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RE: I've Joined DrugWars & I'm Receiving 4.5 Steem Per Day!
Sorry, but you arent earning anything. Youre getting your investment redistributed back to you as a forever diminishing amount.
Describing it as "earning" is disingenuous and false.
@lordbutterfly - Are you 100% sure of that? Is it not at all possible to make any sort of ROI on this by building up your drug production efficiently without 'investing' any more in the game?
Also keep in mind that it should be possible to be profitable by raiding other players (when it's added again).
I've changed the wording in my title, but I do think you're overreacting here.
Im not overreacting. Quite the opposite.
A bunch of friends of mine and well known steemians are touting this game as an amazing investment opportunity and they and others will get hurt because they dont understand the underlying economy of the game.
Drug Wars is not malicious, but by not explaining to the player base that the player base every day ends up with a negative return is omitting something that is incredibly important for those that play the game not for fun, but rather for the ROI (as you call it here).
Yes, battles will allow for resource stealing which will lead to some breaking even or making some money, but that means that more players will be losing even more money.
Its important to state that this is a game and that you should put money in it because you enjoy the game, not because of ROI.
Those that point out ROI, call this a good investment, or even compare it to Steem Monsters are doing a disservice to fellow players and promoting what is essentially a ponzi scheme.
I never called it a good investment, but I can agree that the use of the word 'earning' might have been somewhat misplaced.
That said, I think you're making very serious allegations here by calling this a ponzi scheme. Even with 20% of purchases not going back into the bank pool, I still think it's possible to make ROI on this.
Just because players basically compete against each other to have the most efficient drug production. 80% of the total amount of purchases made go into the pool, while only drug production counts towards your payout share. That leaves players with a ton of options to beat their fellow players in the race towards efficiently beating their drug production share.
Don't agree, people can spend money for whatever reason they like, it's not my job to tell people why to spend money in-game.
I'd really like to see @drugwars or @hightouch comment on your allegations that this is comparable to a ponzi. Drug wars does not promise any returns on investments, I have not promised any return on investments in my post. The term ponzi is completely misplaced here.
You can go about it as you wish. The economics are those of a ponzi.
Im not telling anyone how to spend their money. Im merely stating that with players claiming that they are "earning" money in Drug Wars, those that go into this because of ROI are being fooled and mislead.
Im not making any allegations. Im just calling it as it is.
Large number of misinformed players and many folks promoting this as a investment with great ROI.
4.5 STEEM per day on a 50 STEEM investment is mindblowingly good ROI.
People are using that as a pull for players to start spending money.
(lets not kid ourselves.)
Im not calling anyone here malicious, not you or the game devs, im just saying that everyone is jumping on the hype bandwagon and people will end up hurt in the end because of it.