Probably OP wanted to be a pioneer investor of a certain NFT project to be able to buy it at the initial price. We can understand from his point of view that whoever get in first will surely get a better profit. And at recent time, NFT is still a craze in the market so looking for about to start NFT project is one good move for a short term investment.
Probably. I had that same idea too, the earlier, the better. It makes sense, it's likely a pyramid scheme where they need a continuous wave of investors to pay for the old ones. Make it look like in-game profits but there is actually none, it's just the rookies buying the NFTs before they can be part of it or in the gaming industry before they could play.
I learned that lesson from past experiences. Once people are going out, you can see the value going down.
For OP, I'd check the gaming industry of NFT, unlike the Apes it will not be boring. Playing the game using NFTs to speed up advancing is fun.