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The Odin Founders Club requires concierge status plus a 999-word-or-less essay submitted via the concierge ticket portal, open for applications through May 11th, with exclusive purchase access unlocking at Defense Con on May 24th.
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SaltEMike believes the application system is an attempt to combat bot-buying and resellers, but argues it will fail because the essay can easily be generated with AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT.
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The Anvil Odin is described as twice the size by volume of the Javelin (which sells for $3,000), implying a likely price of $4,000-$6,000 for what is currently just a concept with no confirmed development timeline.
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SaltEMike discloses he has spent roughly $20,000 as a concierge backer, but most of it was spent on ships given away during charity streams while he was working as a poker dealer, not on his personal fleet.
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He warns that buying concept ships is risky because game design changes over years of development can completely invalidate a ship's intended use case, citing the Kraken and BMM as examples potentially hurt by recent market system changes.
