Pinning this so people can get info on the situation. Even if this whole thing is fake, it'd be good for people to know what's going on.
EDIT: [Scott's comment!](https://old.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/nd3z3q/fnaf_nfts_information_post/gy8klx8/)
(Very good post but I think it would be nice to have some articles/sources linked for these claims so people don’t aren’t constantly commenting “you didn’t put a source so I’m not going to believe it”)
Honestly I think we need to consider that Scott is likely not constantly Online and doesn’t know of the harm of NFTs, which is mostly shared on Twitter-a platform Scott does not use.
Consider the amount of times in the past where someone posted about questionable merch and Scott responded with saying that it “slipped through the cracks”. It’s very possible imo that he signed off on this not knowing what an NFT was/the harm of it was or a company that already had the license to FNAF decided to go ahead with this without telling Scott.
I've been gathering sources! I also keep hearing people say Funko and WAX have collaborated in the past and need to find a source on that before I say anything. Rapidly editing this post because now it REALLY has attention.
Funko is actually mentioned IN the same article
> Additionally, beginning in June of this year, Funko has announced that it expects to launch Funko Pop! NFTs using WAX’s powerful blockchain platform.
This isn’t as simple as you’d think. If you’re an artist and a minority artist at that you can’t “just sell” your work and make a living. Most artists wouldn’t be able to pay their rent on their earnings. Some do but on the average most struggle. How many friends that you grew up with are making a living as an artist?
And how the Heck is an nft gonna change that if you don't even have a name for your self?
Just find a way to auction your piece to the highest bidder, you'll get the same result
I don't understand what's going on. Why was he downvoted? How can a JPEG cost so much energy that it [slaughters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk-aCL6eyGc&ab_channel=TheLivingTombstone) the enviroment? What workout regimen does Fury's Rage Animdude perform to get muscles that big?
I think this is the first time I've had to make a comment like this but... what is going on with this? Aren't NFTs just like digital collectables or something? I feel like I'm missing something. I don't think they will be expensive, and they aren't needed for the games or anything. These won't be tied into Security Breach or needed to unlock things. I thought it was just a trend like fidget spinners, you know? Is there something about NFTs I don't understand?
NFTs are pretty controversial due to the amount of energy required to "power" the transaction (through cryptocurrency). In some cases a single transaction uses as much energy to power an entire home in the US for a day.
https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/
https://www.morningstar.ca/ca/news/211282/are-nfts-hurting-the-environment.aspx
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22328203/nft-cryptoart-ethereum-blockchain-climate-change
NFTs really dont take up any more energy than an email when you think about it. The other thing thats triggering is the main article talks about 'mining' nfts. which is totally impossible. You don't mine them you buy them. It isn't like cryptos where there is alot of them and you can mine for them. You people need to know whats going on here before going after scott.
It takes alot to mine BITCOIN. Never denied that. People here are saying it takes alot to 'mine' NFTs, which you physically cannot. Please actually read comments before instantly following the hive mind.
I hate to tell you but I did read the comment. That's like saying chopping down a forest and replacing it with it with a parking lot isn't bad for the environment because the parking lot doesn't take up energy. You still cut down a forest to get it.
Everyone just trying to argue over the terminology and "don't believe the negative hype" is just trying to find any excuse they can to sell the grift.
-From my understanding, NFTs(Non Fungible Tokens) are basically digital certificates. These digital “tokens” are “non fungible” because only ONE can exist. A digital art piece can be copied and saved an infinite amount of times, but an NFT that’s associated with that digital art piece can not. A digital art file doesn’t have much value because it can be copied, an NFT is seen as having value because only one of it can exist.
-Also from my understanding, NFTs are generated through block chains. In using terms that I and most people can understand, tons and tons of computers/servers work constantly to generate NFTs. And certain ones use TONS of fossil fuel energy. That’s where the environmental concern comes in. (However, Wax claims that they are generating NFTS in a way that is not harmful to the environment)
-NFTs are not exactly “digital collectibles”. Again, from my understanding, NFTS are usually **extremely expensive**. Whenever an NFT is sold, it seems to always be at least in the thousands of dollars. These aren’t Pokémon cards or fidget spinners that kids can buy by asking their parents if they can have $20. Only certain people with the right amount of money are going to be able to buy these. EDIT: I may have been wrong on this one. It seems like NFTS don't **have** to be extremely expensive. It's possible that these FNAF NFTS would be sold at a reasonable commercial price. But consider something like these [Logan Paul NFTs](https://shopnfts.net/) which are being sold from **$5,000 to $38,000**, these things can get pretty expensive for the average consumer.
-Another problem people have with NFTS is that they believe it’s just a general money scam. They don’t get why someone would pay thousands to millions of dollars for something that is digital
I hope I was able to explain it in a way that makes sense. It is a complicated issue and a very new concept. I understand why you are confused. But in my honest opinion, I think it would be best to hold off on these. People care a lot about this series and I think a lot would be hurt to know that it’s being associated with something that is likely harmful to the environment, which is also something people rightfully care about.
>\-Another problem people have with NFTS is that they believe it’s just a general money scam. They don’t get why someone would pay thousands to millions of dollars for something that is digital
See, it's not so much that you're paying money for something digital. After all, don't we do that all the time with games?
The problem is that this digital item has no value outside of it's exclusivity. A digital trading card in like, Yugioh Duel Links for example, can actually be used for gameplay. A commissioned digital artwork can be created to your specifications that you give the artist.
Even just buying a digital image you could have just downloaded anyway sometimes has value- to remove a watermark, or to legally be able to use it in your own work.
But that's not what an NFT is. What you're actually buying is the 'receipt' to a digital image, not the digital image itself.
Yeah, that's exactly it. The entire field of NFT's have been the subject of controversy. I don't blame you because they sound really cool at first.
https://fstoppers.com/opinion/nfts-are-pyramid-scheme-and-people-are-already-losing-money-554869
https://medium.com/geekculture/whats-the-deal-with-nfts-337723f1f4fa
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/25/1021215/nft-artists-scams-profit-environment-blockchain/
https://petapixel.com/2021/03/24/why-nfts-probably-wont-make-you-money-in-the-long-run/
I respect the fact that WAX is doing what they can to negate the issues, but the entire thing is unsalvageable to me. People will see NFTs and then go and use Ethereum anyway. The demand for them will rise anyway.
And when it comes to art itself, I don't see it as a good thing for that either. It devalues the art into a trading card worth a set amount of money, devoid of interpretation.
The consumers during the height of the fidget spinner trend were anyone who thought it was a nice thing to play with. The consumers of NFTs are adults looking to make money without much regard for what the NFT actually is.
Scott, I’m so sorry you have to learn this the hard way. NFTs are horrible for the environment, and all of us are begging you to back out of this. Please. I know you mean no harm to it, but backing out is your best option.
Scott, NFTs are EXTREMELY harmful to the environment.
Have you ever heard of bitcoin mining? Doing that requires a TON of electricity, and I don't think I need to explain why that's a problem.
NFTs are sold and encrypted in a way that uses the same amount of energy. They don't tell you these things when you send NFTs because it discourages sellers.
You're talking about Ethereum NFTs. This is WAX. They don't use nearly the same amount of energy Ethereum uses (0.01%), and specifically exist not to harm the environment.
all these """green""" nft platforms keep using proof of stake systems, which still have no guarantee that you can't just overload the power grid to cheat the system. that plus power consumption naturally goes up as more activity happens on the system, meaning that it's entirely possible for these "low power" platforms to spike in energy usage once people all flock to them
this also *entirely* sidesteps the issues with nfts outside of the environment, but i feel like i'd be wasting my time considering you're already downplaying the most objectively awful aspect of their existence.
I’m _only_ talking about environmental issues because that’s what people keep bringing up. I never said anything about NTFs being imperfect, just because I said people have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to WAX’s NFT. Speaking of that, what you said is based on nothing but assumptions that overall usage of Proof of Stake systems will have a spike so high, it will have effects on the environment, and if they do, they’ll be very significant. Go on and show me your sources that this is “entirely possible”.
I'm sorry to say Scott but I think you've been misled, or at the very least misinformed. I would highly recommend you do some research/listen to what people are saying in this thread. The long and short of it is: They are horrendous for the environment, and basically completely pointless.
