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Lots of fun reading in this thread. Some of it has already been discussed here. https://www.reddit.com/r/shroudoftheavatar/comments/f0srn1/looking_for_people_who_invested_money_into_sota/
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Dementropy posted:
I want to buy some but I don't know which to get, it doesn't say BEST VALUE on any of them??
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That lady is the former chief of Massively and I think she runs MassivelyOP now. I doubt she is working on a hard hitting investigative piece but at least someone is finally taking a look at some one of these games that has basically devolved into scams. Maybe, just maybe shell do some good work and a major publication will actually take notice. Or shell write a fluff piece that only serves to further fuel this style of scam. Itll probably be this, wont it?
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CoffeeBooze posted:That lady is the former chief of Massively and I think she runs MassivelyOP now. I doubt she is working on a hard hitting investigative piece but at least someone is finally taking a look at some one of these games that has basically devolved into scams. Maybe, just maybe shell do some good work and a major publication will actually take notice. It's not exactly like MassivelyOP has given Shroud of the Avatar a pass in the past. In fact, they've been rather critical.
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Dementropy posted:It's not exactly like MassivelyOP has given Shroud of the Avatar a pass in the past. In fact, they've been rather critical. A video game journalistic website being critical? Aghast! How dreadful, how dare they not feeding the endless hype machine! /satire
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Feb 24, 2020 09:24
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Dementropy posted:
No """""BEST VALUE""""" tag plastered all over the 10750 bundle. This company even sucks at grifting.
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Feb 24, 2020 16:52
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Lord British is on to the next great idea! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08xTgpq3bWo
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Feb 25, 2020 04:01
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Just imagine the sponsorship deals!
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Feb 25, 2020 12:32
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someone challenged richard garriott to make an even lamer and worse designed segway and he crushed it
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Feb 25, 2020 18:08
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Honestly y’all could of just looked at who the op of this thread was and assumed it was gonna be trash.
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Rhymenoserous posted:Honestly y’all could of just looked at who the op of this thread was and assumed it was gonna be trash. we got lum the mad to post itt, then we got him to apologize for posting it was pretty boss
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Feb 26, 2020 10:39
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I don't think they understand the concept of surfing.
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Feb 26, 2020 20:24
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Im pretty sure he just wants something he cann roll around on at SXSW that will get people to look at him. Making it into another fake business venture is just a handy way to get a tax writeoff.
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Feb 27, 2020 00:08
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lol the video is private now
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Feb 27, 2020 01:42
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But the GIF lives forever.
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Feb 27, 2020 02:55
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Looks like a game asset.
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Feb 27, 2020 03:25
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Too bad the gif didn't capture that glorious rat tail
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Dementropy posted:But the GIF lives forever. Also it’s not a real invention it’s just a new body to put around a onewheel
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Feb 27, 2020 21:38
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Does British’s rat tail go into his jacket when he’s carving concrete?
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Feb 27, 2020 21:40
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When I play Final Fantasy, I like to think that's the rat tail I turn in for the class promotion quest. So powerful.
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Mar 3, 2020 18:44
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How the hell do you spend 6 figures on this game.
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Mar 3, 2020 20:06
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What good is Garriott's blood if you can't have ALL of it?
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Oriental Hugs posted:How the hell do you spend 6 figures on this game. Very carelessly.
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Mar 3, 2020 21:50
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Time for a boar hunt;
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I forgot this game exists. I absolutely have to give major props and credit for a 2nd straight year. This game just won't die despite all odds.
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Oriental Hugs posted:How the hell do you spend 6 figures on this game. I realize that there are people with six figures worth of disposable income, and I realize there are nerds who are very, very obsessed with gaming. But, I would imagine the Venn diagram of the two resembles a pair of glasses.
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Have you ever heard of Star Citizen, friend?
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What is it about Shroud of the Avatar though that is making rich people pump a lot of money into it? It's a terrible game on every conceivable level. is it us that are in fact wrong about it and this game is actually brilliant?
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richard garriot that's it
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Rotten Red Rod posted:richard garriot when land claims and titles went in during the kickstarter, there was a not so subtle push to monetize all of it, including real money trading (RMT) of virtual items the kickstarter rewards of getting your face into the game or paintings of you around town were dropped to facilitate more land grabs and title rewards (mostly those titles allowed you to own more land) but who cares about more land, right? well, the dumb fucks in charge said you'll be able to charge rent and taxes on any land you own, and that can then be turned into real loving currency. not some in game poo poo, but USD or that weird british pound or the euro or whatever the gently caress you wanted there was absolutely the push towards higher tiers because at the time, bitcoin and blockchain currency was still a huge and upcoming thing for stupid loving people. I think the kickstarter was 2012 or so, almost a loving decade back and a ton of poo poo has changed since then (well not for loving stupid people, but still) anyway, much like star citizen, the whole "our initial investment will be worth 10x in just a few years" was extremely strong with shroud and some people did make bank offa stupid loving people for awhile now the game is spinning in its own grave as the dedicated pallbearers continue to drop a few hundo a month into an open casket
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Rotten Red Rod posted:richard garriot Basically this. Back in the eighties, the Ultima series were very good games, and a lot of people got into them, so it stands to reason that 1% of fans really, really, REALLY enjoyed them. They now have coding or engineering jobs, and most have Gotten Lives, but a few of them still really, really love Ultima and Lord British. Thanks to the nintey-nine rule that's all you need.
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All of those may be reasons from earlier on in the games development. At this point I think it is 100% pure strain sunk cost bias at work.
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I said come in! posted:What is it about Shroud of the Avatar though that is making rich people pump a lot of money into it? It's a terrible game on every conceivable level. is it us that are in fact wrong about it and this game is actually brilliant? Well, um, you see, you can have dance parties in it, and that's pretty much it
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Node posted:Well, um, you see, you can have dance parties in it, and that's pretty much it It worked for Biodome so why not here?
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TheAgent posted:eh, I think its a lot more than that Oh christ. It's Ultima loving Project Entropia.
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Bieeanshee posted:Oh christ. It's Ultima loving Project Entropia. Lol he's actually been involved in a Entropia thing as an "advisor": https://neverdie.com/ I still don't really understand what Project Entropia is. Edit: And this game (SOTA) was supposed to be a vehicle for a virtual currency: https://www.coinspeaker.com/neverdie-creates-interoperable-teleport-token-use-across-vr-worlds-create-gamified-virtual-reality-jobs/ and https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=75010 and https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/walkthrough-of-ethereum-neverdie-block-chain-token-purchase.95921/ Teleport Token is currently being integrated in popular games such as Shroud of the Avatar with plans to integrate into many of VR’s most popular games going forward. Didn't happen, but, yeah, this kind of scam is extremely Garriott's poo poo Tweets from Garriott talking about his (abandoned) plans to incorporate virtual currencies in SOTA: https://twitter.com/RichardGarriott/status/890026952538587136 https://twitter.com/RichardGarriott/status/890036205563281410 Rotten Red Rod fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Mar 5, 2020 |
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