Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Lane" data-source="post: 9400353" data-attributes="member: 6937008">Well, based on the email thread I've had with him (which I'm sorely tempted to reproduce here, for the benefit of all to make their own minds up), he's certainly reluctant to actually give any answers.See, here's the thing - I did some research on the Pitchfest Terms, and I learned that in order to be eligible, you had to be a new startup working with Web3 technologies; and you have to have submitted your entry by April 19th. Which would appear to indicate that either:a) the Technical Code of Ethics is meaningless, and Evil Genius Games is, indeed, actively pursuing the implementation of Blockchain technology into its platform (this could be seen to be borne out by Scott stating in his Discord AMA that the Code of Ethics was never meant to be taken as being set in stone, and that he had intended to be able to revisit Blockchain technologies when he felt it had become more viable), or;b) Dave Scott and Evil Genius Games lied in their application to Pitchfest, and won the competition and prizes under false pretences.Now, I don't know which of these is true, if either of them is - there may well be a third option that I haven't thought of, that somehow squares a February promise not to use Blockchain technology, with entering a competition just two months later (at the outside), stating that you are a company that utilises Blockchain technology. The problem is, Dave won't answer the questions I've asked him, telling me only to go to the Discord AMA, where he answers all the tough questions (I did go there, and read it through, and he doesn't answer the questions I asked him).My biggest concern is, if he considers point 2 of the Code of Ethics to be mutable and subject to change, without informing his customers (despite transparency, honesty and authenticity being core Values of the company); then how set in stone are the other two points? Why should he not utilise AI artwork or writing, if the technology reaches a point where it becomes, in his eyes, more viable? Or what's to stop him from packaging up and selling on customers' information, if it becomes more profitable for him to do so?Another concern, arising from.his various statements and the AMA - he calls himself a technologist, and is pitching the use of NFTs in an online marketplace built around his TTRPG; yet simultaneously, in the AMA, says he doesn't know a great deal about NFTs and Blockchain, and hasn't looked into the ethical concerns surrounding the technology - this despite his company hemorrhaging staff because of discussions had with them over this very issue.Finally, a question to everyone here (and especially to Morrus, to clarify the legality of doing this): should I publish my email chain with Dave on this site, as a part.of this comment thread? There is nothing on the emails from Dave that contains the usual warning against dissemination of his replies; and I made it very clear, in my first reply to him, that I would very much prefer to have the conversation in a public arena, where we could be both held accountable for our words. I would greatly appreciate some other voice here, recommending what the best course of action would be.</blockquote>

Verification