I think the real reason that people (especially Micon) are complaining is that these games are competing with their gambling businesses.
wrong, SwC player numbers are unaffected. (very small % of overlap between a poker player and a ponzi player. Maybe Tennis only...)
I dont see ponzis, if sold as a ponzi, a scam.
Vortuarackne, I appreciate your arguments. They seem to come from a rational place. Consider this question:
how does a Ponzi usually end?
Are expectations managed properly?
Think about the expectations players have with other legitimate gambling games like bitzino, just-dice, sealswithclubs, and bitcoinvideopoker.
(not expectations in terms of win-or-lose, but expectations like the rules of the game, how payouts will be handled, how the game is scored, when it ends, etc)
I agree that a game that clearly states "You only get paid if the next guy sends coins" and a clear "reset" time is defined (maybe after 24 hours of no sends) could function as an "honest ponzi" (and I agree that would only be similar to a Ponzi, not an actual ponzi where the entire underlying business is misrepresented) maybe we need a name like a "hope next guy sends"
either way, it's not like the other gamblings. sub-cat for sure. Nevermind this appears to be only a handful of operators copy-pasting sites.