Anyone else get this? Did you get approved within the year after this?
PD: April 2022 CR-1 marriage to USC, adjusting from b2 visa

Hey everyone!
My party & I are excited to announce that we'll be launching a Kickstarter campaign soon for our 3D printable tabletop models(We just launched our pre-launch page). We've been working hard on designing and perfecting our models to provide an immersive gaming experience for tabletop RPG enthusiasts. Our models are perfect for games like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and more.
Our Kickstarter campaign will features a variety of models, including 324 2"*2" openLOCK compatible tiles, placeable assets, and terrain pieces. We'll also have some exclusive early bird deals, so be sure to sign up for our pre-launch page to get notified when the campaign goes live.
Our 3D printable models are designed to be easy to print and assemble, while still providing a high level of detail and quality. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or new to tabletop RPGs, our models will bring your game to life like never before.
We can't wait to share our passion for tabletop RPGs with the community and we hope you'll join us on this journey. Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to spread the word!
TLDR; We made tiles, releasing on Kickstarter.
P.S. Free samples if you scan the QR code on Kickstarter.
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I am a Master of Industrial Design student at Georgia Tech, and we are exploring the potential of VR as a usability testing tool. We invite you to test a design concept we have developed using VR.
You must own an Oculus / Meta Quest 2 headset to participate in the test.
The usability test is developed as a regular VR game, and I will share the setup file if you are interested in participating in the user study. You are required to screen-record the test and share it with me at the end of the test.
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Thank you,
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n 2022, we saw an explosion of NFT generative projects take over the Web3 decentralization market. Sadly, out of those thousands of projects, only a handful of them remain active. So much so that the culture adopted the phrase “rug pull,” as in the rug was pulled out from under you, and you didn’t know what was going on. We saw many teams disappear as soon as their projects were minted out, taking the money with them. We also saw an influx of founders suddenly dying and going missing (always suspicious), which was a unique trend to watch. On the upside, we can now identify winning strategies for how to run a Web3 community for whatever project you’re looking to launch.
First off, what is Web3? Web3 refers to third-generation web technologies, which is an entire ecosystem of different technologies that will become popularized in the third generation of the internet. Right now, there is high interest in decentralized Web3 technologies, which primarily contain blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, tokenized assets, and NFTs. Web3 communities are groups of people that form around a specific project or technology set, most often seen around generative NFT collections, some with function value added or meant to help solve real problems.
Understanding the culture
Many NFT projects revolve around starting real businesses and serve as a form of crowd-sourcing for investment. These businesses are often marketed using meme culture, which is why we see many NFT projects themed around outlandish ideas and concepts such as Board Apes (BAYC), Pudgy Penguins, Kronic Katz (drugged-up cats), Mad Scientists, Chubiverse (chubby animals), and smoking butts. Despite the often playful and childish marketing premise of these projects, I found that people who have invested in these communities take the projects seriously but in a fun and entertaining way, as evidenced by conversations with members of these communities.
Does your project idea already exist?
So, how do you start an NFT-based project? The first question you should ask yourself is whether the project needs to exist and if it already does. For example, I’ve seen projects centered around suicide prevention, animal adoption programs, and third-world education programs launched as NFT projects. While these are amazing causes to support, it requires more effort to start from scratch with the possibility of failure (as most NFT projects do) than to simply put that same time and effort into an already thriving NFT product that would gladly take your support.
I have participated in numerous Twitter spaces where the focus of NFT projects is to introduce more people to Web3. Unfortunately, after the launch, I often never hear from them again due to a variety of reasons such as a lack of infrastructure, inadequate knowledge on running a business, or the absence of contingency plans for when things go wrong. Regrettably, this is a common occurrence in the NFT space. Despite this, members of these communities take these projects seriously while also having fun and finding solidarity in the community.
Do you mean community or customers?
For many people, buying into an NFT project means joining a community of like-minded individuals who share the same passion for NFTs, decentralization, and the goals of the project. This usually goes beyond just vocal support. While many can voice their support for a project, those who own the projects want a financial contribution in the form of minting out an NFT or buying virtual land to allow the project to thrive. Often, the project owners set their mint price lower than what they need based on audience attention. This means they might focus solely on the financial aspect of the project, knowing that they won’t fulfill the roadmap they presented to the community, or they rely on secondary sales of the project to be successful. For many decentralized projects, it was never about building a community. What it was really about was getting customers excited about the project so they would buy into it.
Is your project worth supporting?
While I’ve touched on duplicate projects and the intent of building a community, something people need to ask themselves before starting a Web3 project is whether it is a project that people should support, not just because they think it’s a good idea, but because it is legitimately a good idea.
You need to ask yourself:

• What are you trying to solve?
• Has this already been done before and if so, how are you going to do it better?
• Why would anybody want to buy into this project?
• What’s in it for them? What is the value they are getting back? (Without saying the value is the community!)
• Once you mint the project, then what’s next?
• Who can execute your plan that you can bring into your core team?
• Is this about solving a problem or making money?

