Lu Xun Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Sorry, I forgot to tape it, but I'm up to 800 million in lost Keno dollars right now! So no, it's already been done. Quote . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Che-kun Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 If you need food just ask, no need to scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Sir Scarfalot said: Ok, that's a fair response to the last question, and it does indeed address verifiability concerns. Sorry if I misunderstood the plan, that's a perfectly trustworthy business model then. To respond to your second points, though: That's true, but people's willingness to pay for something does define a commercial value. Micchan's avatar space is being sold, people are paying for it, therefore it empirically has at least that much value. It's like gold; that stuff has absolutely no more value than, say, lead, silver, or yellow paint outside of precision electronics, but people have considered it super valuable for all of human history for the simple reason that people were willing to trade for it. No, the buyer is guaranteed to spend money on Micchan's avatar, but is equally guaranteed to gain the value of the right to advertise their chosen image on Micchan's avatar. That there's money spent without money later gained does not necessarily mean it's a loss, rather it means that it wasn't an investment made with the expectation of future gains. I wouldn't say buying a hamburger is a "loss" so much as a "cost", where the benefit is the hamburger. The hamburger is worth what you choose to pay for it, give or take unexpected factors like it being cold/burned/extra-delicious, right? Even though you're not going to be able to plant hamburgers into hamburger plants to start a hamburger farm, the transaction is not a net negative at all. Whereas in a gamble like you're proposing, the benefit is at least partly uncertain. While there's still the benefit of the thrill and possibly social fun, there's still the risk whereas Micchan's avatar has no risk (outside of naked theft of course*). *Hodor dick pic notwithstanding "Social fun" I'm sorry this is PnW, there will be no fun here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Scarfalot Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Bartholomew Roberts said: "Social fun" I'm sorry this is PnW, there will be no fun here. Hey now I did say "possibly" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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