Arent they being paid to say those things?
News Official Star Trek NFT Collection Announced
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Absolutely.
But as I’m guessing that, while not being rich, they aren’t exactly poor then you’d hope good ole’ integrity would kick in.
I suspect it’s contractual.
Or maybe they really are super horny for NFTs?
Yeah, it's very likely contractual, and coming down from the top. It should be relatively easy to check if other Paramount stars are being asked to do the same thing. I mean, it's not uncommon for stars to be asked to promote something on behalf of their parent companies that they work for. And the problem we're seeing here is they're often being asked to promote sight unseen, and I'd almost guarantee the parent company doesn't want them to fully know, because if they knew, they likely wouldn't be doing it. These parent companies see their stars as marketing vehicles with huge followings on social media where they can reach millions.
Well, then lets hope she's put all her money into these. I think Paramount should also start paying her series salary in NFT's.
I'm sure they were given a lot of nice-sounding pro-NFT sales rhetoric ("It's an decentralized token whose trade doesn't depend on centralized institutions like banks!") and thought it would be a nice paycheck to promote these things without doing a lot of research on it themselves.
But also make no mistake: Even setting aside environmental impact, NFTs are a worthless. They're like Beanie Babies without the inherent utility and value of a Beanie Baby. It's a piece of code on a blockchain that says you "own" a jpg, created for the purpose of tricking you into thinking that useless cryptocurrency has value for just long enough to incentivize you into getting your money back by finding someone else to similarly trick. It's a scam.
But also make no mistake: Even setting aside environmental impact, NFTs are a worthless. They're like Beanie Babies without the inherent utility and value of a Beanie Baby. It's a piece of code on a blockchain that says you "own" a jpg, created for the purpose of tricking you into thinking that useless cryptocurrency has value for just long enough to incentivize you into getting your money back by finding someone else to similarly trick. It's a scam.
Sounds like it has shades of a pyramid scheme.
It's the language used that make me think it is. First it's the 'excited to announce', which frankly sounds too much like corporate speak, like a form letter announcement sent by high-up. Then, it's only after the backlash that they tell us they've 'researched it', which is a common tactic with these things when faced with backlash, in trying to reassure their followers that it's a legit market and of tremendous value. The end result looks like they're grasping at straws.
So I'm scrolling through their marketplace and I think this scam is already dead? They give activity stats and there's only been $2k in trading over the last 24 hours. That's a measly 1% of the volume they've had since it started a week ago. At this rate we'll be seeing a big, beautiful ZERO for 24h volume any day now.
But the creators shouldn't feel all bad that their disgusting little scheme failed: It's hilarious how shitty these things look and we'll always have that. Looking at the ship and then the offer price is a great set-up and punchline. Seriously, try not to laugh when you see what people are trying to get for these things.
But the creators shouldn't feel all bad that their disgusting little scheme failed: It's hilarious how shitty these things look and we'll always have that. Looking at the ship and then the offer price is a great set-up and punchline. Seriously, try not to laugh when you see what people are trying to get for these things.
It's almost as if certain important people in the chain wanted it to fail
Those are some fugly ships.
So I'm scrolling through their marketplace and I think this scam is already dead? They give activity stats and there's only been $2k in trading over the last 24 hours. That's a measly 1% of the volume they've had since it started a week ago. At this rate we'll be seeing a big, beautiful ZERO for 24h volume any day now.
But the creators shouldn't feel all bad that their disgusting little scheme failed: It's hilarious how shitty these things look and we'll always have that. Looking at the ship and then the offer price is a great set-up and punchline. Seriously, try not to laugh when you see what people are trying to get for these things.
Those are hilarious.
"Excited to announce." That does sound like corporate speak to me. No one really talks like that naturally.
The first and second models are probably the ugliest ships I've ever seen. Who would pay 56K for that?
The 1st and 4th look like the same design with different theming to me. Which makes me wonder, how many combinations can there be? Worse yet, these look like what someone can cobble up via Star Trek Online by trying to make the worst looking ships possible.
And now I'm picturing a Klingon encounter where they bust out laughing at the sight of one of these things, the scenario being a lower decks sanitation engineer quickly getting promoted to avoid controversy and being given one of these monstrosities.
And now I'm picturing a Klingon encounter where they bust out laughing at the sight of one of these things, the scenario being a lower decks sanitation engineer quickly getting promoted to avoid controversy and being given one of these monstrosities.
It looks like they modeled a handful of ships, then made a program that could move, rotate, stretch or duplicate different pieces, so you get the nacelle pylons at different angles, or the saucer set further back on the neck, or the Miranda rollback turned upside-down.
Without really thinking it through in all cases, since, for instance, their written description of the Miranda notes the nacelles are under the saucer, even though it’s possible for their random component rearranger to put the nacelles above.
Without really thinking it through in all cases, since, for instance, their written description of the Miranda notes the nacelles are under the saucer, even though it’s possible for their random component rearranger to put the nacelles above.
Why pay so much money for a shitty rendering of a poorly designed ship when you can buy an actual model ship or pay an artist for a commission for much cheaper?
I think the idea is that you sell it on for even more, to someone else who wants to sell it for even more.
That is exactly what NFTs are based on.
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