gambler" trophy could get awarded.
It'd certainly increase traffic to the site, but there would probably be alot of undesireables who would rather gamble than make and play real videogames.
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Originally Posted by MBK It'd certainly increase traffic to the site, but there would probably be alot of undesireables who would rather gamble than make and play real videogames.
Why would they come just to gamble away nothings when they can gamble real money on other sites?
Ricky said it. No risk of money loss, but still get to play. Some people (my dad is included among them) actually like to play gambling machines just for the sake of playing them without actually gambling any real money. I personally find slot machines and most card games boring and resort to playing them only if there is absolutely nothing else to do, but that's just my preference. The chance to win money would be appealing to me if I didn't already know that I'd just lose money instead, but if there's no chance to win anything, then why play something that I find boring otherwise? If a casino were put in here for DC points though, that would be good for people like me, cause we'd get the chance to win something that matters but not very much really (DC points) instead of risking money which matters alot and I have very little of.
Like I said though, there's the risk that people who like to play those games without the chance of winning anything that would benefit them (just for the sake of playing), would come to the DC Casino to play (and in doing so eat up bandwidth possibly), without ever actually contributing anything of value to the site.
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"Like I said though, there's the risk that people who like to play those games without the chance of winning anything that would benefit them (just for the sake of playing), would come to the DC Casino to play (and in doing so eat up bandwidth possibly), without ever actually contributing anything of value to the site."
But that's how you initially get the points is by contributing.
Originally Posted by Ricky Because they want the fun of gambling without the risk of losing real money.
Usually the addiction of gambling is not because it's fun though, the addiction result is because at first they think they can hit big easily and win, after they keep losing they want to get back what they lost, in hopes of but not banking on, breaking even. Usually the addiction isn't as great when the value of the winnings are bupkis.
I don't think its a bad idea but at the same time I don't think adding actual gamble type games such as poker and slot machines is going to add any value to the site. Gambling points through the Arcade I think is a great idea. Fun! Cause you get to play decent fun games for points.
Gambling is basically just playing games for points, except that the games aren't really that fun and there's a high chance of losing money.
But money is worth as much as it's worth; you can gamble with anything from houses to toothpicks, if you like to gamble then it's really your choice as to what you gamble with and as far as I can tell, DC points are leaning significantly towards the worthless side of things .
I think most people on this site would gladly gamble with DC points, just for the sense of achievement it could bring: isn't that why we play games anyway?
Heh, someone should make a poker game when the arcade comes up
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Surely half the adrenaline rush of gambling comes from risking something for potential gain? I think DC points would work well, because some people seem to care for them.
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Lol I need to start playing the lotto 'ere. There is a trend that all first timers under or the age of 18 usually win...
Edit: We should have the Daily Click Lotto. And every Kilkcast or something Rikus could pull out random number balls. (every one puts in 50DC points to play) If no ones wins, it gets rolled over to the next episode. Something like that
Originally Posted by rand(0, $Cecil); dont be a fun hater. even gambling fake money is fun. especially when you CAN use it for things at the store, no matter how trite they may be.
That still gives it more value than nothing. Fake money that has no value other than sitting there looking pretty as a number, generally loses it's excitement relatively quickly. Simply adding the opportunity of a store with prize goals to accomplish, adds a lot more fun to it because it gives you a goal to try to accomplish, and in rare instances when people even care, a chance to show off. Gambling is fun, but it's not the raw gambling, it's generally the connections with it as well.
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