Ah, I wasn't aware NFTs were added...

I'm glad you decided to go back on this decision. It's good for developers to communicate things to the players. ^^

Me neither (tho that's probably because I'm barely active in the Discord server)

this sure is a post to wake up to without any context

While I'm 100% behind protecting the environment and holding people accountable for their actions, there's a point where I think our standards and expectations become a little bit unrealistic. Every store we shop at, everything they sell was shipped to them on carbon-spewing semi trucks, boats, and/or planes (with rare exceptions of electric vehicles). By buying anything at all, we're perpetuating that process. Human society in general damages the environment. If we wanted it to stop, the global economy would need to come to a standstill.

I'm not saying it's acceptable, because it's not -- and there's definitely some due diligence for creators and influencers to do before selling merch, like selecting shipping materials or even the type of merch. But I just can't see someone as a monster for selling things like T-shirts and stickers to their fans. There are only so many ways that independent content creators can make money and survive. I would rather focus on corporations which do the most damage.

Admittedly this is a moot point, since Komodo doesn't want to sell physical merch anyway, but I felt the need to reply since it concerns a lot of creators and their livelihoods.

TL;DR I absolutely agree with your feeling, but the issue is more complicated xwx;

Hey there @inked, welcome to the game.

To clarify something that wasn't explained fully in the first post, Komodo made and announced the Pixpet NFTs without consulting the staff team or Patreon supporters -- which is unlike him. So some of us did know about the environmental perils of crypto (not including myself, as I avoid social media for mental health reasons). Pixpet's community manager, Takkju, has talked to him and I believe that Komodo will resume his previous practice of consulting staff and/or patrons before implementing plans of this nature. In other words, this is not the result of anyone's political background, but a momentary lapse in judgement on Komodo's part -- which can happen to any of us.

It's also important to note that there were a significant number of players who didn't know that crypto was harmful until this happened. A few didn't even know what NFTs were. We saw this on the Discord server and in DMs. I'm a queer individual and also consider myself a leftist, and as I said, I didn't know about this either. So I don't think it's fair to expect everyone in certain social circles to have the same knowledge.


I agree wholeheartedly, so I'm not sure what to say to you there.

I definitely support pixpet having monetization options (since the website needs money to run) but I’m really glad they took the environmentally sound option.