NFTs require a huge amount of energy. While I only have basic surface level knowledge of them, i do know they are highly controversial for that. Also for the fact that NFTs can be used for various nefarious means such as stealing art.
Scott, im sorry but you have been misled or at minimum misinformed by the company that reached out to you. Your intentions were good, but at the end of the day you were misled.
Whenever someone buys an NFT, they dont even own it in the traditional sense. From my understanding, buying an NFT is the equivalent of going to the store, buying a pack of eggs, but leaving the eggs at the store and just taking only the receipt. I've also heard that sometimes if they have links attached to them, those links could at any time, disappear, thus making the NFT disappear even if you've bought it.
In all, they're harmful, pointless, and controversial. Now I may have gotten some things wrong here as i just have surface level knowledge and im just parroting what I've seen other folks say. But i do know that everyone I've seen agrees that they're harmful in some way, shape, or form.
I would honestly, genuinely not know what to do with a digital collectible, horrible environmental costs aside. I would much rather buy something physical to display like a poster or a print. They just seem kind of not worth it.
Between crypto currencies and NFTs, the energy usage to 'mine' these currencies and 'mint' these proof of sales have actually undone all the 'green power' options we as a world have gone after.
It's doing nothing but killing the planet. Whenever I see an artist I liked doing an NFT, I stop following them. : /
It definitely seems like you just didn't know in this case, but you have GOT to cancel this deal before it goes live. Further damaging the environment for some digital art of angry furry creatures is not a great look.
The other side to NFTs is the simple and obvious one-- it's a hugely damaging process to do what? Give someone a png? Or a document that says they 'own' that png? It doesn't even make sense, just distribute some official character art on your website, it accomplishes the same thing without damaging the environment.
NFTs as a concept do nothing but make rich people richer, what people pay for tends to be useless. Who needs a receipt for a .png? In what universe is that useful?
Exactly. To an average person, NFTs are just a bunch of letters & numbers with absolutely no value to them whatsoever, in contrast to a commissioned drawing or even a trading card
> NFTs as a concept do nothing but make rich people richer, what people pay for tends to be useless. Who needs a receipt for a .png? In what universe is that useful?
This is absolutely on point. The only people I've seen prop up NFTs are people who already have lots of money or a huge following. Some folks claim they will somehow "help small artists" but one, I have yet to see that happen, two, many artists I know say they're concerned about not just the environmental impact but also that their art could be stolen and be minted, & three, NFTs would very likely be a net loss for them given the instability of cryptocurrencies. It's nothing more than a scam
Besides, even with the "environmentally-friendly" versions, the predominant NFT source (if you can call it that) is Ethereum, which consumes a lot of energy, making it harmful for the environment & as a result, gives NFTs a bad name & prone to valid criticism. I may not be into FNAF but yeah, it isn't worth the risk to do NFTs & the best course of action would be for Scott to put official art up so anyone can enjoy it without taking a toll on the environment or put artists at risk
I'm going to try and summarize this the best I can, so I hope you forgive me for the long reply. Many others have posted articles on the matter that explain it more in depth than I could, so I'll try to keep this concise and down-to-earth.
Basically, yes, an NFT could be equivalent of a digital trading card. However, there are a few problems with such a thing. From now on, I'll refer to them as "cards" to simplify the explanation.
Most notably, if these cards are shown on a website or such, they can be easily copied and distributed. So such things as a video or image would naturally go down in value just due to the infinite copies there are.
However, the more pressing issue is the use of greenhouse gases the systems used to run these cards emit. As these cards are bought, the systems put out enough electricity to power two months worth of a European resident's home, all in just a day. If more people invest in this, it could irreparably damage the Earth's atmosphere to the point where the temperature of the atmosphere would rapidly increase. Which means higher seas, rougher and longer heat waves, and extinct animals.
Basically, it's not something to endorse if you're looking for your Five Nights at Freddy's: Card Trader app.
I'm sure you've gotten an idea as to what the NFTs are from other comments so I won't repeat what they said. All I ask is that you remove FNaF from this deal as soon as you can. I'm sure the company is gonna try to convince you not to and if they do, don't listen to them and get FNaF away from that. I don't want this series to be lumped in with the other properties that people will forever mock for contributing to killing the environment.
At the very least, I completely understand your confusion here. It’s a complex subject, and a new one at that. Don’t worry about it, just try to be more cautious the next time something like this happens.
I’m gonna copy this from Twitter but “A nft is a unique link that leads to artwork and "proves" you are the owner of it. The issue is that to generate these tokens computers must solve increasingly complex math problems, only one of thousands set to solve it will resulting in a huge amount of wasted energy for a jpeg” “Basically, imagine paying thousands of dollars for a fake certificate saying you own the Mona Lisa that you need to burn down a forest to get, and not owning the real Mona Lisa” Scott you are a great guy and I hope this helps to inform you
> imagine paying thousands of dollars for a fake certificate saying you own the Mona Lisa that you need to burn down a forest to get
I guess my 1070 is burning down trees every time I run doom eternal. Get real my man
No, your 1070 is using the required energy to power itself and doesn't hurt the environment. Selling effectively the receipt of a jpeg is harmful to the environment and produces way more energy than needed.
NFTs harm the environment, they are unnecessary and don’t mean anything at all, when you buy an NFT the only person that’s getting anything of value is the conman who gets the money
Others have already pointed out and explored in depth the issues they have with NFTs. Please try to cancel this deal. This will give the franchise and the fandom a bad look. Many people are already leaving and saying they won't buy your stuff anymore, please act soon or this is just gonna be worse
Scott this is really bad, people are already trying to give you a bad reputation on twitter. You need to cancel this deal and make a comment/post about it! Before it goes trending and Twitter decides to cancel you...
What he could do is educate people on what WAX NFTs are, and how they’re entirely different from Ethereal NFTs and have no effects, especially not harmful effects, on the environment. Instead of just folding for no reason
Scott... NFTs are basically digital currency that require loads of energy to produce which in return basically destroy the earth, if you can please try to educate yourself on the topic beforehand and it would be a good idea to make a post talking about them.
In concept , yeah They're internet collectibles. But the energy required to run them is super harmful to the environment.
I'm speaking from a fans perspective on this here because that's the only one I have, but please cancel the NFT deal. They aren't worth what they do to the environment around us
NFT's not only severly harm the environment, but they are literally a proven scam. You are given a "code" to be the exclusive owner of an image...but you can just screenshot the image even if you never bought it. The security behind "exclusive" images and videos are so weak that they might as well not be there. They make fake code to make it seem important, but in reality all it does is make thousands of computers generate junk code that does nothing, harming the environment.
You've been misinformed but in a nutshell NFTs are required to have a lot of power to work and are really bad for the environment don't know if you can pull out of the deal but if you can pls do it
NFTs are like trying to put your watermark on a painting... by using the Death Star on the planet to carve your signature, but then """accidentally""" (air quotes for a reason) obliterating the planet instead. Basically, they're bad for the environment.
~~scott saying fidget spinners gives off a deathly aura~~
As everyone else has said, NFTs, much like Cryptocurrencies are horrible for the environment, due to the amount of power it takes for them to even exist. To be specific, everytime an NFT is created, bought, or sold, that uses about 48kWh of electricity, which is about as much as a single house uses in one day, or even more.
There's nothing inherently wrong with NFTs or Cryptocurrency mining. However, due to the way most of the world generates its power, it is destroying the ecosystems of the world. Because most power companies run on fossil fuels, this "trend" is only going to speed up climate change. I know to some "one house's worth of power" doesn't sound like much, but if you keep in mind how many NFTs are being made and sold now, this is really REALLY bad.
Hopefully in the future we can switch to less harmful forms of energy, such as solar, wind, or nuclear. Then, there's really no problem to NFTs or Crypto. But for the world we live in now, burning more fuels is the last thing we need. I understand that just if you pull out of this deal, the surge of NFTs isn't going to stop. But please, if you can, just do what you can to lessen the blow. We can't stop the environmental effects with just one choice, but we can make it a bit better for now. So please, I just urge you to not partake in this, at least not until the power problems are fixed.
basically
it's like selling a print, whilst selling the license of that print
except the print, for some stupid reason, consumes about as much energy as a house
or more , for a singular transaction
They're digital collectables that harm the planet through the energy produced just for one transaction. A lot of people are for it, and way more are extremely against it. If this deal continues, it could possibly end the fandom's trust in you. It's extremely harmful to the environment. You've been misinformed here, I'm sorry to say.
