Thank you Jrocki, I appreciate you sharing your thoughts about this Mission Request and would be curious to hear your thoughts that I just shared above in response to LuukDAO.
I’d also encourage you to review the rationale I provided a couple months ago when I first urged Grants Councillors to approve this Mission Request with the 250k budget. One of the main points that I made in this rationale is that sufficient funding is crucial to maximize impact with onchain social games and a larger budget will benefit the Collective far more than a limited initial approach. As explained in the post above, the budget remaining for this Mission Request is not sufficient to develop many aspects of the Respect Game (or other onchain social games) that can provide outsized returns for Optimism. The primary consideration should be funding Mission Requests that will create the most value for the Collective, regardless of whether the original budget has been consumed.
It’s also worth noting that there is currently over 73k OP being requested across three applications in this cycle, there was an addition 75k requested in another proposal last cycle that nearly reached the final stage of review, and there are still three cycles remaining in Optimism Season 6. Given the recent amount of proposals and requested amount of funds, it’s possible and may be likely that the funding for this Mission Request will be fully allocated in this cycle when there is still half of the season remaining. Meanwhile, the four Mission Requests for Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets has already been allocated nearly 2 million OP and the newest related Mission Request is likely to be funded with an additional 500k budget (based on the Cycle 27 MR List). I am confident that this Mission Request for onchain social games would enable a larger impact at a much lower budget.
It’s very clear to me that it’s in the Collective’s best interests to approve this Mission Request with at least a 250k budget, so there is some disconnect in how we see the potential value of this Mission Request or its relative value compared to other Mission Requests. I believe these posts make a very compelling case about why it’s so helpful for the Grants Council to sponsor this Mission Request and would appreciate hearing more of your feedback. I’d be happy to discuss this in more detail and/or address any other concerns. Thanks!