He didn’t print the cards himself. They’re not “fake”, they’re promotional items. Not intended for actual use, but still cards created by the Pokémon Company. The reason you wouldn’t/”couldn’t” use them is because they’d be obviously different size from the other cards and be effectively marked, but since every card…

These are not fake cards. They’re official jumbo sized promo cards that are included with some boxed sets or as purchase bonuses from other related Pokemon products. The reason these are “technically” legal is that the TCG puts no constraint on the size of a card. And since they are officially printed TCG cards, just…

I’m confused - all his cards are obviously fake, he made the deck himself with whatever cards he wanted, no matter the rarity. Is that not a disqualification right there? Or is that not something that anybody actually cares about in the competitive scene?

At least an internship looks good on a resume and can lead to getting hired on by the company you’re interning for. This sounds more like the development costs for their MMO ended up being more than expected (not surprising) and they’re looking to cut corners with this gimmick of codes for work. Nothing screams…

If your unpaid interns are doing actual work, it's illegal and you should pay them

1. Unpaid internships are bullshit.

Basically, they’re trying to make an open source game without using an actual open source license so they can still sell the game as they see fit.

Reminds me of the tablet top gaming world where companies put together volunteer groups to promote their games who are almost exclusively paid with credit for their products.  I did that for a long time and realized its a was exploitive as hell.   I got a free trips to Gencon out of the deal and free merch for myself…

Seems like some weird corporate doublespeak to call their full time, salaried developers volunteers in order to soften the blow to their part time, unpaid volunteers.

First it was “some company tries to make an mmo of this quality *for the first time* in their ‘storied’ history,” and then this. Star Citizen/RSI finally has a competitor in the “unrealized potential is evidently a scam” tournament.

“Full time volunteers are paid a salary”

Ah yes, localisation and moderation. Two infamously easy and simple areas not deserving of financial compensation...

Oh I was actually hoping it was that, cause that’s just funny.

Every attempt so far to integrate blockchain into games has wound up being built around speculation or pay-to-earn.

So from my brief skimming, what makes this so much more revolutionary than Disney’s whole bag right now?

Quest for Glory is an RPG/adventure game series first released that allowed you to export/import your player character between games from its first installment in 1989 to its last one in 1998. Pokémon has some places where it breaks a little but by and large has supported moving game elements between games. And these…

What always gets me about crypto advocates is how they keep pretending things that have existed for decades already are exciting new possibilities that can only happen with blockchain tech.

I want to see a world where the characters and stories that I love don’t end after I finish the game. That’s been a dream of mine for several decades. The biggest hurdle to overcome has been that there hasn’t been a meaningful way to connect different entertainment worlds together in the right way. Web 3 will unlock…

For first time out, I’d recommend Infinifactory or Opus Magnum. Space Chem just buries you under painfully difficult puzzles after just a few levels. :D

In the end, though, he proved his point.