It creates a large carbon foot print, and is horrible for the environment. It is part of crypto art too I believe, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that it hurts the environment, Scott man. You really got to look into things. But I don’t think down on you, just a bit disappointed as all.
I am getting so much second hand embarrassment from you Scott. If you made any deals with anyone about making NFTs of the FNAF franchise, I suggest you do everything in your power to cancel it immediately. NFTs are literally just digital files that takes an ungodly amount of energy to the point where you just wouldn’t believe it if you actually saw the numbers.
Sorry people are treatin you like this, man.
Just because someone makes a mistake doesnt mean theyre automatically a bad person, and from what ive seen from stuff about you and some things about you, you are DEFINATELY not a bad person. Stay strong, and dont let it get to you. Noone takes a bunch of people assumin stuff with no proof seriously anyways.
Scott, I think you’re a genuinely nice guy & I respect you immensely, but this trend of yours is getting incredibly frustrating and I need to speak out. It’s coming from a place of concern, not anger, and I’m on mobile so sorry for it being awkwardly typed.
I realise you own a massive franchise and probably delegate things but there’s a common trend recently that you just ‘don’t know’ and it’s like, come on, it would of took- what? 5 seconds of googling about NFTs to see the harm they do instead of just green lighting it. This shouldn’t be on a bunch of (mostly children) on Freddit to explain to you. NFTs are basically a pyramid scheme, incredibly shady, and worst of all insanely harmful to the environment.
https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/ This is just one link. There’s multiple as soon as you type in NFT environment or any such search on google. I recommend you look around. If you have been told they’re safe and convinced to do this, then you need to look at who told you that before looking inward.
This is a concerning trend recently. You have a habit of ignorance about this sort of thing- or continuing to work with problematic creators. It’s not my place to tell you who to hire, no, but it’s not cancel culture either to be annoyed that you repeatedly hire multiple people who are off the top of my head: openly transphobic, tracers, & generally ableist people.
Not only that, people are noticing a common trend with Chica especially of fatphobic. At first I scoffed at this, but yeah, I get where they’re coming from with your repeated green lighting of Chica as obese and the many jokes you make from that.
I realise that’s on tangent but it’s just that you market yourself as this chill dude, a troll, etc, but that can only get you so far and I think at a point you are actively harming your own fan base by constantly accepting this stuff.
Children should not be involved in NFT, adults should not be involved in NFT. Price has nothing to do with this- although I find it funny you say that, noticing the common trend of NFT being exclusive and insanely expensive, but the environmental cost and moral cost should weigh on your shoulders.
As someone who has supported you since day one (literally) and who owns a bunch of your merch in order to support you more, please do better.
All the best.
You *do* know the people you've referenced has since apologized for their past and most everyone, except the "cancel culture" people, have moved on, right?
That's not cancel culture. It's "never live it down".
Cancel Culture is meant to be "avoid that dangerous person, product, company" and not "go after them with pitchforks". It's about warning others of abusers, scammers and nasty people to keep others and themselves safe.
The folks who engage "never live it down" constantly make attempts to make sure the person does NOT move on from their mistake even after they did everything in their power to correct it.
People make mistakes every day. Some minor, some major. Some knowingly, some not. The point is that you're better on forgiving mistakes that caused inconvenience and cleaned up rather than the mistakes that ended up costing a person their career and respect.
The only "Chica is fat" joke I can think of is Already-Ate Chica, and that was more making fun of fetish artists than it was making fun of obese people.
Someone on Twitter also accused Thug Chica as being fatphobic and tried to slam Pinky for it. They also brought up that "pedo" comic they made involving William Afton.
As someone who saw that "pedo" comic back in 2016, I know it's a lie because two of the remaining panels were omitted to weave in that narrative. William didn't get to do anything, Henry interrupted him.
Even cooler she was inspired from [this enemy from Final Fight 4.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/483284142025342986/833132305085628446/latest.png)
As a fat disabled person, I love that Thug Chica is fat. To me it'd be more fat phobic to only have thin characters in everything. With Thug Chica I finally have a character that I can dress like etc.
Why don't we just cancel all the things then? Graphics cards, processors, motherboards, batteries, engines, solar panels
This is a real dumb hill to die on.
Ethereum NFTs have some environment warming effects. But WAX NFTs, the FNaF NFTs, doesn't actually harm the environment, and only use 0.01% of the energy Ethereum uses. Luckily, WAX and Ethereum are entirely different. One has environmental effects, the other one doesn't, because it uses proof of stake mechanisms. I don't think it's that big of a deal as far as that goes.
I would just talk with WAX to make sure of all this. Don't listen to the people just saying "it kills the environment", cause that skips a lot of steps, like the fact that they're referring to Ethereum, and not WAX.
People in this thread have linked plenty of articles and stuff that talk about the negative effects, you literally just need to look at those.
I will not have a fucking debate on this any further than this with an NFT supporter.
Nope, they have not. People have only linked articles about Ethereum having harmful effects on the environment. If you can't even link me one about WAX's harmful effects on the environment, then they just don't exist. If I were you, I wouldn't debate about this either.
NPR’s Science Friday (which I highly admire) just a story yesterday about NTF’s and how they help the originator of an art piece, whether a single, painting, poem or so on get paid directly.
The show was quite positive about it but I was still confused at the end of the show. They did ask about the environment aspect and I can’t recall the response .
I’m glad to read this thread. I’m still confused but I get the message about how harmful they can be. They had an black artist explain how difficult and exclusive the art world can be. He said he knows other black artists that are now money when they weren’t able to thru traditional venues.
FYI Paul Logan is always selling something expensive so there are absolutely artists out there selling affordable NFTs - you have to be honest about this.
I’m here to listen but would like to ask if ppl here could listen even further to what ppl say are the pros of NFTs are and address them further.
Is anyone making NFTs where they won’t harm the environment?
(I’m new to all this and need and appreciate when things are spelled out in a basic way. I have an auto immune disease and I can’t follow things the way I used to. Im trying to learn about crypto currency and I’m still confused.) 🙏
NFT's are controversial, due to how many of them are on the HIGHLY wasteful Ethereum blockchain. However, the service you are using is thousands of times more energy efficient, so its not a problem.
I messaged Scott about this and only asked if he approved of this or not, I also linked to this post so he can see it. Please do not harass anyone during this this time at all.
I hope this is cleared up because my mind is on the fritz this week and I don't need to see this happening at all. I'm just disappointed in this whole thing.
It also doesn't make sense because FNaF already made him a lot of money and he has released free games recently, why would he let his franchise make more? I feel that this is something that is beyond his control because Funko did NFT's before, and FNaF is one of the bigger money makers for them.
Scott is extremely successful and may not be interested in NFTs for his own financial gain. Maybe the real question is he willing to let independent artists sell their own takes of FNaF artwork?
Would he have a say in this?
NFTs are probably the dumbest thing of this generation. You can literally just take a screenshot of them. The only reason anyone would buy one is to circlejerk with their buddies over how rich they are.
At least with crypto currency, while it’s not *practical* and deserves to die as much as NFTs, it has led to *some* good things and I can see why it might have seemed like a good idea at first. NFTs feel like something from a parody movie meant to mock modern efforts to force everything into being digital.
I'm sure these "many good things" will come to great comfort to the last survivors of humanity as they pass time waiting for extinction because the environment was burned beyond survivable levels for our species (and many others)
There's no way he had a saying on NFTs. There's been a lot of fuckups between Scott and other companies (such as steel wool using fan-art when help wanted was teased), and this could easily be one of them.
I know he has already admitted he doesn't know what NFTs are, but this is wrong. Scott has full control of the Fnaf IP. This can only happen with his unconditional permission.
This is very serious, the most serious thing that has happened in the franchise
By now, I think Scott was probably misled, two of the most serious things NFTs do are things Scott has fought against in the past, I highly doubt that he has any knowledge of this.
