whatIs Epic Games' sales department hiring kids to boost MTX sales? Isn't that against child labor laws? Or was this done ethnically?
whatIs Epic Games' sales department hiring kids to boost MTX sales? Isn't that against child labor laws? Or was this done ethnically?
Like any good salesperson, they are creating demand in exchange of a commission. In this case, they create the demand to do a good thing via skin trading. To do this requires Vbucks. Vbucks costs real money, so Epic gains a sale and the salesperson gets a skin to sell for real money as commission. While no business relationship is written down on paper, Epic does silently approve of this symbiotic relationship by not immediately banning accounts participating in this practice and not addressing this publicly.
I remember playing CS 1.6 and CSS you could just download custom skins from fan websites made by other players. Good times.
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Please sir, may I have some...
skins?
It doesn't help that a lot of adult gamers/ "influencers" over exaggerate winning, buying or getting skins, encouraging kids to think it is a necessity in their lives.
Its scary to see what Fortnite and Minecraft have done to the kids these days. Like we loved our games and were obsessed so to speak but not on this level.
Worst I had back in the day was the first batch of Pokemon cards craze and people trying to hock Charizards for $150 at the flea markets.
Pester power of kids, perfect marketing. Streamers don't help either.Is Epic Games' sales department hiring kids to boost MTX sales? Isn't that against child labor laws? Or was this done ethnically?
You can gift skins apparently, and they were absolutely trying to elicit a response of "ah sorry kid that's so sad here I'll buy u a skin!"
The sob story sound like a meme (well, any copied template can fit the larger definition of meme).It's probably a meme based on this article: https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/7/18534431/fortnite-rare-default-skins-bullying-harassment
Similar to the pressure to have brand clothes rather than functional clothes,
Thanks, I couldn't find the article (I thought it was on Kataku)It's probably a meme based on this article: https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/7/18534431/fortnite-rare-default-skins-bullying-harassment
I remember falling for that once when I began playing. Good times."Yeah sure I'll help you, you just need to cross into the wilderness"
Like any good salesperson, they are creating demand in exchange of a commission. In this case, they create the demand to do a good thing via skin trading. To do this requires Vbucks. Vbucks costs real money, so Epic gains a sale and the salesperson gets a skin to sell for real money as commission. While no business relationship is written down on paper, Epic does silently approve of this symbiotic relationship by not immediately banning accounts participating in this practice and not addressing this publicly.
Dancing for money! Sell GF 5k.
Bullying because of skins apparently is a thing. Heard about it in Jim Sterling video. I guess kids are awful and even optional cosmetics are now used as a status thing.
So I like watching IRS/Bank Fraud scam videos on youtube so sometimes it recommends me Fortnite scam videos, and it's quite the rabbit hole.
The funniest thing with kids on Fortnite is that no matter how good they are, they are often still stupid which negates any skill they have.Yeah, through my 12 year old nephew I learned about the term "no-skin". Since then Fortnite is the worst thing in gaming for me.
I love my nephew, but Fortnite really brought up the worst in him. Dude even ordered a keyboard and mouse on Amazon for his PS4, because he thought
he'll destroy the competition. Well, turned out that using a keyboard for moving wasn't that easy as it seemed :))))
It's just such a complete gamer culture change that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around it.The sob story sound like a meme (well, any copied template can fit the larger definition of meme).
The bullying situation though? When a game is played so much, it becomes part of the daily routine, children will make up discrimination based on that.
Similar to the pressure to have brand clothes rather than functional clothes,
or anything that is readily visible and can be affirmed out loud.
Came to basically say this. I think scamming/begging go hand in hand with online games.