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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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Post by scotty79 »

Aqueous wrote: post #88
pikachu_is_cool wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This might come as a shocker to many people on HN, but many people do not like money.

It's not noble to waste opportunity like that. If he doesn't like money, he should take the money then give it away. A lot of poor people would kill to have that money to feed themselves and their families, or send their kid to school - if he feels so inclined he should take it and give it to them. If not, he's wasting a huge opportunity to either be very rich or very charitable out of some poorly thought-through rig…

He doesn't produce the money. He just takes money from people. Giving it away is not the same as not taking it in the first place.

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

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Post by bigje54 »

adventured wrote: post #63
ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #53

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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…

The disappointing part is that he apparently has such poor self-esteem, he thinks that he will not be able to create anything more popular than this game, even with all the money he's generating.

Regardless of what he builds, what industry he is in, there will always be people there to criticize. Why throw away opportunity that most people wish they had due to something that will occur regardless of the revenue?

Being a martyr only works in certain circumstances. This is not one of them.

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

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Post by thaumasiotes »

tinco wrote: post #104
sgustard wrote: post #92

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Cost of living in Hanoi is so high because of strict building codes. They have these towers, you see, and they constantly have to move them a floor at a time across the city, and the larger floors have to sit below the smaller floors, with a severely constrained workforce. It's a logistics nightmare.

They should hire someone to devise a strategy so they can move the floors more optimally.

If someone were able to do that, they could leverage it into a very high-up position somewhere. Three-post towers of hanoi is an easy problem. Four-post is still unsolved.

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

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Post by kordless »

Aqueous wrote: post #88
pikachu_is_cool wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This might come as a shocker to many people on HN, but many people do not like money.

It's not noble to waste opportunity like that. If he doesn't like money, he should take the money then give it away. A lot of poor people would kill to have that money to feed themselves and their families, or send their kid to school - if he feels so inclined he should take it and give it to them. If not, he's wasting a huge opportunity to either be very rich or very charitable out of some poorly thought-through rig…

No, it's not noble, but being noble isn't such a great thing either. It's being true to one's self and following the path you choose. Nothing more, nothing less.

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

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Post by ccoggins »

ultramancool wrote: post #105
sillysaurus2 wrote: post #83

This kind of helped me relate to why he's taking it down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-nzHy2DdU I know it's a joke, but on the other hand, it's only funny because a lot of people identify with the sentiment.

So uhhh, now that he's out of the game can I make yet another SFCave clone and start making $50k/day then?

Good ole' sfcave. I've been playing that game since the palm pilot days. I remember upgrading my to a newer palm pilot and finding out that the game wasn't actually running full speed on my old greyscale palm. The android version is still fun.

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

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Post by Aqueous »

awakeasleep wrote: post #109
Aqueous wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not noble to waste opportunity like that. If he doesn't like money, he should take the money then give it away. A lot of poor people would kill to have that money to feed themselves and their families, or send their kid to school - if he feels so inclined he should take it and give it to them. If not, he's wasting a huge opportunity to either be very rich or very charitable out of some poorly thought-through rig…

So you advocate doing things you find morally objectionable while telling yourself that it is the right thing to do because you can give the money away afterwards? That sounds insane to me.

I think it's morally objectionable to waste a rare opportunity when one could just as easily channel that opportunity towards the benefits of others.
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