With Gachas Being Banned, How Will Future KittyCatS! Be Released?

[Arwen Swordthain]

(08-03-2021 08:13 AM)Ivy Norsk Wrote:  The key phrase here seems to be:

Linden Lab Wrote:It’s widely known as "gacha", and is defined by a chance-based outcome as a result of a payment.

The breeding of the cats itself - while it is most definitely a matter of chance for the results of a box, and with some heavy-handed weighted algorithms at that - is saved from being covered by this policy by the fact that we don't pay for boxes, we pay for kibble.

Here's the link to the source I used: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/e...ing-gacha/

Not with the collections though, even if each costume is sold seperately we still don't know what starter traits will be assigned, not even sure how they'd judge the random on rez hidden traits. The fact they are consulting on this means they don't know either. Also not sure how that logic of unknown hids would apply to the secondary market if they go down that route which I hope they don't.

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(08-04-2021 06:03 AM)Kikii Littlepaws Wrote:  

(08-03-2021 07:59 PM)LittleMe Jewell Wrote:  I've re-read the update comments a few times. In the discussion about Fishing, the statement was made that the prizes had to be No Transfer -- likely because the prizes are the "unknown". If I remember correctly, Collection kitties are not Transferable when first bought (which is when the traits & size are still unknown). We cannot Sell/Transfer them until the boxes have been rezzed, thus making the dominant showing traits and the size a "known" item.

So, that sounds like the buying of the Collection kitties, since they are No Transfer at that point, meets the same description as the Fishing prizes having to be No Transfer.

Collection kitties haven't previously been No Transfer, there was always swapping and trading and buying on the secondary market for all of them, but if you mean that this might have to change now, so that all collection cats are no transfer (unless permapet) then that is one valid agreement, but this would be a shame, b/c then it's going to be that much harder to get the one(s) you really want, and the trading has always been lots of fun. No transfer until rezzed would still fit the bill, though, b/c once rezzed, the cat is set with its costume and stats. ♥

Sorry to be devils advocate, even if its no transfer til rezzed you, the buyer, have still purchased something you have no idea what traits it will have so you have bought an unknown with a chance at something worthwhile. Even if you know the costume you can't know the breedable traits til its rezzed then only the starter ones not the hidden ones and a lot of us buy collections for the unknown hids, thats the fun for most of us.
The banning of gachas is about the intial purchase not the resale.

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(08-03-2021 07:59 PM)LittleMe Jewell Wrote:  I've re-read the update comments a few times. In the discussion about Fishing, the statement was made that the prizes had to be No Transfer -- likely because the prizes are the "unknown". If I remember correctly, Collection kitties are not Transferable when first bought (which is when the traits & size are still unknown). We cannot Sell/Transfer them until the boxes have been rezzed, thus making the dominant showing traits and the size a "known" item.

So, that sounds like the buying of the Collection kitties, since they are No Transfer at that point, meets the same description as the Fishing prizes having to be No Transfer.

it states the fish not the prizes.

Q: Will popular games like 7seas be impacted by this policy change?

A: No, because the purchase of bait to go “fishing” is a purchase being made of a known item, and also the fish you catch while playing the game are non-transferable. To be clear, if they are not currently, they must be going forward.

and I was told the fish ARE transfer. Never taken part myself so I'm no expert on that.