It saddens me to make a post like this but i have to. Throughout the years, the BRO community and token were one of the best around Hive. The token held some decent value over the years and and it was considered quite stable, especially while everything else seemed to crumble.
What made it more successful, though, was the community around it. Not anything fancy, just a simple Discord channel with people having fun and being free to say and talk about anything. The one behind the community and tokens was Ray, who was considered a nice guy by everyone and even though some of his ideas to make the token's price increase failed.
Ray also created many more tokens in an attempt to create a grant, let's say ecosystem that will bring more value to the BRO token and at the same time prosperity to every member of the community. Tokens like LGN, CINE and GIFU came to life and to be honest, all of them had a future if managed properly.
I also invested in BRO, CINE and GIFU myself and even tried to help GIFU and Cine grow by posting on X, shilling it and posting via the CINE front. These past few moments, as most of the tokens had declined in value and Ray's plan were a failure even though the community tried to help him out and still supported him, he announced a new project.
Nobody actually knew what the hell it was and how everything would change. The only thing i saw changing was the way he would speak and the vibe, which resembled a role-playing dnd kind of game.
I think 1-2 days ago i woke up and saw numerous posts and such by "Ray" basically saying that all the token are worthless and to sell everything and in general a lot of other crazy things. You can go and check the BRO account to see what i am talking about but here is a sample.
Some people sold and now the BRO token's value, which was the cornerstone, is in ruins. He also pretty much banned all "his old friends" and main BRO investors, let's say from Discord and nobody knows what's next.
As i read a lot of posts and comments since yesterday and while the situation is bad as some people lost a lot of money, i lost around 200$ or something so i don't care that much, they still care about his well-being and health. Talk about a strong community!
While i was not that active in the Discord server so i don't bring that much of emotion in that sense, i kind of feel bad about the people who lost their money rather than him, but still if indeed he has a health issue i hope that he will be okay.
I also learned that he took some loans from people in here that he didn't paid, in case you don't believe me, you can read this post from someone, let's say, more reputable than me
https://hive.blog/hive-177682/@neoxian/scam-warning-raymondspeaks-and-bro
Now i have 3 guesses of what the case is:
He sold or gave access to his accounts to someone else for any reason and now that someone else is basically trolling and destroying everything.
He indeed has a mental breakdown or something and he is basically in another reality that he created and which we see through his post. In that sense he needs help asap.
Due to the fact that all his plans didn't go as imagined and the tokens kept declining in value and at the same time, he took the loans, which now can't repay and note that some of these loans have been going on for years while they shouldn't, he made a plan. That plan is to act like he has a mental breakdown and, in general crazy in order to avoid paying and basically run away from all these issues.
Ofc everything above is just a speculation from the side and my personal opinion. It could be something completely different and until someone actually talks with him face to face or somehow learn more about what's going on we never gonna find out the truth.
Personally i feel quite sad when events like that happen on Hive constantly and i also feel sad for the people who lost their money and were active in that community for the past years. I hope we learn what the case is sooner or later. Below you can also read another relevant post from @bozz
https://hive.blog/hive-126152/@bozz/nothing-is-guaranteed
it's better to read multiple posts i believe, in order to have a better perspective, especially in matters that are as serious as this.
Based on recent information, scenario number 2 seems to be closer to reality. In any case, if you have any related tokens, BRO, LGN, CINE, GIFU, proceed as you see fit. From what i know this isn't a rug but at the same time, due to the events a lot of people sold and keep on selling.