I have mixed feelings that make it difficult for me to decide.
I would vote for the proposal for:
- Splinterlands has given a lot to Hive.
- Splinterlands never asked for money from DHF for its development.
I would not vote for the proposal because of:
- It is not clear what the money will be spent on.
- No plans to improve the game are presented. It's 6 years with the same graphics.
- The tone of the proposal seems threatening
- A few months ago the Splinterlans community rejected your request in the DAO to receive 100K.
Would you vote for the proposal out of appreciation for what they have done, or because it will help Hive in the future?
I'll see how this plays out to decide if I support.
Yes it sounds like a threat, also my questions is, where was development for over 6 years? After blockchain gaming craze I don't see that if the project can support itself it will make sense to carry on with the community money without even saying what is going to be spend for.
Splinterland at some point suppose to have all kind of range of games with different cards but similar concept yet they passed opportunity.
It's hard to know exactly what the money will be spent on, because it will be on whatever we feel gives us the highest chance of success, and that may change over time as different opportunities present themselves. We have specified that the intended use of most of the funds will be on marketing and promotion for the project.
We don't currently believe that updated graphics is what is holding us back nor is it the best use of our limited funds. Our current focus is on improving our onboarding experience so that we can make sure we can capitalize on the marketing and promotion that we plan to do.
It wasn't intended to be, and I apologize for it coming off that way. I really really don't want to move off of Hive and have no plans to, whether or not we get support from the DHF, but the reality of the situation is that we may not have a choice.
This is not entirely accurate. The proposal that was rejected was an option for the SPS DAO to pay the company to run a promo card sale, and have the DAO receive the funds from the sale, rather than the company running the promo card sale on its own and receiving the funds. The community preferred to have the company run the sale and keep the proceeds. Your bullet point makes it seem like the Splinterlands community declined to help fund the company which is not the case. I would also point out that the SPS DAO voted to pay the company $250k last year for the development of the Rebellion presale, and there are also two proposals outstanding right now from the company to the SPS DAO which I expect will likely be passed.
I understand that you can shift where the team and community feels good about, but you still need a basic plan.
You can't ask for 500K and say, hey we will keep you updated how we spending your money.
Give us some kind of plan. If you want to hire a Marketing company then let us know more details about them, who are they, what projects did they work on before, any ideas how they are going to promote not only SPL, but also Hive since the money will be coming from Hive community.
Thank you for your response, I appreciate it.
I agree on these points, for me it is difficult to judge the amount of money, as I don't know the costs of the operation, the team, and I also don't play.
But I know how important the game is to Hive, I've already tested it and I know that many people joined Hive because of splinterlands.
But I would also like to see the roadmap and plans for using the budget.
Development? Team? Marketing?
Without a roadmap, it is even difficult to monitor whether what was promised is being fulfilled.