[Spirit]

First, I would say something about the spelling, but it is not the point here.

Second, this thread is not about whether or not it is gambling or not, although, it is NOT. You pulled your definition from Wikipedia which is not even recognized by any educational institution as a reliable source of information, since the information can be changed by users at any given time to say anything they want. If you are going to debate a topic, I would suggest finding a better, more reliable source than Wikipedia. That definition just seemed to fit what you wanted it to.

Third, if you wish to continue this debate about whether or not it is gambling, then let me try and explain it in a different way, (although, I think that you already have your mind made up and no matter how many times people prove you wrong, which as been done several times in this thread, you are still going to say you are right). Let’s for the sake of the debate say that it is gambling, because everyday that you wake up you are gambling. Everything you do is a gamble. When you wake up in the morning, you do not know if when you step out of bed, you won’t fall, crack your head open and suffer brain trauma. When you walk out the door of your house, you do not know if you are going to get hit by a car crossing the road or backing out of your driveway, therefore you are taking a chance, a risk, a gamble. So, fine, we have determined life is a gamble and everything we do is a gamble.

Now, let’s move on to your comment about worthless (that is how you spell it) item. What may be worthless to you; might not be worthless to the next person. Lady-Loki finds extenders very useful to her, me, not so much. I find the glasses with Crit. Worthless; Lady-Loki finds them useful. Lady-Loki finds the summer boop outfit worthless, I find it useful. Therefore, you cannot say that anything in the game is worthless. Everything is useful to someone; it just may not be you.

Okay, now as far as Outspark using kids to make more money. This has debate written all over it. Kid = a minor who has parents that are responsible for their actions. Kids do not have means of making their own money and buying Sparkcash. Kids do not have credit cards, checking accounts, or the means to drive themselves to a store to buy the various forms of payment for Sparkcash. If they do have money, the parents are responsible for teaching their kids the value of money. If the parents do choose to put Sparkcash on their child’s account, they are responsible for teaching their child how to spend that money. The parents are responsible for setting the limits for the child. Parents should be involved in knowing what their child is doing on-line and step in when they feel it is necessary.

My guess is Outspark is trying to reach the older people that play and pay, not the kids that they have no way of knowing if their parents are giving them money to spend or not. Therefore, their primary targets are the working adults that play the game. As an adult, we are responsible for our own actions and should know how much we can afford to spend on a game.

Also, look at it this way. You are shopping on-line; you are buying items that equal $75.00. As you go to check out, a little box pops up that says, “FREE shipping on orders $100.00 or more.” You go to a store that is advertising, “$25.00 dollars off purchases $100.00, $50.00 off purchases $200.00, so on and so on.” They are called Marketing ploys. Perfectly legal and all companies do it. You do not really need to spend that $25.00 more to save on shipping, you already have the items you wanted; however, it is to get you to go back and see if you can find something else to spend more money on, hmmm…. Maybe even something worthless, sine you don’t really need it, otherwise it would have already been in your shopping cart.