Elder Chains<\/em> bans penises. You complain, but nobody is managing the resources beyond logging transactions. All hail penis crypto. “<\/p>\nThe vision Vereecke outlined, critics say, has a number of logistical roadblocks. Even if you could create an item in one game and bring it across to other games, and even if you could only do so with blockchain-enabled technology, you’d still<\/em> need developers to actually code it across, which sounds like a whole lot of additional work heaped on already overworked employees. And then there’s the fun factor \u2014 y’know, the whole point of playing video games. All of this sounds like a slog, as if you’re turning your hobby into a task that spans hours per week across months or potentially years. (It’s unclear if players would get paid for these endeavors. Vereecke declined to comment to Kotaku<\/em>.)<\/p>\nThe post, however, is somewhat of a microcosm of those ballyhooed digital bubbles you sometimes hear about on CNN and your extended family’s Facebook pages. Yes, it’s getting blasted on Twitter and Reddit. But on LinkedIn, Vereecke’s post was received more positively, racking up several hundred \u201cheart\u201d and \u201cthumbs up\u201d reacts. One person shared that meme of Futurama<\/em>‘s actually-in-the-future Fry holding (non-crypto) currency and shouting “Take my money.” Another called it \u201cridiculous,\u201d but only because in their estimation there’s no way it’ll take eight years for gaming to hit this point.<\/p>\nFor posterity, here’s Vereecke’s original post<\/span> in full:<\/p>\n\nThe year is 2030. It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon. You’ve just finished mining 30 obsidian ore playing Crypto Crush Saga<\/em>a match-3 mobile game.<\/p>\nYou open up The Elder Chains Online<\/em> and feel a rush of excitement. Your buddy from school has spent the last 2 years becoming a Master Blacksmith, and he has agreed to turn 10 obsidian ore into an Obsidian Battlestaff, a HUGE upgrade over the Mithril Mace you’ve been wielding for the last weeks.<\/p>\nIt’ll take him an hour or so. In the meantime, you hop into Clash of Guilds<\/em>, and use the remaining obsidian to upgrade your town hall to the next level. That should keep your village safe for now.<\/p>\nYou wish you could fast forward time to tonight. Your Guild has plans to go for a deep run into the wilderness in Old School Rune Chains, and your prospects of a successful run (and great loot) have never been better.<\/p>\n
All members have been spending the past 2 weeks grinding for better weapons, and you’ve agreed (through a vote) to use the Guild treasury to buy everyone a new full set of Red Dragonhide Armor.<\/p>\n
Tonight’s objective is to kill the level 128 Frost Giant hiding in the Cave of Sorrow. He has a 5% chance of dropping an Immaculate Orb of Brilliance, of which there are currently only 4 in existence.<\/p>\n
The Orb can be used as a power source in an upcoming space exploration game, and should give your guild a great advantage in reaching distant galaxies first. A 5% drop rate is low, but you’re feeling optimistic.<\/p>\n
In the distance, you hear a faint ‘BloCkChAIn doEsNT bRiNg AnYtHiNg nEW tO gAmES’. You shrug, and join your friends in the Discord voice channel.<\/p>\n
Life is good<\/p>\n
#blockchaingaming<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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