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Surprise Mechanics 

What EA(electronic arts) uses to describe lootboxes to try and avoid government involvement from their games.
Along with this, they have likened their fanbase's consumption of lootboxes in games such as FIFAto the consumption of a Kinder suprise egg, which unlike lootboxes doesn't come packaged in an already 60 dollar video game and has some sick ass toys in it and doesnt have less than one percent drop rates for highly wanted items
The GIF you can see below is a representation of EA's higher ups profiting off children who spend all of their parents' money on "Surprise Mechanics" in the hopes of getting their favorite soccer player in FIFA
"They aren't lootboxes, they are just surprise mechanics!"
"It isn't kidnapping, it's just surprise adoption!"
Surprise Mechanics by tiddeh July 19, 2019

That surprises me. 

A phrase taken from "Dinner for Smucks". It should be spoken somewhat sarcasticly after an odd, absurd question has been asked of someone you don't know well.
Hipster: Have you lived among Alaskans as one of them and dined upon bear meat?

Hippet: No!

Hipster: That surprises me...
That surprises me. by joesk84ever December 26, 2011

That surprises me 

A phrase borrowed from the movie "Dinner for Schmucks". It is used in a sarcastic, mocking manner after asking someone a ridiculous question.
Dude: Have you ever lived among Alaskans and ate bear meat in their traditional manner?

Dudette: No!

Dude: That surprises me...
That surprises me by joesk84ever December 26, 2011

suprise me sue 

This happens when you are engaging in the act of sexual intercourse from behind, doggy style if you will, and you pull out, and spit on your girls back so she thinks you have cum, then when she turns around, you blow your load all in her face.
You should have seen the look on your moms face when i gave her the suprise me sue
suprise me sue by mreader September 26, 2006

surprise mechanics 

A term used to describe members of the games industry that use patches for their games to reduce the value of those games in order to sell a solution to the problem they create.

This can be done by introducing new or additional loot boxes and/or microtransactions to games that already have an up-front price tag, or by downgrading a product by stripping features out of it after the initial sale so that they can be reintroduced at a later date for either a monetary value or a PR boost some time after the initial backlash has died down.
Sam: "My 17-year-old game now requires an inferior launcher to run and I can't play any of my favorite game modes offline, all because the company that made it is trying to force everyone to buy Warcraft 3 Reforged! Even some of the graphics options, like character shadows, aren't available to me any more!"
James: "Activision/Blizzard's surprise mechanics at work."

Sam: "I used to really enjoy Trials Rising, but now that loot boxes are a thing, the rest of the game just doesn't seem fun any more. I'm constantly feeling like I need to spend money just so my character looks half as good as the others and there's no guarantee that I'll get the thing I actually want in order to do that."
James: "Looks like Ubisoft's surprise mechanics really hurt this game, huh?"
Sam: "Is that your word for loot boxes?"
James: "No. It's the staff at Ubisoft that introduced them."

Sam: "I'm so sick of EA and 2K sticking loot boxes into their yearly releases of FIFA and NBA! The rest of the game isn't even that good any more, like it's about as meaningful as the brand on the top of a slot machine at Las Vegas!"
James: "You're not wrong. There are probably more surprise mechanics working on these games than actual game developers now."

Well color me surprised 

A phrase used when you are surprised and impressed with an outcome, especially when you were sure nothing good was going to come of it. Similar to saying "Well I'll be damned" or "Well I'll be a monkey's uncle".
After watching a movie that you were so sure would be terrible but it ended up being pretty good, you may say: "Well color me surprised."
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