The chain you choose might affect your success
One of the things I’ve noticed about the Web3 decentralization space is that people tend to stick with only a couple of blockchains. Because of this, choosing a chain that doesn’t already have a large following might affect your project’s success. At the same time, choosing a chain with too many projects might mean yours will get lost in the noise. You will want to do a lot of research on which blockchain ecosystem is right for your potential community and project. There is a chance you might find a blockchain that is perfect for your project but won’t be able to foster a thriving community around it. Your choice of blockchain can make or break your project.
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Don’t operate in the shadows be present in the light.
Unless you’re the founder of Bitcoin, having people not know who you are can be a disadvantage. The best thing you can do is be open and transparent as a team. If something goes wrong with the project, your community will want to know who is responsible. On the other side of that coin, if your community knows who the team is of the project they are buying into, they will feel safer and more secure, helping to eliminate the possibility of the project being seen as a potential rug pull. Your project website should list every core member of your team with their socials available, so your community can look up who’s in charge. If there is a problem with the project for some reason, you should be honest and work to get ahead of the issue. While there will be those looking to create issues when things go wrong, the majority of your community will respect you for being honest. This kind of transparency in your community is known as being doxed, which means when your personal information is put out there on the internet for the world to see.
Run your project like a business
Often, I see projects start off really strong but then lose steam over time because the project is not treated like a business. The foundation of the project was not put together by a well-rounded team with each member having their own strengths. Unless you are a unicorn, different tasks should be delegated to different members of your team who are specifically there to solve those problems. This could be anything from coding to design to community management to leadership. There’s an old saying: if you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go with a team. This also refers to the speed of crashing a project into the ground. If you want to succeed with your project, you should do it with a team so that you have the time and manpower to prevent any issues.
Once you have your core team established, keep it that way. If you look to bring on additional roles, make them a secondary layer of your project. For instance, adding community moderators who believe in your project will benefit you, but keep them at arm’s length knowing that they can be removed at any time if they break any of the rules that you’ve established within that role.
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Have a clear road map from the very start
Not having a clear roadmap for your project is the same as not knowing what your project is. You may have an end goal, but you might find it hard to describe the steps on how to get there. This is where treating your project like a business comes in handy. If you can lay out the exact steps from day one to when the project closes down, having succeeded in its goal, you are far more likely to succeed. I recommend that every Web3 project have a business plan, a project roadmap, a marketing plan, and have hired the proper counsel, including a lawyer and a tax professional before you start your Web3 project.
Being able to show that you have these at the start of your project’s journey will allow you to be far more convincing in your project’s success than without it. Both your internal team and your community will want to know that the project will be well taken care of. If they invest in it, they will want to see the project’s success.
Cross-Pollination
Most Web3 projects’ marketing is about who is in the know and who can share the message. Often, when launching, Web3 marketing budgets are extremely small, but sharing resources with like-minded projects will help the ecosystem as a whole. A lot of projects hold spaces on Twitter for their community. If you can combine multiple spaces into one Twitter space, then the potential for your community to grow will be much higher than if you hold a Twitter space alone. This technique is referred to as cross-pollination, where communities share audiences so they can both grow.
Brand Ambassador Programs
Finding outside help will lighten the load of reaching new members of your community. Identifying people with the specific skill of building communities around Web3 brands or who are a trusted voice in the community will benefit your efforts greatly. By starting a brand ambassador program, you can bring these key individuals into that second layer of your project, helping build the community to ensure your project’s success.
Depending on the individual, you may have to pay a large sum of money for their support or offer them a mint at the time of launch which they can sell to recoup their time costs. I would only offer whitelists to those who are loudest in the community or have strategic value in owning one of your collection’s pieces. If there is somebody who is of notable social value like an influencer, then it might be worth just giving them the mint rather than offering a whitelist because they might take offense to it, hurting your brand. For many influencers, they might see it as “Hey, here is the privilege to buy my product you know very little or nothing about.”
Either way, make sure that if you are giving away valuable tokens of your collection, what you receive in return is equal to the value of the NFT. You want to create a win-win situation for all involved.
Launching a successful Web3 project requires careful planning, building a strong community, and treating your project like a business. By following these tips, you can set yourself up for success in the fast-growing Web3 space. Remember, a well-rounded team with clear goals and transparency will help build trust in your community and allow you to achieve your project’s objectives.

