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Christian Calderon joins Vader Research Podcast to talk about web3 publishing models, user acquisition and analytics. Chris was the co-founder & CEO at Gamejam and recently pivoted Gamejam to Superfine to focus on web3. 0:00 Intro 0:35 Superfine Origin Story 8:35 Web2 Mobile Game Publishers 15:50 Why F2P Economics Got Worse (IDFA, Privacy Laws, etc.) 19:10 Superfine & Web3 User Acquisition Analytics Learn More about Superfine: https://twitter.com/caldie https://www.linkedin.com/in/caldie https://mobidictum.biz/hyper-casual-developer-gamejam-co-rebrands-as-superfine Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

Big Time Studios director of monetization & economy Khaled Alroumi joins Vader Research Podcast to dive deep into how Big Time Studios' web3 economy was designed. Learn More about Big Time Studios & Khaled Alroumi: https://twitter.com/playbigtime https://twitter.com/KAlroumi_ Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

NOR Games founder & CEO Brooks Brown joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss the problems with gaming & esports, what NOR Games is building to solve these problems, NOR Games' web3 economy & monetization model and the tokenomics of $FATE. 0:00 Intro 0:52 Problems with Gaming & eSports 16:35 What NOR is Building to Solve These Problems 25:08 NOR's Skill-Based Gaming Platform 33:00 NOR's Monetization Model 44:40 Players are NFTs 54:36 $FATE Tokenomics Learn More about NOR Games: https://welcometonor.com/ https://twitter.com/Welcome_to_Nor Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

Fumb Games founder & CEO Paul West joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss Fumb Games' web3 game Bitcoin Miner. Bitcoin Miner has more than 300k MAUs and rewards $0.10 worth Bitcoin per player per day. Bitcoin rewards have resulted in higher retention and organic growth - leading to higher LTV and lower CAC. Paul shares lessons learned from building & growing Bitcoin Miner. Fumb Games is known for its idle game hit Merge Monsters. Paul West has previosuly worked at companies such as Admix, Ad Colony, Buildbox, Neon Play. 00:00 Intro 1:10 Bitcoin Miner Origin Story 4:40 Gameplay Core Loops 10:35 Growing Bitcoin Miner 17:00 How Bitcoin Rewards Affect Player Behaviour 23:40 Bitcoin Miner Economics & UA Stratregy 36:40 Zebedee Partnership 40:20 Apple's Stance 42:50 Fumb Games Announcements Learn More about Bitcoin Miner: https://www.fumbgames.com/ https://twitter.com/bitcoinminerfg https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-miner-idle-tycoon/id1413770650 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fumbgames.bitcoinminor Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

Anonymous Twitter influencer and Bored Box founder BoredElonMusk joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss user acquisition in web3 and Bored Box. Bored has previously worked at a prominent Japanese gaming company and has significant experience in gaming. 00:00 Intro 2:20 Bored Box 4:57 Game Discovery Problem 8:10 Bored Box Loyalty Points 12:10 Content Treadmill Problem 15:00 Bored Box NFT Economy Design 17:17 Bored Box Target Audience 19:28 User Acquisition Challenges for Web3 Games 20:50 Bored Box Player Base 23:00 Other User Acquisition Channels 25:15 How Can Web3 Games Measure UA Channel Performance? 30:45 Importance of Twitter Spaces 32:46 Twitter Follower Growth Tips 36:25 Twitter Marketing Spend for User Growth or User Engagement? 37:58 Bored's Favorite Web3 Game 40:33 Bored's Thoughts on DigiDaiku 43:15 Bored Box Announcements We have a microphone issue on our end until 30:14

