u/hewhoreddits6

I was as excited as anyone when the news came that Chaotic was being rebooted. Even before I heard, I was already on Chaotic Rewind and Portal to Perim, and played a TON in the winter and spring. Too much probably, as logging on every day became very much like a ritual.

This summer though I studied for the bar exam which I took in July. At a certain point I realized I should stop checking in to scan cards every day because I should focus on studying, and I was slowing down with the number of useful/interesting cards I was getting anyway.

Now that the exam is over, I logged back in once or twice but honestly I don't miss it as much as I thought. Stepping away from scanning to get cards, looking for daily news updates, it's all not that big of a deal. When you check every day, it shrinks your world to be solely focused on Chaotic.

When I really thought about it, I never actually used any of the cards from Chaotic Rewind to play tournaments or anything. I was just getting them saying I would like to build a deck one day. Same with Portal to Perim, I already was trying to build a Warbeast deck but the game was bugged out and literally wouldn't let me scan things anymore so I was just scanning random locations. I stopped getting enjoyment out of these games and from reading Chaotic stuff in general because it's just not that important, it's just a card game at the end of the day.

I'm not better than other people because I stopped focusing so much of my energy around Chaotic, I know many people are really passionate and care and want to grow the community and such. I get that and I support the community too! But I do think many people could do well to step back a bit and chill as we wait for the October release.

As someone who just graduated law school, I decided to read the boring stuff most people ignore like the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service (ToS). Note I am not an attorney and none of this is legal advice, I just wrote it to let people know I have a high tolerance for reading boring things. All of this is pure speculation on what features could be in the game.

Here is what stuck out:

1. China - The Privacy Policy has several mentions of China with connecting to services like WeChat. There is even a special provision for Chinese players about how their local laws govern, whereas for the rest of us our disputes are goverened by California law.

Chaotic was not originally in China last time, but here it looks like they intend to make it a main market. Makes sense as China has such a large consumer base and huge sway in the gaming industry. If the game blows up there it could mean huge revenue that could almost subsidize the rest of us.

2. Auction House - There are several mentions of an auction system. No idea what it will look like, but probably it will function off some digital currency called "Chaotic Coins" in the ToS.

3. Unity Game Engine - This doesn't mean much to me, but for any developers who are curious this is what it will run on.

4. Ownership - you will not own the digital cards, you license to use them. However you will own the physical card. If you scan the physical card in and then trade it away, you lose the digital right but keep the physical one.

Digital items also have no real world cash value.

5. Message Boards - One line mentions message boards, which surprises me because it's pretty old school. Whether this is boilerplate language or they will have a message board feature for players to talk is unknown.