Smilegate reveals transparent probability from 2 years ago
Loa users’ voluntary funding, postponed considering corona
Some game companies refused to disclose the probability even after being certified…
Amid controversy amid recent controversy that the game industry did not disclose the’probability of picking probabilities’ It is a topic of funding.
On the 23rd, game bj’Sungdae’ held a funding for’Send Lost Arc Coffee Truck’ through a broadcast on the social community channel Twitch. The idea started when other game users recently sent protest trucks to game companies asking for “probability to draw a probability item”.
Smilegate released its own IP game PC MMORPG’LOSTARK’ in November 2018. Subsequently, starting with the announcement on June 19, 2019, the probability of drawing a probability item on sale is transparently disclosed.
In a call with this magazine, an official at Smilegate said, “There was a will of Director Geum Kang-sun that we should not induce excessive billing so that users can enjoy the game.” Compared to other games, Lost Arc has a relatively small number of (random) random items.
Recently, some game companies have been criticized for not disclosing the probability of a’capsule type item’ even though they have been given a’self-regulatory certification mark’ from the Korea Game Autonomy Policy Organization (GSOK). Capsule-type items differ only in format, and can be considered as a type of’probability-type item’ in that whether or not to obtain an item or option is randomly determined.
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The reason why the issue of whether to disclose the probability of drawing a probability-type or capsule-type item is due to fairness. Online game users are spending enormous costs to secure probabilistic items.
There are many people who enjoy the game with a relatively small amount of money in the tens of thousands of won, but not a few people spend millions of won to hundreds of millions of won on purchasing items or options. A more serious problem is that users cannot know the probability of obtaining these items or options. This is why criticism is pouring out on certain game companies that have significantly increased the purchase price of probability-type items and diversified the items.
In response to public opinion that criticizes that “a probability-type item with unknown probability of drawing is no different from gambling,” game companies came up with a card called industry self-regulation. GSOK was launched under the leadership of game companies in this process.
The’self-regulatory certification mark’ is a mark given to game companies that voluntarily disclose the probability of drawing a probability item. Even after receiving the above mark, some game companies are virtually refusing to disclose the probability of drawing, raising noise.
Smilegate is revealing the probability of drawing a’lost arc’ probability-type paid item even though it has not applied for a separate authentication mark. In addition, every year at the end of the year,’Roa On Festival’ is held to operate the game transparently and to express gratitude to users. Director Geum Kang-seon, who is in charge of game development, announces the roadmap for the next year at the’Roaon Festival’.
At the’Roaon Festival’ held in 2019, Director Geum Kang-seon released 36 update roadmaps and conducted a total of 31 items last year. Among the items that failed to fulfill the promises, two long-term projects and offline political activities were delayed due to coronavirus.
Lost Arc is called’Gentleman’s Game’,’God Game’, and’Transparent Game’ in the RPG game industry for its smooth communication and transparent management with users. Recently, new words such as’loa asylum’ and’loa immigration’ have appeared to change the game to a transparently operated loa.
Funding for the’Coffee Truck’ went smoothly, but it did not come to action. Smilegate side politely refused to the users who led the funding. An official of this company said, “I feel grateful for the sincerity sent by users,” and said, “However, due to the coronavirus, all employees are working from home, and food and beverage trucks have been determined to be dangerous.”
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