Parasprite
macrumors 68000
Flappy Birds is the new Three Wolf Moon T-shirt.
'Flappy Bird' Creator: Game Was Pulled Because It Became an 'Addictive Product'
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Flappy Birds is the new Three Wolf Moon T-shirt.
Thepoobear
macrumors 6502
I was over it after 5 mins and a score of 1.
WaxedJacket
macrumors 6502a
For someone who claims he doesn't want the attention, he sure is bringing it all upon himself with these shenanigans. I figured he pulled the game because it was meant to come out in 2008 along with the other half baked iOS games like this.
phillipduran
macrumors 65816
Giving the interview answers questions, sets the record straight and closes the book on this.
It's the way to stop the attention.
Parasprite
macrumors 68000
69Mustang
macrumors 604
Why is almost everyone focusing on money? I could be wrong but the guy never said he had an issue with making money. I think he is still making money on the ads. He said he had an issue with fame and attention, neither of which is an indication he had an issue with making money.
FYI - Money isn't everything as it relates to a person's happiness. It's a component. It's rank is different for everyone. It used to be priority #1 for me. I chased the almighty $$ to the exclusion of my family. Nearly lost my marriage. I had a lot of stuff but wasn't happy. I quit my job at a Fortune 1000 company and took a $50k paycut to work for a smaller firm. The result? I work 4.5 days a week; two of those from home. I'm never in the office past 5. I still have a lot of stuff, just less of it. I get to spend time with my family. That's happiness.
Money is not an all or nothing proposition so your challenge makes no sense. Yes, people need money. But they don't need money to the extent they sacrifice their quality of life. Look at all the rich and famous who are metaphorical train wrecks.
uknowimright
macrumors 6502a
if it's not a bot creating those for him, maybe he took them too literally
Parasprite
macrumors 68000
I have no idea what you are trying to say here..sorry.
It's okay, I haven't had my coffee yet so it may not be very coherent (or even grammatically sound). I'll attempt to rephrase it later after lecture.
69Mustang
macrumors 604
When did the guy say he had a problem with money? Granted I haven't followed this story in detail, but I don't recall any reference to Dong having an issue with money. I could be wrong though.
phillipduran
macrumors 65816
I've seen people work and work and work and work, chasing the dollar and missing everything else around them. I never want to be that. I need money, but I'm not going to chase it or make it the center of my life. Family is the center. I am not rich and I've talked to a lot of old folks who have told me it is not the dollar that is worth chasing in life, it is the people who are close to you. If money was disturbing my time with them or my peace, I would gladly walk away from it. I have done that. I used to make 50% more than I do now and I walked away from that without looking back because it was 12 hours a day 5 days a week with a few additional weekend days during the month. No thanks, the additional hours I get with my kids is way more valuable to me.
No I'm not giving away the money I have, but I'm also not going to go out of my way to dedicate all of my time to making more just to have a bigger number on a balance sheet.
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zorinlynx
macrumors G3
Sorry, but I honestly don't believe this game has ruined anyone's life.
All the "Flappy Bird ruined my life!" T-shirts and other things are obviously tongue-in-cheek. I've played the game a few times myself, usually when waiting in line somewhere or when I'm otherwise unoccupied.
There's other reasons behind him pulling the game that he doesn't want to share. Remember the country which he lives in, they have a lot of regulations on the way people can make money; $50,000 a day is enough to attract a lot of attention in Vietnam, not from fans, but from the authorities.
All the "Flappy Bird ruined my life!" T-shirts and other things are obviously tongue-in-cheek. I've played the game a few times myself, usually when waiting in line somewhere or when I'm otherwise unoccupied.
There's other reasons behind him pulling the game that he doesn't want to share. Remember the country which he lives in, they have a lot of regulations on the way people can make money; $50,000 a day is enough to attract a lot of attention in Vietnam, not from fans, but from the authorities.
nikicampos
macrumors 6502a
Well, I replied to someone that said "Money isn't everything for all people".
The point I was trying to make is, yes, it's all about money and attention, Dong pulled out Flappy Birds, and now his two other apps are top 20 in the app store.
Flappy Birds, without being in the app store, is worth more every single minute, and I think it's only a matter of time until he sells the game for the right price, or like someone here said, "Flappy Birds creator releases new game in the app store" making it an instant number 1 download.
For me this is all marketing, and I blame sites like MacRumors, don't get me wrong, I like to follow MacRumors Twitter account, but if it wasn't for MacRumors tweeting about Dong and Flappy Birds every day, this wouldn't be a story in this site.
