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  1. splok

    HoneyBadger's Progress Thread

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    Why not push out a super-simple, single player version of your game first? Aside from being more complicated, launching a multiplayer game without a pre-existing audience is rough since multiplayer is sort of a worthless feature if you have no one to play against. It's like the problem with...
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    Grant Cardone "Buying a House is for Suckers"

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    I don't have much to add, but I bought my first house recently. One thing that I should have thought more about is how well a property would work as a rental. Even if you're buying as a primary residence, being able to immediately turn it into a cash-flowing rental is a good option to have.
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    Why aren't advertising companies ad rates public?

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    Ok, so I don't mean to sound hostile in any way, but I have to ask the obvious questions: Why are you considering putting your very limited marketing budget into ads without any reason to think that they will actually address your target market? Why make a phone game if you're not really into...
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    Why aren't advertising companies ad rates public?

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    How many games have you installed because of sanitizer dispenser ads?
  5. splok

    Pokemon Go Game Discussion - Opportunities?

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    If you're ok calling a company that makes all it's revenue from hardware sales a software company, then ok, I won't chase that any further since it's tangential to the point of the thread. I'm not sure what you're saying about Nintendo's future strategy though. If it's just "make better...
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    Pokemon Go Game Discussion - Opportunities?

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    Right, neither of which are Apple's software, nor were they built for the iPhone. However, Apple made the hardware that put it in your pocket. Just consider how much revenue Apple makes from hardware versus what they make from their app store. Of course, the app store ecosystem has helped...
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    Pokemon Go Game Discussion - Opportunities?

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    Sure, but which is Apple making?
  8. splok

    Pokemon Go Game Discussion - Opportunities?

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    How is it hard to understand why Nintendo is a console-focused company? Here are the sales of their consoles in millions of units. They did obviously screw the pooch with the Wii U, but their "annoying Wii remotes and meh graphics" moved over 100 million consoles (while actually being...
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    Tesla Model 3: Anyone else getting one?

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    Somehow car rental companies manage to exist.
  10. splok

    Pokemon Go Game Discussion - Opportunities?

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    Speaking of the implications for Nintendo stock, this is interesting because they've intentionally avoided the mobile market until now. They didn't want their key titles to be on 3rd party platforms because it would devalue their own. When people buy your multi-hundred dollar consoles with $60...
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    Malcolm Gladwell Is A Dipshit

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    This whole thread seems like missing the forest for the trees. Ok, so I agree that most scientific studies are bad, some REALLY bad, and the popular reporting on them is almost universally REALLY, REALLY bad. Sadly, the terrible reporting is all the popular awareness that studies ever get...
  12. splok

    Instagram Marketing ($100K+ profit, 4M followers)

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA AMA 
    IANAL, but obviously it isn't valid, and obviously lots and lots of people do it anyway (either out of ignorance or via the assumption that they'll fly under the radar of anyone that really cares). It's literally like saying, "Please don't sue me for stealing your stuff and profiting from it! I...
  13. splok

    Atlas Shrugged

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    The thing to realize before jumping into Atlas Shrugged is that it's super heavy-handed. It may be a novel, but it's not supposed to be entertainment. It's a tool to communicate a message. It's basically 1200 pages of propaganda. If the message it's hitting you over the head with doesn't...
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    Looking for a Travel Computer

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    Chromebooks are fine, even offline, so long as you can do whatever you need to do with google drive/docs (you can work offline and they'll sync once you get a connection again) or chrome apps (lots run offline). If you're a bit technical, you can also run linux on them and install whatever you...
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    Relistening TMF, question about entertainment

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    Entertainment may be a want and not a need to most of us here, but I'd say your average person treats it as a pretty essential part of their life. For instance, can you imagine the average American giving up their cable tv subscription? People certainly treat cable as a need, even if we could...
  16. splok

    Why copywriting is a bunch of Bull$h^t and you shouldn't learn it...

    MARKETING RANT 
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned that the original post was a pretty great piece of copy :) Sounds like really good copywriting goals to me...
  17. splok

    VR will probably flop

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    not exactly "virtual", but amazing nonetheless (competition drone + headset)
  18. splok

    iPhone vs Android World Market Share in Near Future

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    How much revenue is a US-based iPhone user worth on average compared to your average Android user in India? And do you really expect that to change much in the near future? Also consider how few of that 80% are actually using what we could consider modern tech... Just because they're...
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    VR will probably flop

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    So it's ok to consume content from speakers and televisions but not from a VR device? Sorry, but I totally don't follow your logic here. Are you still using a giant CRT television/monitor and a rotary telephone too, just because they're "good enough"? I mean, we don't really need the...
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    VR will probably flop

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Erm, I guess you don't consume media at all? No video, music, or text right? I mean, why bother when you can just make your own?
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