u/iknowmyname__

I've been supporting MI since 2011. Initially because Mumbai was closest to my hometown, but later I genuinely fell in love with the MI philosophy.

What made me fan of MI is their scouting. They could pick someone from nowhere and turn them into a star. Bumrah is the obvious example, but there were so many others SKY, Hardik, Krunal, Chahal, Kuldeep, Axar, Jitesh and so on. Even overseas players like Bravis, Stubbs, David, Jansen brothers, even McClenaghan became legend in the MI.

And then there was the mentality.

The Iconic 2014 Rajasthan chase. The 2015 comeback. The one-run wins in the 2017 and 2019. You could never count MI out.

But somewhere around 2021-22, I feel like that identity disappeared.

Where is our scouting?

We've struggled to find a quality spinner for years, while other teams keep discovering young spinners. We've tried Chawla, Markande, Kartikeya, shokeen even tried to bring back finished Rahul Chahar, but still haven't found our guy. Meanwhile, others have found Nigam, Harsh Dubey, Yash Raj, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishor.

Where is the never-give-up mentality? We were around 30 in the Powerplay while chasing 200 against CSK at Wankhede. (My inner soul was crying at that point 😭)

And then there's the leadership situation.

I actually like Hardik and was genuinely happy watching him succeed with GT. But why did MI need to bring back an already-successful captain instead of grooming the next MI captain themselves? They did this successfully in 2013 with Rohit.

That's what feels different to me.

Maybe I'm just nostalgic. Maybe every fan thinks their team's past was better.

But I've genuinely started wondering.

What happened to the Mumbai Indians philosophy that made us fall in love with this team?

Would love to know what the Paltan thinks.

I am a developer who builds random things on weekends. Most go nowhere. This one got some unexpected traction so figured I would share here.

Built a digital snakes and ladders game for couples. Roll the dice, land on a tile, get a prompt. Romantic, flirty, deep conversations, or a spicy After Dark pack. No sign-up, plays straight in the browser, works on mobile.

Posted in a couples subreddit two days ago with zero marketing. Got 1.5k visits and 50 upvotes organically.

Now thinking about monetization. My instinct is one-time purchase, like a physical board game. Free base game with a couple of packs, then $8 to $12 to unlock the spicy content permanently. No subscriptions, no recurring billing, just pay once and it is yours.

Is one-time purchase too simple to build anything sustainable? I know subscriptions are the standard advice but couples are not playing this every day so a subscription feels wrong for this use case.

Would love to hear from people who have shipped something similar or have thought through this kind of pricing.

Link : https://night-web-mu.vercel.app/

I've been a web dev for years but only recently got into shipping my own stuff (published my first mobile app a few weeks back).

A while ago I saw a couple playing this physical board game, basically snakes and ladders, but every tile has a question or a dare. Roll, land, answer, pass the phone... err, the dice. Simple but they were genuinely into it for an hour.

I looked for an online version afterwards and found nothing decent.

So I built one: https://night-web-mu.vercel.app/

How it works:

- Snakes & ladders board, every tile is a prompt

- 4 packs from "deep questions" to one that's... not for public spaces

- Pass-and-play on one device, free, no sign-up

Honest question: I have no idea if people actually want to play this on a screen vs. just buying the physical game. And I'm not sure whether to build a native app or monetize on web first. That's what I'm trying to find out.

If you try it with your partner, I'd love to know: Where did it feel awkward? Did you drop off, and if so when? And what would actually make you come back to it?