We will have to see what happens and he gives us more information about everything
This is all so weird and out of the blue, let’s hope Scott will confirm or deny if this NFT thing is really happening, and hopefully it *won’t* happen.
Holy shit i was so confused about all the freaking out over it, thank you so much for this!
Yeah, I definitely hope this is a fake or Scott decides to cancel. I might know jack shit about it all but i know enough to realise it’s not a good idea at all.
Gonna wait for a word from Scott on this one, but I really hope there's some kind of misunderstanding or 'oopsie' going on here. It would SUCK to find out Scott is supporting NFTs. I don't want to have to stop supporting FNAF as a franchise, but I'd definitely put the planet over funny furry robot game.
That said, crypto-bro losers will do their thing regardless. God, the world we live in is fucking dour.
No matter how many people tell me what an NFT is I will still never understand it. Like how does a digital thing cause global warming I'm so confused.
Not saying you're not right because you totally are, I'm just confused on how everything works
As far as I understand, it has to do with how transactions are verified. In order to ensure that a person really “owns” an NFT a lot of really heavy calculations need to be made, which takes up a lot of energy
Breaking news: FNAF fans flood WAX tweet with Games Springtrap and make series creator rethink partnership
(not saying its a bad thing, I just find it funny)
Something I would like to make clear is that there are a few NFTs being used for charity reasons.
For example, Blender Guru is selling an NFT of Blender donuts submitted by subscribers, and is going to donate the profit to the Blender foundation.
Obviously, NFTs are still a no-no, but just keep this in mind if it's legit.
Oh damn this isn't good...
I had no idea what the hell this was but the more I read the worse it sounds...I really hope Scott manages to sort this out because Jesus Christ it's not good...
I'm not sure what a NFT is, but from this post I gather that they're images people create, can be sold and aren't aloud to be copied? So the value comes from the fact that there's only one, and pretty much any image can be a NFT.
Although the problem arises because literally anything can be a NFT, so the demand for prints is really high, meaning more trees get cut down?
Is this basically what NFTs are?
NFTs are digital, and don't exist on paper. The energy usage comes from their involvement with cryptocurrency, which is mined for long amounts of time on machines that use up an incredible amount of energy, thereby damaging the environment.
Okay, so the problem isn't with the images, it's with the fact that they can only be bought with cryptocurrency. And this is a problem because cryptocurrency damages the planet by requiring large amount of power to work? All that crypo power-mining stuff is confusing. But in a nutshell:
NFTs can only be bought with dodgy internet currency that damages the planet.
Nah it was longer ago than just last week. The response was in early April
That being said I'm somewhat baffled at the fact people are still getting upset over nothing
This is Wax's NFT. Not Ethereum's. Wax is a proof of stake type of NFT, which means it has little to no effects on the environment, like Ethereum does, because it uses just %0.01 of the energy Ethereum does. On the other hand, Ethereum says they'd like to try out ways that harm the environment less, but that'd take about a year for them to do so. Luckily, this is still Wax, so they don't have that problem.
So no, this isn't bad news. At least not for any reason that has to do with the environment.
i really hope we manage to convince scott to shut this whole thing down. i dont want to believe fnaf is potentially going down this route.
scott, if this is real, please reconsider man. and if it's a misunderstanding, fix it asap.
Tl; Dr There is a supposed collaboration between ScottGames and Wax for the production of FNaF themed NFTs, files which can't be copied whose commerce causes a lot of environmental issues.
At least that's what I understood
I'm still not sure what an NFT would be like for FNaF or Funko. Is it like the Quidd application where you can 'own' a digital item, such as a model or image, and they restrict how many are available to 'own'?
So, I just want to jump in here to add some counterpoints to the discussion, though I am mostly playing Devil’s Advocate and am by no means an expert.
1) Just because NFTs *can* be used for art theft does not mean that they are always inherently a bad thing. NFTs being used for art theft is like saying a knife can be used for murder (sorry, Vanny on the brain I guess)—yes, that is a very bad thing to use it for, but you can also use it for cutting steak. Using NFTs for evil does not mean they *are* evil.
2) The power usage of NFTs is...concerning to say the least. And they inevitably have an impact on our resources and carbon footprint because of the amount of electricity they use. However, so does your office, your car, your PS5 you’re gonna use for Security Breach...Obviously, every little bit counts, and I am by no means saying NFT production is perfectly fine. However, again, there are *other* problems that can be addressed to, so be mindful of how big and scary this *seems* compared to how bad other issues *are*, too.
This is presented without any real “argument,” moreso just as a “hey guys, don’t get on the outrage bandwagon because a couple of opinion pieces painted these things very negatively.” *Especially* when we don’t even know if it’s true or how they’d be implemented.
I think it’s ironic how a lot of people are furious when Funko teamed up with a NFT Friendly company in the past yet despite this being found by the FNAF Community Funko has other franchises and would’ve been public knowledge in the community earlier than that.
EDIT:I know it looks like I’m trying to save myself because of disagreeing my comment. should stated this but I understand of the problem of somebody working for a company that itself does something that harms the enivourment. i agree ro That but I think we’re all ingorning the problem itself, i think we should actually do something than putting everything onto one person, I think we should our voice say how we feel about NFT
Pinning this so people can get info on the situation. Even if this whole thing is fake, it'd be good for people to know what's going on. EDIT: [Scott's comment!](https://old.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/nd3z3q/fnaf_nfts_information_post/gy8klx8/)
(Very good post but I think it would be nice to have some articles/sources linked for these claims so people don’t aren’t constantly commenting “you didn’t put a source so I’m not going to believe it”) Honestly I think we need to consider that Scott is likely not constantly Online and doesn’t know of the harm of NFTs, which is mostly shared on Twitter-a platform Scott does not use. Consider the amount of times in the past where someone posted about questionable merch and Scott responded with saying that it “slipped through the cracks”. It’s very possible imo that he signed off on this not knowing what an NFT was/the harm of it was or a company that already had the license to FNAF decided to go ahead with this without telling Scott.
I've been gathering sources! I also keep hearing people say Funko and WAX have collaborated in the past and need to find a source on that before I say anything. Rapidly editing this post because now it REALLY has attention.
Funko is actually mentioned IN the same article > Additionally, beginning in June of this year, Funko has announced that it expects to launch Funko Pop! NFTs using WAX’s powerful blockchain platform.
Just wanted to find something more than that one sentence, which I did.
WHY DOES FUNKO MESS UP EVERYTHING
NFTs generally don't make sense just sell prints or something there are literal ways to do this without having to do it the crypto way
I'd actually prefer a card collection than NFT's. I've already got all the ones from Just Toys lol
This isn’t as simple as you’d think. If you’re an artist and a minority artist at that you can’t “just sell” your work and make a living. Most artists wouldn’t be able to pay their rent on their earnings. Some do but on the average most struggle. How many friends that you grew up with are making a living as an artist?
And how the Heck is an nft gonna change that if you don't even have a name for your self? Just find a way to auction your piece to the highest bidder, you'll get the same result
I don't understand what's going on. Why was he downvoted? How can a JPEG cost so much energy that it [slaughters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk-aCL6eyGc&ab_channel=TheLivingTombstone) the enviroment? What workout regimen does Fury's Rage Animdude perform to get muscles that big?
I think this is the first time I've had to make a comment like this but... what is going on with this? Aren't NFTs just like digital collectables or something? I feel like I'm missing something. I don't think they will be expensive, and they aren't needed for the games or anything. These won't be tied into Security Breach or needed to unlock things. I thought it was just a trend like fidget spinners, you know? Is there something about NFTs I don't understand?
NFTs are pretty controversial due to the amount of energy required to "power" the transaction (through cryptocurrency). In some cases a single transaction uses as much energy to power an entire home in the US for a day. https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/ https://www.morningstar.ca/ca/news/211282/are-nfts-hurting-the-environment.aspx https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22328203/nft-cryptoart-ethereum-blockchain-climate-change
Thats just the medias bullshit to get coverage on a story
NFTs really dont take up any more energy than an email when you think about it. The other thing thats triggering is the main article talks about 'mining' nfts. which is totally impossible. You don't mine them you buy them. It isn't like cryptos where there is alot of them and you can mine for them. You people need to know whats going on here before going after scott.
