Can an idea have value without programming? [MMORPG]

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@franktech

Forget pubg, look beyond that: The thread is about the power (or lack of) ideas. So what made all this happen…

What was it about Greene / his ideas? Was Is it all down to the mod community that got behind him?

The MSM present this as a true rags to riches story (Greene claims he was a black sheep loser dropout etc).
So which is it: Is this all just clever marketing / pretend fairy-tale, or did Greene’s ideas really hit a home run?

Anyone on here, ever play either of the 2 other mods / follow Greene or hear of him before all this?
Sure its annoying that PUBG gets called Indie / Greene gets Indie credit, but he did something right before…
How else would he have gotten those 2 other key opportunities before, long before PUBG got released etc…

I see your point. Looping this back to the OP …
The ideas guy, in this case, pubg, already had a mod of the same game. he just made it in to a stand-alone game. Was he an “ideas” guy tho? Nah, he was a modder. Futher, he was the guy behind the H1Z1 King of the Kill (aka pre-pubg). So i mean, its not that he knows nothing, he just has an entire company to back him now.

TLDR: ideas guys need to be able to pay a team to make the ideas real. key word: pay. pubg is a great example of how an “ideas guy” gets things completed.