Alexander DeLarge
Member
Rep. Chris Lee's YouTube video "Time to Step Up"
https://youtu.be/5WxcGYvvgJo
Rep. Chris Lee asks supporters to do three things. He's not lying when he says it will only take five minutes.
Just in case you missed it, Rep. Chris Lee has also provided a template to send to your elected officials which you can easily find with a quick search online (Governor, State Legislators, Mayor, and City Council members). I highly recommend doing so.
https://youtu.be/5WxcGYvvgJo
PC Gamer's article said:Hawaii Rep. Chris Lee came to the attention of gamers a couple of weeks ago when he posted a video on YouTube calling out loot boxes, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 in particular, a game he described as "a Star Wars-themed online casino." In a new video that he put up today, Lee laid out a more detailed plan for curtailing "predatory gaming practices," and explained how people opposed to loot box mechanics can help make it happen.
The video lays out the basics of what Lee has in mind, which includes prohibiting the sale of videogames containing "gambling mechanisms" to anyone under the age of 21. That restriction would cover any situation in which players are purchasing a "percentage chance" to get an in-game item, rather than the item itself, and would apply not just to games sold at retail but also those available via digital distribution channels like Steam and GOGa relevant point because ESRB ratings are not mandatory for digital storefronts.
Lee also expresses concern about game publishers who adjust the odds of various items dropping in loot boxes in order to take advantage of people who really want them. He acknowledges that his information is third-hand and unverified (and I've only ever heard of the opposite happening, in the form of "pity timers" that increase the odds of a good drop the longer a person goes without one), but nonetheless does a pretty good job of making it sound like an all-but-established fact.
As a result, he's also seeking an "accountability piece" of legislation to ensure that behind-the-scenes drop-rate shenanigans doesn't happen, which would presumably require publishers to reveal loot box drop rates oddssomething similar to the step taken late last year by China.
Rep. Chris Lee asks supporters to do three things. He's not lying when he says it will only take five minutes.
PC Gamer's article: https://www.pcgamer.com/us-lawmaker...front-2-lays-out-plans-for-anti-loot-box-law/YouTube video description said:1. Take 5 minutes to write to one or more of your elected officials: Governor, State Legislators, Mayor, and City Council members. Their email addresses can be found online.
2. Ask them to consider taking action to protect local families and particularly underage youth from predatory gaming practices. Tell your story in your own words or feel free to use or build on this example letter to get going: http://textuploader.com/dqn4s
3. Connect a link to a news article about this issue to add an additional perspective, and thank them for listening. That's it!
Just in case you missed it, Rep. Chris Lee has also provided a template to send to your elected officials which you can easily find with a quick search online (Governor, State Legislators, Mayor, and City Council members). I highly recommend doing so.
Tell your story in your own words or feel free to use or build on this example letter to get going: http://textuploader.com/dqn4s