Berna

Decided to dox for real this time.

Attending this event in NFC Lisbon allowed me to connect with a ton of legends in the space and learn a lot from people in places that one day I wish to be in, I will start creating more types of content ranging from Crypto in general, hot topics in web2 gaming and still stay in crypto gaming and keep it my main thing.

I will definitely be attending more of these events even outside of Portugal as it made my vision of the space much brighter and honestly everyone was super fun and chill to deal with, some names are Gyokeres, Carlos, StarPlatinum, Timister, Marvin, Allo, Zaika, Valerie, Yuzu, etc

Where should I go next?

Web3 Gaming is dead

But someone that only talks about gaming gained 200 followers in the last 12 days

Must have been the wind..

Hot take:

Web3 games DON'T need to make their players money to be considered Web3 games.

For years, we've associated Web3 gaming with play-to-earn, airdrops and token rewards.

But that's not what makes a game Web3.

It's the technology behind it and what it allows players to do.

Take Counter-Strike as an example.

Players spend real money collecting and trading skins, some worth thousands of dollars.
Not because Valve pays them to play, but because people genuinely value those items.

Now imagine what Web3 could allow us to build with actual onchain ownership, more freedom to trade and entire player-driven economies.

That's the potential of Web3 gaming.

Players collecting, crafting, trading and creating value through their activity.
Some will make money, others will spend money, and most will simply play because they enjoy the game.

And that's perfectly fine.

Not everyone needs to make money playing games.

And to those expecting to make a living by grinding Web3 games for 8 hours a day, have you considered getting an actual fucking job?

There are jobs that pay significantly more and offer much more reliable income.

I'm not against people earning money through gaming. I've done it myself.

But expecting every game to pay you simply for playing is ridiculous.

Games are supposed to be fun, not employment programmes.

Web3 gives us the opportunity to build economies where players have more ownership and control over their assets instead of depending entirely on a centralized company.

Of course, putting NFTs onchain doesn't automatically make a game decentralized or guarantee those assets will remain useful forever.

But that's exactly what we should be working towards.

Note for Builders - Stop building web3 games to try and pay people's bills, that's not sustainable.
Note for Players - Stop expecting Web3 gaming to pay your bills.
Note for Investors - Do more research and stop throwing money randomly, you will be rugged/scammed/disappointed.

This is the best take I have seen today

There are people working on web3 games right now that only care about money and have 0 skills

We need to get rid of larpers and the people that don't allow this industry to move forward.

I think one of the hardest things for a game developer is knowing when to REMOVE something they've spent months building.

Not every feature turns out to be good.
Not every mechanic makes the game more enjoyable.

And sometimes adding MORE content just makes everything unnecessarily complicated.

A game doesn't automatically get better every time you add something new.

Sometimes the best update is removing the things that weren't fun in the first place.