Earth 2: A Deep Dive into the Biggest Scam in Gaming History
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Intro 0:00
Recap of Recent Events 1:59
Sponsor 3:05
What is Earth 2? 5:36
Buying/Withdrawal Process 7:13
How to make money in Earth 2? 11:35
Whats the Gameplay going to be? 13:08
Ponzi Scheme Accusations 16:14
How much has Earth 2 Raised 20:49
Terms of Service 21:39
The Team 22:05
Mapbox 37:09
Metaverse 38:54
Why I believe Earth 2 will Fail 40:29
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@@0uttaS1TE Had me raising an eyebrow for a moment lol.
@@0uttaS1TE it is
@@Derivedwhale45 it isn’t
I knew the code would be earth2isascam before starting the watch the video LOL
I LOVE IT!
I bet Dreamworld is loving that the attention has moved to Earth2
No kidding lol
Literally, now they can quietly run away with the money and maybe will get a real wedding ring next time
the best thing they could have hoped for, but they still deserve to eat a shit sandwich
All the squares that have been bought probably has nothing to do with cash raised. How many of those are real? You're telling me that E2 didn't give a bunch of squares to themselves and/or friends and family? Just in case it actually works.
ohhh... not for long lmao
"Do your own research!"
*does own research*
"Wait, not like this!"
As someone who likes mathematics, I do not even believe their 1:1 claim.
They say you can buy 10mx10m tiles on Earth2, but they seem to have overlayed a grid on a 2D map (a projection of earth). It seems to me like a misunderstanding of the world and projections. While Earth is a spheroid (let's not argue about this), the projection of earth on 2D maps results in distorted regions (especially near the poles). I checked the north pole on earth 2 and the grid is the same as near the equator, meaning that while you think you are buying a 10mx10m tile, you are actually buying a 10mx0.001mm tile... basic geometry (for people who have a scope like ready player one, this should be basic)
There'll be a lot of angry customers wondering why their 10 square meter tile in Norway is actually 10x0.1 meters somewhere in the atlantic ocean
To me it's always a red flag when you go to the company page and read about their employees and all they do is saying "This person is the best of the industry, this person is the greatest at this, this person is the most amazing programmer, blabla". Beside it being insanely arrogant I always shows me the company has a weird need to come over as if they have formed the dream team, the best team in the world to take on any job, yet they have no work to back it up. I once had employer when I was a movie editor who bragged all the time about how great he was. O how he was the best color corrector in the world and how detailed he was in his work, yeah until a client was furious cause a series of movies we made had awful color correction and things were left in the background that shouldn't be visible. Out of the 200 video's only 5 he did the color correction and the finishing touch, those 5 were the only ones they were angry about, of course he blamed me and my co-editor. We had to fix it while being very busy as it was already.
That's why I hate it when companies write this shit, cause you know they will be like that as well, they will fuck up and blame others.
Also funny how the backers made all these video's claiming BigFry, Kirian and the others need to do their research and always use that one guy as a example why it's legit "He is the founder of occulus, you think he would scam you?" well if you done your research other then looking at their bragging website you would have known he wasn't a founder at all, and there comes why I do believe he is a scammer, he claims he is a founder when he is not, when he makes such a massive claim about something revolutionary like the Occulus then why would he not be dishonest about other things in life huh?
I like how the sponsor is just mocking Earth 2 completely lmao
I think he's also taking some of the Dreamworld claims in it too, lol
@@1subwithnovidomgwediditguy702 im crying laughing one of the team members is the dev for dreamworld
@@gamemusicify seriously? lmfao
The best part is that @Bigfry made a site to roast them.
@@gamemusicify Wait- what? You're fucking kidding me, right?
So let me get this straight, they want from you (the user) your name, address, phone number, account number, routing number, a picture of your I.D and a pic of a bill....They're literally identity thieves and people are just handing this shit over. Greed is a sin for a reason guys.
LOL it's like that classic Wheelbarrow Thief joke.
The stuff they require is identical to what an online casino would request for KYC (know your customer) checks that the regulators compel them to do... they dont have a license to protect though so the documents might be intended to protect them if they are ever accused of operating an unlicensed gambling or financial business. The big difference with E2 though is that they are requesting the whole lot via email which is inherently insecure.
