Topic: ★★★ GameCredits - The future of in-game monetization ★★★ - page 190. (Read 550126 times)

Coinmarketcap has gone mental. It's showing 80mil coins where there are 52mil.

I guess something to do with explorer going awry?

It's possible. The explorer has been fixed, but is still synching. I'm hoping it will be done in a few hours.

Coinmarketcap has gone mental. It's showing 80mil coins where there are 52mil.

I guess something to do with explorer going awry?

yeah gabenewell GAMECREDITS Rocks \m/

Biomech - help me understand what happens when the block explorer goes down?  Can people still mine? Can people still play the GMC racing game? Are there other things people can and can't do?

Also, I am assuming you have paying dev gigs that are taking up most of your time. Is there someone else that can possibly take over the role to manage the block explorer?

Howdy Y'all.

I am sorry about the Block explorer. It's my responsibility, and I've been so busy that I missed it going down again. It's bandaged for the moment, and should be good in a couple of hours.

However, I'm having a problem that I can't figure out. It's not disk space, but something is causing mongodb to terminate without warning. I restart it, the BE works fine until it does it again. Anybody know any good scripts to monitor mongodb and relaunch it if it pukes?

In other news, I'm not currently active with the development team, due to circumstances beyond my control. (no, no drama here, I just got too busy and had to cut down on some things). I hope to get back in with 'em soon. Windjc's post inspired me to point out that for the most part, it's the same team it's been since the takeover, and they continue working hard. Long term focus doesn't do a lot for short term investment and confidence. Stay tuned, they're still doing a bunch of things I'm the guy that likes to talk, and I have simply not had time.

I personally don't know what went between Windjc and Nele. I'm ok with both men

I'd like to thank GameCredits for the incredibly generous contribution to Fire Fighters for Digital Currency NFL Playoff Challenge. We all had a great time and the GameCredits put forward as prize money really helped drum up interest. Everyone who recieved GMC is really appreciative (especially with the market cap up over 1 mill). I look forward to collaborating with the GameCredits team on similar projects in the future.

Keep up the great work everyone!

As I see some comments over the last few pages of this thread questioning why the price is stagnating and doubting that the development roadmap will be completed on time, I feel compelled to (perhaps) shed some light and transparency on the GMC project from someone in a unique position.

I found GMC a year ago in a strange way. A person I respected at the time (not anymore) asked me to buy a large amount from the original developer of GMC (now long gone). It was "pumped" to me as a no-brainer investment and the amount I was asked to invest (10 btc) was just a very small % of my overall btc/crypto portfolio. So I invested understanding the risks. A few weeks later that developer ran off with the money, my "friend" dump his coin, the price dumped and I was left holding the bags. Oh well, shame on me for trusting someone in crypto, right?

So then a funny thing happened. A couple of months later Neleonele PMed me and asked me if wanted to join the new GameCredits slack. He said he had heard I was a whale (10 btc bought a lot of GMC back in that day) and said he wanted me to join the Slack channel for privileged inside information. I said "sure" as I was interested in learning what was happening with the "new" devs of GMC. Initially I was impressed with the enthusiasm and politeness of the very small group of slack invitees. But it became clear very quickly that I had been invited so that I would not "dump" my coins as the price rose. In fact I was asked by Neleonele on several occasions to be a part of setting a buy wall on Poloniex to influence the price upwards. As I am not known as a pump and dumper, and wasnt sure what his motives were, I kept finding excuses to say "no."  

However, over time I came to believe (still do) that Neleonele's heart in is the right place while his brain is a little naive. At any rate, not all was bad - this is NOT a post to slam GMC or its leadership. I also came to learn that the vast majority of GMC is owned by a very small group of core "whales" and the GMC foundation. It also seems very apparent to me that none of these whales have any desire to sell (unless there are much higher prices $1+). What does this mean? Well, for one it creates a unique situation in crypto as the actually supply to be bought is MUCH smaller than it appears from the historical emission rate. Meaning, there really isn't a lot of  GMC available to buy.  From an investor standpoint that is a really good thing.

However, I also learned first hand about the personality and culture of the small group of whales that control this coin. First, Neleonele is especially untrusting of people in crypto and bitcointalk. I think its safe to say that many other in the core group also share his sentiments. From what I was told directly, GMCs plans for expansion do not necessarily include members of the crypto community here on bitcointalk. Not that someone here would not be welcomed - of course, the more the merrier - just that someone looking for lots of information and interaction on this thread probably should not EXPECT it. Crypto enthusiasts are a bit down the list on the GMC foundation priority list.

From everything Neleonele shared directly with me, GMCs plan is to expand in current non-crypto gaming environments first and foremost. That is the priority.

My time on Slack ended unceremoniously in case you are wondering. Because the "trader" side of me is always weighing risk vs. reward, I liked the idea of a limited supply of coin. I sold only enough to recover my initial 10 btc investment. However, I wanted to become a more active part of the community and share the talents I feel like I have acquired in my business life (fairly successful owner of both online and offline businesses over the last 20+ years).  However, Neleonele and I butted heads on occasion, mainly because of what I saw as a distrust he had in me - due to the fact that I have been involved in the Nxt community. I am still unsure why that is a reason to distrust a person, but that fact does not change reality. It became increasingly clear that Neleonele was more interested in having me set buy walls, making sure I didn't dump, and asking me for donations towards conferences, etc. He was not interested in my opinions or any experience I might have to bring to the table.

A few months ago Neleonele ask me to donate to travel expenses for the San Diego conference where two GMC speakers gave a presentation. I declined for a couple of reasons that I won't go into. A few days later I was banned from GMC slack without warning or explanation.

Take this story for what its worth. For my part, I just believe transparency is always the best. And I wanted to share some with those of you interested in the coin.

If you want a be a part of team that has some unique qualities and aspirations and like the fact that there is a very limited supply of this coin, it may be a good investment for you. If you are looking for calender milestones to be met on time, high level communication on an ANN thread or leaders that are putting a lot of time into developing a large crypto bitcointalk community then you are probably going to be disappointed.

If you have any questions for me feel free to PM as I do not want to derail this thread with specific discussions. Hopefully this post gives you a little more insight into the inner workings of GMC.