Gambling and Perfect World (A perfect Filipino Pastime)

Admit it or not, a lot of us are envious when we see something like this



or when we hear wei xiao bao broadcasts someone obtained a golden lion or an intrepid badge, blue sea, red eye and limitless soul stones...

Who doesn't want them anyway right?

Next week, the rat box will be removed, only to be replaced by another one, the "Dusk" Box, plus new mounts and fashion on the item mall...

And thus, wei will be talking again non stop...

Sadly though, a lot of us don't realize that the chances are really "slim" to get one. Why wei broadcasts non-stop is because a lot of people are opening or to put it "gambling" on these boxes in hope to get the stuff they want. Lets say a 0.01% Chance and 1000 people opens the box at the same time, there would be at least 10 people that will have that certain item with 0.01% chance.

And in turn, Wei broadcasts it simultaneously, making an impression to a lot of people that "wow, it might be easy to get one" since there are successive broadcasts.

Again, another good built in marketing strategy within the game, thanks to wei's loud mouth hahaha.

Now, knowing these things, we would still ask, why do a lot of people still buys the rat box? The answer, Gambling has been part of the filipino culture since ancient times, and it comes in a lot of form; from cockfights, casinos, lotteries (sweepstakes, Lotto), even child games like teks, tatsing, and now it has crept its way into online gaming...

As long as there's a chance, we never stop, even at a high cost. Same goes with the rat box and possibly all the other lottery boxes they would release in the future...

We dread the fact that some players only bought 2 pcs and already has a lion/vulpine, while some of us spend a whooping 5k PhP and still got none. Although, that still doesn't keep us from buying and opening some more. The last one box goes until the next one, and the next last one, and before we knew it, we have opened tons again...

It's an addiction in its simplest form... We savor the feeling of excitement, anger, suspense and joy all wrapped up in those boxes... We put all our faith in Luck, rejoice when we get one, and tries again if we fail. The euphoria of finally having what we wanted is indescribable, yet after that we still crave for more...

Truly amazing... So, how about another box?