Are you planning a marketing campaign as described above that advertises the game itself, separate to any recovery fund campaign ? If so when is it starting and where can I see the ads

Yes. It has already started. We have a marketing program with YGG and we also have started advertisements on X. This is just the beginning.

the lack of a separate campaign for normal marketing as I have set out above, is my concern.

I have told many people on many shows, that we are going to be doing marketing. We have in fact started. We have a relatively limited budget, so in order to have a meaningful impact we have to make sure that whatever we do is measured and productive. We can have limited trials, which the 2 projects above are, but before we launch a full-blown marketing campaign, we need to improve our retention numbers. We are just weeks into the new set, and we haven't even rolled out our Foundation card earning program.

You are equating a lack of perceived activity as a sign that there has been abandonment of the marketing. I have told you that getting new players is my number 1 goal. I have to do that or I will fire myself. Of course I will need marketing to do this. More marketing than you envisioned.

I hope that clarifies this to you FM.

Yes what I meant by sold is by the DAO. They will be given out and possibly sold by the players in 1 year, 2 years, 3 years etc on the liquid tokens... and in 7 years for the packs.

You are right I have no idea how many will sell, but I do know what they CAN sell and when. The most that can be sold in 1 year would be 2m SPS from the DAO ($18k), that's if every single person sells every single amount they received. That is the downside cost for the next 12 months.