Francis Brankin, Head of Economy at Shrapnel joins Vader Research Podcast to dive deep into Shrapnel's game economy design. Shrapnel is a web3 first-person shooter game. 00:00 Intro 1:35 First-Person Extractive Game Shooter 7:00 Grinder Players 7:56 High Stake Players 10:11 Match Size and Time 12:33 Leaving the Game with a Helicopter 14:07 Character Gear Loadouts & In-Game Progression 15:35 Sense of Consequence in Every Decision 17:23 F2P and Web3 Game Modes 20:00 A Web3 Player's Shrapnel Onboarding Journey 21:41 CEX to Subnet On Ramp 24:32 Shrapnel NFTs 26:05 UGC NFTs 29:03 Entry Fee per Match 30:05 Matchmaking Based on the Value of Player NFTs 30:55 Minimum NFT Requirements to Play a Web3 Match 31:43 Character NFT Utility 32:53 Crafting Gear Loadouts 34:09 NFT Permadeath 35:33 NFT Price Stability 39:20 Tools to Prevent Another UST Depeg Case 42:03 Controlling NFT Inflation 45:00 SHRAP Token Utility Learn More about Shrapnel: https://www.shrapnel.com/ https://twitter.com/playSHRAPNEL Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

Philip La, VP of Product (Games) at Sky Mavis joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss the game & economy design of Axie Origins, the upcoming Land game and tips on building sustainable web3 game economies. 00:00 Intros 3:57 Axie Classic vs Origins 5:53 Origins F2P Mode & Free Axies 10:11 Earning SLP from Origins 12:35 Can you earn SLP with Free Axies? 14:00 Origins Economy Items (Moonshards, Runes, Charms) 16:27 Runes & Charms are Seasonal 18:07 Disenchanting Runes & Charms 20:53 Game Design Balance Challenges 22:50 Vader Summary of Runes & Charms 24:42 Moonshards 26:24 Other Sinks (Avatars, Stickers, Cosmetics) 29:00 Land Game 31:50 Land Game Mechanics 34:39 Land Utility 38:55 Sky Mavis 45:40 Sustainable Economy Design 49:38 Importance of Narrative 52:00 Live Ops & Daily Quests Learn More about Axie Origins: https://axieinfinity.com/ https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity https://axie.substack.com/p/axieorigin Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Etherorcs co-founder Poof joins Vader Research Podcast. Etherorcs is one of the most popular crypto native web3 games. 00:00 Intros 2:48 Building Etherorcs 6:30 Building a Core Loyal Community 16:18 Attracting the Initial Community Members 22:30 Etherorcs Economy Design 27:30 Irrational User Behavior 34:45 Etherorcs User Segmentation 51:33 What is Fun for Etherorcs Users? 55:45 Partnership Strategy 1:03:55 Free Giveaway for the Podcast Listeners! Learn More about Etherorcs: https://etherorcs.com/ https://twitter.com/EtherOrcs Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Crabada strategy lead Car joins Vader Research Podcast. Crabada was one of the most popular blockchain games in Q4 21-Q1 22 with more than $200m in capital inflows. The governance token CRA was trading at $2.5bn fully-diluted valuation at its all-time high. In this episode, Car shares lessons learned from building Crabada. 00:00 Intros 05:00 Building Crabada 14:22 Crabada Idle Game Player Persona 24:10 Player Motivation 27:46 Learnings From Building the Idle Game 34:20 Detecting Bots in On-Chain Games 36:30 Lottery Sink via the CRAM token 40:20 Token Liquidity Problem 44:25 Roadmap & Announcements 48:50 Crabada's Mobile App Learn More about Crabada: https://www.crabada.com/ https://twitter.com/PlayCrabada Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, LifeForce Games CEO Ryan Inman (Boomer) joins Vader Research Podcast. LifeForce Games is building a no-code virtual gaming platform similar to Sandbox or Decentraland but with an emphasis on easier development tools. LifeForce Games raised $5m from Lemniscap, CMT Digital, Sfermion and Ready Player DAO. 00:00 Intros 01:56 LandVault: Metaverse Dev Agency 6:40 Tooling Problem with Decentraland & Sandbox 8:40 LifeForce Games' No-Code UGC Gaming Platform 16:16 Go To Market Strategy 22:48 Competition 26:32 Economy 34:44 Economy Problems within a UGC Platform 42:05 Interoperable NFT Design 52:45 Creator Fee Reward Distribution Problem 54:52 Token Launch Plans 57:00 Timeline Learn More about LifeForce Games: https://lifeforce.games/ https://twitter.com/joinlifeforce Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Jeremy Parris joins Vader Research Podcast to share his thoughts on NFTs, community building, soulbond tokens and social engineering. Jeremy is a venture associate at Delphi Digital. 00:00 Jeremy's Background 7:45 How to Design & Launch An NFT Collection (For Influencers & Celebrities) 18:03 Soulbound Tokens & On-Chain Reputation 28:17 Building A Community From Scratch 33:30 Why Some NFT Collections Succeed And Others Fail? 39:22 Why Celebrity & Brand NFTs Failed? 45:38 Jeremy's Favorite NFT Projects 56:19 IP NFTs 1:08:15 Jeremy's Contact Details Learn More about Jeremy Parris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-parris-b242a4211 https://twitter.com/jeremystormsky Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Civitas game director Kent Byers joins Vader Research Podcast. Civitas is one of the most anticipated web3 strategy games under development. Civitas employees have previous experience working on popular strategy games such as EVE Online and Runescape. Civitas raised $20m from Delphi Digital, Bitkraft, Framework, YGG, Merit Circle, EVE Online. 