I find it weird that the announcement threads of Worldopo (former Worldopoly) was removed and that no one ever replaced it with a newer thread. Also, its Reddit page is looking abandoned. But don't be fooled. Worldopo's Telegram group
https://t.me/worldopo has 40,000 members and has a very active chat.
Could it be that those people are not Bitcointalk forum members at all? Not even one?
From the website
https://www.worldopo.io/Can I start playing Worldopo without investing in WPT?
Yes, since there are two different scenarios for both the casual players, that are looking to be more involved in the game process, and the crypto-investors that are more focused on investing and making a profit while playing the game.
Casual players - we call them "Makers" - can build different buildings and / or factories, produce necessary resources for themselves and other players, trade them, earn and develop their Real Estate empire on Hexagons owned by Cryptolords without the need to invest in WPT and purchase Hexes. Moreover, everyone can become a Cryptolord after getting sufficient game experience.