Just did the airdrop back then and got my little hero NFT 🎮✨ Still have it in my wallet like a trophy from the wild west of crypto. No value now, but damn if it wasn’t fun while it lasted.

Of course it failed. Western devs thought blockchain games were a get-rich-quick scheme and not a real product. BSC was never meant for serious gaming. Ethereum would’ve killed it with gas fees, but at least it would’ve had legitimacy. This was always a gimmick wrapped in CoinMarketCap branding.

Runes were never about the game. They were about the myth - the myth of ownership, of digital sovereignty, of labor turned into asset. But myth collapses when the temple is abandoned. The airdrop was sacrament. The game was supposed to be the cathedral. Instead, we got a hollow shrine with flickering candles and no priests left to tend them.

so many people still dont get it... they think if you get a free nft its like winning the lottery... but its just a digital sticker you cant even frame properly

The RUNE.GAME experience exemplifies the transient nature of speculative enthusiasm in emerging technological ecosystems. The infrastructure was sound. The mechanics were transparent. The community engagement was meticulously designed. What was lacking was sustained institutional commitment. The failure was not in execution but in endurance

i just joined the discord and waited. no one talked. no one played. i just left. it was like a party where everyone showed up but no one brought music

Let me guess - CoinMarketCap got paid to endorse this. They’ve been selling out since 2019. You think they care about users? They care about revenue streams. This was a sponsored scam with a pretty UI. The NFTs were never meant to be valuable. They were meant to be bait.

There’s something poetic about it, really. We chased digital ghosts because we wanted to believe in something real. The game died, but the longing didn’t. That’s why we still talk about it. Not because we lost money. Because we lost hope.

Wait - so you’re telling me… you actually did all SIX steps? Like… you tagged three friends? You joined Telegram AND Discord? And you didn’t get scammed? I thought that was just a trap to harvest emails and social data…

Yep. All six. I even made a spreadsheet. My friends thought I was nuts. But I got my NFT. And I still have it. 🤷‍♂️

The structural flaw in every play-to-earn model is the assumption that intrinsic value can be artificially injected through tokenomics. Real value emerges from utility, engagement, and iterative design. RUNE.GAME had none of that beyond the initial hype. The airdrop was a mirror - it reflected the community’s desire, not the project’s sustainability.

lol i did the airdrop and now my nft is worth less than my coffee cup. at least the coffee is drinkable

the real scam was believing the hype. they gave you a nft so you’d think you were part of something big. but they never built anything. just a website and a tweet

Everyone still clinging to these NFTs like they’re heirlooms. It’s not nostalgia. It’s denial. The game was mediocre. The art was derivative. The economy collapsed because no one wanted to play. You didn’t lose money. You lost time. And that’s the real cost.

It’s fascinating how the same people who screamed ‘decentralization!’ when they got their free NFTs now refuse to acknowledge that the entire model was centralized around influencer endorsements and token speculation. You didn’t own your hero - you owned a marketing asset. The devs owned everything. Always did.

The most tragic part? The code was good. The art was decent. The team had vision. But vision without patience is just noise. They didn’t fail because they were dishonest. They failed because they were human. And humans get tired. And when they do… the ghosts come out.

in india we had 5000 people in the discord but only 5 ever played. everyone was there for the free stuff. no one cared about the game. thats why it died