NFTs

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  • neverscared2

    A few have asked about our stance on NFTs:

    NFTs are a scam. If you think they are legitimately useful for anything other than the exploitation of creators, financial scams, and the destruction of the planet the we ask that please reevaluate your life choices.

    Peace

    Also f̸̗̎ú̴̩c̷̖͌ḳ̵̀ any company that says they support creators and also endorses NFTs in any way. They only care about their own profit and the opportunity for wealth above anyone else.

    Especially given the now easily available discourse concerning the problems of NFTs.

    https://twitter.com/itchio/statu…

    • Meanwhile.... pay to play, pay to buy this 'power-up gun' that you only own within our platform - but only as long as we exist.
      We go tits-up, you got nothing.
      microkorg
    • It seems like a lot of game platforms share this view.microkorg
    • Creators are increasingly choosing Tezos for its massively greener credentials, less greed and profit. Much more fairly priced art.microkorg
    • Much more community and art focussed. Definitely artists and coders first in this community. I hope it doesn't inflate...microkorg
    • ...to ETH proportions of 'values' as the longer the ETH-bro's keep out of Tezos, the better. lol.microkorg
    • do u have some stats to back that up .with the creators? .. greener credentials alone will highly likely no big profits will be not succceed i guess.neverscared
    • How would that power up gun work without the game anyway?Nairn
    • it wouldnt work. your money is down the pan.microkorg
    • I don't have stats. Im part of the tezos artist community. I can see it with my own eyes.microkorg
    • folks that promote the idea of game stores using NFTs cry themselves to sleep thinking about the thousands they spent on fortnight skins. factkingsteven
    • If the games platforms dont want to use NFTs then thats all good with me.
      Anyone spending that money or time on gaming should reevaluate their life choices.
      microkorg
    • eh, each to their own - I'm sure a happy gamer might look to your consumption patterns and mirror the sentiment :)Nairn
    • there will be, but it'll be entirely balls and of no advantage over what exists already other than hype and speculation. like all digital art NFTskingsteven
    • The car industry is a scam.Sandder
    • It's all true down to the letter. But do you want to be right or do you want to make money? Respect the stupid and take advantage of itdrgs
    • a blockchain and a marketplace selling p5.js scripts is junior dev shite compared to steamworks. and a toy compared to a game - it's difficult to see a usagekingsteven
    • that isn't exploitative of creators. i already make mods as a side-hustle and know plenty of folks making maps and skins full time.kingsteven
    • skin gambling and price fixing is huge already, and some gambling sites have been 'blockchain based' since well before NFTskingsteven
    • it would be difficult to see a marketplace condoning that (it's essentially an exploitation of item trades) and it would shift liability to the game devkingsteven
    • it may reinvent something in the art world, there is nothing about NFTs that is new to games. i'm still predicting they will be used a lot in the future butkingsteven
    • the 'medium of the NFT' or the term NFT as a synonym for digital art is nonsensekingsteven
    • the original intention was to represent any entity including negative assets, i think thats a better use case than artkingsteven
    • There's certainly not an 'each to their own' sentiment through this whole NFT thread.microkorg
    • the digital art movement is great. its the idea that it is synonymous with NFTs or that the blockchain has anything to offer other than hype over other forms ofkingsteven
    • collectables is what i don't like. your digital art market is being used to promote a technology that (if it becomes mainstream and used for it's intendedkingsteven
    • intended use to represent any asset off the blockchain) will make having a jpg in your wallet seem very silly indeed.kingsteven
    • People that are into NFTs -- please don't spread those retarded genes and get a vasectomy.babydick
    • But each to their own, yes?microkorg

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