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Because this text is way too fucking big (and in case they delete the tweet)
Dear STALKERS,
We want to give a detailed comment on yesterday's announcement of NFT-Bonuses for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.
GSC Game World is an independent game development studio. We have no publisher, but we do have wonderful partners, an incredible team, and a dream of a game that you will sincerely love. Just like all the other devs, we need two main resources: team and money.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chernobyl is truly the biggest and the most complex game we ever created. All the funds that we earn during the development process (including the potential income from NFT) will be spent on improving the long-awaited game to make it even better.
Why did we choose NFT? It's a new technology, and we are eager to <<do NFT right>>: give certains fan an opportunity <<to get into>> the game without interfering with other players' experience. That's why the tokens are entirely optional and have no impact on gameplay or story (no weapons, quests, locations, etc.) and can be activated only before the game release.
Yesterday, we announced the first tokens -- the face of several of NPCs. They aren't even involved in the story. But some of you thought we would go a bit too far from here. That's why we want to implement (nick)names of the owners on some in-gme desks/walls/etc, (please remember it's a large open world we're talking about), gloves/tattoos, skins/badges for the multiplayer mode (releasing as a free update after the story campaign) and collectible cards (DMarket platform only, no integration in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2).
DMarket was chosen as a partner as a videogame-only blockchain platform. They love games and they were eager to work with us on this kind of soft NFT realization. DMarket works on a private blockchain system with bridges into other networks (such as Polygon and Solana) with priority low energy consumption and minimize C02-Emissions and other negative environmental impacts.
In this statement, we are as honest with you as we can. We are not asking for support, but at least we hope you can hear us and understand our reasons.
The text turned out to be very big: Thank you for reading it till the end. Please accept our apologies for yesterday's miscommunication and all the feelings it caused. We know that you wish only the best for our game, and we appreciate it.
With love,
GSC Game World Team
