# Hyperfy Discord - 2025-12-21

## Overall Discussion Highlights

### Ready Player Me Shutdown/Changes
- **News Impact**: Ash shared information about Ready Player Me (RPM) shutting down or significantly changing its service
- **Affected Games**: Multiple games that integrated with RPM have been negatively impacted, described as getting "rugged" (abandoned without support)
- **Service Dependency Risks**: The situation highlights dangers of relying on free but closed-source services
- **Alternative Partnerships**: Roustan mentioned Netflix might be partnering with Msquared instead of RPM
- **Black Mirror Connection**: Noted that the Black Mirror franchise is using Msquared technology

### Content Sharing
- User ".hyp shaman" shared a Farcaster link to content from user "b0gie.eth" (identifier: 0xf4f59f3b)

## Key Questions & Answers

**Q: Is it actually possible to use Ready Player Me avatars in Hyperfy?** (asked by Ozymandias)  
**A**: While not directly answered, Ozymandias noted that RPM's terms forbid "minting" GLB files, making it incompatible with web3 principles.

## Community Help & Collaboration

No significant help interactions or collaborations were documented in today's discussions.

## Action Items

No specific action items were identified in today's discussions.

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*Note: Today's discussions were relatively limited, primarily focusing on the Ready Player Me situation and its implications for integrated games and services.*