00:00 Intros 01:12 Genre Decision Process 06:30 Convincing the Team Members to Build a Web3 Game 08:48 Civitas Gameplay 15:05 Civitas SubDAOs 20:10 Player Archetypes & Quests in Civitas 35:08 Civitas Economy Overview 41:38 Vader's Comments on Token & NFTs 43:10 Plans to Keep the Economy Sustainable 51:35 Vader's Comments on Speculators & Farmers 54:00 Civitas SubDAO Governance 58:43 Partnership with Web3 Gaming Guilds 1:09:00 Civitas Cities 1:16:25 Announcements & Contact Details Learn More about Civitas: https://playcivitas.io/ https://twitter.com/playcivitas Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Mirai Labs (Pegaxy) co-founder & CEO Corey Wilton and product owner Clay join Vader Research Podcast. Pegaxy was one of the most popular blockchain games in Q1 2022 with more than $200m in capital inflows. In this episode, the team shares the lessons learned from building Pegaxy. 00:00 Intros 04:42 Which games inspired the team to build Pegaxy? 09:22 What did Pegaxy do right? 12:50 Sinks experimented in the Pegaxy economy 29:45 GameFi infra opportunities for entrepreneurs & investors 35:33 On-Chain vs Off-Chain development 41:32 Cons of building a fully on-chain game 45:11 Problems with community-led development 50:00 Other lessons learned from building Pegaxy 53:00 Other games & products Mirai Labs is working on 59:10 Past management issues in Mirai Labs Learn More about Mirai Labs: https://www.mirailabs.it/ https://pegaxy.io/ https://twitter.com/PegaxyOfficial Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader The thumbnail's background image was taken from United Gaming If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, web3 game economy consultant Devin Becker joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss sustainable web3 game economies. 0:00 - Background 1:53 - Splinterlands' Economy Design 16:23 - Devin's Ideal Web3 Economy Design 19:41 - Consumable NFTs 25:00 - Psychology of Ownership 30:11 - How To Minimize Speculative Behavior on Land-Like Assets 36:06 - NFT Pre-Sales 45:56 - Liquidity Pools 48:29 - Move to Earn, Play to Earn and Other Unsustainable Ponzis 50:17 - Governance Tokens 1:04:24 - Sophistication of Public Crypto investors 1:06:41 - Devin's Contact Details Learn More about Devin Becker: https://www.devinbecker.com/ https://twitter.com/0xMZO Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, F2P game economy designer Javier Barnes joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss F2P monetization models and web3 open economies. 0:00 - Background 1:53 - Why Players Spend Money In F2P Games? 5:00 - F2P Monetization Models 12:12 - Partnership Announcements 16:10 - "Aggressive Monetization" 20:20 - Pricing IAPs 29:48 - What Genres Are Fit For Web3 Open Economies? 36:21 - Concerns About Web3 Open Economies Learn More about Javier Barnes: https://twitter.com/theJBDev https://www.gamedeveloper.com/author/javier-barnes Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Laguna Games (Crypto Unicorns) co-founder & CEO Aron Beierschmitt joins Vader Research Podcast. Crypto Unicorns is a popular web3 farm simulation game that has cumulatively raised $50m+ through token/NFT/equity sale. 0:00 - Background 7:09 - Genre Decision Process 11:00 - Team Size 12:12 - Partnership Announcements 16:55 - Community-Driven Game Development 24:21 - Lessons from Community Building & Management 28:42 - Conflicts of Interests Within a Community 33:36 - Crypto Unicorns Economy 41:44 - Vader's Concerns About the CU Economy 44:00 - Future Plans to Make the CU Economy Sustainable 50:05 - Who is the Target Crypto Unicorn Player Audience 54:54 - Vader's Concerns About Land NFTs 56:07 - Future Plans to Make the Farming Sim More Sustainable 1:02:32 - Fundraising Structure Learn More about Crypto Unicorns: https://www.cryptounicorns.fun/ https://twitter.com/crypto_unicorns Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader Disclaimer: Vader Research has no affiliation with Laguna Games nor do we own any Crypto Unicorns NFTs & tokens. If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Everseed co-founder & CEO Kenneth Liu joins Vader Research Podcast. Everseed is one of the most anticipated web3 games under development. All 3 co-founders have previously worked together at Riot Games (creator of League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics). Learn More about Everseed: http://everseed.com/ https://twitter.com/playeverseed Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Vader Research founder Mete Gultekin talks about web3 gaming player archetypes and the impact they have on web3 game economies Web3 Gaming Player Archetypes Article: https://defivader.medium.com/web3-gaming-player-archetypes-f5eafa9fb47c Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, First Light Games co-founder Anil Das Gupta and game design director Nikita Denissov join Vader Research Podcast. Blast Royale raised $5m in April this year, co-led by Animoca and Mechanism Capital with participation from Play Ventures and Merit Circle. Learn More about Blast Royale: https://blastroyale.com/ https://twitter.com/blastroyale Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

