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Ryuu96 said:
gtotheunit91 said:

I'm actually more impressed FH5 is now up to 3rd! No Fortnite, Apex, or CoD in sight

It's Game Pass only

Fuuuuuuuuuuuu haha my bad



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shikamaru317 said:

It kind of seems to me like NFT has become a bit of a boogeyman here lately. People see the word and automatically think "that's pure evil" because a media narrative seems to be conditioning them to think that way. Most are probably just sheep who couldn't even tell you what NFT is an acronym for if you asked them, and even if they do know it stands for Non Fungible Token, they probably couldn't tell you what a Non Fungible Token is. I'll be honest and say that even I don't have a very clear understanding of what it is, beyond that it's a digital piece of media coded to allow unique ownership backed by cryptocurrency for it's value.

Much of the hate seems to be based on environmental alarmism, but do we know how much of the crypto is being mined on non-sustainable vs sustainable power sources? It seems to me like if you were to mine crypto, you would want to run your mining farm on renewable energy, as electricity cost is your one and only source of overhead when mining, solar and wind are free after the initial setup cost, meaning you eventually reach a point where you are printing money for free if you mine on renewable energy. I haven't the foggiest idea what the actual statistics are about how many are mining on renewable vs non-renewable though. Seems to me like crypto has a bright future if more people begin to mine on solar and wind. If I had the capital, I would probably get some solar panels on my roof and a couple of small wind turbines and some mining rigs and print money for myself, lol. 

Seems you can't tell what it is either.

What does it matter whether crypto is mined on sustainable power sources or offset by tree planting schemes (Which is how they claim to be sustainable). It's still a giant waste of energy. Plus the carbon footprint of the producing the equipment (power hungry GPUs) and recycling them again at eol. Sol and wind energy aren't free either, the solar panels and wind turbines have their own carbon footprint, need maintenance and don't last forever.

Here are some estimates of the costs and how much of it is running on renewable energy
https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/

It is important to realize that, while renewables are an intermittent source of energy, Bitcoin miners have a constant energy requirement. A Bitcoin ASIC miner will, once turned on, not be switched off until it either breaks down or becomes unable to mine Bitcoin at a profit. Because of this, Bitcoin miners increase the baseload demand on a grid. They don’t just consume energy when there is an excess of renewables, but still require power during production shortages. In the latter case Bitcoin miners have historically ended up using fossil fuel based power (which is generally a more steady source of energy).

Further substantiation on why Bitcoin and renewable energy make for the worst match can be found in the peer-reviewed academic article “Renewable Energy Will Not Solve Bitcoin’s Sustainability Problem” featured on Joule. With climate change pushing the volatility of hydropower production in places like Sichuan, this is unlikely to get any better in the future.

Solar and wind power aren't free energy sources. They also require large areas of land (or water). Using the energy to power crypto mining is as wasteful as growing crops to make biofuel instead of feeding people.



I only did the first chapter of Halo infinite I have to say I am honestly kinda shocked how much I enjoyed it as I really dont care for fps games but I had to force myself to stop and wont continue until I can play it together with my son after he gets his series S



Ryuu96 said:

Yup. I’m on mission 9 and got an achievement and saw that 9% of people have gotten the same achievement. For a free to play game those are really good numbers. 



Barozi said:

Don't see what's so bad about it. Let people waste their money if they want to. Doesn't affect me at all.

Also, how is this different from people who pledge money on a kickstarter project to get an NPC named (or maybe even modelled) after you? Yeah with NFT you can sell that NPC but does that affect me as a player? Nope.

Doesn't effect you? You happen to live on a different planet? If NFTs catch on it will affect us all. It's affecting you already, in case you planned on buying a new GPU or Series X. 25% of newly produced GPUs are used for crypto mining.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/crypto-miners-bought-25-percent-of-gpus-in-2021/



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trunkswd said:
SvennoJ said:

Doesn't effect you? You happen to live on a different planet? If NFTs catch on it will affect us all. It's affecting you already, in case you planned on buying a new GPU or Series X. 25% of newly produced GPUs are used for crypto mining.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/crypto-miners-bought-25-percent-of-gpus-in-2021/

25%?! No wonder GPUs are stupidly expensive. 

I knew it was insanely hard to get a PS5 or Series X, but it was even more impossible to get a new GPU! This definitely explains it



Ryuu96 said:
KiigelHeart said:

"I can ignore it so it's alright" is kind a dumb argument though lol

Especially when we've had people complaining about the prices of Halo Infinite's MTXs

I'll say again, if people don't like the prices of MTXs now, just wait until NFTs take over, Lol.

Give the publishers an inch and they'll take a mile, this is loot boxes 2.0, they will exploit the hell out of players.

Even the developers dislike it: Far Cry 6 Publisher's NFTs Don't Make Sense To Devs Or Players

But this has absolutely nothing to do with MTX, its like people are purposely confusing selling some skin of yourself outside of the game to actual purchase of cosmetic in game items.  Lets think this through, if they just sold this skin and allowed people to give them money to be in the game would you really care.  Is it the NFT part that gets your goat and even still, how does it affect the game, its quality, price or fun factor.  I am still at a loss on how this actually affect the actual game itself and why I should care if its cryptocurrecy they want to give a person who pays for a skin in a game compared to nothing.



Peter Molyneux's new project tells me everything I need to know that I want no part of blockchain gaming in any way, shape, or form. The dude is already a notorious con-artist, and one I can see taking full advantage of the NFT landscape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfDxx6TLTf4

It's sad that we're already seeing some developers exploiting this new landscape, and it's not even fully been implemented yet. 

Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 15 December 2021

Right now I don’t see a problem with NFT implementation. It could be a really cool way to have digital collectibles and NPC ownership alongside a marketplace for gamers to buy, sell, trade these tokens. If publishers start to exploit consumers in a way it affects the gameplay experience then there’s a conversation to be had but right now none of that is happening. 

Also the gpu and environmental concerns are kinda funny because none brought up these concerns when Sony and MS were building these cloud streaming centers. I’m sure these centers aren’t operated using clean energy.



Really enjoyed Origins. Definitely my fave in the series so far. Can't wait for the massive fluff in the next two games though. Last DLC for this game was fun. 



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