The real con is claiming you are selling virtual land, surely. I can't get my head around how anybody is falling for that, or how they cant understand why it is useless or why nobody will ever need to rent the space belonging to another person. I could talk all day about the reason this is a huge rip off... so I'll just stop with R reality from Steve's favourite word: Withdrawaling
You didn't touch on the psychology of why so many people even put money into these platforms to begin with. The game will most likely be designed to spend and burn your credits on items, just like a casino. You're in their house and you play by their rules. That's a very successful business model and has been since the 17th century. Some people call casinos a scam, and it's designed to make you lose. And people know this and they still go there, spend their money, lose their money, but many enjoy the process and go back! People also spend money in a lot of games, or 'platforms' for items, skins, add-ons and never get any of their money back out yet they still have fun
I recognize that we can have ethical scam or illegal scam. Not long ago piramid scheme was legal but it was unethical scam anyway. Scamming is not cool but lack of freedom is also not cool so for casinos we have regulations that creates middle ground. When majority of project value is only in super big words and promises about future it definitely gonna feel scammy... And big investors easily can change small scam into bigger scam like in Theranos history. When project is not ready and people talk about scam then it's always just a shortcut to "it definitely looks like a scam". Scam companies very often use promises to delay scam accusations and find investors so harsh analysis and huge skepticism are reasonable although we have to consider that sometimes it might be false alarm and criticism too ruthless...
I agree with you that casinos use psychological manipulation to trick you to come back for another chance to win big, but I think that if you play for fun and not to win money, it's okay. I enjoy poker and online poker. However, I'm not skilled enough to win many games, so I play for fun and companionship. For me, $5--20 is worth a couple of hours of fun, much like if I would go to the movies. The issue of Earth2, casinos etc. is the allure of earning money. If the pitch for Earth2 was "buy a tile for real-world money and you will have the ability to build on that tile", but with no promise of the ability to earn money, it would still be a scam because they won't deliver, but it would be less egregious.
That's the problem - that I see, at least. In this case you're mixing video game software with stock trading. This doesn't just attract gamers anymore, it attracts non- gaming investors - people who haven't experienced early access flops like gamers such as Bigfry. Therefore, they're more easily bought by the program being flagged as a game of the future and think "this is a genius idea", while [PC] gamers generally see the signs of overconfident early access development.
spending a few bucks for a dlc is not the same as going to a casino lol
@@SubZyYT You buy a DLC in your game, someone buys a chip in casino and puts it in a slot machine to play. What's so different about it
5% is barely *anything* off. That's how greedy these guys are, can't even give a good promo code to victims.
Lol ya
Its Really Strange how easy it is to fool people these days
Ppl who missed out on Bitcoin is FOMO as F
@@Spider-Too-Too lmao yeah, in the last video where bigfry was on a call with a E2 supporter the guy's whole argument was basically "I missed out on Bitcoin so imma invest in whatever shady cryptocurrency comes up now"
Boredom and too much money to burn lol
People are putting thousands of dollars into something they barely know anything about, it's amazing
@@Carnyzzle I can literally get some of my friends who know some stuff and we could make something like earth 2 in a few weeks and fool just as many.
"Just do your research Big Fry" says folks that clearly didn't even do their own research given the defensive points they made that got absolutely shredded by Big Fry doing research 😂😂😂
Plus nothing he said in his reaction video was a lie. Literally nothing. It was either facts from the fucking page itself, or his opinion.
They also bring a lot of big word that they can't even understand like KYC, Mastercard and PSN wallet for some reason.
They didn't know that KYC has been implemented since 1970 for every bank around the world and enforced for internationaly in 2003 for digital/online transfer.
"Do your own research" is a euphemism for NOT doing your own research, but swallow every lie we're telling you instead. QAnon supporters and anti-vaxxers are frequent users of the term. It means "don't trust the CDC, your doctor, the international scientific community or main stream media; trust 'John Smith's blog of totally trustworthy knowledge from aliens' instead".
@@oliver_twistor Lol exactly. It’s okay to live cautiously and educate yourself, or to take politicians and corporations words with a grain of salt. But to disregard everything to support your own conspiracy theory or your own limited research is comical.
@@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082 bro said "Mastercard" as a big word they wouldn't know 😭😭
What an irony, people who told you "Do YoU OwN ReSeArCh, BrO!" seem to be the one who did research the least.
