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[–] Aurix 39 points 5 months ago (25 children)

The entire gambling lootboxes were massively popularized by Valve, turning Team Fortress 2 from pay2play to predatory gambling.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (9 children)

TF2 is not and has never been pay for anything except cosmetics.

[–] VerseAndVermin 18 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I come from a time where we all lost our shit over horse armor being sold. Your comment just reminds me they have normalized things. They won.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia 0 points 5 months ago

I mean you are right to some degree, but considering there's way worse stuff to get riled up about, I think we mostly have our priorities straight, and I have no issues with that.

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