This is pretty confusing. Sounds like Splinterlands doesn't have any control over the game anymore. Since when did they need permission to do anything now? Doesn't really say anything about people who are staking SPS, but to vote to get involved. Just looks like Splinterlands and DAO. Must be missing something.
Anyone could add a proposal then to have revenue shares directed to anyone perhaps. That would be both funny and destructive. Anyway, only time will tell. Can't really make sense of it yet.
They have complete control over the game. The DAO is like a second steering wheel so the people not paying enough attention don't realize they have NO control.
I mean, this is a straight $250,000 withdrawal from a "community controlled asset pool" to pay for a new card set that's been just around the corner for a year. The wording suggests that it hasn't even begun and there is no guarantee for a finished product, just profit sharing, which doesn't even consider the initial $250k.
It's just a complicated Ponzi scheme. I'm kind of embarrassed to say it took me this long to figure it out....