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Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#11

Post by pg »

davidpayne11 wrote: post #7

Is it just me, or has YC has become shit off-late? No offense, I think the game is great, but worth funding for? I doubt, I mean not from YC ofcourse. What happened to true innovation at YC? This is just plain embarrassing for YC, ofcourse. But really, great game guys, keep it going though..

It's you. You don't grasp that the combination of

(a) the fact that good startup ideas have to look like bad ideas initially and

(b) that the optimal way to grow a startup is to launch something as small as possible as fast as possible

together mean that most startups look bad initially.

I wouldn't say just you though, because there are a lot of people who don't grasp this.

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#12

Post by jvrossb »

davidpayne11 wrote: post #7

Is it just me, or has YC has become shit off-late? No offense, I think the game is great, but worth funding for? I doubt, I mean not from YC ofcourse. What happened to true innovation at YC? This is just plain embarrassing for YC, ofcourse. But really, great game guys, keep it going though..

How do you suspect all the great game studios/media empires got started? Disney was just a few cartoons once...

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#14

Post by daeken »

pg wrote: post #11
davidpayne11 wrote: post #7

Is it just me, or has YC has become shit off-late? No offense, I think the game is great, but worth funding for? I doubt, I mean not from YC ofcourse. What happened to true innovation at YC? This is just plain embarrassing for YC, ofcourse. But really, great game guys, keep it going though..

It's you. You don't grasp that the combination of (a) the fact that good startup ideas have to look like bad ideas initially and (b) that the optimal way to grow a startup is to launch something as small as possible as fast as possible together mean that most startups look bad initially. I wouldn't say just you though, because there are a lot of people who don't grasp this.

> I wouldn't say just you though, because there are a lot of people who don't grasp this.

I think it comes down to a difference between those who see the now and those who see 3-10 years out. If they came to you and said "we've got this awesome game, and we plan to stop there", you wouldn't fund them; that's what most people see. I have no idea what trick they have up their sleeve or if they'll sink or swim, but if it's a YC company, you can assume they have a grand plan (even if it's wrong in the end) to be a Big Thing (TM). That most people don't see it is probably a good thing.

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#15

Post by herval »

I know it has nothing to do with the funding, but I found the new version of the game somewhat buggy (although the graphics are AMAZING). In 10 minutes, I stumbled upon two issues: first, trying to visit a friend always crashes the game. Second (and more disturbing): visiting the "team" tab and clicking the "i" icon levels up the monster automatically - I clicked it a dozen times, tried restarting the app and it still worked. As a result, I have a level 41 monster without even having fought anything...

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#16

Post by JabavuAdams »

jvrossb wrote: post #12
davidpayne11 wrote: post #7

Is it just me, or has YC has become shit off-late? No offense, I think the game is great, but worth funding for? I doubt, I mean not from YC ofcourse. What happened to true innovation at YC? This is just plain embarrassing for YC, ofcourse. But really, great game guys, keep it going though..

How do you suspect all the great game studios/media empires got started? Disney was just a few cartoons once...

That's a huge stretch. There are many profitable small game studios that will never be great nor media empires.

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#17

Post by YuriNiyazov »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #16
jvrossb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you suspect all the great game studios/media empires got started? Disney was just a few cartoons once...

That's a huge stretch. There are many profitable small game studios that will never be great nor media empires.

Great strawman. He didn't say that every small media company will grow into a large empire. He said that every large empire started as a small media company.

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#18

Post by JabavuAdams »

YuriNiyazov wrote: post #17
JabavuAdams wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a huge stretch. There are many profitable small game studios that will never be great nor media empires.

Great strawman. He didn't say that every small media company will grow into a large empire. He said that every large empire started as a small media company.

The point is that's a content-free statement, used in that direction. Every genius started as a single cell. So what? Doesn't really tell us anything about anything.

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#19

Post by YuriNiyazov »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #18
YuriNiyazov wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great strawman. He didn't say that every small media company will grow into a large empire. He said that every large empire started as a small media company.

The point is that's a content-free statement, used in that direction. Every genius started as a single cell. So what? Doesn't really tell us anything about anything.

Yes it does. It tells us not to look for signs of greatness in how things start.

Re: MinoMonsters (YC W11) Hits 1.5M Players, Gets A Little More Funding

#20

Post by chacham15 »

pg wrote: post #11
davidpayne11 wrote: post #7

Is it just me, or has YC has become shit off-late? No offense, I think the game is great, but worth funding for? I doubt, I mean not from YC ofcourse. What happened to true innovation at YC? This is just plain embarrassing for YC, ofcourse. But really, great game guys, keep it going though..

It's you. You don't grasp that the combination of (a) the fact that good startup ideas have to look like bad ideas initially and (b) that the optimal way to grow a startup is to launch something as small as possible as fast as possible together mean that most startups look bad initially. I wouldn't say just you though, because there are a lot of people who don't grasp this.

> (a) the fact that good startup ideas have to look like bad ideas initially and

I dont know if it's just me, but I have a question about that: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4563402

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