Kusama needs to be much more fearless and open to creative experiments. This is one such experiment. Let's put Kusama on the map again.

The It Remains campaign showcases impressive graphics and an engaging theme. The post-dystopian setting and cross-media approach are certainly intriguing. However, I'm skeptical about its potential to drive significant Kusama adoption, especially considering the likely high treasury costs:

1. The Kusama Canary integration seems subtle and might not effectively drive broader network awareness.
2. KSM discounts and rewards mainly target existing holders rather than attracting new users.
3. Event sponsorships provide exposure but somewhat unlikely to convert efficiently to active network participants.

Importantly, the proposal fails to meaningfully integrate Kusama's technology, relegating it to a mere symbolic element or basic payment method instead of showcasing its unique features. Moreover, while the existing 50,000-fan community is significant, the proposal lacks a clear pathway to transform these fans into active Kusama network participants, missing a prime opportunity for ecosystem growth.

While the It Remains proposal offers intriguing experimental artistic value that could be worth supporting at a lower cost, given its substantial price tag, we'd expect to see a much deeper integration of Kusama's technology and clearer pathways to significant network growth to justify the expense.

I changed my vote to Abstain: https://x.com/bitfalls/status/1820080048952492076

Questions:

1- Do you have your own "It Remains" parachain on Kusama Coretime that you're using to natively launch the Resisters token from?

2- Are you going to use a proportion of the funds to fund purchasing one or more cores on Kusama Coretime?

3- What chains on Kusama are you going to integrate with?

4- Regarding dot point 1, is it that you already have a Resister token that you want to promote and you want the Kusama Treasury to help you fund the launch of it to your audience, and in return you'll create some Kusama canary assets and incorporate them into the interactive book that'll also be exposed to the audience?

5- Regarding dot point 2, I went to the "Store" section on your website with a download connection of ~10Mbps and it took about 30 seconds to load the images of some of the cover images for some of the items. I think you need to get your webmaster to look into ways to preloading your images. I can't see why the treasury should fund providing a KSM exclusive discounts to online store items where most customers wouldn't have the patience to even wait for the cover images to load unless they were able to afford to access a 50-100Mbps internet connections speed.

6- Regarding dot point 2, what proportion of the budget in this proposal goes toward providing liquidity to subsidise 50% of the purchases from the It Remains online store?

7- Regarding dot point 2, is there a reason why you don't provide a lesser discount of say 40% and divert 10% of each sale back to the Kusama treasury to recoup the costs of this campaign?

8- Regarding dot point 2, how would you describe the list of Kusama-specific merchandise, AR figures, artworks, t-shirts, bags, or NFTs you are going to create that will be available at the It Remains store? What materials will you use to create it? Will be built from recycled materials?

9- How long will the 50% discounts last for? Will that discount last forever?

10- Are the NFTs on It Remains website only available on Opensea? Are they going to be made available on any of the NFT marketplaces that are Kusama parachains or a future NFT marketplace of a parachain that is run by It Remains?

11- Regarding dot point 3, what proportion of the budget in this proposal goes toward funding the KSM rewards for users that interact with the games, books, board games, quests, and being top of leaderboards?

12- Regarding dot point 4, what proportion of the budget in this proposal goes toward funding Kusama brand positioning at each event?

13- Regarding dot point 4, where is a preview of which Kusama logo or similar is going to be featured at each event? What dimensions? Is the canary going to be the size of a t-rex dinosaur replica? What materials will you use to create it? Will be built from recycled materials? How many of the Kusama props will be created? Will they be different at each event or are you going to use the same ones at each event?

14- Regarding dot point 4, will there be Kusama-branded billboards too at each event? How many other sponsors will be at each event? What Sponsorship package level will this represent compared to all the Sponsorship packages that are available, will Kusama be the main sponsor with the best package available?

15- Regarding dot point 4, in what ways will participants at these events interact with Kusama, such as with the Kusama immersive galleries, and other than just through purchasing items from the It Remains store?

16- Regarding dot point 4, is there a reason why you're offering only a bundled sponsorship to feature the Kusama logo? what discount does this offer compared to just having separate proposals for positioning at each event so Kusama treasury may have the opportunity to reject future funding if there weren't adequate feedback forms from participants, interactions by participants, and success metrics established to measure engagement with the Kusama brand at each event?

17- Is there a reason why you have chosen to request funding for all four stages of integration rather than having separate proposals for each stage?

18- Could you please update your proposal to follow these guidelines https://www.opengov.watch/guides/proposals-project-structure

19- Where are the events going to be held? Are the events going to be accessible to the global poor or only the global elite? * Art Basel Miami, December 6 – 8, 2024, Miami Beach, https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach/buy-tickets

20- What do you mean by Comicons, do you mean one of these? https://fancons.com/events/schedule.php?type=comic

21- Does it include ones like this too: Comicons, Nov 30-Dec 1 2024, Stuttgart, https://www.comiccon.de/

22- Which blockchain events? It is important to know because the Kusama Treasury may prefer some over others, and not wish to associated the brand with some blockchain ecosystems events that may have been malicious or may have been blacklisted for being insensitive to the Polkadot and Kusama brand, and to prevent duplicate spends on positioning the Kusama brand at the same event by different parties.

23- Is it part of the deal that KSM holders going to be invited to be able to invest their KSM into the private sale of your Resistor token launch if this proposal gets approved?