So far no one wants to dilute the game as you do (smooth may still support it, but even he would want a plan), so my argument is shared--are we all argumentative pricks or are you resorting to ad hominem attacks.
I never so much supported it so much as put it out there as a possible path forward, to raise a significant budget (likely millions of EUR if done right) to build the game into something a lot more valuable. It is up to the game owners (aka current M holders) to decide what to do. Yes, I'd want to see a plan and would vote my (small) share in favor of this approach only if there were a credible plan to raise money and deploy the funds effectively. Diluting just to dilute is pointless, but building the game into something a lot more valuable is not. No matter how much it is diluted, if the games value grows by more as a result, that is a gain to existing owners, not a loss.
I agree (to a point), but doubt you will find a credible plan (and a reputable person to hold these funds) before the M asset is listed on an exchange. Also, I doubt very much many of those who are owed money by risto would like to see a 50% dilution. I doubt the political will is even there if we had a credible plan and a reputable person to manage the funds and their execution.
I agree there doesn't seem to be anyone with a lot of enthusiasm (and credibility) for following through on a big fundraise and failing that it isn't going to happen.
Part of a plan would be listing on an exchange, likely following the crowdsale. Some of the exchanges work closely with those doing token crowdsales to review and list tokens and will even run the crowdsale on the exchange itself. But again, it takes someone to actually work this out (along with the rest of the plan) with an exchange or it won't happen.
I don't think a massive fundraiser is necessary or viable at the current juncture. In order for a million $ fundraiser to be legitimate, a structured development plan with a solid team that has already brought results is needed, as well as a functional governance and ownership system. Right now none of those are in place and likely won't be any time soon unless someone takes action.
My proposal is meant to solve these things, but if the ball gets rolling well with that, it would make a massive fundraiser even less needed.
Diluting people is never good, but as I said on irc, 50% of $10mil is better than 100% of 0, or $500kish that we have now. This still should only be done if it is decided to be the best option by the owners in whatever ownership model is in place. Right now there's clearly not a consensus, so the point is moot, and will probably forever be if the previously mentioned issues aren't resolved...
And once they are resolved, and if a monetization policy is implemented that can sustain healthy growth, then why even force capital injection at the expense of "founding" holders? If any capital injection should be done for development, it should be in exchange for privilege or opportunity in the things the dev team have produced and are running, within its ecosystem... by investing in CKM or whatever exchange token there is. So that would help holders rather than hurt them.
TBH I doubt there's a way to attract investors without some sort of payout. And I'm not paying a lawyer to wrangle with the SEC over what quantifies as money.
The point of the CKO for me in mainly governance, a structure to manage CK and make decisions. Any other 'benefits' would be nice if they can stay within the law, but not necessary for me. I've just learnt from my time in crypto that good projects often get bogged down in personality based in-fighting, and without procedures to resolve different opinions on important issues, a good investment can turn into a nightmare pretty quickly. I've seen it many times, and honestly, the best governance model I've seen in crypto so far is "benevolent dictator", and when it works everything goes well, but it's not decentralised, and not sustainable.
Bitcoin is a leaderless clusterfuck, but it's sustainable now, and not dependent on anyone, and that's probably why we all love it.
SuperNET and NXT are well oiled machines by comparison, but 100% dependent on benevolent dictators keeping their shit together and working 12-14 hour days without pay. If jl777 or Jean-Luc ever had a turn, or went under a bus they would implode within 24 hours, not because of tech concerns, but because nobody would be in charge anymore, and everything would grind to a halt in conflict. Other than bitcoin all the top crypto projects are dictatorships mostly, which is cool, but I'm actually looking for something more, I'm a decentralized idealist still.
Players will buy CKM to play the game, like a casino visitor buys chips when they enter, so they don't need a payout to buy them, just a good game that's well managed with healthy decision making processes.
I agree with pretty much everything here.
In a recent discussion I articulated this:
Any chance of getting the initiative copied here or on some Google doc? I can´t open your Google Drive link without logging into a Google account.. I have no account and do not want one either
It's a PDF and I'd rather not post the raw text, but I understand not welcoming the Google overlords.
I've put up an alternative download link that should hopefully suffice.