No, to those people, "doing your own research" means "only accept what is not considered mainstream and whats not embraced by the larger percentage of the public" You think the game is a scam based on the sound logic of there being zero actual gameplay shown, told nothing about the mechanics, and the devs are already asking for your money AND personal data? well you "didnt do your research". They think they're better and smarter than everyone else on this earth because they reject conventional and accepted reason, the stupider and less likely something sounds, the harder they believe in it. You could probably walk one of them over to an electric fence, with a sign on it going "DANGER Electric Fence is Electric" and they will swear up and down that "YoU DoNt ReAlLy KnOw If ItS DaNgErOuS oR Not"
There are a lot of videos about this, but honestly, I don't care, make as many as you guys can. This is not just a bad game or movie, it's a scam, it has to be exposed as much as possible, no matter how many similar videos it takes. It deserves as many channels as possible spreading awareness about this
The fact that they practically say “We don’t care about updating the website” says something about the people behind this act.
And says a lot about the people buying into this
I love that you got a takedown notice and then just said the hell with it and slapped up another video. Screw these scammers.
Wonder if it will be done before EFT though...
@@TheParaxore haha I hear you. At least EFT is entertaining to begin with though.
people don't realize that the creation of a "ready player one" experience or platform would probably be the greatest technological innovation of all time. i mean this would be right beside things like the discovery of fire, or the invention of the wheel in terms of the impact it would have on us. and to think all it would take is 10 random software engineers and 36 million dollars. cmon
"My little brother want to make a time machine. Fund us now!"
my boi just proved that the ''In-game footage'' they showed in their youtube is easily makable by anyone lmaooooooooo
So, all these ppl like dude the other day defending this game, we should give them a name:
Earth 2 Defense Force
best comment ive seen today
@@LoLo25A thanks bud, I really (actually) appreciate it.
Is this a reference to the game Earth Defense Force?
@@MERIDIAN2251 this is an insult to how great EDF is
🤣
So they claim they're trying to make "Ready Player One" a reality. Are they aware that "Ready Player One" was a dystopia?
The universe and economic situation of rpo was a dystopia. The tech itself was neutral though, and it makes sense for a marketing team to use it as an example to explain to the consumer what product they are selling, if its very hard to convey otherwise due to the non existence of anything even remotely similar. The matrix too was a dystopia, even more so than rpo because the matrix itself was a prison, whereas the metaverse in rpo was just a game. Still people use the term matrix in a pretty neutral way to explain fully immersive virtual reality worlds
I find it kind of funny that TH-camrs are noticing this just now. I have been seeing ads about it for about 2 years. But it does make sense that it is receiving such a reception. And it blows my mind that people cant see past scam. It makes. no. sense.
I find myself sitting here wondering people could be so stupid to think this isn't a scam but then I remember people actually think politicians actually have their best interests at heart.
PayPal ... if it has pulled out from being used, something isn’t right. And giving copies of ID etc in easily interceptable e-mail is just asking for things to be stolen. Don’teven get me started on that shady ToS either
Those terms of service literally protect the company with cancelling affer they sell 100 million in tiles, doing zero development, and having no liability. It very clearly states they have no obligation to pay anybody anything. Bitcoin was created with the idea it was harder to tamper with. One person couldn’t “cancel” the project. There was no terms and services, it was a gamble through and through. But there is a big difference between a gamble and a scam. A scam is when there are no odds to succeed, the leader owns 100%. He may “pay people off” to win here and there to pretend there is legitimacy, but ultimately they decide who gets paid out. That is a fucking scam.
PayPal also pulled out of onlyfans. So… it doesn’t mean much
Earth 2 devs should hire Dreamworld devs for their next gen server capabilities
You........are GENIUS....!!!!!
@N J i saw from a comment, that theres a dreamworld dev in the earth2 dev team.
I've been watching videos about flat earthers recently and it's fascinating to me how similar they are. When the E2 cheerleaders are confronted with questions like " "how is this not a scam?" or "what is this game you've bought into even going to look like?" they laugh it off or say something inane like "ever heard of Ready player One?" and then immediately move on. They're bizarre communities of con men who've bought into their own con.
The TOS of this entire thing tells me all I need to know.