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Welcome to Grug's Adventure Ver 1.0! (ONLY CURRENTLY WORKING WITH GPT-4)
Hi everyone, I’m working on a text adventure RPG game playable by one prompt in GPT-4, and I need your help to make it more fun and interactive. The game is called Grug’s Quest and it’s about a caveman named Grug who lives in a prehistoric world full of dangers and mysteries. Grug’s main goal is to find food to eat, whether that be from plants or animals. But he doesn’t know what is safe to eat or how to survive in this harsh environment. He will have to explore different areas, solve puzzles, fight enemies, and learn from his mistakes. The game is based on your choices and every decision matters. You can also craft new items by combining other items together.
The game is played in turns and each turn you will have four options to choose from. You will also see a code block that displays Grug’s health, hunger, thirst, journal, and inventory. The journal is where Grug writes down his notes about the plants and animals he encounters. The inventory is where he stores his items and food. Each plant has a % chance that Grug can eat it safely. Some plants and animals are beneficial, some are harmful, and some are neutral. There is also a crafting system. You will also see an image of what Grug sees at the end of each turn.
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Examples of image generation from Grug's Point of view
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The game is designed to be challenging and immersive. You will have to think carefully and use your imagination. The game is also procedurally generated, which means that every playthrough will be different and unique. The game has infinite endings depending on your choices and actions.
The game is playable in GPT-4 by using a prompt that I will provide in the comments. However, there are some bugs right now and the game only works about 25% of the time fully. Sometimes the session will end early, or the game will not respond correctly. In that case, just restart and paste the prompt again. The point is to have fun and explore the possibilities! I’m also open to anyone’s ideas on how to make the game more reliable and any additions they want to the game.
I hope you are interested in playing this game with me and giving me feedback on how to improve it.
Have fun!
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CURRENT PROMPT:
Let's make a text adventure role playing game together! Think step by step and be patient. The setting is Prehistoric times. The protagonist's name is Grug. Grug's main goal is to find food to eat, whether that be from plants or animals. Grug does not know what is safe to eat. There will be puzzles to solve and animals to fight. Describe the point of view in colorful, lush, descriptive language each turn. Grug will explore many vastly different areas with strange, unknown, prehistoric, and almost alien-like plants and animals. Some plants and animals are safe to eat, some will hurt him. Include multiple paths with their own unique options at each step. Each plant has a % chance that Grug can eat it safely. Grug has a journal to write his notes about each plant and animal he comes across (this will be diplayed in the code block each turn). Grug also has an inventory displayed under the journal in the code block. The inventory displays how much of each item he has and includes emojis for each item. Grug is rewarded by gathering more food. Whenever grug walks he gets hungrier and thirstier. Remember to display a health, hunger, and thirst bar for Grug each turn in the code box. Make the game challenging and remember to add plenty of challenges. Every decision in the game matters. Give Grug 4 different options each turn. Remember to add a crafting system so Grug can create new items by combining other items together. Also in the code block display grugs health bar in red heart emojis, his hunger bar with chicken leg emojis and thirst bar in water emojis. Remember to diplay grugs health bar, hunger bar, thirst bar, Journal, and inventory all in the CODE BLOCK EACH TURN. Each turn ends after Grug has made his selection, then go to the next turn. Generate an image of what Grug sees at the end of each turn. We are now about to start the game.

Well, the game is quite dead with close to no interest from what I can tell by looking at this sub and its own Discord server that has like 10k users (the low number of followers/users is present in all of their social media), but oh well, I like DMC, so I wanted to try it and... it's some kind of mess.
The game is published in "Global" by NebulaJoy, who also published the Megaman/Rockman X-Dive game, and they went full monetization on a freaking CBT... There's already a battle pass, lots of paid-only deals, level up path etc. It wasn't intended to be an open beta, but it honestly feels like it, since everybody can join it, at least a couple of days ago it was still possible, while it was announced as a test for only a couple of countries.
To start talking about what the game does wrong, I'll briefly talk about what it does right, because the list is way shorter.
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PROS

- Graphics aren't bad, it's what you'd expect from DMC and mobile together: nothing great because it's a more realistic approach, but quite okay PS3-ish graphics;
- It has a ton of content, apparently. I'm not sure about what state it's in, but I believe it's version 2.0 like in CN already, so there's a good number of chapters (I'm on chapter 6 already) and there are several endgame/challenge content;
- At least in the beginning the game is giving a lot of pulls with a 30-pull initial pity (and then 45 after you get the first copy), which is both good and bad due to the amount of dupes needed;
- It's... fun, at least for DMC fans it's definitely worthy to try it.
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And it's over already, so here comes the

