Serein 🟥

There are so much to be grateful in this life and I hope that meeting you through this account is something that we'll be grateful for together someday.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@micahfattahi @josbjohnson thank you for this, Jo and Micah!

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@signulll and we, humans, are not entirely built for efficiency alone. ;)

it's the same reason why while we're on a very forward-facing industry, i don't really buy most of the "doomerism" being magnified here every single day.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@emilios_eth law of nature.

and undeniably, we, human are just built to exploit this.

saddening to see that that's how we use our consciousness for.

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on the side note, why am I catching strays here?

"get a fucking job already!"

OUCH

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

literally what the entire start-up industry looks like tbh.

i've been in crypto for almost 6 years now and the entire builder industry out here just lives nothing but on the idea of predating one another.

i feel like puking sometimes even just from the fact that i had to talk to some people here.

can't wait to get out from this industry.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@NicsyHQ Chou 1v1?

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

yes please. just give me a proper web3 game where i would genuinely play for years like i did for some of the titles that i played competitively.

above all, it must be fun to be queued against CT larps and stomp them ingame at least for once.

i don't mind if it's MOBA or FPS.

[fxyo @kingfxyo]

i am begging you, PLEASE make a genuinely high quality game that incorporates crypto.

not a token with a game duct taped to it. not another idle clicker. not some shit i play for 4 days because there’s an airdrop.

give me a game i actually WANT to waste 6 hours a day on.

give me insanely rare items to hunt. real progression. difficult grinds. player trading. an actual economy. items that people give a shit about owning.

then build aggressive burn mechanics into everything.

crafting burns items. upgrading burns items. rerolling stats burns items. entering certain areas burns resources. repairing gear burns resources. prestige burns shit. make the economy constantly consume what players are producing instead of infinitely inflating until everything is worthless.

i want to log in every morning wondering if today is the day i find some 1/1000 piece of shit that makes me lose my mind.

crypto should make the game MORE interesting, not be the entire reason the game exists.

is WEB3 gaming really too much to ask for?

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@kelanoo my unc

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@Meivabelle missed you, Meiv!

been a while!

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

i'm fascinated by the fact that you always seem to love to give meaning on things, man.

you are so full of thoughts and emotions.

i hope more people would appreciate that side of you.

this actually gave me an idea on what to do beyond the usual journaling that i do. so thank you!

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

oh please, don't even have the need to be ashamed nor apologies (even at the back of your mind) in fact, we need more of that.

i understand the need for professionalism in our industry especially for leaders like yourself but occasional callouts like this is very necessary.

God knows if this has been like an occasional thing that other projects do to lowball and exploit smaller agencies.

fwiw, i feel like it's an imperative thing to discuss hence i was also asking how does the usual deal looks like.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

not sure if there's a term called intentional ignorance but people who fall from this rinsing again and again definitely possess such traits.

greed is one thing and i'd even argue acceptable to certain extent.

but intentionally acting stupid for the sake of $$$, man, where's the self respect?

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

fwiw, you guys are always busy delivering for your clients so totally understandable haha!

just missed interacting with you esp during the times when most of your clients are still NFT teams.

had always a pleasant experience working with you and your team esp @MetaGandhi_ who always generously bring me deals back then. haha!

missed you folks! hope all is well out there.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@mariannehere didnt know that you are only 24!

such a strong personality and mindset for your age.

happy birthday!

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@wiimee and i appreciate you!

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

there aren't a lot of people i've met in this industry who i can say genuinely care about this industry and the people in it.

but if there's one guy that i could confidently reference anytime; @wiimee is one of the very few.

it's easy for a lot of people here to pretend that they care about the ethos, the culture, the builders, and the future of the space.

until you eventually realize that a lot of them only maintain that character because they're incentivized to do so.

wanna know the hard truth behind the biggest accounts that most of you pontify?

for them, appearing principled is profitable. appearing concerned gives them influence. appearing like they care serves their own self-interest.

a wolf in sheep's clothing.

and there are plenty of them here.

the unfortunate part is that most of us are terrible at discerning who these people are.

worse, we often end up intentionally electing them to lead the narrative.

meanwhile, people like this guy who actually spend their time and effort improving their craft and helping make this space more secure, barely receives the same attention.

and that says a lot about the current state of this industry.

and frankly, it's becoming increasingly difficult even for me to find a good reason to remain optimistic about where we're heading.

i'm still not sure whether i'll eventually go back to creating educational content and writing about the business side of this space, trying to help people think better so they're less susceptible to grifters and bad actors.

or whether i'll just delete this account at some point and finally move on.

because after spending years here, one thing has become painfully clear:

this space doesn't have a shortage of people who know how to look like they care.

it lacks of people who actually do.

[WiiMee @wiimee]

An urgent email to protect my crypto.

Finally. Someone taking my financial future seriously.

Looks official, sounds important.

Trezor, BitBox, CoinTracking users:
This one's for you.

10/10 customer service.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

@lokithebird I dont even think i have the energy left anymore man.

[Serein 🟥 @SereinScripts]

apologies. took me a while to get back. have been limiting my time here in X lately.

I can definitely support the last 2 points that you've raised especially after the opportunity to know you better lately but given the chance that you also raised point #1, allow me to ask you a few questions if you may:

(i would really appreciate to hear your perspective. can happily bring this on DMs too if necessary cc: @Skarly)

1. based on your experience building games in this industry; is there really a feasible way to make an economically sustainable crypto game with token/s attached to it?

i've been in this space long enough to see all the crypto jargons to prop up a launch - but even with all of those, seems like no one was really able to build a sustainable game - let alone a "fun" one that people would really want to play without the incentives attached on it.

> so my question really here is: do you think a token or NFT is really necessary in building a web3 game?

2. how do you intend to tackle the absolutely horrendous user churn rate in this space? let alone for more niched products like gaming?

> my question here is: do you intend to approach this in a volume-based approach? meaning, are we expecting you to build more and more games till you find something that really has a PMF?

3. what's your realistic and honest observations on where this industry is heading? (crypto gaming in general)

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I honestly have a TON more questions especially on the business side of things but I understand that many of it can't be answered publicly but i guess, it would be awesome if people can also hear your personal insights from the questions above.

thanks!