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Nice to see that there are some changes planned.
 
"As it was, the current state of the game consisted mostly of isolated islands of players playing in almost full autonomy. A single-player game where players happened to share the same game world but with little interactions."

Well my interactions with players are cut down severely, I only produce for the market now. My dynamic factory is pretty much dead, the whole concept is dead. I can not just produce large amount of the required item anymore. I have to send customers giving me a list of items away and tell them I have a fraction of the things, but 20x the quantity if they want it. The market interface is ,as usual, not helpful. I used to have people come and go at my place all day long, now the place is dead.
 

"We will modify the formula of the schematic prices to make it considerably more affordable for Tier 1 and still challenging and worth a commitment but less intense for anything Tier 2 or above. "

So the whole market will get shaken up again, all prices change. All items that have some profit margin to recover the schematic cost have to be made cheaper to accomodate, wasted fees, wasted time. Again some people will be first to now sell and buy stuff as they hear the news, others see this in 12h and are left out. Reading the discord night and day should not have an impact on success of the players.
 

"We currently lack the metrics to properly assess this return on investment time. We need a player-driven market price for the components and a market price for the products to assess the profit made by each run of a schematic. This will come when the markets start to work as intended, and we can gather more data about them. "

PM me, I have a spreadsheet for everything. Just ask somebody who plays with numbers, not somebody who is busy making videos about the nicest flower gardens in DU.
 
 
"The second important initiative is to revise the role of the Alpha Team Vanguard (ATV), getting them more involved in early discussions about new features and the evolution of the game. We are still defining the framework, so more information will be released as available. "

So the guys with the inside info who played the market, leaked stuff to their friends and are the big winners of the update get more info early. I can’t properly comment on this without getting insulting.

Read the other 80% of the feedback the players gave you.

Total amount donated: 1100$
 
A pot winners (the pot with the most swapping opportunity, dear winners pls ask if somebody wants to swap)
Destiny III: Gondhar
Spruce Goose: Gunner_RageBlackout
Beta key (AngryDadGaming): fpsrawb (Crazymakers used it for you)
Destiny II: MarshallSills
Thunderstruck Anal Power: PlayThePlanet
Beta Key (Donated by Rick): Maceon
Destiny II: CrazyMakers
MK4 Cummings: LGFRBCSGO
Chinsweater fuel refinery: Narkcast
3 Scanners: DaChris
XL Gate: DJU
3 Scanners: SBesty
XL Gate: DingoX3Gamer
 
B pot winners
Cicada: Jackcrash
Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker: Maceon
Hawkmoth: Styles
Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker: Shamsie
Scarab: DingoX3gamer
Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker: Danoweb
Strider: PlayThePlanet
 
C pot winners:
Buzzsaw: DJU
Black N Yellow pocket rocket: Maceon
Dragonfly H: PlaythePlanet
Dragonfly A: Gunner_Rageblackout
Black N Yellow pocket rocket: Charlemagen
Bumblebee H: DingoX3Gamer
Hornet: Blackcat
Black N Yellow pocket rocket: Jackcrash
Dragonfly A: Marshall Sills
Bumblebee A: RickTriesSomeVideoGames (Rawb picked it up for you)
Black N Yellow pocket rocket: Redlight
Murder Hornet: Gondhar
Wasp: K3rmit
Black N Yellow pocket rocket: Gunner_RageBlackout
Wasp: K3rmit
Black N Yellow pocket rocket: Maceon
Support stuff pack: PlayThePlanet
mil L atmo engine: Gondhar
Support stuff pack: RickTriesSomeVideoGames (Rawb picked it up for you)
mil L atmo engine: DJU
Support stuff pack: Redlight
mil L atmo engine: Blackcat

Hey there, 
saturday afternoon (EU) and likely the whole day and night I do a charity. There will be some activities and of course a big raffle.
Plenty of people donated so we got lots of stuff to give away, what we need now is people joining and wanting to get some of it!
 
