D&D General NFTs Are Here To Ruin Dungeons & Dragons

[Dannyalcatraz]

If there is curiosity about why many are so angrily opposed to this business model gaining any legitimacy or traction

My initial resistance is based in the ecological impact of anything using current blockchain tech.

Then, as others have asked, I don’t see a real benefit of using blockchain for this application over other forms of data management.

Beyond that, I’m not seeing value here. At least, not for the players. But that’s personal- I may simply lack vision in this case.

 

[CleverNickName]

I am not worried about Gripnr. I am worried about Hasbro. If you don't think Hasbro is watching this, watching to see if they can find a new way to monetize this hobby, then you are already a mark. The line must be drawn here. No. As a community. No. Never. Gaming is already money gated for many people. No more gates.

Well, if the worst should happen, and Hasbro decides to shift D&D over to NFTs, pay-to-play subscriptions, and other foolishness, I already have everything I need to ignore it utterly. At the end of the day, all I ever need to play Dungeons & Dragons is my friends, my Rules Cyclopedia, and some dice. I mean, I'm their customer and I'm one of their biggest cheerleaders, but I'm also theirs to lose.

It's rotten, but I've done it before. I went from backing dozens of projects a year on Kickstarter, to never backing a single Kickstarter project ever again...just for merely considering NFTs. I'll drop Hasbro too, and not even flinch.

 

[Jer]

From this I learned that each "certified DM" is going to be able to claim one part of the world as their own and nobody else will be "allowed" to run campaigns there and I died a little inside. I assume that each section of the world will be minted as its own NFT as well and DMs will be allowed to sell the campaign areas they developed amongst themselves as well.

Every thing I learn about the monetezation around this model makes it sound worse.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yep, just what I expected. "Hey guys, (jargon jargon jargon COMPUTER MONEY jargon jargon) woo!"

 

[bulletmeat]

Yep, just what I expected. "Hey guys, (jargon jargon jargon COMPUTER MONEY jargon jargon) woo!"

The nice part is that if I see some good loot ideas they come up with for D&D, I can copy and use for my home game as easily as 'Print Screen'.

 

[Mort]

From this I learned that each "certified DM" is going to be able to claim one part of the world as their own and nobody else will be "allowed" to run campaigns there and I died a little inside. I assume that each section of the world will be minted as its own NFT as well and DMs will be allowed to sell the campaign areas they developed amongst themselves as well.

Every thing I learn about the monetezation around this model makes it sound worse.

Wow, You wouldn't think there would be people who read Ready Player One and rooted for IOI (the main, cartoonishly bad, bad guys)?!?

Yet here you go!

 

[Jer]

The nice part is that if I see some good loot ideas they come up with for D&D, I can copy and use for my home game as easily as 'Print Screen'.

What are you? Some kind of "right clicker" or something?

 

[darjr]

Just as suspected. The billionaire boss is a crypto bro.

 

[Jer]

Wow, You wouldn't think there would be people who read Ready Player One and rooted for IOI (the main, cartoonishly bad, bad guys)?!?

Yet here you go!

To be fair - Mark Zuckerberg apparently read Snow Crash and thought it presented a positive future that he should work towards.

There are a lot of people out there whose mindsets are just foreign to me.

 

[Vaalingrade]

My favorite thing is seeing them try time and time again to make headway into an industry where every customer hates them for ruining their experience in that industry by making video cards as rare as hen's teeth and as expensive as the link to a jpg stolen from deviant art.