oliverd05 wrote:
wasn't the rarities amassed by the Fanthology group only kept within the group like a walled garden that unless you had something to contribute you didn't get in? and because it was nigh on impossible to find anything rare because the fanthology already had it, until David Fuller came along?
are we not back to the same thing, where now theres nothing new out there coz its being kept between a few people, and theres nothing new to find?
maybe thats why the bonanza game hasn't worked as well??
There was never any plan to add new members to Fanthology. The team was assembled and that was that.
Fanthology was a great idea that was always intended to benefit EVERYONE.
It was always going to be a long term project and if it had continued, we'd all be seeing some great results and shares by now.
It was never a bunch of people out for their own gain.
The plan was always to put together the best archive outside of QPL and release it after a number of years (and no, I'm not talking decades before the negative mob start). It was never to drip feed rarities which is why some folks on here seem so negative about it.
If that had happened, all the "elite" traders would have kept hold of everything they had knowing that they'd get Fanthology rarities via free drip feed along with everyone else.
As it happened, thanks to Fuller, that's exactly what happened - said traders got the stuff freely and trades in progress ceased.
I wouldn't say "the Bonanza game" isn't working: it's producing 'some' results, but QZ is only a small community and I know of traders who are members here but are rarely active. For the most part, I think people on QZ don't have any rarities to share but may have upgrades to share.
Yes, we are 'back to the same thing' with traders, as you put it, but as you know, it's hard enough trying to trade for rarities even when you have some in return - it's a trust thing. You have to bear in mind the two main ways people have rarities is because they've spent thousands on acetates at auction (and would YOU give copies away freely if you had?), or they've been obtained on the sly from QPL or one of the video houses that's transferred footage for QPL and if stuff "leaked", you'd immediately lose your source.
After a time, rarities lose their value between traders and that's when they become public domain and for all we know, there may be some items that are at that stage now and this "game" could be the prompt needed for some to start sharing....