US Senator agrees with Asmongold on Pay-to-Win games and wants them to stop On an episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, the US Senator responded to a question about Asmongold and his stance on loot boxes and Pay-to-Win games. Twitch superstar Asmongold has vehemently stood against loot boxes and often uses his platform as a soapbox to broadcast his views on \u201cpredatory\u201d microtransactions. Asmongold feel\u2019s loot boxes \u2013 especially those that offer competitive advantages \u2013 are harmful to children. He relates them to gambling and has stated on numerous occasions that the federal government should regulate their availability. During a stream on June 12, he announced that he had been in contact with Senator Ted Cruz\u2019s office. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean anything\u2019s going to happen, but we\u2019ll see,\u201d the streamer stated. Ted Cruz offers a conversation with Asmongold And something did happen. On episode 130 of the Verdict with Ted Cruz podcast, co-host Michael Knowles asked the politician for his thoughts on regulating loot boxes. The question read, \u201cThe Twitch streamer Asmongold said he reached out to Senator Cruz\u2019s office about regulating loot boxes in video games. Where does the Senator stand on loot boxes?\u201d Cruz opened by extending an invitation to Asmongold stating he\u2019s happy to discuss the issue with the streamer. He then turned to address the issue which he boiled down to \u201cgambling and kids\u201d. He claimed video games and social media are designed to be addictive, even adding, \u201cI\u2019m something of a gamer. In games, I don\u2019t like it when you can buy in-game items and sort of make your character stronger or get advantages.\u201d Cruz did confess that he sometimes makes in-game purchases because of the convenience. \u201cI think it is a greater concern when you\u2019re dealing with kids\u2026 who have the potential to spend a whole lot of money,\u201d the Senator stated. \u201cWith some of the loot boxes, there\u2019s a fair amount of randomness where you can get a lot of great stuff or some lousy stuff. I guess that\u2019s the argument that it\u2019s gambling.\u201d He went on to explain that he doesn\u2019t want to see kids harmed by microtransactions, but isn\u2019t sure the federal government has a role in preventing players from spending money in such a way. Asmongold reacted to the episode during a stream on June 18, smiling from ear to ear for nearly the entire duration of the four-minute segment. \u201cI didn\u2019t believe this. I thought it was going to be some bulls**t,\u201d Asmongold stated. \u201cSo he actually agrees with me 100%\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US Senator agrees with Asmongold on Pay-to-Win games and wants them to stop On an episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, the US Senator responded to a question about Asmongold and his stance on loot boxes and Pay-to-Win games. Twitch superstar Asmongold has vehemently stood against loot boxes and often uses his platform as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}