By third parties.
Because it was the right thing to do, or because they weren't going to profit from the grift?
Agreed. And to be fair, I think the market for such a service is limited. I personally wouldn't give a fig if my PC was the official one that completed the Tomb of Annihilation, and I certainly wouldn't care enough to buy the one who did. But I'm trying to rationalize a system where someone might.
As someone who is a lifelong DM and has worked with a charity that aims to bring young people with limited means into the hobby, trust me, there is a money barrier. Is it as bad as many other hobbies? Oh no. CCGs spring to mind that's in the geek sphere. Same with wargaming. But even with low costs on the average, someone, like a DM, often spends more. Mind you, that is also why I do wish we had a culture of players subsidizing their GM's pernicious book/accessory habits...
Energy production is finite. To manage its impacts on our planet, we need to not only increase renewables on the supply side, we need to do all we can to decrease usage on the demand side. If a NFT company builds a solar farm to power its NFT farm, that solar farm could have been built to contribute to more essential/efficient energy needs.
Rape, while a loaded word to many, is a legitimate term to use in this case. Dictionary.com gives the third definition of the word rape is "an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; [synonyms]: despoliation; violation [example usage]: the rape of the countryside."
I fully believe that they're watching, but that they would realistically go forward with it, that I seriously doubt. Hasbro has a good thing going with WotC, and crypto is contentious at best (as this thread clearly shows). It would be high risk for indeterminate reward, which would fall somewhere along the spectrum between an idiotic and an utterly ruinous business decision. I honestly don't think that this is something we need to be seriously concerned about. This company wants to sell characters for approx $300 a pop. Are you realistically concerned that their business model will be successful, because I'm not.
Yes, this. The big corporations are still waiting to see if Crypto really has legs before taking a risk on it. We really, really don’t want the future where they decide it’s worth diving into to come to pass. We have to nip this garbage in the bud.
