Steem As An MMOG

in steem •  5 years ago  (edited)

My daughter likes to play games on Roblox, which is a virtual reality platform pretty much like Minecraft. Each player has a space of their own into which they can invite others and build stuff out of blocks or other things manually or using a script language. The players can communicate with one another using a chat functionality. Assets created by the players can be traded using the platform's internal currency, Robux. It has an exchange rate against the dollar.

Steem is a similar collection of digital spaces that allows the users to interact with each other by writing posts and comments or by helping to rank order the posts. There are also games that use the platform. The players can earn digital coins native to the platform through their activities. Steem is a not a corporation or a legal entity of any kind but a digital entertainment platform, the key components of which (witness nodes and other nodes) are owned by individuals or corporations.

English-speaking Steemians with residence in Finland may be interested in the following official translation:

https://www.vero.fi/en/detailed-guidance/guidance/48411/taxation-of-virtual-currencies/

See section 2.7 as it applies to Steem as a platform [Edit: Good news].

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Very nice game! Perhaps I should start learn to play game!

I agree with your thoughts here. I always thought that Steem was ideal for MMOG. Entering the realm of virtual will enable the creation of so many virtual assets. Steem is ideal for that.

Once SE gets the NFT capability, I think a lot of creativity could be applied to what people develop.

You're exactly right. New, more immersive interfaces could be developed allowing the players to interact in more immersive ways. The token layer with non-fungible tokens would be needed for proof of ownership and identity.

I know of Roblox my Granddaughter plays it all the time, and she is always hitting me up to buy her a roblox bucks card LOL
have a good weekend

I know what it's like. lol

Have a nice weekend!

LOL Cheers and !BEER