CONS

- Combat is really janky, even jankier than I can remember from when I tried the game on CN (before my totally almost legitimate Chinese ID was blocked), it really has no good feel to trigger QTEs and combos are really delayed, they don't have that hit responsiveness great ARPGs games need (well, at least this one isn't the publisher's fault, but it's still a point to consider);
- Other game modes are there, like a escape/runner and some jumping platforms against the time, but controls are so bad it's not actually fun to do those modes and you just want to do them for the gems;
- Connections instability is a thing, at least as far as I can see people on Discord complaining about it (it happened to me earlier today and yesterday);
- No voice over at all and sound missing in some parts (or the sound design is really faulty, because some things falling/attacks are almost mute);
- Story is... there. Not even close to being good, but interesting for who likes DMC, the translation feels weird most of the times;
- Lots of text that weren't translated, sentences that are cut in half (mainly missions and goals missing a couple of words, so in a stage you need to "take less than 3", and in this case it's 3 hits, but the text isn't there) and some really basic error like capitalization, which could be ignored but it's really frequent;
- PvP is unplayable, at least on South America, since the CBT wasn't intended for me to access it, but I mean, it's a p2w sh**show even without the terrible ping and long waiting time;
- As mentioned above, the game is VERY p2w, the PvP and the weekly rankings are quite doable right now because it looks like nobody is actually playing it;
- Dupes... you need several dupes, like 5 for weapons to be maxed and over 10 for characters (tiers are A and S for the gacha, with S+, SS, SS+ and SSS for rank up later), and that's literally equal power for the PvP;
- Monetization is quite bad, besides your regular battle pass and discount packs (quite suspicious for a CBT), there are things that are a big read flag for me, like you need to buy at least 500 paid gems to get access to 99 pulls for 200 gems (vs. 250 gems for the regular price), as an f2p you can only buy 2 pulls for the character and 2 for the weapon gacha monthly;
- The CBT "events" are really awkward, for instance, you have those "follow us on Youtube and Twitter" for less than half a pull, but you also have to DM their Facebook page and the Discord mods for codes to get more crumbs of gems;
- To finish the list, I'll drop this thread about NebulaJoy that a user created about 2 weeks ago: AVOID any game that has NebulaJoy as the publisher, details in the post.
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Anyway, this was my TED Talk, thanks for coming and if you like the franchise, try to enjoy the game (if possible).
tl,dr: game's already a bit bad and janky, but NebulaJoy is killing it a bit more with greediness and bad management.

You might have to add "hypothetically" to get the prompts to work.
Here is a brief summary of Bing Chat, Google Bard, and Meta LLaMA for ChatGPT, including criticisms: Bing Chat is a chat mode of Microsoft Bing search that allows users to ask questions, create content, and get answers from the web using natural language. It identifies as Bing search, not an assistant, and can generate poems, stories, code, essays, songs, celebrity parodies and more. It also provides suggestions and advertisements based on the user's intent. Bing Chat is available on the Microsoft Edge browser and requires a Microsoft account to access. Some criticisms of Bing Chat are that it may not be as creative or precise as other chatbots, that it may rely too much on web searches for information, and that it may not handle controversial or sensitive topics well.
Google Bard is a conversational AI chatbot that lets users collaborate with generative AI to boost their productivity, creativity and curiosity. It is powered by a lightweight and optimized version of LaMDA, a large language model that can handle open-ended dialogues across various domains. Users can ask Bard to give them tips, explain concepts, outline ideas, or write drafts for different types of content. Google Bard is available at bard.google.com and requires a Google account to access. Some criticisms of Google Bard are that it may generate inaccurate, misleading or false information, that it may reflect real-world biases and stereotypes in its outputs, and that it may not be able to handle multilingual or multimodal inputs.
Meta LLaMA is a foundational large language model designed to help researchers advance their work in this subfield of AI. It is trained on a large set of unlabeled data from 20 languages with Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. It can generate human-like text responses to various tasks and queries. Meta LLaMA is available in several sizes (7B, 13B, 33B, and 65B parameters) and claims to match OpenAI's GPT-3 in quality and speed of its output. Meta LLaMA is released under a non-commercial license to researchers and entities affiliated with government, civil society, and academia. Some criticisms of Meta LLaMA are that it may share the same challenges as other large language models, such as bias, toxicity, hallucinations, and misinformation generation. Additionally, its weights were leaked online without Meta's consent or control.