If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators will give the money away
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#3i mean.. that's nice. but damn. If they dont qualify as deserving to reap their rewards... I dont know who does!
Edit: It seems like they may be vaguely referencing Markus "Notch" Persson's cash flush success after selling Minecraft.
I think just being self aware enough to be worried about how "money" might change them should be enough to settle their worries.
Notch had a rough time for a while, but he was always a very public person... these guys are a lot less public and I'd suggest less susceptible to being led astray... but who knows I guess.
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#4i mean.. that's nice. but damn. If they dont qualify as deserving to reap their rewards... I dont know who does! Edit: It seems like they may be vaguely referencing Markus "Notch" Persson's cash flush success after selling Minecraft. I think just being self aware enough to be worried about how "money" might change them should be enough to settle their worries. Notch had a rough time for a while, but he was always a v…
> these guys are a lot less public and I'd suggest less susceptible to being led astray
They were in a niche, staying away from the "big players". Now that they join Steam, they'll be inevitably dragged in to "public" (if you'd like to call it that way).
I really hope that...
- ... they can handle it
- ... they can deal with the negative reviews of that kind of player that don't understand the concept of the game. For a newb, this can be a really frustrating game.
I keep my fingers crossed.
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#5i mean.. that's nice. but damn. If they dont qualify as deserving to reap their rewards... I dont know who does! Edit: It seems like they may be vaguely referencing Markus "Notch" Persson's cash flush success after selling Minecraft. I think just being self aware enough to be worried about how "money" might change them should be enough to settle their worries. Notch had a rough time for a while, but he was always a v…
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Re: If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators will give the money away
#6I've considered this issue before. How much is 'enough'? It certainly depends on what your preference is (are you okay with second hand cars, or do you want to try a Lamborghini for size?), but $5M in the bank is 50 years at $100K a year (ignoring interest, etc). Towards the end of your life you probably don't need that much, but if you didn't want to have 'too much' and were disciplined enough to leave most of what you have in the bank and just give yourself an 'allowance', $5M would not be an unreasonable sum.
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#7i mean.. that's nice. but damn. If they dont qualify as deserving to reap their rewards... I dont know who does! Edit: It seems like they may be vaguely referencing Markus "Notch" Persson's cash flush success after selling Minecraft. I think just being self aware enough to be worried about how "money" might change them should be enough to settle their worries. Notch had a rough time for a while, but he was always a v…
Why do you feel it's alluding to Notch? There are plenty of game developers who've struck it rich and the Dwarf Fortress authors' concerns about sudden wealth seem pretty specific to them.
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#8I've considered this issue before. How much is 'enough'? It certainly depends on what your preference is (are you okay with second hand cars, or do you want to try a Lamborghini for size?), but $5M in the bank is 50 years at $100K a year (ignoring interest, etc). Towards the end of your life you probably don't need that much, but if you didn't want to have 'too much' and were disciplined enough to leave most of what…
The decision to monetize DF came after a cancer scare, so it might be reasonable to assume 'enough' would be 'enough to ensure that both of us are comfortably able to handle such a medical emergency'
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#9I'm just glad that Tarn is finally looking concerned about his own health, considering he has (according to interviews) been living like a hermit and subsisting on red bull and soft drinks...
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#10i mean.. that's nice. but damn. If they dont qualify as deserving to reap their rewards... I dont know who does! Edit: It seems like they may be vaguely referencing Markus "Notch" Persson's cash flush success after selling Minecraft. I think just being self aware enough to be worried about how "money" might change them should be enough to settle their worries. Notch had a rough time for a while, but he was always a v…
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