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They'll run out of money before they attract enough whales to survive, because I don't see anything resembling a fun game here. It's like Minecraft, if you were

They'll run out of money before they attract enough whales to survive, because I don't see anything resembling a fun game here. It's like Minecraft, if you were farming for meaningless loot boxes all day. Just read some of these insane quotes: "The game will also have 1,000 farm bots which can mine a token, like a Bitcoin miner. You can buy a loot box, assemble the parts to make a farm bot, and set them loose mining. Or you can just buy a farm bot preassembled at an expensive price. Then you can mine the currency and provide them to other players in the game, either by giving it away or selling it. “It’s a way to compensate people who really believe in us in the beginning,” Schiermeyer said. “That’s how we’re structuring the blockchain. The people who were first to play it are going to get more than people who are last to play it. So, I mean, there’s definitely a reason to come in.” https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/10/zynga-cofounder-creates-blockchain-game-partners-for-decentralized-gaming/ https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/10/zynga-cofounder-creates-b...

ljm 6y ago
The last quote makes this entire thing look like a scam to fleece gamers/gambling addicts and then (probably) run away with the money. I mean, I will not at all be surprised if this is, at its core, an ICO-style con. It has blockchain, it has early 'investors' throwing money at it with the promise of exclusivity or scarcity, it's probably designed to reel in people hoping for the next Bitcoin, as if there ever would be one of those now. The main article is full of quotes about the scarcity of resources that will instantly get a lot of gullible people's attention. This report of someone spending 800k already might well even be part of the scam, the same way any con artist on the street will have stooges pretending to throw in cash in order to convince others that it's legit. The creators will roll along with the hype for a bit, and then take all that wonderful, liquid cash and ride off into the sunset, leaving everyone else's appendages (and useless digital 'assets') flapping in the breeze.
- heptathorp 6y ago
  > This report of someone spending 800k already might well even be part of the scam, the same way any con artist on the street will have stooges pretending to throw in cash in order to convince others that it's legit. That's exactly what it is. This sale was to their "partner" company Polyient Games, and they're putting 10 more up for auction next week. This sale was to anchor the price.
grawprog 6y ago
>The game will also have 1,000 farm bots which can mine a token, like a Bitcoin miner. You can buy a loot box, assemble the parts to make a farm bot, and set them loose mining. Or you can just buy a farm bot preassembled at an expensive price. >The people who were first to play it are going to get more than people who are last to play it. So, I mean, there’s definitely a reason to come in.” So it's designed with pretty much the worst aspect of long running online games in mind and is pretty much a loot box farming game where you're mining for what is hopefully a chance at building something that might get you what essentially supposed to be a new digital currency? Sounds pretty awful to be honest.
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Nacraile 6y ago
> Then you can mine the currency and provide them to other players in the game, either by giving it away or selling it. > “It’s a way to compensate people who really believe in us in the beginning,” Schiermeyer said. “That’s how we’re structuring the blockchain. The people who were first to play it are going to get more than people who are last to play it. So, I mean, there’s definitely a reason to come in.” So, uh, it's a pyramid scheme, thinly disguised as a game?
m463 6y ago
> They'll run out of money before they attract enough whales to survive, because I don't see anything resembling a fun game here. Funny, that's what I think of the gaming tables at Las Vegas. Yet Las Vegas has been doing it for almost a century.
anigbrowl 6y ago
Conversely if you don't get in on the first wave then there's little reason to come in later because you'll never catch up no matter how well you play.

ljm 6y ago

The last quote makes this entire thing look like a scam to fleece gamers/gambling addicts and then (probably) run away with the money. I mean, I will not at all be surprised if this is, at its core, an ICO-style con. It has blockchain, it has early 'investors' throwing money at it with the promise of exclusivity or scarcity, it's probably designed to reel in people hoping for the next Bitcoin, as if there ever would be one of those now. The main article is full of quotes about the scarcity of resources that will instantly get a lot of gullible people's attention. This report of someone spending 800k already might well even be part of the scam, the same way any con artist on the street will have stooges pretending to throw in cash in order to convince others that it's legit. The creators will roll along with the hype for a bit, and then take all that wonderful, liquid cash and ride off into the sunset, leaving everyone else's appendages (and useless digital 'assets') flapping in the breeze.

heptathorp 6y ago
> This report of someone spending 800k already might well even be part of the scam, the same way any con artist on the street will have stooges pretending to throw in cash in order to convince others that it's legit. That's exactly what it is. This sale was to their "partner" company Polyient Games, and they're putting 10 more up for auction next week. This sale was to anchor the price.

grawprog 6y ago

>The game will also have 1,000 farm bots which can mine a token, like a Bitcoin miner. You can buy a loot box, assemble the parts to make a farm bot, and set them loose mining. Or you can just buy a farm bot preassembled at an expensive price. >The people who were first to play it are going to get more than people who are last to play it. So, I mean, there’s definitely a reason to come in.” So it's designed with pretty much the worst aspect of long running online games in mind and is pretty much a loot box farming game where you're mining for what is hopefully a chance at building something that might get you what essentially supposed to be a new digital currency? Sounds pretty awful to be honest.

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Nacraile 6y ago

> Then you can mine the currency and provide them to other players in the game, either by giving it away or selling it. > “It’s a way to compensate people who really believe in us in the beginning,” Schiermeyer said. “That’s how we’re structuring the blockchain. The people who were first to play it are going to get more than people who are last to play it. So, I mean, there’s definitely a reason to come in.” So, uh, it's a pyramid scheme, thinly disguised as a game?

m463 6y ago

> They'll run out of money before they attract enough whales to survive, because I don't see anything resembling a fun game here. Funny, that's what I think of the gaming tables at Las Vegas. Yet Las Vegas has been doing it for almost a century.

anigbrowl 6y ago

Conversely if you don't get in on the first wave then there's little reason to come in later because you'll never catch up no matter how well you play.