I certainly agree that Hive has to be outward-looking. But I'll admit to being something of a Hive enthusiast, so I'm kind of hoping that one day we'll see another Splinterlands effect, where a game brings people onto Hive in large numbers.

I'm not an IT person at all, my specialisations are more around e-commerce, logistics and accountancy, but you might be able to help me understand (ideally in layman's terms !) why Ethgard Legends runs on Ethereum rather than Hive.

I always though a blockchain was basically just a way of storing data; is there something Ethereum can do that Hive doesn't that makes it worth paying gas fees ? Is there something that Hive doesn't do that is necessary to make the game run ? Or is it purely a case of looking at which has the larger user base and going there ? I guess I'm really just trying to understand what it is that stops Hive being a suitable platform for designing or running games.

!BBH