In this episode, Trailblazer Games co-founders Alex Arias and Andreas Risberg join Vader Research Podcast. Trailblazer Games raised $8.2m in March this year, led by Makers Fund with participation from Play Ventures and Fabric Ventures. Learn More about Eternal Dragons: https://eternaldragons.com/ https://twitter.com/EternalDragons_ Learn More about Vader Research: https://linktr.ee/defivader If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe and leave a like or comment!

Will Robinson is a core member of web3 accelerator DeFi Alliance, founder of web3 gaming guild Dark Forest DAO and a primary advisor at move-to-earn game STEPN. Will joins the pod to discuss the future of web3 gaming guilds & games, the sustainability of STEPN, and the story behind how he hired & retained Dark Forest DAO guild members. 0:54 - Will Robinson 2:30 - Dark Forest & DF DAO 24:07 - Web3 Gaming Guilds 29:58 - How Web3 Games Can Work With Guilds? 33:23 - STEPN Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f How Web3 Games Can Limit Value Extraction from Guilds - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader/status/1511684924507492355 Will Robinson's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DangerWillRobin

Blackpool is a web3 gaming guild focused on generating returns by making quantitative investment decisions. Blackpool's largest investment exposure is in a web3 fantasy football card collection game called Sorare. Mark from Blackpool joins us to talk all about Blackpool, Sorare and web3 gaming guilds. 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Blackpool 3:29 - Investement Decisions 12:30 - Sorare 28:14 - Blackpool Business Model

