Recently, the streamer Nose Master Guo Dong, during a conversation with fans, firmly stated: 'Games linked to blockchain will definitely fail.' He presented a perspective different from the industry, using player experience to indicate that games and cheats cannot be separated. If the game is related to tokens, then cheating will render the currency worthless, leading to a negative cycle.

The streamer firmly stated: 'Games linked to blockchain will definitely fail.'

At 3:35 in the video, a viewer asked: 'Will Maple Story N consider playing in the metaverse?' At this moment, Guo Dong showed a dismissive sneer, questioning that moving MapleStory to the metaverse is completely unnecessary since the content of Metaverse MapleStory and New MapleStory is basically not much different. Moreover, the virtual currency in New MapleStory, Maple Coins, and items can already be exchanged for cash, so the token economy seems to lack significant incentives.

Subsequently, a viewer raised a question: 'Is the lottery probability on the metaverse relatively transparent?' The author added: Previously, well-known game streamer Ding Te had spent over 4 million yuan trying to create the rare item 'Purple Cloth' in the game Lineage M, succeeding only 11 times out of 475 attempts. Ding Te questioned the lottery probability claimed by the game company 'Game Orange' as inconsistent with the actual situation and angrily filed a lawsuit. Such interactions on the blockchain might be resolved through open-source and transparent smart contracts.

Unexpectedly, Guo Dong directly stated: 'Games linked to blockchain will definitely fail.' He explained that all blockchain projects emphasize having a limited quantity, and now games and cheats are already inseparable. If cheats can be used to participate in the game, then the earned coins will lose value. In fact, in the previous EP.205 podcast, it was mentioned that the quantity limit emphasized by blockchain projects is actually a shackle for games because if revenue needs to be increased, the focus should be on increasing circulation quantity.

The author believes that contrary to the industry’s view that GameFi needs to focus first on gameplay, Guo Dong points out from a player’s perspective that games and cheats cannot be separated. If the token economy is combined with the game, then cheating is also a major problem.

Questioning whether the token economy indirectly encourages cheating.

Guo Dong believes that blockchain games basically have two types of gameplay. One is that game companies develop blockchain, and the project party issues tokens regularly, without arbitrary token inflation, allowing these tokens to circulate among players and be used to purchase items. This still has hope. But if it relies on monster hunting to earn cryptocurrency, there will inevitably be cheating issues. From the perspective of a veteran gamer, he states that cheats that get caught are public scripts, and if there is profit, players will privately use cheats, making it harder to filter.

Guo Dong: Blockchain may have a future, but it is not as idealized.

Then, a user in the chat asked Guo Dong: 'Setting aside the game, do you think blockchain has a future?' He expressed that he himself does not understand very well, but he thinks blockchain still has a future, though it may not be as idealized as originally intended, because regardless of anything, humanity's goal of earning currency is for survival, so it is fundamentally impossible to achieve so-called decentralization. Ultimately, it still depends on whether the real world accepts it. Currently, cryptocurrency only cuts off from traditional finance and establishes its own system.

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‘Dare to come down to the MapleStory metaverse! Guo Dong criticizes blockchain games: This issue must be resolved or it will collapse.’ This article was first published on ‘Crypto City.’