Recent content by Valdes

Your curtness is unwarranted, his is a valid interpretation of what the site literally says. No spin whatsoever. If you actually read the FAQ and whitepaper with an objective eye, you would see that many of your concerns, assumptions, and interpretations are defined in literal terms. Directly...

It's pretty hilarious that they put a live tracker up for the sales. Now instead of speculating on MA's failure, we can all watch it happen in slow motion. Current raised, $2306... looks like they're going to fall several digits short of their goal.

There's no use debating the difference between tokens and coins. This is exactly why this business "opportunity" will fail, the complexity of crypto is still far too high for the average Joe. I'd hope anyone buying DeepTokens has the sense read MA's white paper and if they still want to buy...

You're absolutely right, there is no downside to the player base since free money for MA = game stays afloat longer. The only risk here is that the "investors" (who are the players) will only fund these poor investments for so long. I'm with you and would love nothing more than to see this...

If they sell 1 million dollars worth, they now have 1 million dollars no-strings-attached. Buyers cannot get their money back from MindArk; if you wish to get your money back, you need to sell your DeepTokens to other people who would buy it via an exchange. If nobody wants to buy your...

Your estimate of 12 years is inaccurate because the game did not begin as a ponzi scheme -- Legitimate businesses can become ponzi schemes once investors are paid with new investments rather than operating profits... In 2007, Mind Ark was fully capable of backing every PED in the game with...

This game became a ponzi scheme the moment MA decided to start using PED funds to fuel their operations. MA is funneling cash out of the game in the form of executive salaries (financial report does not hide that in the slightest). When the company goes bankrupt, the only ones who lose are the...

As of today's exchange rates approximately: Operating Revenue (PED purchased) - $4,773,589 US~ Operating Expenses - $4,558,674 Operational cash flow 2014 +$214,915 Investing Expenses are offset by financing expenses (the big IOU to Arkadia) so lets leave this out for simplicity's sake...

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that their assumptions suggested that 20% of players would play and 80% would play free. That estimate is insane since the actual number for F2P games is closer to 2%. MA has clearly indicated that they have no knowledge of the market they are trying to...

You're right in a sense that once you max out your equipment against a certain mob -- Additional skill levels are mostly useless. Let's be honest, the only reason to increase your skill levels is if you want to use bigger guns to tackle bigger mobs. Of course, this is going to cost more -- so...

No one agrees this is the case except you. Cryptocurrency is Cryptocurrency. I've "mined" coins, traded, and sold them. They are more like a non-depleting commodity than an actual currency. The value of the "coins" fluxuate extremely quickly because the anonymity makes them extremely...

If you get into a car accident and sell your damaged wreck because you need money quickly -- Do you still make an insurance claim on it afterwards when you don't have it? Will you tell them to call the other person to confirm that your car really was totaled?

It's pretty clear that MA indicated that the deeds were not working because they were not authorized, not because they were bugged. They even told him that Marius tried the same thing unsuccessfully.

This is something else entirely. There is no issue with somebody selling a bugged shop as a bugged shop. The chance that a known bug will get fixed at some point down the line? Fairly good, debatable as a gamble. These LA Deeds were not bugged. They were intentionally non-functioning and MA...

I see what you did there. While it is obvious he has been retailoring his statement to make it as vague as possible -- I will not humor you with logic. This is completely unrelated and you are only detracting from the issue by redirecting the subject. The issue is not his theft -- The issue...