This is a self-report to be honest. I've sifted through a lot of commentators over the years and tend to discard them due to incoherence/babbling/grifting. If you're accusing Nick of throwing around big words to feign intelligence, you're just wrong. I've listened to 100s of hours of Nick over the last year or two and virtually nothing he's said has been incoherent. I'm not claiming to be a genius, I just have a very low tolerance for misuse of words/phrases because it hurts to listen to. He has possibly the best quantifiable combination between vocabulary/phraseology corpus + coherence, compared with the two main commentator archetypes of dumb + easy to follow, and dumb + trying to sound smart, but incoherent.
easyA gaming hackathon: the post-mortem
the @EasyA_Kickstart gaming hackathon is over. participation was low,ngaming lacks narrative weight right now, but a winner drops today.
here is the raw breakdown of the contenders.
1. Beanomia — 3/10
the product: a low-effort pokemon clone. feels rushed, like a two-hour build.
the flaw: broken tech. catching works; training triggers infinite loading screens.
verdict: zero hype, dead socials, dead game.
2. The Lobby — 4/10
the product: a legacy project with decent depth and clean graphics.
the loop: cool web3 integration ($SOL/$USDC item shop).
the flaw: economic failure. buying a virtual sword is pointless without a player base to fight.
verdict: stagnant user acquisition kills the utility.
3. Birbs — 8/10
the product: fast, high-stakes competitive arcade gaming in a retro windows shell.
the loop: pure dopamine. extracted 1.8 $SOL targeting high-rollers in hour one. highly streamable, highly viral.
the execution: aggressive shipping velocity. devs update mechanics and weapons between matches. minor ui bugs exist, but the core hook is addictive.
verdict: 11k impression pinned tweet, relatively active telegram, small but tight community.
the verdict
beanomia is broken. the lobby is stagnant.
birbs shipped the fastest, generated actual economic volume, and built a real narrative flywheel. unless a dark horse emerges, $birbs wins this easily.
3.5M $BIRBS collected 🦅💰
That’s the total from tournament entries in just 3 days. Every single one of these tokens will be locked permanently when the tournament ends. 🔒🔥
The current #1 player has 376 coins. 🏆
Beat him and win 1 SOL. 👑
Happy flapping. 🕹️
BIRB bot is live! 🤖🦅
Stop waiting around for lobbies. The bot now tracks games 24/7 and pings the group the second someone is ready to race. 🏎️💨
No dead time. See a ping, jump in instantly.
Join the nest 👇
https://t.co/XcJHqeboLl
$BIRBS +4.9 SOL in one day just playing a pvp game.
Dropped into birbs to test the 0.05 sol lobbies to build a skill and locked in for 66 matches, went 40-26 and reached #1 on the leaderboard.
https://t.co/PC0ImtpIiA
🔫🚨 NEW BIRBS WEAPONS:
Thunder Bolt – instant shock. freeze the enemy right in front of you and enjoy their absolute helplessness.
Vampire – financial tax. drain coins from anyone who dares to get close. your profit, their tears.
Hook – reeled in. launch a grappling hook at the closest player ahead, slow them down, and slingshot yourself into the lead.
Katana – swift slash, clean work. close-range execution to shred even your best friends. business is business.
go pluck some feathers.
https://t.co/JT70XeFGqJ
I WILL HEAR NO MORE DOOMER PESSIMISM
i will ascend
i will master my form,
physically, spiritually, intellectually, creatively, poetically
and as i ascend so will poly
poly will ascend
poly will master all the forms of software
poly will integrate all the forms and become
the enlightened machine
we will conquer all business in the markets of b2b
we will conquer all the users in the markets of b2c
we will conquer all the governments in the markets of b2g
and i will stream it all
as i conquer all your spirits in the markets of hearts and minds
do you hear me
no more doomer sentiments
victory screeches and heartfelt embraces is all i want to see coming out of your beautiful mouth