#9 - Stop with the FUD! The game is not going Bankrupt!

By Lucvend | Lucvend's Coin Hunt World hunting hideout | 9 Sep 2022

Hello Hunters!!!

With the recent change in the reward system to a 3/3/3 system, we see the usual FUD/disgust about the being nerfed again!

"The game is going bankrupt!"" The crypto winter is hurting hard the game!""The devs are making bad decisions!"

These quotes are full of false statements based on emotions and lack of information. The reality is totally different and I hope to dispell these beliefs in this post.

Crypto nerfing: Actually there is not really a nerf. The reality is that since the Walking Quests were activated, boosted mystery boxes and the key booths removed, the great majority of players got more keys than ever before. So when the Hawaii event came with its effort based progression, players were opening so many more vaults than before. The devs said that the crypto payout per player doubled during that time. The changes in the SV crypto reward, the 3/3/3 system, etc, is all about bringing back the crypto payout rate per player to what it was before the introduction of WQ. That will likely necessitate some more tweeking. The fact remains, I am currently making more crypto now with less effort than ever. I dont need to drive for hours to get keys anymore. Yes, many of you will say: but there were giving out 2$ per vault before, etc, etc... How many games, business have been offering a limited time offer bonus? Free subscription for 3 months, 9,99$/month after.... everybody does that!!! In order to create a player base for beta testing, they made the rewards interesting!!! I will conceed this however, I wish it was easier to get crypto... but there have been indications that some structures will give crypto.
Crypto nerf means they are loosing money: The company is in a cash burning mode because it is still in development. So they have to balance out the rate of giving out crypto. OMG!!! They are not making money!!! The reality is that their business model is to attract major corporations to form marketing partnerships with them. Ex McDonald's pays Titanium Toaster 10M$ per year to have all its restaurants have a restaurant structure to attract foot traffic. Ok then, what are they waiting for. The reality is the game code is not ready and that they haven't even started their major marketing push to these corporations. The game is STILL IN BETA!!!! The game is a Cubieverse where players visit businesses that will pay for the foot traffic the game brings them. The crypto is the commission TT pays us for having visited such business location. Kookoopuffs has said on a few occasions that they may increase payouts if they are able to attract enough partners.
The game is free for us so they must be selling our data!!! The devs are adamant that they are not selling our data. That is not their business model. See previous paragraph. However, some of the data can be used to convince corporation to partner with them. Example: did you know that CHW players spends more time in game than any social media apps. Imagine the exposure value this is for potential partners. This is worth a lot in marketing!!!
Crypto Winter - The company operates in fiat US$ not crypto. They buy crypto with USD every day to cover the crypto payouts. So for them 10cents is always 10 cents therefore no effects of the crypto crash for them.
I dont care about all these resources and cubies, I want the crypto!!!! Do you realize that the game is yet to be released worldwide? There is only a relatively small number of players that compete for the in-game stuff. Every resource/cubie/NFT you get is worth something in keys in the AH. 1 blue key gives you resources than can sell at a minimum of 12 keys in return (taking into account listing fees). That is a 1200% return. On top of that, as more players gets to play in the future, they will all compete in the AH for these resources creating keyflation in value. Just look in the wiki the AH historical price charts!!! Having these resources and flipping them in the AH is a profitable venture in the long run. And we are not even talking about Blueprints and Cubies being NFTs.
The NFTs in the game are not real NFTs!!! True. However, having them makes you whitelisted to get them when they are released on Opensea for example. These NFTs should allow players to trade cubies and BP out of the game. Also not all CHW NFTs have trading as a purpose. The event NFTs and global Top 5 NFTs are mostly blockchain recorded in-game achievement medals. Blueprint and Cubie NFTs will have in-game utility in recording potential XP stats and buffs making each one of them unique. Also the devs have plans to make other Cubieverse games where you could transfer CHW BP and cubies via NFT transfers to the other games.
I cant transfer my crypto out, the devs are lazy and dont care about us!!! Delays in having crypto transfers enabled in the new countries are due to two main factors. 1- Finding the right exchange partner and 2- most importantly having to meet financial regulation rules of that country. Many countries do not understand crypto, the rules are outdated and you know, bureaucracy. The UK case has prompted them to not expand into other countries until crypto transfers are possible.
I hate the game since they removed keybooths! This probably means that you were mainly hunting by car. The devs never intended for us to be zombie driving to collect keys. Their vision is to make us be more active while enjoying the game. Eventually, biking quests will be added, likely next year. It is normal for us the work our asses off to get crypto for free! It is proof-of-playing crypto mining.
The game is unbalanced toward city players. The devs don't care about suburb/rural players! I live in a suburb of 30K citizens, living 30 minutes away from a close to 2 million people city. They built the game map based on available map data such as Google Map. Illusionweaver put down by himself the first green vaults and all the cubiecranes. Why would he build a game map for a town of 200 people if there are no players? They said all along that it is our responsability to build up our areas. I started with almost nothing. Now I have access to a network of more than 30 UV and 4 greens within walking distance. The reality is that populating entire country maps with a small player base is too much. The tagging system intends to resolve that by having us populate the game with suitable locations all over to world so that they have the data required to better setup rural areas. Remember that this game wants us to get out, visit, explore and to community-build this game.

I could go on with other points. The reality is that we as players do not know what are the game fundamentals, the datasets. The devs do! The game is not finished! Be patient! I know full well I will get negative feedback on this article. I already got that from the same content on reddit/r/coinhuntworld. I will be accused of cheerleading, or being sold out! Of course I am, I believe in this game and its potential. I fully understand that the devs will have to tweak the game to make it viable and attractive to major partners. It is a project!!! So are all other cryptogames. All have had problems and nerfs etc. This is normal game development. I challenge any of you to find any other game that have not faced the same issues.

Happy Hunting