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  • Two Terrible Things That Are More Terrible Together

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 11 15:56:20 2023
    Well, it's been a while since we dusted off this old topic but here we
    are again:

    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Honestly, there's really not too much to say on this topic that we
    haven't said before. It's a terrible idea and it's going to flop as
    badly as all the previous times Ubisoft (and pretty much anyone) has
    tried to wedge NFTs into games.

    I'm mostly mentioning it because it's become such a joke that you
    can't help but laugh sadly at the stupidity of it. It's increasingly
    obvious that there is at least one die-hard cryptobro working at a
    high level at Ubisoft who is trying anything to prop up the price of
    his Ethereum/Bitcoin/whatever.

    The tears from their desperation make me smile. ;-P




    * read it here: https://www.immutable.com/blog/immutable-and-ubisofts-strategic-innovation-lab-pioneering-a-frictionless-web3-gaming-experience

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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 08:56:09 2023
    Am 11.11.23 um 21:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Haha wow... riding a dead horse at its best!

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sun Nov 12 11:23:19 2023
    On 11/11/2023 20:56, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Well, it's been a while since we dusted off this old topic but here we
    are again:

    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Honestly, there's really not too much to say on this topic that we
    haven't said before. It's a terrible idea and it's going to flop as
    badly as all the previous times Ubisoft (and pretty much anyone) has
    tried to wedge NFTs into games.

    I'm mostly mentioning it because it's become such a joke that you
    can't help but laugh sadly at the stupidity of it. It's increasingly
    obvious that there is at least one die-hard cryptobro working at a
    high level at Ubisoft who is trying anything to prop up the price of
    his Ethereum/Bitcoin/whatever.

    The tears from their desperation make me smile. ;-P




    * read it here: https://www.immutable.com/blog/immutable-and-ubisofts-strategic-innovation-lab-pioneering-a-frictionless-web3-gaming-experience


    It was kinda inevitable really that regardless of the almost total
    failure of NFT's in games that you'd still have someone in a position of authority who would be convinced that it was because gamers just didn't understand why this is good for them so we just need to push harder this
    time until they do understand. No gamers understood perfectly and that's
    why there was so much pushback.

    Of course it doesn't help the amount of cryptobros who treat it as what
    can best be described as a religion.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sun Nov 12 08:01:01 2023
    On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:56:20 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    Well, it's been a while since we dusted off this old topic but here we
    are again:

    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Who's a good doggie with a bone he refuses to stop gnawing on? Aww,
    Spallsy is! Good boy! (*pat pat pat*) (*wag wag wag*)

    Lol

    I don't mind these Ubi reports at all. It's so fun to see the solid gold
    stick (which turns out to be iron pyrite) up their C-suite's nethers.
    It's the hill they've decided to die on. Sam Bankman-Fried is literally
    going to jail*, "Bored Ape Yacht Club" buyers have literally gone blind** (temporarily, but figuratively it's far worse), and they *still* think
    they can run this hustle.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

    *Do not pass Go!, do not collect 200 Bitcoin. Or anyone else's money, for
    that matter.

    ** https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/style/bored-ape-nft-eye-burn.html

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Werner P. on Sun Nov 12 07:31:53 2023
    On 11/12/23 01:56, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 11.11.23 um 21:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Haha wow... riding a dead horse at its best!


    No, you see, they just really really need more money.
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 07:15:40 2023
    On 11/12/2023 5:31 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    On 11/12/23 01:56, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 11.11.23 um 21:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Haha wow... riding a dead horse at its best!


    No, you see, they just really really need more money.

    Sell the horse.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 12 18:54:47 2023
    Am 12.11.23 um 14:31 schrieb candycanearter07:
    On 11/12/23 01:56, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 11.11.23 um 21:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
    Ubisoft is once more pushing NFTs in its games.*

    Haha wow... riding a dead horse at its best!


    No, you see, they just really really need more money.
    The were young and needed the money...
    Classical line why people went into porn

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