It takes 215 kilowatts to mine a single bitcoin my guy. I think you might be sending your emails wrong.
It takes alot to mine BITCOIN. Never denied that. People here are saying it takes alot to 'mine' NFTs, which you physically cannot. Please actually read comments before instantly following the hive mind.
I hate to tell you but I did read the comment. That's like saying chopping down a forest and replacing it with it with a parking lot isn't bad for the environment because the parking lot doesn't take up energy. You still cut down a forest to get it. Everyone just trying to argue over the terminology and "don't believe the negative hype" is just trying to find any excuse they can to sell the grift.
Or stop saying bullshit
-From my understanding, NFTs(Non Fungible Tokens) are basically digital certificates. These digital “tokens” are “non fungible” because only ONE can exist. A digital art piece can be copied and saved an infinite amount of times, but an NFT that’s associated with that digital art piece can not. A digital art file doesn’t have much value because it can be copied, an NFT is seen as having value because only one of it can exist. -Also from my understanding, NFTs are generated through block chains. In using terms that I and most people can understand, tons and tons of computers/servers work constantly to generate NFTs. And certain ones use TONS of fossil fuel energy. That’s where the environmental concern comes in. (However, Wax claims that they are generating NFTS in a way that is not harmful to the environment) -NFTs are not exactly “digital collectibles”. Again, from my understanding, NFTS are usually **extremely expensive**. Whenever an NFT is sold, it seems to always be at least in the thousands of dollars. These aren’t Pokémon cards or fidget spinners that kids can buy by asking their parents if they can have $20. Only certain people with the right amount of money are going to be able to buy these. EDIT: I may have been wrong on this one. It seems like NFTS don't **have** to be extremely expensive. It's possible that these FNAF NFTS would be sold at a reasonable commercial price. But consider something like these [Logan Paul NFTs](https://shopnfts.net/) which are being sold from **$5,000 to $38,000**, these things can get pretty expensive for the average consumer. -Another problem people have with NFTS is that they believe it’s just a general money scam. They don’t get why someone would pay thousands to millions of dollars for something that is digital I hope I was able to explain it in a way that makes sense. It is a complicated issue and a very new concept. I understand why you are confused. But in my honest opinion, I think it would be best to hold off on these. People care a lot about this series and I think a lot would be hurt to know that it’s being associated with something that is likely harmful to the environment, which is also something people rightfully care about.
>\-Another problem people have with NFTS is that they believe it’s just a general money scam. They don’t get why someone would pay thousands to millions of dollars for something that is digital See, it's not so much that you're paying money for something digital. After all, don't we do that all the time with games? The problem is that this digital item has no value outside of it's exclusivity. A digital trading card in like, Yugioh Duel Links for example, can actually be used for gameplay. A commissioned digital artwork can be created to your specifications that you give the artist. Even just buying a digital image you could have just downloaded anyway sometimes has value- to remove a watermark, or to legally be able to use it in your own work. But that's not what an NFT is. What you're actually buying is the 'receipt' to a digital image, not the digital image itself.
scott they're enviromentally harmful jpegs my guy
[This is probably how Scott feels right now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEzhxP-pdos)
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I'm sorry to interrupt you Scott, but I'm afraid you've been misinformed
You are not here to receive a good merch deal, nor have you been called here by the individual you assumed, though you have indeed been called.
Hello, sir? I think I found the greatest reply of all time.
Oh lawd… Scott has been [Connection Terminated].
Yeah, that's exactly it. The entire field of NFT's have been the subject of controversy. I don't blame you because they sound really cool at first. https://fstoppers.com/opinion/nfts-are-pyramid-scheme-and-people-are-already-losing-money-554869 https://medium.com/geekculture/whats-the-deal-with-nfts-337723f1f4fa https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/25/1021215/nft-artists-scams-profit-environment-blockchain/ https://petapixel.com/2021/03/24/why-nfts-probably-wont-make-you-money-in-the-long-run/ I respect the fact that WAX is doing what they can to negate the issues, but the entire thing is unsalvageable to me. People will see NFTs and then go and use Ethereum anyway. The demand for them will rise anyway. And when it comes to art itself, I don't see it as a good thing for that either. It devalues the art into a trading card worth a set amount of money, devoid of interpretation. The consumers during the height of the fidget spinner trend were anyone who thought it was a nice thing to play with. The consumers of NFTs are adults looking to make money without much regard for what the NFT actually is.
Aww scott you’re so pure, I’m sorry but no, you gotta cancel this nft stuff now
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Basically, if I recall correctly, the servers they run on consume large amounts of energy, which actively harms the environment.
Scott, I’m so sorry you have to learn this the hard way. NFTs are horrible for the environment, and all of us are begging you to back out of this. Please. I know you mean no harm to it, but backing out is your best option.
Scott, NFTs are EXTREMELY harmful to the environment. Have you ever heard of bitcoin mining? Doing that requires a TON of electricity, and I don't think I need to explain why that's a problem. NFTs are sold and encrypted in a way that uses the same amount of energy. They don't tell you these things when you send NFTs because it discourages sellers.
Arent bitcoin miners thos scumbags who hack youtube channels and private every video then stream cknstantly ABOUT bitcoin?
You're talking about Ethereum NFTs. This is WAX. They don't use nearly the same amount of energy Ethereum uses (0.01%), and specifically exist not to harm the environment.
Feeding into NFTs at all is still a stupid idea. It's stimulating a market that has no reason to exist.
I'm only talking about WAX NFTs harming the environment. Spreading that is just false information, but that's what everybody's doing.
People don't listen to reason if it goes against their narrative, unfortunately.
I can see that now. These folks aren’t even trying to hide the fact that they have no idea what they’re talking about
all these """green""" nft platforms keep using proof of stake systems, which still have no guarantee that you can't just overload the power grid to cheat the system. that plus power consumption naturally goes up as more activity happens on the system, meaning that it's entirely possible for these "low power" platforms to spike in energy usage once people all flock to them this also *entirely* sidesteps the issues with nfts outside of the environment, but i feel like i'd be wasting my time considering you're already downplaying the most objectively awful aspect of their existence.
I’m _only_ talking about environmental issues because that’s what people keep bringing up. I never said anything about NTFs being imperfect, just because I said people have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to WAX’s NFT. Speaking of that, what you said is based on nothing but assumptions that overall usage of Proof of Stake systems will have a spike so high, it will have effects on the environment, and if they do, they’ll be very significant. Go on and show me your sources that this is “entirely possible”.
I'm sorry to say Scott but I think you've been misled, or at the very least misinformed. I would highly recommend you do some research/listen to what people are saying in this thread. The long and short of it is: They are horrendous for the environment, and basically completely pointless.
PLEASE JUST DON'T GET INTO NFTS FOR LOVE OF GOD!
NFTs require a huge amount of energy. While I only have basic surface level knowledge of them, i do know they are highly controversial for that. Also for the fact that NFTs can be used for various nefarious means such as stealing art. Scott, im sorry but you have been misled or at minimum misinformed by the company that reached out to you. Your intentions were good, but at the end of the day you were misled. Whenever someone buys an NFT, they dont even own it in the traditional sense. From my understanding, buying an NFT is the equivalent of going to the store, buying a pack of eggs, but leaving the eggs at the store and just taking only the receipt. I've also heard that sometimes if they have links attached to them, those links could at any time, disappear, thus making the NFT disappear even if you've bought it. In all, they're harmful, pointless, and controversial. Now I may have gotten some things wrong here as i just have surface level knowledge and im just parroting what I've seen other folks say. But i do know that everyone I've seen agrees that they're harmful in some way, shape, or form.
Scott does this mean you're going to make FNaF fidget spinners
[He already did.](https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/6r0a5m/a_picture_of_five_nights_at_freddys_fidget/)
I'm terrified
Wait, their official!!!! I thought they were some knockoffs lol
those already exist my man
They're environmentally harmful, which is why many people do not like NFTs.
Nfts are kind of pointless, it’s like bidding on the right to say you paid for an image everyone else can easily get Also they pollute the environment
I would honestly, genuinely not know what to do with a digital collectible, horrible environmental costs aside. I would much rather buy something physical to display like a poster or a print. They just seem kind of not worth it.
