• Dookie Dash - how low can NFT's go?

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 23 11:19:34 2023
    This one made me laugh, it's basically a cheap runner game with the
    catch that you need to buy an NFT to enter and the person with the
    highest score ends up getting a unspecified prize. The problem of course
    that's just going to be a magnet for cheating which wasn't helped but
    the code being left unencrypted and the seed for the RNG was available
    for each run.

    Now obviously the cryptobros are now out in force with either this
    wouldn't have happened if the game was based around Web 3.0 technology
    or the company has really strong anti-cheat mechanisms in place (yeh
    right, I'm sure they do).

    The downside I would assume that the company made a ton of cash, the
    upside is it probably came from those trying to make a quick buck and
    have had their fingers burnt.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 23 06:29:44 2023
    On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:19:34 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
    wrote:

    This one made me laugh, it's basically a cheap runner game with the
    catch that you need to buy an NFT to enter and the person with the
    highest score ends up getting a unspecified prize. The problem of course >that's just going to be a magnet for cheating which wasn't helped but
    the code being left unencrypted and the seed for the RNG was available
    for each run.

    Now obviously the cryptobros are now out in force with either this
    wouldn't have happened if the game was based around Web 3.0 technology
    or the company has really strong anti-cheat mechanisms in place (yeh
    right, I'm sure they do).

    The downside I would assume that the company made a ton of cash, the
    upside is it probably came from those trying to make a quick buck and
    have had their fingers burnt.

    How low?

    The game is dookie. Literally.

    --
    Zag

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

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 23 11:31:36 2023
    On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 06:29:44 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:19:34 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB >wrote:

    This one made me laugh, it's basically a cheap runner game with the
    catch that you need to buy an NFT to enter and the person with the
    highest score ends up getting a unspecified prize. The problem of course >>that's just going to be a magnet for cheating which wasn't helped but
    the code being left unencrypted and the seed for the RNG was available
    for each run.


    How low?

    The game is dookie. Literally.

    I mean, this isn't really that low as far as NFT games go. It's slimy,
    sure, just like everything associated with NFTs and crypto. But at
    least there's an actual game, and not just NFTs sold for a game that
    doesn't exist. Badly designed? Of course. Overpriced? Definitely. Uses
    NFTs unnecessarily? Only to be expected. But given how the vast
    majority of NFT-enabled games are nothing more than rug-pull scams,
    the fact that you can actually PLAY the game makes it actually one of
    the best NFT games around.

    Which, sure, isn't a very high bar to clear. But they could have gone
    much lower.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Feb 23 14:18:52 2023
    On 2/23/2023 8:31 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 06:29:44 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:19:34 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
    wrote:

    This one made me laugh, it's basically a cheap runner game with the
    catch that you need to buy an NFT to enter and the person with the
    highest score ends up getting a unspecified prize. The problem of course >>> that's just going to be a magnet for cheating which wasn't helped but
    the code being left unencrypted and the seed for the RNG was available
    for each run.


    How low?

    The game is dookie. Literally.

    I mean, this isn't really that low as far as NFT games go. It's slimy,
    sure, just like everything associated with NFTs and crypto. But at
    least there's an actual game, and not just NFTs sold for a game that
    doesn't exist. Badly designed? Of course. Overpriced? Definitely. Uses
    NFTs unnecessarily? Only to be expected. But given how the vast
    majority of NFT-enabled games are nothing more than rug-pull scams,
    the fact that you can actually PLAY the game makes it actually one of
    the best NFT games around.

    Which, sure, isn't a very high bar to clear. But they could have gone
    much lower.

    Quit giving them ideas!

    --
    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 JAB@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri Feb 24 10:04:58 2023
    On 23/02/2023 12:29, Zaghadka wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:19:34 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB wrote:

    This one made me laugh, it's basically a cheap runner game with the
    catch that you need to buy an NFT to enter and the person with the
    highest score ends up getting a unspecified prize. The problem of course
    that's just going to be a magnet for cheating which wasn't helped but
    the code being left unencrypted and the seed for the RNG was available
    for each run.

    Now obviously the cryptobros are now out in force with either this
    wouldn't have happened if the game was based around Web 3.0 technology
    or the company has really strong anti-cheat mechanisms in place (yeh
    right, I'm sure they do).

    The downside I would assume that the company made a ton of cash, the
    upside is it probably came from those trying to make a quick buck and
    have had their fingers burnt.

    How low?

    The game is dookie. Literally.


    I just had to look that up as can't say it's a word I'd heard of before.
    It would seem to be the Bevis and Butthead school of humour which
    doesn't surprise as it comes from cryptobros!

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