It’s either a pump and dumb scheme, or it’s gonna end up in a MLM.
The tos is kinda similar to tinder or twitter.. its common these days.
@@aminnar6380 ah yes, Twitter can *definitely* run away with money, and totally *not* scam me, by not updating the value of google map squares.
@@Qunia a perfect example of when irony misses its point
it is a pump and dump the tiles are literally worth nothing and there tos allows them to pull out anytime
@@bitrop8185 have u checked other tos's? Many legit companies do it to cover their asses
"Is Earth 2 a scam?"
Laughs in omission.
And/or commission.
they laugh because its an obvious thing and you still ask, lol.
From what i have understood, this is not a game (yet)
It's a trading platform that let's you trade with crypto currency by buying virtual landmarks for use as NFT (Tokens)
So this thing about "scam" i yet to harsh to say imo.
But like all the crypto stuff today, this is more likely a ponsey scam (Pyramid game)
And the small investors ALWAYS loose on this 😅
@@MrLarsalexander That's literally what this whole video was about, dude. Everything you said was just a condensed version of BigFry's entire video lol.
@@MrLarsalexander don’t forget the fact that this is supposed to be the meta verse which I doubt will even be around by 2050
The Todd Howard “it just works” in the sponsor I see you big fry
@AaronCBS gotta have that re-release of skyrim am I right?
@AaronCBS OH YES! HYPE TIME! 100x THE DETAILS!
16 times the detail
@@Label07 of fallout 76
@@Rifky809 it would be so detailed you can see the dragon's ass hair
""His knowledge and talent was invaluable when building our global gridsystem", especially the way he flattened a globe, followed by people fighting about the differences between plot-sizes.
EARTH2: You can buy land plots for 10 cents to hundreds of dollars to claim your land in our game!
no man sky: you can claim a planet for free.
The Dream World guys literally wiping the sweat off their brow thanking the dear lord Earth 2 taking all this mega heat now. But we ain’t done with you yet Dream World we’ll be back!
37:55 So the team is claiming that Earth 2 is exactly the same planet, with the same landmarks etc... so why are they showing some random sci-fi assets buildings instead of a real city?
Because they have no clue what they're building.
Because it's an asset flip
Because it just works !
All of these people deserve to lose their money this reminds me of that scam to where u could buy stars and change the names and u get a certificate showing u own that star
This is literally "Sim investor".
Just with real money, and real misery when no one actually profits except the devs
15 years to make latest Microsoft Flight Sim, 10 years to get Minecraft to where it is, 20 years to balance Dust 2 map..
Completely reasonable time frame to the guy who thinks hes getting "Ready Player One" virtual world in the next few years
Thats a funny joke, or are you one of those many E2 shills.
@@rohdger3390 Yea yea just let me pull up a 1:1 scale recreation of earth in 2 years.
@@therealbubble4696 what?
@@rohdger3390 Oh so you misunderstood the main comment.
@@rohdger3390 sarcasm was laid on pretty thick.
Yo that Earthland game looks like a pretty good investment I am gonna go "cancel" anybody who criticizes it, Thx bigfry for opening my eyes to such a trust worthy game
Also it's totally safe and not a scam
Much better than this Earth2 scam. I bet Earth2 hasn't even got enums. Amateurs.
@@gellertvarga1105 It just works !
It's almost tempting to buy individual squares in random, high value locations, just to screw with people trying to get full coverage on them. Almost. I am, however, a little too attached to the idea of spending my money on something I know I can enjoy to follow through. But the salt would be pleasant to witness
35:10 I speak Chinese. That is a damn gambling platform.
this is definitely a trigger title LMAO
BigFry gets accused of not doing research, so he busts out a fully realized analysis and breakdown video in response.
When we told you to do your own research we weren't serious!!!
@@Ralferator An adviser that advised them to use PayPal. "Adviser" doesn't detail what someone does on the team either. And as he pointed out, their creds don't really matter. Not even Gabe Newell could pull off a game that has no clear vision and an infinite scope, let alone a dude that only has a failed social media platform as his resume.
Many Ponzi schemes actually start off as legitimate business ventures. But since you "invested" in E2, I wouldn't expect you to know anything about investing or business. Now stop shilling scams.