This whole thing is just incredible. He's taking the game down not because he's tired of it or whatever, but because people are playing it wrong and playing it too much. Because every game developer has the dream that people will play their game "just a little". Call it what you want, talk about the money if you want, the bottom line is this is an insult to everyone who has tried to make a popular game or app.
This guy is crazy.
He can just get a plane ticket to Hawai and spend the incoming months drinking cooktails on the beach or whatever makes him happy, while his bank account increase with 50k every single day. Nobody know how this guy looks, and if he dont want to be bothered, just do the above. He can stand the attention for some weeks/month...bullshhiitt. He is just crazy.
If someone is addicted is not because of the game but because of his psycological problem.Today is game, tomarrow will be a song, movie, or who knows what.
I guess there is something else, and there is cash involved, that for sure.
Win 50k a day by doing nothing...cant see why this makes you a bad person o make someone miserable, because at the end its a game, its not like you invented a new AK-47 or kine mind **** drug.
He just need a rehab, but asap.
He can just get a plane ticket to Hawai and spend the incoming months drinking cooktails on the beach or whatever makes him happy, while his bank account increase with 50k every single day. Nobody know how this guy looks, and if he dont want to be bothered, just do the above. He can stand the attention for some weeks/month...bullshhiitt. He is just crazy.
If someone is addicted is not because of the game but because of his psycological problem.Today is game, tomarrow will be a song, movie, or who knows what.
I guess there is something else, and there is cash involved, that for sure.
Win 50k a day by doing nothing...cant see why this makes you a bad person o make someone miserable, because at the end its a game, its not like you invented a new AK-47 or kine mind **** drug.
He just need a rehab, but asap.
dannyyankou
macrumors G5
Ok, I'm not one to complain about Macrumors stories, but doesn't 4 flappy bird articles in one week seem a bit excessive to anyone else?! I mean, after the first one, there could've been an Update: instead of a separate story.
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But they're addictive!
The guy is full of BS
If he was honest instead of trying to claim otherwise, if it was never intended to play on Super Mario then it wouldn't have first been listed in the Amazon App Store under the name "Preson's Mario Bird".
It has remained on offer there and has never been pulled though the screen shots were taken out and replaced with any old screen shots and merely described as a "A very very furstrating and addicting game". It is available here on Amazon's App Store.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6PHP4K/ref=mas_ya_dp
How did I find it? I tapped the 'rate' button on the Android version and it went to the Amazon App Store to this page.
Hardly what I would call as pulling it. More a case of this particular version was probably the first but flew under the radar. I am sure that he received a nice letter from Nintendo for the Google Play and Apple App Store's requesting giving him a deadline to remove the game or face legal action.
If he was honest instead of trying to claim otherwise, if it was never intended to play on Super Mario then it wouldn't have first been listed in the Amazon App Store under the name "Preson's Mario Bird".
It has remained on offer there and has never been pulled though the screen shots were taken out and replaced with any old screen shots and merely described as a "A very very furstrating and addicting game". It is available here on Amazon's App Store.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6PHP4K/ref=mas_ya_dp
How did I find it? I tapped the 'rate' button on the Android version and it went to the Amazon App Store to this page.
Hardly what I would call as pulling it. More a case of this particular version was probably the first but flew under the radar. I am sure that he received a nice letter from Nintendo for the Google Play and Apple App Store's requesting giving him a deadline to remove the game or face legal action.
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I am guessing to stop all the other people pestering him, it makes obvious sense to give people what they want so that they will leave you alone.
It not hard to figure that out....
GoCubsGo
macrumors Nehalem
Where can I submit a tip for a new blog story that the Flappy Bird creator has just muted a hash tag on twitter "#flappybird" so that he is no longer able to see the tweets associated with that hashtag? It must be separate article too and it can be concluded with the creator's quest for privacy, right after he speaks to Forbes.
69Mustang
macrumors 604
Whaaa? Help me understand something. How do you jump to the conclusion it's all about money? You're basing that on what fact exactly? Also you're sort of twisting facts to build your narrative: "Dong pulls FB and now his other two apps are in the top 20". Would it be more fair and accurate to say Dong had 2 other apps already in the top 20 before he decided to pull Flappy? That presents a different picture don't you think?
BTW I am in the same camp. Money isn't everything. It's something. It's a component.
Just because money runs your world, it does not mean that money runs his world! This guy has obviously got a conscience whereas you don't, that's all there is to it..
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I have no money but I agree it isn't everything, so how do you work that out with your bent logic?
Thepoobear
macrumors 6502
I'm guessing you either have no ambition or live off other people then. Eh?
Try living paycheck to paycheck and tell me money isn't the center of your concerns.
This goes against human nature to easily acquire resources for survival...abnormal
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Isn't that what he's doing? It just not what you would do.