OldManSmithers

I was installing War of Steel earlier on the new computer and was reminded yet again of how awesome @PLAYA3ULL_GAMES is. When so many other projects have made promises about games under development, only to flounder and waste millions (sometimes billions) of dollars, Playa3ull stands as a constant reminder that well-run crypto gaming companies CAN happen, that crypto gaming isn't black magic or a mythical unicorn, and that there are legitimate companies out there. It's had its bumps, and the token is nowhere near the price it deserves, but jeez they've been productive. In short.... Playa3ull rocks, and I appreciate all the hard work I've seen over the last year. Keep up the great work.

My kind of convention right here.

This quick video from @timboslice21x is 100% worth the watch. In my first conversation with Jason I said I had reservations about Eric coming from silicon valley and the prevalent "Anything goes, nothing is evil as long as it makes money" mindset held there. Jason assured me that Eric was different. I haven't seen anything to back up that claim. Quite the opposite. Life isn't fair, so I have no idea if he'll be held accountable for all the lies and betrayals. I guess we'll see.

There's been a lot to catch up on with @PLAYA3ULL_GAMES For those with nodes, it looks like nodes will require software to be running on Oct 14th. If you haven't already locked down a hosting solution, check out @nerdnode1 who plans on supporting Playa3ull nodes with their service. From the Playa3ull Discord - - Master Node Software Mainnet Release: October 14th - DAPP Re-design Mainnet Release: December 2nd - Purchase 3ULL coins on the DAPP Mainnet with Credit Card: November 1st - Bridge & Crosschain migration to Avalanche Teleporter: End Of Year - Ordinem Mainnet Release: October 22nd - Nexus VFX/UI Update (PTR) Release: October 25th - Nexus VFX/UI Update (Prod) Release: November 11th - Dogs Of War Closed Alpha Release: December 2024 A lot more is coming! I'm already replenishing bags and nodes again. Sucks that I gotta do that, but at least the price is affordable for buying back in. I have a feeling a lot of folks won't know about the software requirements; so spread the word to anyone you know who has a license already. We'll see how much the daily distro jumps when these changes go live.

Six months of silence. It's not like there wasn't plenty to talk about, but I took a few steps back from crypto after losing about 100k of wallets. I wish I had some cool boat story here, but it was a simple hard drive crash along with a run of bad luck on backup recovery. Moral of the story would be don't store anything important on M2 drives, make sure your backup services are working, and if your seeds are anywhere but in a safe deposit box, go make sure they're where you think they are. Anywho, hard drive crash also wiped out all of my resources for Gala vids, so I'm having to start from scratch. Now that I can talk about crypto again without wanting to punch life in the nuts, I'll be working on those again. Hope everyone has been doing well, and seriously, go check your backup and seed phrase locations.

It's about six months later than I hoped for, but @GAMEDIA_GAMES has finally made a public statement about the current issues with @GoGalaGames. Much of this isn't new to those who have been following the court cases, but it's nice to see them publicly stand behind what they've been alluding to for so long. Until now, we've only gotten Gala's side of things. What a mess.