@@Deadener Stop calling projects "scam" just because you don't believe in the developers. I also don't call you an a...le only because you are acting arrogant and biased
@@Ralferator You're right I am biased. Biased for the reality I've witnessed over and over again with similar projects, with similar claims, from similar silicon valley techbros who promise (quite literally in this case) the world.
There's nothing to have faith in with this project. It calls itself a game, but the first thing it releases is a shady web app investment platform for a vapor market? Not, you know, even the tiniest smidgen of gameplay?
This scam is so obvious, it's beyond red flags. This is flashing red lights and sirens. I can see what the results are going to be. And I'll do whatever I can to steer unwitting people away from it.
@@Ralferator 1. It’s a scam. 2. They are taking your money and have full control over your value. 3. There is no game or explanation to how they can achieve anything close. 4. Many scams have been stopped by calling them out publically before they got bigger and robbed people of their money. 5. Many scams have not been stopped because of people like you who defend fake ambition and theatre intended to manipulate you.
I'm not mad at them. I've always wanted to take $0.10 from everyone's bank account around the world.
This is the type of "developers" that make Activision, EA and Tencent look legit.
What was that sponsor message at the beginning... You're killing me Big Fry 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
best guess, he's rephrasing the E2 pitch so when all the butthurt supporters come rushing to rebut him they hear how ridiculous they sound to everyone else.
@@squidtron-ck9rq This was the intent when making the video. Make something that passes the test of looking 'authentic' while also maintaining the satire element that just shows how ridiculous all of this sounds.
It was E2 pitch mixed with Dreamworld pitch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Frosty-gd3rj yep, and i gotta say well done to Bigfry with that.
@@castle7568 I know, it had me doing Big Fry's mouse shaking laugh
The real estate values in Earth 2 would really tank if an Earth 3 came out
....Are you thinking what i'm thinking...
Hmmm . . .
Light bulb !
👍 😉
Even further with Earth 4
Microsoft announces: Earth Infinity
Yup. That would be like the Earth 2 team basically stealing half the value of your bought property.
The only team members they are missing is Todd Howard and Sergey Titov.
And Peter Molyneux.
Lol I can’t imagine how angry Martian is now, he’s probably like listen bruv... lmao
Listen, YEAH?!
At least he has the cold comfort of beer 🍻
YEAH! LISTEN. I AM AN INVESTOR, YOU ARE FAKE NEWS.
That dude was hilarious 🤣🤣
That sponsor trailer made me die laughing hahahahahaha
I definitely agree bros
Go their website its even better.
all i'm hearing from defenders of this scam is "i maxed out my credit card which means im an INVESTOR and therefore not wasting my money on a project with a constantly shifting goal post that is promising the LITERAL world, but i'm not falling for a scam"
The feature that allows you to pay us: working. All other features: coming soon. Who do they think they are? Star Citizen?
@@Jordan-Ramses i so feel like this "game" is a very elaborate scam in money laundering or something
@@zaidenrazel7057 i'm just gonna laugh and laugh at anyone who fell for this scam, this is slowly becoming the Nigerian Prince scam, and holy shit it's gonna be funny to watch this crash and burn
I love that someone literally was "sold" the Golden Gate Bridge lmao
Star citizen compared to this looks like a good deal and sc might be even cheaper overall
Actually, you can buy Squadron 42 + SC for 65 dollars and not spent a single cent more in the game.
Yeah, there is currently a SQ42+ really good starter ship pack for that much. Rest of the ships you can earn with in-game credits pretty easily.
SC seems like a way better deal than this mumbo jumbo they are trying to pull here with E2.
One thing I wish you pointed out, is how these plots are not on a blockchain, and the company has no plans to decentralize land ownership. They only plan to use blockchain for a fluff currency and some of the assets. The thousands of dollars you spend on land can be wiped out in an instant.
19:14 guy seems to be under a rather large misconception He does NOT own a racetrack or whatever he owns a square on a grid with a pretty picture of earth behind it
That guy you argued with on discord said you didn't do your research. I don't think he's coming back after this xD
Has anyone actually clicked the link........ fucking brilliant BigFry 😂
I was curious to see what it was a bit disappointed
It wasn't a Rick roll such a misopertunity
@@thedefault8109 that was honestly better than a rick roll
@@thedefault8109 Nah the rick roll was over done
Yeah I’m buying tiles on earth land seems like it has more of a chance than E2
Almost just left this vid after seeing sponser but had to check. Would be a shame if i hadn’t found this piece of brilliance!
