The following is a recap of the first discussion by 
Dan Crothers, COO and Co-Founder of Ecomi/VeVe on Discord's VeVe Official #general-chat lobby on April 2, 2021.
Summary
- Ultraman 2D Super Rare will not be delivered during this downtime
- Ecomi Secure Wallet will be restocked in a few weeks and a new update to the app is coming soon
- VeVe is considering options on a new drop strategy
- Gem refund will happen before the Mermicorno drop
- Will look at new channel dedicated to updates
- Full sets will be available for sale
- VeVe OMI wallet upgrades are almost in place
- Down for maintenance from 03:15 am to 07:00 am April 2, 2021 to prepare for the upcoming drops
- iOS does not have OMI wallet need to go to web address omi.veve.me
- VeVe looking into 1 Euro = 1 Gem. Fees from Google and Apple affect the price
- There is a purchase limit in place. 5 for Common / Uncommon, 2 Rare, and 1 Ultra Rare
- The number of Ultraman 2D drop will be announced
- Future editions will have higher editions
- VeVe app will have 2FA and biometric security
- Working on changing drop times to meet other countries (ie. Australia)
- Star Trek is coming soon
- VeVe app will have Maintenance mode
- VeVe is from New Zealand
- Classic Ultraman coming soon
- VeVe app feature to convert OMI to Gems coming soon
- No increase to burn percentage planned
- Fix to the collectible screen where not all owned collectibles are being displayed is coming soon
- All Blacks (New Zealand Ruby Team) collectibles will be pursued
- Details on Reward program coming in Q2
- VeVe is not 100% decentralized
Transcript
@DanC are we getting something new or just perforamce updates? 
Performance - two big drops next week!
— 04/02/2021
Blessed to see Dans first message in the official discord. 
Shall I turn it to an NFT? lol
Dan is the market gonna burn OMI ?
@Dave Younts Hey Dan will you come in for a livestream on my channel? I can dm you 
I love your support and your videos @StayingAlpha - Send me a friend request and we can talk
Wish I could! But running this business takes 18 hours per day and it's best I focus on delivering a great product to you guys, rather than chatting. Hope you understand!
I'm sure there was a better screenshot of me in that video
@DanC Not sure if we're having a mini Q&A here but, all I want to know is if there's any way we can get notified when the Ecomi Secure Wallet gets restocked?
It's a few weeks away yet .. sold out way to fast! And the new app update is coing out soon
Was thinking this. Running any business comes with a lot of demands, but one that is exploding in popularity is like playing whack-a-mole. It is literally impossible to stay on top of everything even when hiring more and more people, and remember that hiring people then involves time + training so it sets you even further back in the 8000 other things that require immediate attention
Been in this boat before and it's exciting, but stressful and not easy on the sleep. I think most people here have confidence in Ecomi / VeVe to get the job done
You are right on @Napper!
Thank you guys!!! Really appreciate your kind words. I know there have been some delays and issues but we are working hard to cater for the massive growth. Q2 is gonna be epic!
hey dan, any news about potential changes in drop strategy, or is it going to remain first come first serve for the immediate future? staggered timezones / randomization / queue ?
We are considering options
I can’t decide if I’m a bigger Dan fangirl or Dave fangirl 
Team Dan! haha
i'm honored dans first message in general chat was replying too me, maybe ill sell my comment as a nft
If you do I get 10% 
haha
Ready player one. Bought to you by VeVe
veveverse! its on the roadmap!
Can't wait for this
Dave too busy playing with his Toys 
You are probably right haha
@everyone thank you for your support and patience! I'm off to help the devs with the upgrades. I'll come back in more regulatory to chat as time allows. Great chatting with you all!
Yo do we get the gem refund before the mermicorno drop cuz im tryna cop
Yes!
Can’t wait to see what happens with this update. Any patch notes out yet?
— 04/02/2021
Good idea - will see if we can get a channel here for these updates
@DanC would you consider making full sets available for sell on the market as one item ?
Yes, this is coming
@Dan is there gg to be a fairer distribution system in place for drops?
Working on it
THE SITE IS LOCKED UP NOW HAHA
VeVe is offline for maintenance from 3:15am PT to 7am PT. Thank you for your patience
Has anyone heard of the VeVe app? Seems a cool new NFT project. I heard they're giving out all they have just for looking in their direction (in all seriousness there's about 60,000 early adopters, not sure what resources they have to give out....)