I've gotten plenty of DMs asking for a @GoGalaGames rant on the current Mirandus and TWDE news. First of all, I don't do rants! I do calm and thoughtful essays. If those essays are scathing or salty, then that's only because the subjects deserve it.:P Really, there's been plenty of quality coverage already about the newest mess that Gala finds itself in, and I don't see much need to rehash it all. I will toss out a few things that I haven't seen mentioned. According to Gala, this handoff to the Chilean team has been in the works for months. McCarthy and the other devs aren't idiots. 99 times out of 100, when a more "cost-effective" team is brought on to "help" you do your job, you're looking at your eventual replacement. The fact we haven't seen a rush of online resumes from either team in the last few months implies that they were receiving assurances that their jobs were safe, or those devs felt confident the Chilean team couldn't succeed without them. Maybe both? Either way, the fact that both teams got the axe on the same day seems to point to something coming to a head. Maybe an ultimatum was given. Maybe a bluff was called. Who knows? My DMs are open if someone wants to share. The word today is that McCarthy has officially quit; which wouldn't be much of a surprise, if true. Nobody likes having total control of a project taken away from them. There would likely be only frustration in his future if he stuck around. I'm guessing he's one of the larger shareholders in Gala Games after the Sandbox Games acquisition in 2021; so he'll probably still be "with" Gala in one form or another. In the grand scheme of things, this was a serious blow to Gala's already tottering public image. Most of their relationships with outside studios end up in lawsuits or canceled games. The internal teams, like McCarthy's, were looked upon by many as the last hope for getting an actual game released and not just an MVP. Many people also credited McCarthy as the reason why Mirandus had avoided the constant NFT money grabs that Gala has become known for. Granted, Mirandus pulled in millions on its early NFT sales; so I'd imagine the coffers were pretty full for a while there. Speaking of Gala's coffers, Jason let slip that Gala has locked on 100m in funding "if needed." The usual questions arise of what terms/collateral were offered to get that 100m, but we probably won't get those answers. While Jason said in that post that money isn't the issue, more and more evidence is piling up that seems to point to the contrary. You don't get 100m in additional funding unless you're expanding, or at least somewhat worried about the future. Mass layoffs, internal teams are being replaced with cheaper, offshore options, and deals being made(medium.com/@DWF-research/the…) with companies accused of price manipulation (google.com/search?q=DWF+Labs…), all point to the latter more than the former. GALA's halvening is fast approaching, when Gala Games' daily distribution revenue will be... halved. The rumor mill was that Eric had a target in mind for GALA to reach before the halving and was doing everything he could to get there; otherwise, some hard decisions would need to be made. We're still quite a ways from the number I heard bandied about, so maybe all these shakeups are him getting in front of that halvening. Again... who knows? I do wish the devs affected the best, and I know there are plenty of projects looking to hire talented individuals who actually believe in Web3 Gaming. @PLAYA3ULL_GAMES is one of those, so if you or someone you love/respect/admire has recently received the axe, hit me up in DM's, and I'll point you to the appropriate people. And yes, yes, the 2021 video is still being worked on. Sandbox Games (McCarthy's former company) was acquired at the beginning of 21 and many of the pseudo-sales like the Polyient Citadel were made around the same time. I'm still gathering info about those for the video, and I'll drop an update here when it goes live. That's it for now. Hope you're doing well, despite all the red in the portfolio recently. Cheers! Edit for typos.. Geez

Ye gods, I hate making video. Just published the third installment of the History of @GoGalaGames series - youtu.be/3V5P_5syxGE I'm going to go cry myself to sleep and then start on 2021. Hope those who watch it learn something! Much love.

Sigh... @GoGalaGames

Congrats to the @ggcollectivegg on the huge purchase! Big pimping in @staratlas

Alright, my apologies for the delay, but the first two videos in the Gala Games series are done. You can find both here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… I'd planned on including 2020 in the second video, but it was running over 30 minutes and not even half done, so 2020 will get its shorter own video. That should be coming soon, as the script and most of the research were already done. I'll just add it to the above playlist when complete. A huge thank you to the folks who contributed so far, and any mistakes are solely my own. Feel free to mock my elementary video skills and please point out any major issues. It'll help with the rest of the videos. Back to work on 2020!

I'm still alive. The rabbit holes were deeper than I thought they'd be. This project has ballooned from a single video response into a video series covering the history of Gala. Without the context, the blueprint rebuttal wouldn't make much sense. Besides, we've always wanted a Gala documentary :P The intro video is done, and I'm almost done with the transcript for the second. It's amazing stuff if you're at all interested in Gala Games. I tend to swing from nostalgic sadness to salty frustration depending on what I'm digging through. Stuff like the attached is under the "salty frustration" category. In the video, a categorically clear statement that there will never be more than 50k nodes. Huge benefits! In the blueprint, a blatant attempt to change that statement. Much salt. I'll release the first two videos together, which are the intro and the video covering Gala from 2019-2020. I hope to have that done by this weekend sometime. Back to my cave. Hope everyone's doing well!

I give @GoGalaGames a fair amount of grief when they deserve it, but I've always said that I'll give them credit where it's due. You probably think I'm talking about the Burn announcement yesterday, but I'm not. I'm talking about this: Interoperability, or using your NFT/FT across multiple projects, has long been sold as a benefit. To have a CEO of a company say "Go ahead and build with our stuff" is awesome and worthy of some praise. So good job, @Benefactor0101 Now this was said in Discord where it can be easily be changed or deleted. Can we get someone from Gala to blast out the above screenshot out on Twitter? Or heck, even for Eric to confirm it here on this post? And why stop with @GoGalaGames? This should be something to get on the public record with every project out there. Let people and other projects build with your stuff and give your customers even more utility. Everyone wins.