It took me a while to realize the sponsor is fake lol! BigFry you legend
Tbh, this game even isn't close to the most ambitious game, I still think that Star Citizen is the one that still holds that place. Remember how people called out Star Citizen beeing a scam for selling .png ships? This would be almost the same thing, BUT star citizen showed what they could actually do. They had their demo, their own created tech, etc. These Earth 2 guys just don't actually show anything but the grid.
How the hell does the parody look better than the original
“No regrets because we have no idea what’s coming”
.........I’m sorry, what?! 😳
I mean that statement alone is pretty understandable ... they still wild tho for thinking it’s not a scam.
@@destinkane797 No it’s not. He’s literally saying “I have no idea what will happen to this, which is why I have no problem putting money into it”
@@destinkane797 Lmao hell no it’s not understandable by any means
now that's a lot of damage
No way they can argue with this
@@cydneywright2623 They will and make up things you didn't think possible.
I think this is my favorite video you've put on this channel. This sort of deep dive is a great format and I appreciate the thorough research you put into it and the incredible sponsor
It’s funny how they say “no evidence” and you show them the sketchy employees, no background company, and the eula. And still there defending e2
Gimmie a break, gimmie a break, break me off a piece of that afghan tile (of the far superior earthland game)
peace was never an option
In a year there will be two kinds of people. Those who bought tiles in a fake currency completely controlled by a few people who can take it all away anytime, and people who want nothing to do with it but laugh. A war is brewing. You can see it in rising dislikes and comment likes. They are coming.....
"I made a counter-bid to see how far this person was willing to go."
The Big Fry fan who was just making a joke: *:(*
There’s 4 different phases and earlier phases earn the most money with later ones sold earning a little money… So is it a ponzi scheme or a pyramid scheme?
I clapped when I saw Earthland! Looks amazing!
This comment is sus
@@kjacmyers799 No!
@@kjacmyers799 stop being so susy 😋😏
I was reminded of Dawn O' Dragons. Lolol
E2 vs EL..... Hmmmm... I can't decide. Triangle vs Quad!
Triangles all the way dude!
Sus
Don't let anyone say Bigfry is just out to make 10 minute add-stuffed videos. My man puts the work in when necessary.
All you forgot was dropping the mic and walking out ur room at the end 😂😂😂I had my popcorn and everything for this video. Thank you for the proper exposing of this scam.
TH-camrs creating rifts in people’s personal lives... If a TH-cam video has husbands & wives having heated debates over why they maxed out their credit cards & cashed out of stocks for E2, then thank God! Then thank said TH-camr. 😂
That mock sponsor of earth 2 is going to trigger more lmao I loved it 😂😂
MapBox is not a grid or game SDK! We actually use it for some projects, we choose to not use it anymore and rather contribute towards Mapnik, VTM and the likes. It is not a grid system and not really meant for games. Leaflet also is not a game SDK or grid system either.
Used my daughter's college fund to buy some tri-tiles in Earthland to invest in her future! Thanks papa Fry!
The joke website for the fake promo is the best troll I've seen in a long time.
agreeed hahahaha lolled too hard at that !! :P
Bigfry, you got it all wrong, those aren't the devs! That's the character select screen! Do some research, sheesh....
This is the dumbest "game" I've heard of
The earth 2 Meta guy creeps me out. He's either in way too deep and trying to make like hes doing the right thing. Or completely and utterly complicit in the scam
Yo that sponsor tho, I gotta invest my life savings just from the website alone.
Nicely done! A good example of doing a basic search on publicly available sources and showing people that doing our own research, to make an informed choice, need not be too complicated.
After watching your video, I come away with the impression that these 'indie' developers are taking a page from AAA titles - selling the idea of a game. They draw on existing tech, be as ambiguous as possible and allow potential buyers to fill in the gaps using their own imagination.
We're not buying products anymore. We're buying emotions. And we should expect more of these.
Thanks for covering this. I can't stand it when scammers come into the gaming community to scam fellow gamers who are always looking for the next big game that does things differently 😤 This here is the reason why I have never backed any projects on kickstarter because more time than not they are usually scams. There has been a few that weren't scams like Bloodstained and Pillars of Eternity which I have bought and massively enjoyed. Its just 99% of these kickstarters are usually scams or the people are in way over their heads.