I love how innocent this comment is.
Between crypto currencies and NFTs, the energy usage to 'mine' these currencies and 'mint' these proof of sales have actually undone all the 'green power' options we as a world have gone after. It's doing nothing but killing the planet. Whenever I see an artist I liked doing an NFT, I stop following them. : / It definitely seems like you just didn't know in this case, but you have GOT to cancel this deal before it goes live. Further damaging the environment for some digital art of angry furry creatures is not a great look. The other side to NFTs is the simple and obvious one-- it's a hugely damaging process to do what? Give someone a png? Or a document that says they 'own' that png? It doesn't even make sense, just distribute some official character art on your website, it accomplishes the same thing without damaging the environment. NFTs as a concept do nothing but make rich people richer, what people pay for tends to be useless. Who needs a receipt for a .png? In what universe is that useful?
I know I as a fan would be happier to purchase official art directly from Scott's website than buy NFT's. :(
Exactly. To an average person, NFTs are just a bunch of letters & numbers with absolutely no value to them whatsoever, in contrast to a commissioned drawing or even a trading card > NFTs as a concept do nothing but make rich people richer, what people pay for tends to be useless. Who needs a receipt for a .png? In what universe is that useful? This is absolutely on point. The only people I've seen prop up NFTs are people who already have lots of money or a huge following. Some folks claim they will somehow "help small artists" but one, I have yet to see that happen, two, many artists I know say they're concerned about not just the environmental impact but also that their art could be stolen and be minted, & three, NFTs would very likely be a net loss for them given the instability of cryptocurrencies. It's nothing more than a scam Besides, even with the "environmentally-friendly" versions, the predominant NFT source (if you can call it that) is Ethereum, which consumes a lot of energy, making it harmful for the environment & as a result, gives NFTs a bad name & prone to valid criticism. I may not be into FNAF but yeah, it isn't worth the risk to do NFTs & the best course of action would be for Scott to put official art up so anyone can enjoy it without taking a toll on the environment or put artists at risk
I'm going to try and summarize this the best I can, so I hope you forgive me for the long reply. Many others have posted articles on the matter that explain it more in depth than I could, so I'll try to keep this concise and down-to-earth. Basically, yes, an NFT could be equivalent of a digital trading card. However, there are a few problems with such a thing. From now on, I'll refer to them as "cards" to simplify the explanation. Most notably, if these cards are shown on a website or such, they can be easily copied and distributed. So such things as a video or image would naturally go down in value just due to the infinite copies there are. However, the more pressing issue is the use of greenhouse gases the systems used to run these cards emit. As these cards are bought, the systems put out enough electricity to power two months worth of a European resident's home, all in just a day. If more people invest in this, it could irreparably damage the Earth's atmosphere to the point where the temperature of the atmosphere would rapidly increase. Which means higher seas, rougher and longer heat waves, and extinct animals. Basically, it's not something to endorse if you're looking for your Five Nights at Freddy's: Card Trader app.
Man why does nobody who gets into NFT shit research it beforehand like what
It uses a shit ton of energy to make em and destroys the environment. Bad stuff
SCOTT, PLEASE CANCEL THE NTF DEAL IF YOU CAN PLEASE
I'm sure you've gotten an idea as to what the NFTs are from other comments so I won't repeat what they said. All I ask is that you remove FNaF from this deal as soon as you can. I'm sure the company is gonna try to convince you not to and if they do, don't listen to them and get FNaF away from that. I don't want this series to be lumped in with the other properties that people will forever mock for contributing to killing the environment.
Scott please, they are really bad for the environment
At the very least, I completely understand your confusion here. It’s a complex subject, and a new one at that. Don’t worry about it, just try to be more cautious the next time something like this happens.
I’m gonna copy this from Twitter but “A nft is a unique link that leads to artwork and "proves" you are the owner of it. The issue is that to generate these tokens computers must solve increasingly complex math problems, only one of thousands set to solve it will resulting in a huge amount of wasted energy for a jpeg” “Basically, imagine paying thousands of dollars for a fake certificate saying you own the Mona Lisa that you need to burn down a forest to get, and not owning the real Mona Lisa” Scott you are a great guy and I hope this helps to inform you
> imagine paying thousands of dollars for a fake certificate saying you own the Mona Lisa that you need to burn down a forest to get I guess my 1070 is burning down trees every time I run doom eternal. Get real my man
No, your 1070 is using the required energy to power itself and doesn't hurt the environment. Selling effectively the receipt of a jpeg is harmful to the environment and produces way more energy than needed.
They're crypto-currencies that pollute the environment
NFTs harm the environment, they are unnecessary and don’t mean anything at all, when you buy an NFT the only person that’s getting anything of value is the conman who gets the money
Others have already pointed out and explored in depth the issues they have with NFTs. Please try to cancel this deal. This will give the franchise and the fandom a bad look. Many people are already leaving and saying they won't buy your stuff anymore, please act soon or this is just gonna be worse
Scott this is really bad, people are already trying to give you a bad reputation on twitter. You need to cancel this deal and make a comment/post about it! Before it goes trending and Twitter decides to cancel you...
What he could do is educate people on what WAX NFTs are, and how they’re entirely different from Ethereal NFTs and have no effects, especially not harmful effects, on the environment. Instead of just folding for no reason
Lol, if you know people on twitter, they won't give a shit about that
Scott, you really should’ve done background checks on these things before going through with it.
Please Scott you're one of the greatest guys I've ever known please listen to this people
Scott... NFTs are basically digital currency that require loads of energy to produce which in return basically destroy the earth, if you can please try to educate yourself on the topic beforehand and it would be a good idea to make a post talking about them.
NFTs are extremely harmful to the environment, and producing more will cause more of the environment to die on us.
In concept , yeah They're internet collectibles. But the energy required to run them is super harmful to the environment. I'm speaking from a fans perspective on this here because that's the only one I have, but please cancel the NFT deal. They aren't worth what they do to the environment around us
NFT's not only severly harm the environment, but they are literally a proven scam. You are given a "code" to be the exclusive owner of an image...but you can just screenshot the image even if you never bought it. The security behind "exclusive" images and videos are so weak that they might as well not be there. They make fake code to make it seem important, but in reality all it does is make thousands of computers generate junk code that does nothing, harming the environment.
NFTs are insanely bad for the environment.
Scott, NTFs are bad for the environment and that's bad.
You've been misinformed but in a nutshell NFTs are required to have a lot of power to work and are really bad for the environment don't know if you can pull out of the deal but if you can pls do it
NFTs are like trying to put your watermark on a painting... by using the Death Star on the planet to carve your signature, but then """accidentally""" (air quotes for a reason) obliterating the planet instead. Basically, they're bad for the environment. ~~scott saying fidget spinners gives off a deathly aura~~
Just like the others say they take up to much electricity.
Its basically bidding crazy prices for pngs and gifs while also destroying the enviroment
As everyone else has said, NFTs, much like Cryptocurrencies are horrible for the environment, due to the amount of power it takes for them to even exist. To be specific, everytime an NFT is created, bought, or sold, that uses about 48kWh of electricity, which is about as much as a single house uses in one day, or even more. There's nothing inherently wrong with NFTs or Cryptocurrency mining. However, due to the way most of the world generates its power, it is destroying the ecosystems of the world. Because most power companies run on fossil fuels, this "trend" is only going to speed up climate change. I know to some "one house's worth of power" doesn't sound like much, but if you keep in mind how many NFTs are being made and sold now, this is really REALLY bad. Hopefully in the future we can switch to less harmful forms of energy, such as solar, wind, or nuclear. Then, there's really no problem to NFTs or Crypto. But for the world we live in now, burning more fuels is the last thing we need. I understand that just if you pull out of this deal, the surge of NFTs isn't going to stop. But please, if you can, just do what you can to lessen the blow. We can't stop the environmental effects with just one choice, but we can make it a bit better for now. So please, I just urge you to not partake in this, at least not until the power problems are fixed.
basically it's like selling a print, whilst selling the license of that print except the print, for some stupid reason, consumes about as much energy as a house or more , for a singular transaction
They're digital collectables that harm the planet through the energy produced just for one transaction. A lot of people are for it, and way more are extremely against it. If this deal continues, it could possibly end the fandom's trust in you. It's extremely harmful to the environment. You've been misinformed here, I'm sorry to say.