Ristlin dontates two of her destiny II ships: 
https://du-creators.org/makers/Dream Designs by Ristlin/ship/Destiny II - Cargo Edition
 
And even a destiny III with AGG:
https://du-creators.org/makers/Dream Designs by Ristlin/ship/Destiny III - Cargo Edition
 
Xennon threw in a whole bunch of S and XS haulers. Visit his showroom via VR as this picture doesnt even include them all:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/776537131501223946/776580396892422144/unknown.png
 
SmokingChaos gave us one of his shiny Buzzsaws, if you ever want to do something, anything, but it has to happen FAST:
https://du-creators.org/makers/SmokingChaos/ship/SCS Buzzsaw
 
I am giving away a copy of my "Spruce Goose" heavy S-core hauler, highest cargo mass so far 2.8kt into space from alioth. Screw style, the goose can lift. 
There will be different pots, each pot will include more and more items as more money is collected. best and worst case scenario is I have to add some of my own currently used ships.
 
Pots:
 
Pot A : 20$ and up (17€, 27AUD, please check rest yourself)
Will start with the "Destiny III", every 60$ in the pot will add the following in order:  
* Spruce Goose
* beta key (donated by Angrydadgaming)
* Destiny II
* Thunderstruck anal power
* beta key (donated by Ricktriessomevideogames)
* Destiny II
* Pack of 3 scanners or an XL gate, alternating
 
Pot B : 5$ - 20$ will start with a "Cicada", every 20$ in the pot will add the following in order:
* Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker
* Hawkmoth
* Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker
* Scarab
* Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker
* Strider
* Powerbeard F12 Redhawk Stryker
* Warpdrives, lots of warp drives
 
Pot  C : 1$ - 5$ will start with a "SCS Buzzsaw", every 3$ in the pot will add the following in order:
* Black N yellow Pocketrocket
* Dragonfly H
* Dragonfly A
* Black N yellow Pocketrocket
* Bumblebee H
* Hornet
* Black N yellow Pocketrocket
* Dragonfly A
* Bumblebee A
* Black N yellow Pocketrocket
* Murder Hornet
* Wasp
* Black N yellow Pocketrocket
* Wasp
* Black N yellow Pocketrocket
* (Likely more of the Xennon ships because I screwed up with the parts)
* Support packs (2x each brake L, verts L, wings L, adjustors L) and Military L engines, alternating

The VR-pod location is called "Charity event location Gottchar" if you want to have a look around. Feel free to visit my factory if your hardware supports it (you have been warned).
 
If you want to contribute DU items or services (would be nice to get those ships boosted) please contact me via discord (Gottchar).
 
Money will be donated via extra-life.org, make sure to use my donation link and include your DU-Name and if possible discord name or other way to reach you. 
https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Gottchar
 
Hope to see you saturday
 
Gottchar
PS: I am not allowed to advertise it in the discord outside of the content creator channel which sees little traffic. So if somebody feels like mentioning it, I would be grateful!

(some ships may need a few days to be ready/cleaned, check out what is on site via VR pod)

Good evening Noveans,
 
This weekend, people from near and far will be participating in Extra Life, and we'd love to showcase (and support!) our DU players that will be streaming. ❤️

What is Extra Life?
 
"It all started with a little girl in Orange, Texas. Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised over $70 million USD for sick and injured kids. Right now, children's hospitals need YOUR support. Be a hero. Sign up today and raise funds for the Children's Hospitals COVID - 19 Impact Fund."
 
Essentially, it's all about playing games to raise money to help sick kids. A pretty worthwhile endeavor, if you ask us!   

How can I participate?

If you'd like to sign up officially, click HERE. Once you've registered, tell your friends! Spread the word, raise some money, and enjoy the community.
 
What's going on in DU?

We're glad you asked!  It just so happens that a streamer known as gottchar has a really neat charity raffle lined up for those interested!

For more information straight from the source, you can check out his Reddit post about it. You can also go straight to his donation page on Extra Life featured HERE - you'll want to keep this link handy, because...

- You will need to donate in order to participate in this player's raffle
- You must provide this awesome player with your Discord name and/or in-game name so he has some way to connect your donation to you (in other words, make sure he can verify you)

And that's that, for now! If any of you have any other streamers/donation pages you'd like to share, we encourage you to post them here in this thread. ?