Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11590835-20130808070152/@comment-11590835-20130809051231

Patorik : I hope that you can find a way to quit. Like I said, with how the game is designed, it is made to work on some human behaviors to make it hard to quit. The cheating alone should get most people to want to quit, let alone that you really don’t get anywhere in it anyway.



Congo : There really is no point. It doesn’t matter what hand you make, you still have to pay the same in the end if you want to compete at T1. The ‘rewards’ don’t help at all.



Evilito : I encourage you to quit, but I know it’s hard. Trust me, I know.



Twang : It is certainly gambling, as you get the value you need, or don’t. it’s not like buying a set virtual item. Amusingly, the “package deals” Mobage makes, are not gambling…and are why they are even more over-priced.



Hoots : Yes, the gambling aspect does hold water. It is different than buying a pack of trading cards, as the items within that pack retain or have value to sell. With Transformers, the items cannot be sold for any value back, and the only perceived value…episode cards…are a ‘risk’ to get or not get. If you don’t get them, and instead you just get a load of R3 cards, you literally got no value for you money. That’s a jackpot machine coming up with nothing, and the definition of gambling. Mobage also specifically states that you cannot sell your account to anyone else, otherwise it will be banned – so you can’t even get anything from that. “Know what you are spending your money on peeps!” would be the same thing that a casino would state…would it not?



Bargheist : Good explanation, and thanks for the support. I hope you too can get away from this thing.



Deadnick : You’d hope that Hasbro would care about Mobage hurting the brand name so much…but money speaks loudly with how things are in the USA right now.



M1DN16H7 : We had some good runs together for sure…but man, now that I know about the cheating that was taking place, I feel more of a fool for doing that than ever. I hope you do find the power to walk away.



<p class="MsoNormal">Schapp : I know…tell me about it. I had no idea I was competing against people that were cheating so much, and so many of them. Why even play a game where you know…not only are the odds stacked against you in how it runs, but there’s people hat Mobage is certainly ‘ignoring’ that are cheating and making the good and legitimate people pay even more to keep up with. Do it man…quit. Be proud of your own willpower and knowing you were smart…for youself.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Lastpunk : Congrats man. Stay strong.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mary: Go for it. There’s so many more legitimate games out there to get invested in. Check out the transformers games on steam too.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Untilall : Stay strong man…It’s only reality.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Kiwi : You too, good guy…stay strong and get into something that doesn’t rape you every week. Well, unless you like that sort of thing.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Smart : Mobage is a predatory company. I do hope to see a class action notice come into my inbox one day about them.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Break:   I hope everyone on this board can stop and think a moment at what they are doing with this game. I’d love to move people I met here over to another game I play that doesn’t do this to you, even make a Transformers clan on it…but people get into lots of different things. Like I said before, I am on “World of tanks” as StarscreamG1. If enough people ping me on reddit or on there about it, I would make a social clan for others getting away from this game.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Valk : As long as you don’t give Mobage a cent…well I guess that’s fine really…but then, why really play a game with a mass amount of known cheaters taking the good slots up, and knowing that you will never be able to get anywhere. I don’t know…I just don’t see a point to stick around personally.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Andrewds: I will blame my spell checker. Anyway, the game is based on gambling, and is an almost one to one ratio on where you end up in the ranking and how much you pay. Also, remember that Mobage only states one of two important numbers when it comes to the odds in the space bridge. They state the “multiplier” number the higher up the tiers you buy into, however they do NOT state the number that is BEING multiplied (and that number can be manipulated and changed without anyone knowing from episode to episode, or even within an episode). As for your Nick story…remember, you were paying for a guaranteed virtual item. They said you would buy this of that hat…and you got this or that hat. That’s buying a virtual item straight out. It was not set up that you spent money for something of your perceived value….for the ‘chance’ to get that item. You got it if you paid. So it’s not the same thing. Also, yes the game is “free” but look at what you stated…you are in the top 10,000. By the standards of the game…that’s what…T4? For playing as long as you have, you have gotten nothing in terms of rewards being at those levels…and EVEN if you got into T1…again…you really get nothing anyway. You can’t ride an ep on a perfect R5 card team…you keep on paying every episode, or you drop.

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