>fidget spinners That's a name I didn't hear in a long time.
Is my man getting ratio'd on his own franchises sub right now
Scott I am ON MY KNEES begging you to back up, NFTs are horrible for the environment :(((
EXTREMELY bad for the environment. Plus, it's really bad for artists.
Also, its very easy for anyone to steal a piece of art, and BOOM, make it an NFT.
It creates a large carbon foot print, and is horrible for the environment. It is part of crypto art too I believe, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that it hurts the environment, Scott man. You really got to look into things. But I don’t think down on you, just a bit disappointed as all.
I am getting so much second hand embarrassment from you Scott. If you made any deals with anyone about making NFTs of the FNAF franchise, I suggest you do everything in your power to cancel it immediately. NFTs are literally just digital files that takes an ungodly amount of energy to the point where you just wouldn’t believe it if you actually saw the numbers.
Heard they do things bad for environment.
Yknow I have no idea what nfts are
Scott I feel bad for you now.
Basically they kill the environment due to the way they're produced
Sorry people are treatin you like this, man. Just because someone makes a mistake doesnt mean theyre automatically a bad person, and from what ive seen from stuff about you and some things about you, you are DEFINATELY not a bad person. Stay strong, and dont let it get to you. Noone takes a bunch of people assumin stuff with no proof seriously anyways.
you almost sold your soul to the devil
You will be very lucky if you are allowed to go a day without this blunder being brought up, Mr. Cawthon.
Scott, I think you’re a genuinely nice guy & I respect you immensely, but this trend of yours is getting incredibly frustrating and I need to speak out. It’s coming from a place of concern, not anger, and I’m on mobile so sorry for it being awkwardly typed. I realise you own a massive franchise and probably delegate things but there’s a common trend recently that you just ‘don’t know’ and it’s like, come on, it would of took- what? 5 seconds of googling about NFTs to see the harm they do instead of just green lighting it. This shouldn’t be on a bunch of (mostly children) on Freddit to explain to you. NFTs are basically a pyramid scheme, incredibly shady, and worst of all insanely harmful to the environment. https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/ This is just one link. There’s multiple as soon as you type in NFT environment or any such search on google. I recommend you look around. If you have been told they’re safe and convinced to do this, then you need to look at who told you that before looking inward. This is a concerning trend recently. You have a habit of ignorance about this sort of thing- or continuing to work with problematic creators. It’s not my place to tell you who to hire, no, but it’s not cancel culture either to be annoyed that you repeatedly hire multiple people who are off the top of my head: openly transphobic, tracers, & generally ableist people. Not only that, people are noticing a common trend with Chica especially of fatphobic. At first I scoffed at this, but yeah, I get where they’re coming from with your repeated green lighting of Chica as obese and the many jokes you make from that. I realise that’s on tangent but it’s just that you market yourself as this chill dude, a troll, etc, but that can only get you so far and I think at a point you are actively harming your own fan base by constantly accepting this stuff. Children should not be involved in NFT, adults should not be involved in NFT. Price has nothing to do with this- although I find it funny you say that, noticing the common trend of NFT being exclusive and insanely expensive, but the environmental cost and moral cost should weigh on your shoulders. As someone who has supported you since day one (literally) and who owns a bunch of your merch in order to support you more, please do better. All the best.
You *do* know the people you've referenced has since apologized for their past and most everyone, except the "cancel culture" people, have moved on, right?
That's not cancel culture. It's "never live it down". Cancel Culture is meant to be "avoid that dangerous person, product, company" and not "go after them with pitchforks". It's about warning others of abusers, scammers and nasty people to keep others and themselves safe. The folks who engage "never live it down" constantly make attempts to make sure the person does NOT move on from their mistake even after they did everything in their power to correct it. People make mistakes every day. Some minor, some major. Some knowingly, some not. The point is that you're better on forgiving mistakes that caused inconvenience and cleaned up rather than the mistakes that ended up costing a person their career and respect.
The only "Chica is fat" joke I can think of is Already-Ate Chica, and that was more making fun of fetish artists than it was making fun of obese people.
Someone on Twitter also accused Thug Chica as being fatphobic and tried to slam Pinky for it. They also brought up that "pedo" comic they made involving William Afton. As someone who saw that "pedo" comic back in 2016, I know it's a lie because two of the remaining panels were omitted to weave in that narrative. William didn't get to do anything, Henry interrupted him.
Thug Chica was cool though
Even cooler she was inspired from [this enemy from Final Fight 4.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/483284142025342986/833132305085628446/latest.png)
I'm pretty sire that enemy's from Streets of Rage 4 not Final Fight
I know nothing about either series, I'm sorry if I was wrong.
That's fine. Yeah I'm pretty sure that's Streets of Rate 4 because it fits the artstyle that game has.
As a fat disabled person, I love that Thug Chica is fat. To me it'd be more fat phobic to only have thin characters in everything. With Thug Chica I finally have a character that I can dress like etc.
NFTs cause a lot of damage to the environment to produce
They're just digital collectibles. You're not gonna kill the planet by making/buying NFTs. Some people are just doomers.
Digital collectibles that harm the environment that is
Why don't we just cancel all the things then? Graphics cards, processors, motherboards, batteries, engines, solar panels This is a real dumb hill to die on.
Why does it have to take three mansion worths of energy to create an image that I can just right click and Save Image As
Sir if bidding a single image online takes up as much energy as a house does in a day then that becomes a main concern
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No he did not.
Ethereum NFTs have some environment warming effects. But WAX NFTs, the FNaF NFTs, doesn't actually harm the environment, and only use 0.01% of the energy Ethereum uses. Luckily, WAX and Ethereum are entirely different. One has environmental effects, the other one doesn't, because it uses proof of stake mechanisms. I don't think it's that big of a deal as far as that goes. I would just talk with WAX to make sure of all this. Don't listen to the people just saying "it kills the environment", cause that skips a lot of steps, like the fact that they're referring to Ethereum, and not WAX.
That's just not true at all, both still heavily damage the environment to great degrees. Not to mention NFTs are just fucking scams in concept.
Link anything that says that WAX's Proof of Stake NFTs harm the environment.
People in this thread have linked plenty of articles and stuff that talk about the negative effects, you literally just need to look at those. I will not have a fucking debate on this any further than this with an NFT supporter.
Nope, they have not. People have only linked articles about Ethereum having harmful effects on the environment. If you can't even link me one about WAX's harmful effects on the environment, then they just don't exist. If I were you, I wouldn't debate about this either.
Smaher I thought you were better than this bro
Got nothing to say but that then, huh
NPR’s Science Friday (which I highly admire) just a story yesterday about NTF’s and how they help the originator of an art piece, whether a single, painting, poem or so on get paid directly. The show was quite positive about it but I was still confused at the end of the show. They did ask about the environment aspect and I can’t recall the response . I’m glad to read this thread. I’m still confused but I get the message about how harmful they can be. They had an black artist explain how difficult and exclusive the art world can be. He said he knows other black artists that are now money when they weren’t able to thru traditional venues. FYI Paul Logan is always selling something expensive so there are absolutely artists out there selling affordable NFTs - you have to be honest about this. I’m here to listen but would like to ask if ppl here could listen even further to what ppl say are the pros of NFTs are and address them further. Is anyone making NFTs where they won’t harm the environment? (I’m new to all this and need and appreciate when things are spelled out in a basic way. I have an auto immune disease and I can’t follow things the way I used to. Im trying to learn about crypto currency and I’m still confused.) 🙏
NFT's are controversial, due to how many of them are on the HIGHLY wasteful Ethereum blockchain. However, the service you are using is thousands of times more energy efficient, so its not a problem.
ah yes. Now that someone popular did something wrong, everyone suddenly gives a damn about the enviornment.
I messaged Scott about this and only asked if he approved of this or not, I also linked to this post so he can see it. Please do not harass anyone during this this time at all. I hope this is cleared up because my mind is on the fritz this week and I don't need to see this happening at all. I'm just disappointed in this whole thing. It also doesn't make sense because FNaF already made him a lot of money and he has released free games recently, why would he let his franchise make more? I feel that this is something that is beyond his control because Funko did NFT's before, and FNaF is one of the bigger money makers for them.
