Wow.. Great entry!! Seriously.. This hit me on so many levels, as someone who grew up as a gamer as well. And this IFC idea happened very spontaneously through a collection of my old experiences in life, including a photography contest I had on Facebook which was very similar and then I sort of just applied that to some of the old RPG's I used to play and looked at some of the other contests on steemit and also had a previous idea about the "Information Finding" that was different and then I sort of somehow just merged these all together.

By the way, I'm not sure if you're familiar with a game called Suikoden, but I sort of based this contest idea on that game which was my absolute favorite game growing up and was like.. The only game that really sort of made me depressed when I beat it cause I wanted to play it forever.

So.. If you're familiar with Suikoden, maybe the artwork of the castle will make a lot more sense. :) That was a game where you sort of have a castle and share it with a bunch of heroes/friends who are freedom fighters going up against the uber powerful corrupt empire.

I was just thinking about it earlier before I read your entry.. And I was like.. Somehow I managed to take that idea of my favorite game and turn it into a game in real life... And now it's like that game didn't end when I was younger, it's now continuing in real life... It really is such a satisfying and rewarding project to me on so many levels.. I think even if money wasn't involved, the satisfaction I get from this is so overwhelming.. I would probably do it anyways at this point, HOWEVER... This is one reason why I loved your article so much!!! You further pointed out to me how blockchain is going to revolutionize gaming and I never knew of like any of that stuff you mentioned except for cryptokitties. Those sounds like some awesome ideas!!! I'm going to have to look into them individually further, though thanks so much for expanding my awareness about all of this.. I think this IFC idea might be even bigger than I thought it was going to be based on what you just said..

The fact people can now make money playing video games in so many different ways and even become self sustainable is amazing, and I was unaware that those games brought bigger audiences than the Superbowl! Wow.. Holy crap.

I think games/video games are one of the biggest things next to porn and when I was younger I also wanted to create my own game, which is another reason this kind of blows my mind, cause.. I'm like.. Sort of.. Doing something I wanted to as a kid.. And now it's happening in my adult life, similar to how I used to game a lot and haven't gamed much in years.. And now through this game, I'm sort of reliving my youth a lot and remembering a lot of good and fun times,and I think this has been really helpful for me.. Cause I've got a bit too into the serious side of life and being able to have this sort of "fantasy" outlet again, I think is actually therapeutic and medicinal for me.

Once again this game hits me on so many freaking levels.. I'm reminded of a ted talks about a lady programmer who had a serious umm. Injury I believe it was, and her life became incredibly difficult, but then she had an idea to turn her challenges into a game.. Like the bad times were a challenge and the good times were a reward, and she managed to heal up really well when she was in a really bad place!

So.. I really think games are the answer to a lot of things and aren't all "bad". In fact, that same woman I just mentioned did another tedtalks about how she thinks gamers are going to save the world. Because we like to go on quests and solve problems and sort of fight the "ultimate evils" in the world. And.. more and more I'm thinking she is right and that's how I'm looking at this game longterm, as a way to help the world through the wrapping of a fun game. So when I send people on quests, some of the time they are bringing back really useful information that might help others. Once again.. This thing is like a freaking onion! So many layers, and I hope to see it someday do some of these things I think it might be capable of.

I already typed so much so I'm going to end this soon. In summary. I'm.. Extremely glad to have you be a part of the contest! You seem like a perfect competitor for this and I think you might even be the one to give kryptocek and bashadow a run for their money! Especially after that awesome first entry!

Additionally.. I am voting for you for this round, there were some other good entries! But by far this one resonated with me the most and I'm even more excited by all this than I used to be! :D
Thanks for the awesome entry! And good luck in the contest. :)