There is the risk that in future an excessive amount of treasury funds may be directed towards mythical. While it is obvious that the partnership between Polkadot and mythical is extremely beneficial to both parties, allowing mythical to process a number of transactions that would be impossible on any other chain and allowing Polkadot to showcase its technical prowess we also have to remain open to many other future partnerships and not exclusively focus on mythical. Mythical will already receive 1 million DOT from treasury in exchange for an airdrop of mythical token. This is of course great for both parties to solidify a winning partnership. However if we want to become the biggest platform for games we also have to be welcoming to other games, that's why Games Bounty [38] was created. I think it is important in order to allow fair competition and multiple opportunities to ensure that games bounty is not going to be used to fund activities related to mythical but instead focus on other games so that we can welcome diversity and competition. The request of this referendum is that the curators of Bounty 38 should not be allowed to fund anything related to mythical for the reasons I explained above
I would strongly and respectfully urge Lucky Friday, ChaosDAO, and any undecided voters to carefully observe the facts of this matter. Voting AYE would restrict the experts of the DOT Play bounty from acting freely in their mission of build the strongest Gaming vertical in the industry.
It is false to claim that the Mythos Foundation has already received Treasury Funding. Whether current voters agree or not, voters of Ref. 643 agreed on a TRADE of 1M DOT for 20M MYTH. This was not a grant or funding but a trade. The Mythos Foundation owes the Polkadot treasury nothing more than deploying on Polkadot - which they are successfully doing today.
DOT Play's stated intention is to launch games where they are best suited. Many seem to be coming to terms with the mistake of sharding too early with new calls for consolidation! When it makes sense to these experts to deploy a game on Mythical - and certainly to deploy assets in the Mythical Marketplace or D-Market - it would be a tragedy to have these artificial limitations in place.
How anyone could say Mythical's success has fallen short is beyond me. They are often the top gaming blockchain by sales volume, transactions, and certainly active users. It will also now lead the ecosystem in transactions - and the D-Market (5 times larger) isn't even onboarded yet. If by success people mean Market Cap - it may be worth noting that as a Proof of Authority network, Mythical did not have access to the most popular Exchanges on the planet. This will no longer be the case. Pudgy Penguin announcing the launch of their own chain (something that was in the works before the announcement of the game with Mythical) has no effect on Game Development as far as I understand. Flippant speculation in these matters should not be taken seriously.
Finally, its worth remembering that DOT Play is making the treasury a recipient of revenue share agreements with the games they launch - regardless of where. I would strongly encourage voters to check there expertise before limiting the potential growth of Polkadot and our treasury.
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