What If We Allow Bots With a Penalty on Rewards?
I want to see better match liquidity. I also want to see bigger separation with Steem Monsters Inc, both for the sake of decentralization and to avoid potential SEC threats. Giving special privileges to a centralized party is a Web 2 solution to a Web 3 problem.
- Anyone purchasing assets is helping the game.
- Anyone providing gameplay activity is helping the game.
The problem is that bots are extracting more value with less effort demotivating those who earn by playing the game manually. There have been many cases of MMOs suffering due to banning bots. We would not be talking about Ghost Card bots to provide match liquidity if the community bots were around.
I don't like seeing Ghost Cards above Level 1. I don't want representation without assets. Since the community is ready to accept the principle that bots are a solution; the implementation must come in a decentralized manner.
- Anyone should be able to run bots.
- Bots must be registered.
- No fake assets AKA Ghost Cards.
- Reward penalty of at lest 50%.
Without a reward for the community bots, we will be asking for charity or communism. With regular rewards we will be discouraging manual gameplay. The community will have to decide on an appropriate middle ground. My suggestion is a penalty of 50% - 90%.