Greetings good citizens of Crypto Kingdom! I am still here also, ready to resume playing as best I can, health and time permitting
Discovering bitcoin changed my life for the better in so many ways, but it has been quite a lonely road to travel. None of my friends or family really know anything about bitcoin and crypto currencies, and I've only ever had a handful of IRL conversations with other people about it. Everything I know about crypto, and everything I've managed to do so far I've done on my own, sitting at my PC in my study. I definitely don't mind solitary pursuits, and I know there are plenty of meetups and the like where other crypto people meet in person, but for many reasons, I prefer things the way they are. Crypto is 100% online for me, and that's ok.
Crypto currencies are fascinating, I think they're very important to the future of the world, and learning about them is my hobby, and I've made some money along the way, so I feel very grateful for that. One day I hope to turn this hobby into a full-time income for me and my family, and I hope CK might be part of that.
I approach crypto investing the same as anything else. If I'm buying a car, or a washing machine, or planning a holiday, or making any important decision I do loads of research. Then I digest all the facts and opinions and make up my mind ... what do I think! Doing this with most alt coins leads me to the conclusion most of them will fail, but there'll always be a few surprises, and Monero is one of those. I discovered it early and added it to my portfolio of approx 10 alt coins I think are worth taking a risk on. Everyone reading this knows the reasons why XMR is 'different' to other alt coins, and thus worth investing in.
I was content to invest some funds in XMR and wait patiently to see what transpired, and for a long while in 2014 things looked rather grim. Then I came across the Crypto Kingdom thread - now this was something very different and cool, and I saw loads of potential then, and still do today.
Crypto is my obsession, and like most obsessions, it can bore the socks of anyone who doesn't share that obsession, and the crypto community is relatively small, and the subject matter to most regular people can be extremely complicated and dull. Gaming is another matter though, and Crypto Kingdom provides so many avenues to onboard new XMR users without the vast majority of them knowing any details about things like ring signatures and fungibility.
In my own personal situation it's the only crypto related pursuit that I can share with my primary school aged kids. They got CK instantly (a monopoly type game played with real 'money', set in a Kingdom with unicorns and nobles, with everyone acting out an imaginary 'character'). My kids ask about CK a lot! They know I do this weird 'bitcoin thing', and they like to tease me about that. With Crypto Kingdom, they want details, they want to play!
There's still loads more untapped potential on the finance side of CK as a crypto 'platform' for doing business, but it's the social network and gaming aspects that will attract new users from outside crypto. That's what I'm thinking about anyway!