Is it actually resolved?

So I checked the information given and it seems to be legit.
This is definitely screeps talk, so yes your suspicion that "ben2" maybe the person in question is possible, his activity stopped around 3 years ago.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004426967/friends/ this is his steam friendslist maybe they know more.
Just keep it polite.

But instead of obsessing over someone who is dead, either out of paranoia or the unbelievable tiny chance that he actually had "dangerous knowledge", can't be healthy.
So try to actually play screeps for a change

Rant incoming:
Man this is ridicules, USA and their non-existent ID-Card.
Here in the EU and many other countries they are mandatory and a good thing.
(It is also mandatory to show it to the police ← to be clear nobody else can force you, they need to call them if they want your ID)
You have no proper way of identification, this is really embarrassing for a country of this size.
You even deport your own countrymen as "illegal immigrants" because of that, its such a shame

To my understanding they are standalone shards with own rules and have nothing to do with the persistent world, besides the fact that you need access keys.
You won't be able to transfer anything to them.

Dunno about events in the persistent world, but those are probably just fun gimmicks where you can get special cosmetics and such.

Do you plan on something like a starter pack with all 3 res in limited quantities but with a cheap entry price...
Uhhhh wait you can use the steam version for that

Na, it is sometimes buggy for various undefined reasons.
Just try it again "later".

You could also do commit to your repo maybe it helps.

@shedletsky your point of view is totally legit but lets face it, programmers are not the majority out there.
(Even so any sane person sees that software dominates our everyday life and we need way more of them)

So if screeps wants to grow it needs to be appealing to new players (non programmers) and subscriptions are a BIG turn off for a lot of people, i.e. like me.
I f-ing hate subs, that is one of the major reasons why stopped playing EVE etc.
I really can't stand it if a game tells me what to do with my time. (I know silly, isn't it. But I'm just a dumb human)
Subs are "forcing a commitment" that a lot of people don't like, the 24h token are way more approachable and don't feel like a big commitment.
This "giving a choice" is a big part in the decision for newbies to continue to play the game and this is the goal.
Selling tokens lowers also the bar quite a lot for new players to get access to new resources and gameplay elements.

It's like YT videos you have around 10 secs to gain the viewers attention, if you waste that with a stupid intro you will get skipped a lot.

Does it boil down to the same result at the end of the month? Yes it does!
But it does feel a heck of a lot different to a sub.

Thinking about it, @artch I think you should rise the price of the lifetime sub to 150 bucks. Seems more appropriate with this change.
Also I wonder how granular will you sell the tokens?
By piece, packs, mass rebate?
It may also be interesting to hint to the steam market for low quantities so you don't have to deals with so many transactions.
Every transaction is something with the potential to go wrong.

Steam Market is still a thing?
He does have a point there.

@tun9an0 said in Dev update 2020-03-08: new account resources:

@mrfaul Sorry I am not sure what you are trying to say here except that EVE is also pay to win? I surely would not lose interest in Screeps if there were no tokens. I have enjoyed playing poker in the past just fine with fake money, by just keeping score.

Ask any EVE veteran and he will say to you that it is very far from pay to win, even if you have a tons of ISK that doesn't help you much if you have no clue what you are doing.
The PLEX system allows them to provide a way to play the game without the need to spend a single rl dime, instead by investing meaningful work inside the game.
EVEs economy is almost completely player driven without players it would collapse and PLEX are something in its backbone.
Screeps current market model doesn't have that and I believe this change will give the market a whole new value.

To reiterate what artch said "pay to win" is when you can buy an advantage from the games provider that is impossible to achieve otherwise.
This model doesn't do that, it just gives you tokens that you can sell. If nobody wants to buy from you, you won't see a single credit.
Sure you can sell it at dumping prices but once the demand is satisfied its over.
This is a bigger loss for you, because everybody else just gained a very valuable resource.

You also completely missed the point of the poker example, playing poker with a monetary value even if its something silly like a buck to participate changes how you play the game.
It gives the game a new value, one that is more serious as before.

@tun9an0 just look at EVE Online, the PLEX system is similar and everybody gets to profit from it.
As soon as big event starts people buy PLEX like crazy and liquidate them in order to prepare for the event.
This boosts the entire economy every time and sly people use this to buy PLEX at good prices allowing them to play for a long time worry free before they need to "grind" again.
The entire CPU System is there to ensure that people keep interest and keep the lights on, your actions are completely different if a sum x of legal tender is involved.
Don't believe me? Play a two rounds of Poker with your friends, one without money and one with money at stake you will see a immediate change in their behavior.

@deft-code I have one for the same reason, even if I actually don't really play on the official server much and more on privately hosted ones. But I like the option.
It was more of an idea, not really to be taken seriously.
@artch I dunno, LtSubs are pretty powerful thinking carefully about it let's me believe that LtSubs shouldn't be allowed to trade CPU Tokens.
Seems somewhat fairer to me, if you win some they should be converted into pixels instead.