Recently, the market has been sluggish, I've seen many friends starting to feel anxious. But you are still young, most of you are in college, life is actually about experiencing, don't rush to achieve any results.
When the market is not good, it's actually a great time to explore more, and see the world.
When the PVE market truly arrives, it's not too late to join. It's better to be a pig on the wind than a lion moving against the wind.
Currently, almost no one has written any tutorials on how to invest and break even, which makes it hard for beginners to get started. With no one to guide or teach, naturally, there isn't much new blood joining.
The MapleStory IP already has too many versions, each country has its own servers, and now there are even nostalgic servers. If you just want to play this IP, players have too many choices.
The only advantage of the blockchain version is "it can be traded" and "there may be profit-making models." But in terms of gameplay, N is similar to other versions, and may even be slightly inferior. In terms of social aspects, most players are Asian, but they can only speak English, which greatly diminishes the original strong social advantage of MapleStory.
As for making money, there hasn't been a flywheel effect formed yet. Some people might spend 500U, and if they're lucky enough to get a gold badge, they might break even.
However, this also highlights a problem: The investment and return in this game cannot be calculated with a formula; everything depends on luck. Investing more doesn't necessarily mean you'll earn more; the risks are actually higher. Therefore, "small investment, low risk, relying on luck for returns" is currently the most rational approach.
In conclusion: The current MapleStory N, whether in terms of profitability, gameplay, or social aspects, has not formed a clear advantage. Given the current mechanics, it is difficult to attract large capital into the game.
In the past two years, the meme market has shifted from a growing market to a saturated market.
In such a red ocean environment, those who can consistently profit are often only professional players. If you don't consider yourself a professional player, it's advisable to lower your positions, and patiently wait for the next growth opportunity, which may be the wiser choice.
Yesterday, I played MapleStory all day, it felt like stepping into a time chamber, and in the blink of an eye, a day had passed. I also casually bought a bit of $NXPC, consider it as buying a piece of lost youth.
I've also heard many voices discussing the current game mechanics, such as not being able to make money, the enhancement system being too expensive, and not being reasonable, etc. But perhaps slow and steady wins the race.
In the past, I also experienced the GameFi flywheel of AXIE and STEPN, it was indeed very enjoyable when making money, but the sustainability was truly very short-lived, mainly because past GameFi projects usually emphasized fi over game.
As a well-established IP with a 20-year history, I also hope that MapleStory can bring some different chemical changes to the market.
After all, in Taiwan, MapleStory (Taiwan's version of MapleStory) has consistently been the champion in trading volume on 8591 (game trading platform), as long as the cheating issues are resolved, its economic model, might really have the chance to withstand the long-term test.
(The character was bought directly from the market)
To make money on the believe platform, you must approach it differently than before. In the past, during pump and bonk, it was hard for trash projects to launch and directly skyrocket to 2m. But now, when something with potential is launched on this platform, or even something that seems to have potential, it can directly reach 500k to 2m. In a short time, you can't tell if it's a golden opportunity or trash. However, if you want to catch a better risk-reward ratio, the cost of trial and error is very high. Once you step into something trash, it usually goes to zero within 10 minutes, and that's how your capital gets wiped out.
Currently, this platform is filled with bot scalpers creating hype, creating a hot illusion. As the platform's token price continues to rise, this method will continue.
The ways to make money on this platform are actually just two: 1. Rely on skilled scalpers in the internal market or PvP to play exceptionally precise games. 2. Choose projects that have already reached a market cap of 3m+ and have truly emerged, then go for the second round.
The image below shows a certain scalper bot address, check if your money is here, this address will always target 90sol at the launch and then slowly distribute.
In that ancient era when VC coins dominated the market, Memecoin is still just a small player on the edge of the market, with a pitifully small market share.
At that time, VC coins were full of unfair distribution and inflated valuations. It is difficult for ordinary traders to make a profit from it. It is for this reason that the focus of the market has gradually shifted to the chain.
I remember when Pump first started. Not even ten projects can be launched in a day; In the middle stage, as long as you can achieve 1m, you will almost be a big golden dog.
Then during the moodeng period, the streets were filled with this kind of voice: “Pump coins cannot be listed on Binance, nor on Coinbase.” Before Trump issued the currency, Who dares to believe that the President of the United States will personally take action?
These things will sound like a dream in early 2024. Will come true one by one, Because everyone in the trenches has a dream. The gun is pointed outward. Step by step, the liquidity that originally belonged to VC was taken back. This has also made more and more people pay attention to the potential of this market.
No one can predict how the market will develop in the future. But as long as you are alive, there is hope.
That original address should no longer be used. Recently, there have been too many conspiracy theories. Whether I buy, sell, or even if I don't participate, someone can use it to make a story. It has indeed affected my emotions and mood.
The person mentioned in the image has been blurred out. The reason is that I cannot confirm whether what they said is true. Perhaps they just want to let me lower my guard by doing this.
I was just claiming the staking rewards from the Boop platform and then selling the airdrop, and it can actually be mistaken for advertising fees.
Later, if you see my original address receiving certain tokens and then selling them, don't misunderstand, that is just the airdrop reward given by the Boop platform staking.
People nowadays have been hurt by the market, too worried, and have long forgotten how to dream.
Now, afraid that the BN contract will drop, afraid that if Elon changes his profile picture again it will crash, afraid that if the official clarifies "this is not officially released" it will die.
Just for fun. Only buy positions that let you sleep at night.
People today have been hurt by the market, worried too much, have long forgotten how to dream.
Now, afraid that the BN contract will drop, afraid that Elon will change his profile picture and it will crash, afraid that an official clarification saying "not officially issued" will cause a loss.
Just for fun. Only buy positions that still allow you to sleep at night.
Both parties operate → Win-win, co-create narrative, lasting One party jeet → Easy profit and run away, the other party becomes the bag holder Both parties jeet → Flash crash to zero
Everyone knows that "long-term Build" is the right answer, but no one believes the other will walk with them to the end. So the safest choice becomes: It's safer to run first.
You think you are playing a meme, but you are actually participating in a trust game. So where does the problem lie?
I believe it is: The market lacks new narratives. Every day, twenty thousand new projects are launched on the chain, meme has already been cycled for a whole year. In just this year, there have been seven to eight million new tokens on the market, all narratives have been told once, attention has long been fatigued, passion is retreating. This is the current situation I see on the front line.
But will memes die? I believe they will not. The market is originally a tide of rise and fall, the more chaotic this world is, the more new narratives will not be absent.
Be patient and wait for a PVE that resonates with people. It will come.