Never heard of it ..
omi tokens in the veve wallet are totally pointless now,takes ages to get them there and you cant do anything with it
Upgrades to the OMI wallets are almost in place. All will be back to normal soon
Will iOS show OMI wallet soon? Mine hasn’t been 
No iOS doesn't like OMI so need to use the web wallet: omi.veve.me
Lol cos of Apple developer guidelines re cryptocurrency?
Just Apple being Apple!
Also any word on doing a queue system for the next drop? So that the app doesn’t crash during the last Ultraman and some people got 5+ while others couldn’t log in
That's why we're down for maintenance .....
@DanC many people specifically in europe are wondering about the 1 EURO = 1 Gem. (Im from Canada) however no one seems to be getting an answer.
1 gem = 1$ USD bro everyone knows
Many people using euros are payin 1 euro = 1 gem. I know its suppose to be 1 usd = 1 gem...
Sorry about this, We are looking into it but the fees are coming from apple / google 
Wish I could get one collectible :
More coming next week 
Further dropping the purchase limit per collectible from 2 to 1, and enforcing it across all rarity instead of just Ultra Rare may help, in my opinion.
There are always limitations in place - 5 for common / uncommon, 2 Rare, 1 Ultra Rare
i thought common was like 25
used to be but not any more
@DanC Are you able to say how many 2D ultraman comic covers are going to be handed out from the last drop issues?
This will be announced before the Ultraman 2D drop
I wish I can get an ultra rare.. sucks others manage to get 5
Future drops will see higher editions .. we hate to see people miss out!
We were told otherwise a few days ago
If it didn't come from the source, it can't be trusted lol
Still down 
VeVe is going offline from 3:15am PT to 7am PT for maintenance. Thank you for your patience
I hope everyone could access the market after the maintenance. Would be so great 
Market is being rolled out to groups of users, starting with those who have been the most active in the Market
@DanC 2FA and biometric security update soon?
Hey Dan, I and many other users were wondering if the distribution of collectors points/the weighting of collectors points could be changed. Many of us are of the opinion, that owning collectibles/sets should give more collectors points than a follow or like. Ever since users found out that follows give collectors points every single comment section is filled with follow 4 follow. We believe that the best thing to do would be to split the two categories into social interaction points and collector points, as in our opinion receiving collector points for a follow is broken as it would make it possible for an account with 0 collectibles or sets to have a disproportionate amount of collectors points. Sorry for the long text, just wanted to give an opinion.
There is no points system in place right now - Master Collector Program is scheduled for Q2
It’s saying 7am it’s 7 am all ready
7am PT 
@DanC Any chance you change the time of the drops for those of us in Australia and NZ? Maybe mix it up a bit?
Working on it
@DanC so is there any announcement crypto related coming ?
It's been one day since the Uniswap announcement lol
Dan c is clearly fake
yep it's not me .. Will the other DanC please stand up?
a starship collectiable would be nicer
Star Trek .. coming soon 
Yea David can't stop talking like Yoda in his Instagram 
Thats Star wars mate
talks like that all the time he does
is there a difference between star wars and star trek then
@DanC Hi Dan, is there like any mindblowing news coming up next weeks?
That depends on what blows your mind lol
It blows my mind that you guys are still growing when you steal gems for weeks at a time with no refunds
Yes, that's shocking
Very shocking that you guys don’t even have transactions hitting a blockchain lmao
haters gon' hate.
I can wait for proof. You don’t have any cause you’re literally copy and pasting transactions lol
Whatever
All those in favour of Banishing Josh say Aye
Done lol
@DanC what's your favourite football team?
Tbh I'm more of an F1 fan ...
Hi @DanC I nearly 
my pants today when my collectibles disappeared literally in front of my eyes when the app was taken offline for maintenance! When do you think you can have implemented in-app notifications instead of relying on Twitter as the main communication line to us, your devoted fans?
Maintenance mode will be coming to the app soon Sorry to scare you! haha
Need some anime drops for real tho
Stay tuned
guys anyone from EU here?
