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Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #53
yogo wrote: post #48

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Yep they either have it already or they are fucking idiots. It's a fundamental lack of appreciation for good luck.

Dude common. You have to see it from his point of view. His money and fame aren't coming from a prestigious accomplishment. He probably doesn't want to be known for a flappy bird game for the rest of his life. Imagine being the guy who invented the turd scrubber brush next to the toilet. Everyone owns that brush but would you want to be known for it? Associated with it?

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Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by catshirt »

forgottenpass wrote: post #58
yogo wrote: post #48

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Yep they either have it already or they are fucking idiots. It's a fundamental lack of appreciation for good luck.

There's nothing more to life than profit. Except maybe regretting your priorities on your deathbed, but whatevs, you won't be worried about it for long.

even if you actually hated money, it seems strange to turn your back on your passion because it came with a shit ton of money.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by adventured »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #53
yogo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep they either have it already or they are fucking idiots. It's a fundamental lack of appreciation for good luck.

Dude common. You have to see it from his point of view. His money and fame aren't coming from a prestigious accomplishment. He probably doesn't want to be known for a flappy bird game for the rest of his life. Imagine being the guy who invented the turd scrubber brush next to the toilet. Everyone owns that brush but would you want to be known for it? Associated with it?

Flappy bird can make it possible for him to fund his next adventure (or next 10), whatever he chooses that to be. He should think forward a bit more. It's extraordinarily rare to be in the position to take advantage of opportunities like that. What he'd be effectively doing is just handing the money off to Clumsy Bird instead. If he has any dreams for the future, he should view it as funding those dreams; which could be anything from a future game, to charity. Just my opinion obviously.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by Houshalter »

SurfScore wrote: post #42
Aqueous wrote: post #30

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And in about a month or two Flappy Bird fever will wear off and folks will move onto something else. Don't turn down millions of dollars because people are doing what people do! Someone remind him of all the folks who have downloaded his game and stopped playing nearly immediately...,

I think it's about more than money for this guy

I respect his morals but the people over using the game are just going to move on to some other game and get addicted to it. If he feels bad about profiting from the game, he should donate it to a charity. That amount of money can do a lot of good.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by cfinke »

Jhsto wrote: post #55

As a side note, Dong has doubled his Twitter followers in one hour from 7000 to what now is nearly 16000. Whatever was his real intentions, he is receiving media attention which will most likely last even after he pulls out the game. You could speculate that he is trying to make a name for himself, so that the upcoming games would make him a stable income. As an indie developer he should know the fact that Flappy Bir…

You could speculate that he is trying to make a name for himself, so that the upcoming games would make him a stable income.

Are you speculating that, or are you suggesting that others should speculate that?

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by adventured »

amark wrote: post #25
UnfalseDesign wrote: post #8

I understand that he is probably wanting to get away from all the press coverage but I'm pretty sure this is not the right way to go about it. This might actually have the opposite effect. I had no intention of downloading it but knowing it is about to be removed, I'm going to download it.

He's really a PR genius. When he restores Flappy Bird to the app store next week, after a week of the media writing about how it was taken down abruptly, It'll blow up even more.

When - if - he removes it from the app store, Clumsy Bird [insert clone here] will take over his sales momentum, and Flappy Bird will never be heard from again.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by MichaelTieso »

contingencies wrote: post #35
keithpeter wrote: post #11

My teenager students will be devastated by this. They really liked the game. We also had a good class discussion about adverts, the amount of money you can get from adverts, and the cost of living in Hanoi. The main thing is that they worked out that there is a human being who lives somewhere and who has a name sitting down at a computer and hacking away at this game so they can play it.

Incidentally, Hanoi is a really nice town, and unlike most neighbouring jurisdictions Vietnam doesn't tax imported food and wine products to oblivion. Internet there's a lot better than in neighbouring China or Laos, and they don't have a Cambodia/Sweden style history of randomly exfiltrating hackers without due legal process.

Hanoi is an enormous city. The internet has gotten worse in Vietnam. Bloggers are regularly arrested for having opinions. Starting sometime last year, Vietnam has put some heavy restrictions on the internet. Look up Decree 72. You are no longer allowed to share news stories. Having said that, Vietnam is still a beautiful country with delicious food.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by [deleted] »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #53
yogo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep they either have it already or they are fucking idiots. It's a fundamental lack of appreciation for good luck.

Dude common. You have to see it from his point of view. His money and fame aren't coming from a prestigious accomplishment. He probably doesn't want to be known for a flappy bird game for the rest of his life. Imagine being the guy who invented the turd scrubber brush next to the toilet. Everyone owns that brush but would you want to be known for it? Associated with it?

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Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by Ryel »

There are lessons to be learned from this phenomenon in all fields (marketing, game dev, PR, etc...)

One thing I can empathize, and suspect is the root of this, is that as a young developer I'm sure he's scared out of his mind of legal repercussions. It's not easy scraping pennies one day, and then the next day checking your bank account and seeing money in there that you feel you didnt work for. It doesnt feel legal.

At the very least, I'm sure that weighs heavy on his mind.

Re: Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

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Post by pikachu_is_cool »

catshirt wrote: post #62
forgottenpass wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's nothing more to life than profit. Except maybe regretting your priorities on your deathbed, but whatevs, you won't be worried about it for long.

even if you actually hated money , it seems strange to turn your back on your passion because it came with a shit ton of money .

Oh yeah, becoming rich is so great. You can buy whatever you want for people you are not entirely sure are your real friends.
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