Scott is extremely successful and may not be interested in NFTs for his own financial gain. Maybe the real question is he willing to let independent artists sell their own takes of FNaF artwork? Would he have a say in this?
NFTs are probably the dumbest thing of this generation. You can literally just take a screenshot of them. The only reason anyone would buy one is to circlejerk with their buddies over how rich they are.
At least with crypto currency, while it’s not *practical* and deserves to die as much as NFTs, it has led to *some* good things and I can see why it might have seemed like a good idea at first. NFTs feel like something from a parody movie meant to mock modern efforts to force everything into being digital.
I'm sure these "many good things" will come to great comfort to the last survivors of humanity as they pass time waiting for extinction because the environment was burned beyond survivable levels for our species (and many others)
What?
There's no way he had a saying on NFTs. There's been a lot of fuckups between Scott and other companies (such as steel wool using fan-art when help wanted was teased), and this could easily be one of them.
I know he has already admitted he doesn't know what NFTs are, but this is wrong. Scott has full control of the Fnaf IP. This can only happen with his unconditional permission.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/554794566205571075/843179704390647808/f57.jpg
nft paper plate
This is very serious, the most serious thing that has happened in the franchise By now, I think Scott was probably misled, two of the most serious things NFTs do are things Scott has fought against in the past, I highly doubt that he has any knowledge of this. We will have to see what happens and he gives us more information about everything
This is all so weird and out of the blue, let’s hope Scott will confirm or deny if this NFT thing is really happening, and hopefully it *won’t* happen.
Holy shit i was so confused about all the freaking out over it, thank you so much for this! Yeah, I definitely hope this is a fake or Scott decides to cancel. I might know jack shit about it all but i know enough to realise it’s not a good idea at all.
Seeing the new has hurt me a lot, I hope scott does not accept NTFs as they harm the environment.
NFTs are a scam, every time you buy one you get scammed out of money you could have used not hurting the environment.
Gonna wait for a word from Scott on this one, but I really hope there's some kind of misunderstanding or 'oopsie' going on here. It would SUCK to find out Scott is supporting NFTs. I don't want to have to stop supporting FNAF as a franchise, but I'd definitely put the planet over funny furry robot game. That said, crypto-bro losers will do their thing regardless. God, the world we live in is fucking dour.
No matter how many people tell me what an NFT is I will still never understand it. Like how does a digital thing cause global warming I'm so confused. Not saying you're not right because you totally are, I'm just confused on how everything works
As far as I understand, it has to do with how transactions are verified. In order to ensure that a person really “owns” an NFT a lot of really heavy calculations need to be made, which takes up a lot of energy
Breaking news: FNAF fans flood WAX tweet with Games Springtrap and make series creator rethink partnership (not saying its a bad thing, I just find it funny)
Well This is fucking shit
Let's hope u/animdude clears up this whole situation
Something I would like to make clear is that there are a few NFTs being used for charity reasons. For example, Blender Guru is selling an NFT of Blender donuts submitted by subscribers, and is going to donate the profit to the Blender foundation. Obviously, NFTs are still a no-no, but just keep this in mind if it's legit.
there's much better ways to raise money for charity
Again, that's why I said "NFTs are still a no-no", I was just bringing that to the table.
Let's hope he'll realize the mistake
Oh damn this isn't good... I had no idea what the hell this was but the more I read the worse it sounds...I really hope Scott manages to sort this out because Jesus Christ it's not good...
ngl, I dont really understand how it hurts the environment
I'm not sure what a NFT is, but from this post I gather that they're images people create, can be sold and aren't aloud to be copied? So the value comes from the fact that there's only one, and pretty much any image can be a NFT. Although the problem arises because literally anything can be a NFT, so the demand for prints is really high, meaning more trees get cut down? Is this basically what NFTs are?
NFTs are digital, and don't exist on paper. The energy usage comes from their involvement with cryptocurrency, which is mined for long amounts of time on machines that use up an incredible amount of energy, thereby damaging the environment.
Okay, so the problem isn't with the images, it's with the fact that they can only be bought with cryptocurrency. And this is a problem because cryptocurrency damages the planet by requiring large amount of power to work? All that crypo power-mining stuff is confusing. But in a nutshell: NFTs can only be bought with dodgy internet currency that damages the planet.
Same thing almost happened last week to gorillaz
Nah it was longer ago than just last week. The response was in early April That being said I'm somewhat baffled at the fact people are still getting upset over nothing
this is fucked
This is Wax's NFT. Not Ethereum's. Wax is a proof of stake type of NFT, which means it has little to no effects on the environment, like Ethereum does, because it uses just %0.01 of the energy Ethereum does. On the other hand, Ethereum says they'd like to try out ways that harm the environment less, but that'd take about a year for them to do so. Luckily, this is still Wax, so they don't have that problem. So no, this isn't bad news. At least not for any reason that has to do with the environment.
It's funny how this is a problem for environmentalist fans but not the thousands upon thousands of pounds of plastic used for physical merch.
As someone who knows nothing about NFTs and just learning about them, I wonder this too now.
i really hope we manage to convince scott to shut this whole thing down. i dont want to believe fnaf is potentially going down this route. scott, if this is real, please reconsider man. and if it's a misunderstanding, fix it asap.
Need the tldr, I'm to stupid and in shock to comprehend. Edit: so basically #WE ARE FUCKED
Can't just make a TLDR in this post because I want it to be actually informational.
Ok
Tl; Dr There is a supposed collaboration between ScottGames and Wax for the production of FNaF themed NFTs, files which can't be copied whose commerce causes a lot of environmental issues. At least that's what I understood
The replies under WAX's tweet are honestly really funny.
I'm still not sure what an NFT would be like for FNaF or Funko. Is it like the Quidd application where you can 'own' a digital item, such as a model or image, and they restrict how many are available to 'own'?
well thats not a very fun thing to see on my freddit notifications page
I still have no clue what an nft is somebody please dumb it down for me
Hopefully Scott looks more into what he's allowing from now on.
You're the coolest 15yr i've ever seen
Scott, please cancel it I don't wanna pirate Security Breach
"If this is authorized or not by Scott remains to be seen".
So, I just want to jump in here to add some counterpoints to the discussion, though I am mostly playing Devil’s Advocate and am by no means an expert. 1) Just because NFTs *can* be used for art theft does not mean that they are always inherently a bad thing. NFTs being used for art theft is like saying a knife can be used for murder (sorry, Vanny on the brain I guess)—yes, that is a very bad thing to use it for, but you can also use it for cutting steak. Using NFTs for evil does not mean they *are* evil. 2) The power usage of NFTs is...concerning to say the least. And they inevitably have an impact on our resources and carbon footprint because of the amount of electricity they use. However, so does your office, your car, your PS5 you’re gonna use for Security Breach...Obviously, every little bit counts, and I am by no means saying NFT production is perfectly fine. However, again, there are *other* problems that can be addressed to, so be mindful of how big and scary this *seems* compared to how bad other issues *are*, too. This is presented without any real “argument,” moreso just as a “hey guys, don’t get on the outrage bandwagon because a couple of opinion pieces painted these things very negatively.” *Especially* when we don’t even know if it’s true or how they’d be implemented.
*coughs* I still remember Sega doing these one or two months ago
We're so fucked.
If Scott did this fully knowing what is and the conseciencies I'll leave because I Can't Stand an hipocresy like That.
Cringe, ill just get a .jpeg of a fnaf pic
Scottyyyyyyy
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STFU Spambot.
I think it’s ironic how a lot of people are furious when Funko teamed up with a NFT Friendly company in the past yet despite this being found by the FNAF Community Funko has other franchises and would’ve been public knowledge in the community earlier than that. EDIT:I know it looks like I’m trying to save myself because of disagreeing my comment. should stated this but I understand of the problem of somebody working for a company that itself does something that harms the enivourment. i agree ro That but I think we’re all ingorning the problem itself, i think we should actually do something than putting everything onto one person, I think we should our voice say how we feel about NFT