Technically no because im u.k
Got your UK ass kicked out of our beautiful europe
Well the country voted to leave. Not quite sure we got kicked ou
You voted for it... yeah right, I let my girlfriends believe the same thing when I dump them
Look im not saying that I agreed with it. Neither do I really care. But the country literally voted to leave. I mean thats a fact
You re being cute trying to rewrite history...
"Following a UK-wide referendum in June 2016, in which 51.89% voted in favour of leaving the EU and 48.11% voted to remain a member, Prime Minister David Cameron resigned. ... The UK left the EU at the end of 31 January 2020 CET (11 p.m. GMT)." Looks like Google is rewriting history too. Did they feed you propoganda where you live or something? 
Fake news
Seriously guys, there must be a brexit channel where you can discuss this lol
Is Veve from Uk or USA
New Zealand
@DanC hey Dan any news on converting gems to omi and vice versa?
I won't say soon but I will say in sometime But in all seriousness we are getting there. Last 1-2 months have required all hands on deck for optimisations but rest assured we're on it
How about OMI to 
swapping? When will that feature come back?
This is not far off either
Classic Ultraman coming soon!
@DanC hey Dan do you think the app will handle on the drop so many users after the Update?
@DanC we need some female Veve influencers. How about @Meezybaby I loved her first video 
@DanC any clues for new drops and brands?
Please be patient, the support team are working fast as they can
Thank you so so much! It was my very first video, I have equipment coming in soon to make better ones soon here! 
Very shocking that you guys don’t even have transactions hitting a blockchain lmao
Is this for real ??
@DanC would you mind answering this questions
I asked this -Hi Dan, will the burn percentage be increased. As after the uniswap new investors are worried about price manipulation of omi by large holders. As you know as investors we would like the project to be successful & omi price increase accordingly... thank you ...
they're banning people who are asking this question....amazing
Let’s see , It is a worry
he's clearly not going to answer--maybe because they aren't minted on chain
Yes maybe but I am asking the below question which should be answered as people have invested...... ** Hi Dan, will the burn percentage be increased. As after the uniswap new investors are worried about price manipulation of omi by large holders. As you know as investors we would like the project to be successful & omi price increase accordingly... thank you ...
No burn percentage increase planned. There are whales in every community. If they choose to be dicks, not much can be done about that.
so much chat to scroll is there an answer for this, how could the collectibles not be on chain
No answer. I also asked a question about the omi price a few times to Dan and no response.
this is sketchy af they banned that other user it seems
Yes , no answer and to my question ,but to other people’s questions he does reply even if he likes football but not the important questions.
they just banned two people from the chat that asked--scroll up...this is crazy
Probably us two next. Then it makes you wonder why the bans
i will happily get banned im just looking for the answer to whether or not collectibles are minted on chain. before i buy anything else
Yes that’s an important question that deserves a reply
if you scroll up it looks like he's dodging the question
Whatever
@hellomot yah they aren't NFTs technically rn - but they've said they plan to make them that in future; where you can transfer off app onto other wallets
If you don't like them, don't buy them, and no point being part of this community. On your way
why is DanC acting like a child then? makes me not wanna buy anymore
Don't then. No one is forcing you
@DanC Hey Dan, i think i have too many collectibles. I cant ever get my collection to load up now. Is there a limit to how many you can own?
There is a bug on one of the collectible screens where not all owned collectibles are being displayed - fix is coming
@DanC we getting all blacks collectibles?
As a kiwi I'll try my best to make this happen haha
Chance — 04/02/2021
I can never understand people being rude and feeling entitled to a response on their questions. Also, expecting the team to be robots with emotionless and on-the-point responses only
Haters gonna hate. There's always some lurking around... Just ignore them
@DanC any details on the reward programm?
Details coming in Q2
@DanC I asked this question in tg group, but didnt recieve an answer. Content that linked to NFT token is stored somewhere. Where veve models are stored? To be really decentralized, it must be something like IPFS or filetoken. Or are they stored on ordinary web server?
VeVe is not 100% decentralized and unlikely will be until technology is available to do that on a mass scale and at a reasonable cost
Can you delete that pi shit
someone beat me to it haha
Ok team, I need to go be support for the devs (shoulder rubs, cups of tea, etc). Been great chatting! Catch you on the flip side 
