Back to collectionExplaining the Goal Behind Odyssey's Tasks
Once Odyssey began, task pages could tell newcomers where to click, but they did not necessarily explain why they were taking part. Community members began writing longer posts that could be read in five minutes, unpacking Xai Odyssey: why Xai wanted to build a gaming network, and how it envisioned letting billions of traditional gamers own in-game items without first having to handle a crypto wallet. The conversation moved from following task-page instructions toward understanding what the tasks were meant to serve.
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Once Odyssey began, task pages could tell newcomers where to click, but they did not necessarily explain why they were taking part. In the Chinese-language community, some noticed that questions about the chain's goal and questions about daily actions were often being mixed together.
Community members began writing longer posts that could be read in five minutes, unpacking Xai Odyssey: why Xai wanted to build a gaming network, and how it envisioned letting billions of traditional gamers own in-game items without first having to handle a crypto wallet. The writers explained that goal separately from the current tasks so readers would not mistake the vision for something already delivered.
The conversation moved from following task-page instructions toward understanding what the tasks were meant to serve. The Night Watchman planned to pass frequently asked terms from newcomers to the writers for clarification. Whether the posts made the rules clear would emerge from later questions; making item ownership easy for players remained a goal yet to be fulfilled.