Yay, Ubisoft (Oct 2024 Ed)

Great news from Ubisoft!

Well, great news for a microscopically small audience. Namely, me. For
everybody else, it's another "Oh, Ubisoft" moment where you wonder
what the hell the C-levels are smoking that made them think this was a
good idea.

But you can just bet that when I read that Ubisoft launched "a
full-blown NFT game", I was overjoyed. Not because I at all support
such nonsense --predacious pyramid schemes aren't my sorta thing-- but
I have a reputation as being that person who keeps bringing up news
about NFT nonsense! And with NFTs having (thankfully) taken a dip in
popularity this past years, that news was getting scarce on the
ground.

God bless you, Ubisoft, for continuing to be the sort of idiotic
assholes who still push NFTs!

But, in truth, beyond the existence of the game (it's called
"Champions Tactics") there's really very little to say about the game.
Ubisoft has been very coy with the release of this title; it's almost
as if they don't want people to learn about this scheme. The game is
free to play, although the various units --called 'figurines'
in-game-- need be purchased or crafted using cryptocurrency. Once you
own it, you can then resell it to somebody else if you really want.
Prices range from $7 to more than $60,000 (although whether anyone is
actually paying that is unknown). Of course, the damn things are
worthless outside the game.

Still, there's nothing exciting about the game itself. It's a silly
little turn-based combat game that would be utterly forgettable if not
for its NFT connections. Nobody really cares about the game itself.

But it gives me another chance to rant and rave about the stupidity of
NFTs, and that alone makes it worthy of a post on Usenet. Thank you
for this gift, Ubisoft! ;-)