The amount of creativity and effort packed into this wonderful gift of a video needs to be acknowledged 1000 times over.
I hope Earth 2 gets shut down and they go to jail/get fined for a crap ton.
Yes bring on earth 3
In the next episode, BigFry is a member of a small resistance fighting against the E2 megacorporation after the metaverse has consumed society.
Love this as a scifi concept 🤖
That was the best sponsor segment I've ever seen, you killed me with all the references. Bravo!
When BigFry said "thanks to our sponsor" I started to get ready to see how far I'd need to skip forward then I heard "Earthland" and I started dying of laughter
Sebastiaan sounds like the most insufferable person ever, and I say that as someone who's worked in the tech and startup world.
Over 40 mins? shiet where's my popcorn..
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16:08 what is that vid from in the background like is it a game?
I was about to skip the sponsor part of the video then I went "hang on a minute isn't it exactly like that ... ?" The answer is yes, yes it is.
One thing worth pointing out about Nathaniel Doldersum, beyond his involvement with D.R.O.N.E. is that he developed the WorldComposer, TerrainComposer, and MCS assets for the Unity store.
They're the kind of assets you could use to kind of sort of import a bunch of heightmaps into a big grid and stitch it into a world with a bunch of random nature assets and have an okay render distance. They're not nearly performant enough to do what they're claiming they'll be able to do, but they're good enough to put together a decent enough tech demo of a few grid parcels pretty quickly. Which really makes me wonder why they haven't yet.
Basically sounds like the guy is doing an asset flip with his own assets now that they're not the top solutions in their niche in the Unity store anymore.
Oh shit here we go! This whole thing has been so wild and so much fun to follow, love this whole situation lol.
The image at the end of everyone buying up the bridge really brings it all together.
"This will be the last game you ever play before you die". Is that a threat?
it's a promise ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Earthland is the best game I've played in decades, shoutout to the devs. Seriously the transition to Google Maps was a magical Beauty.
I've already withdrawn all the money I put into earthland. that's how you know it's legit af.
@@grayaj23 bro right i earned over 100k earth dollars
Yeah I invested my life savings into earthland I believe it can be ready player one and the matrix all in once next year tops
yeah I had it running on a cardboard globe I stole from high school. Google maps is SOO much better.
But Bigfry it’s a platform!!! DO YOUR RESEARCH, love ya Bigfry can I hire you too read me bedtime stories
Everytime I hear that, I can only hear them coming out of girlboss karens trapped in MLMs.
I'm trying to figure out how buying land would ever factor into a.. whatever kind of game this going to be? Do you have to pay the owner every time you fire a round, or..?
▪︎ sell "virtual land"
▪︎ ???????
▪︎ profit!
▪︎ in 30 years a game is ready for alpha release?
What the FUCK
Is it weird if I kinda like the idea of google earth turned into a game?
Like take the whole earth 2 thing where the whole world is divided into small tiles, and how they all have resources and stuff in them, but instead of the weird scammy bullshit earth 2 is doing, it's like a big grand strategy game. Take google earth/maps, divide the whole world into hex tiles, give all of them different amounts of natural resources, and let people start their own nation anywhere in the world. On each tile, one building can be constructed, there'd be a whole range of buildings with different purposes.
People could create military units or just earn money by selling products made with those resources. They could expand and take over the world by either buying out tiles or taking them over with military force.
Just a big planet-sized RTS sandbox.
TBH if people are dumb enough to fall for these scams, they deserve to be scammed and loose money.
That depends. Hopefully they didn't put in too much money and realize they got scammed. That lesson's cost is different for all but is a valuable one non the less.
If you fall for another scam after your first you might very well deserve it.
Oh god don’t tell our government that the game generates Oil , there will be a virtual war over it
Someone needs some virtual freedom
If you look at the tiles, they are square. The earth is round. This makes it so that there has to be seams or some kind of other trick like teleporting portals or something somewhere, because it doesn't fit together mathematically. So I would be interested in knowing where the seams are. Perhaps in the middle of oceans or something, but still.
Dude it's $1700 to buy the house I grew up in... this is absurd.