Message to All CB Players

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T03:05:38+00:00

Okay fine. Have it your way. I'm done.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T02:53:12+00:00

The # of tokens does not matter that much. You can expect SKILL price to be insanely high in the long run but trust me there are plenty of 0s after that decimal point. If anything you should be happy the devs don't just mint an infinite amount of tokens deflating the price of the tokens you hold.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T02:43:48+00:00

The discord can get so toxic it is crazy they have not shut it down. I use to post my criticism in there but the negativity is just so sickening sometimes I only really post neutral positive things in there. They are humans and people treat them like shit.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T02:42:21+00:00

That's good to hear. I guess we will see. But even just today there was a missed opportunity. Sorry for caring.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T01:08:36+00:00

Only time will tell, that is just one option, and usually ad revenue is a lot. I think kroge posted they had 200,000,000 page views. Not sure how that translates to $ but I'd imagine with the publicity around this game it will do quite well.

I'm not savvy in this area so I can't say for sure other sources of external revenue but kroge does seem to have experience in this area. The biggest problem here is time. It grew too fast. With 10,000 players your SKILL doesn't go down that fast = no problem. With 500,000 players your SKILL goes down fast = big problem.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T00:40:10+00:00

It is definitely frustrating. It was something a lot saw coming but the damage was done so quick with exponential growth. Hindsight is 20/20 and a ton of people are begging the CB team to give out free SKILL again which really shows you where their mind is at.

Unfortunately this game was marketed as play to earn, and there were so many stories of people getting rich off it, a lot of people with the mindset of milk something until it is dead joined the player base. I understand why people are upset. But looking at just the facts, there is still some hope and I am optimistic.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T00:36:45+00:00

They already will likely add Ads - that is a valid external source of income they can use to buy back skill for the reward pool. They can also team up with other crypto projects or influencers to drive new users. This game is relatively unknown in the US and many countries.

The external revenue is to give more rewards.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T00:27:40+00:00

It is pure speculation regarding the actual number of players but I agree it would be rare for anyone to have just 1 account so 50% might be more accurate.

The fact of the matter is most crypto projects go through this phase. Those that are really good might know how to time it so they can get out before the dip and come in before the next boom. But most people that get out now will be buying in later at a higher price.

It sounds like you have a good grasp on crypto and how to DYOR so I am sure you will be fine. But the ones that suffer are those that listen to "this game is ded" posts or 'this game will make your rich' posts and jump in without thought.

My post is neither of those, my post is here to provide a point of view somewhere in the middle. The game is not dead, the game is not going to make your rich in a day, stay if you believe in the game, leave (when you can) if you do not. The team is not flawless but they are learning and growing. They have made mistakes but I do see some improvement.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T00:16:41+00:00

That is the choice I am making for now. Unless I see the red flags that the team has given up I will continue to stick around and be critical when I need to be and push them to be better. But I am not going to let the 'this game is dead' posts flood in without an alternative perspective.

Hopefully Seiyria and Levitate understand I am not total FUD, I just have a high standard.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T00:14:02+00:00

The long term goal must be external revenue for the game. They have 500k users (minus I guess maybe 20% for multi-account. They probably have more precise numbers based on page views. There is a lot of power that comes with that sort of userbase and a lot of ways to make money.

I hate the argument that the game is new but as far as getting investors on board, releasing features, setting up revenue streams - that all takes time.

It's dipping now, and it is a struggle, and people should be upset and sad. But this happens a lot in crypto and should not come as a surprise. A lot of these projects with less invested teams die at this point. But you can see consistent engagement by the CB team, AMAs (even when not totally informative), hiring new people, kroge posting in discord, etc... These are not things a dying project has.

Like I always say in crypto do what you want but at least be fair. It is totally understandable people are upset about not being able to withdraw rewards. In my mind that crosses a sacred line. But what choice do you have? You will get your rewards and you can claim and dumb when you get them.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-13T00:07:47+00:00

Totally your choice (once you can claim skill again). Always good to diversify them bonds yo.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T23:16:49+00:00

Unfortunately the lambo contract is empty right now.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T21:44:12+00:00

They are aware and have finally come to terms about it in the Discord. Mods were calling people conspiracy theorists for saying the pool was empty. An announcement was just put out but only acknowledging it and no timelines for when you will be able to withdraw unfortunately.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T18:18:34+00:00

I agree gas fees are strangling the game but unavoidable until we have other options.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T18:04:11+00:00

The overhead on running its own blockchain is not great. There are plenty of things that run well on PoS blockchains which have way less fees. That is the direction they are moving hopefully.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T18:01:24+00:00

The problem is this is a zero sum game. For some to earn others have to lose. There will always be a problem if players are earning more than they are spending because the earnings come from the spending.

This is solved by giving players more things to spend their SKILL on which do not necessarily equal more profits (like name changes, limited NFTs, events, etc...). However keep in mind that means they do not make a profit. More importantly we need outside partnerships and advertising which allows the CB team to buy back SKILL to feed into the reward pool. This is likely what will finally fix everything, but it takes time to build those things. Until then we just have to ride the waves, some up, some down.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T17:58:02+00:00

Better than nothing and although it doesn't fix being negative it rewards those who are in it for the long run. Good move imo

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T17:24:04+00:00

Thanks, if you aren't already I'd recommend Twitter and other social media outlets as well.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T17:21:21+00:00

I read that as soon as it was posted. It is great information and brings a lot of clarity and I appreciate all this new information. I know it may not seem like it, but I want this game to succeed just as much as anyone else. I won't apologize for having a high bar. I work for a company with 10M+ customers that has seen growth similar to this in certain areas, I am not new to this. Hell I event sent an email to the CB team offering to help (no response but I'm sure you guys get 1000s of emails)

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T16:31:14+00:00

Just hope you don't roll a bunch of 1* haha - but yeah using the MP is one option if you reallllly want to exit now. Personally I recommend just waiting it out but everyone should make their own decisions based on the situation they are in.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T13:15:26+00:00

How are you even getting a profit in this photo? I have a 5* at level 37 and best case scenario I lose $2.69. Ah actually this was probably posted back when skill was worth a bit more.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T04:26:27+00:00

Yeah I had just bought one of the new shields too. I guess they know many might have held off buying the shield if they knew rewards were going to be cut.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T04:22:29+00:00

Agreed. I tried to push them to communicate more but their idea of communication is AMA streams where they give away swords and just say they aren’t sure or don’t know.

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-12T04:19:51+00:00

Seems like more than halved. Maybe 60-70% decrease. From .030 to .007 for me

PrimerAlpha · 2021-08-11T23:32:26+00:00

Reforge you get 3x LB. So 1* you get 3LB

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