Polemos is a web3 gaming guild focused on sourcing, nurturing, educating and retaining the top game player talent with an innovative governance structure. Founder Sascha Zehe joins us to talk all about Polemos and web3 gaming guilds. 0:00 - Intro 3:43 - Investment Rounds 5:00 - Existing Guild Model 13:08 - Polemos 21:55 - Education of Scholars 28:53 - Investment Decisions 37:40 - Illuvium 47:40 - Game NFT Exposures of Polemos 49:45 - Future of Web3 Game-Guild Relationship

Farmer Nash is an Axie influencer and micro guild owner. In this episode, we talk about how Nash makes investment decisions and runs his guild. DeFi Vader's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Farmer Nash's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarmerNash_

IQ Protocol is an NFT rental marketplace provider 0:00 - Intro 1:10 - The Core Product 2:40 - What IQ Protocol Does 9:20 - Business Model 12:00 - Renting and Delegation 19:40 - Partners and Competitors 24:30 - Vision and Last Words Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - [https://twitter.com/DeFiVader](https://twitter.com/DeFiVader) Guild 101 - [https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d](https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d) The Era of Guilds - [https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f](https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f) IQ Protocol - https://iq.space/ Spotify - [https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z](https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z) Apple Podcasts - [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994](https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994)

GamerSpeak is a blockchain gaming guild that is partially funded by NetMarble and is run by Chad Kihm who has previously gained substantial experience in F2P games and whale behavior. Chad is joined us to discuss GamerSpeak and web3 gaming guilds. 0:00 - Intro 6:00 - Scholar and Investor Relations 9:40 - Whales 14:00 - Guild Management 20:15 - Next Steps 22:00 - Players and Streamers 23:15 - Decision Making Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - [https://twitter.com/DeFiVader](https://twitter.com/DeFiVader) Guild 101 - [https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d](https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d) The Era of Guilds - [https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f](https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f) GamerSpeak - https://www.gamerspeak.io/ Spotify - [https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z](https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z) Apple Podcasts - [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994](https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994)

Matt Dion from EA, Terry Chung from 1kx and Tak Fung (aka Mr Fung) join us to discuss governance in web 3 games. In EVE Online, there is heightened transparency in the decision-making process but there is a centralized decision-maker in terms of the economy. Users don't have direct voting power on economic decisions. EVE Online publishes very detailed monthly economic reports that everyone can look up. They explain the rationale behind every decision. We shouldn't reinvent the wheel - we can't directly vote for what the central banks should do and we probably shouldn't. Having direct voting is extremely dangerous. Having some sort of panel just like in real life could work. Real-life governance is not always fun but we have to protect real-life assets. We need a similar panel or council in the virtual world. EVE Online has a council method, similar to Illuvium. There are 10 council members who have a tenure of 1 year and they get paid. They represent the community, aggregate data, and share it with the devs. It's up to the devs to listen to it or not. There are different models where council members have the ultimate voting power, representing their electors. This creates the problem that council members can easily be corrupted - on-chain transactions can be tracked but what if the corrupted member is paid off-chain. 0:00 - Intro 3:25 - What Should Be Governed in a Game 6:47 - Runescape Model 8:49 - When to Open Up Governance 16:35 - Governance with Multiple Stakeholders & Plutocracy 22:15 - Roles of Guilds and Scholars in Governance 27:55 - EVE Online Model 31:03 - Corruption of the Player-Representative Councils 36:27 - Governance Lessons Learned from MMOs & Virtual Worlds 40:40 - Sandbox vs Second Life 45:40 - Advice to Game Devs 50:52 - Guilds Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

NFT Breeding Factory 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Renz' Background 4:56 - BreeederDAO 6:03 - Optimization of Breeding 7:15 - Is BreederDAO a Guild? 8:15 - Business Model 10:33 - Team 11:47 - Guilds' Problems 15:05 - Game Partnerships 16:15 - Crabada 18:25 - Fund Proceeds 20:22 - Delegation 21:41 - Guild Clients 24:40 - Asset Light Model 26:05 - Long-Term Vision Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f BreederDAO - https://www.breederdao.io/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

0:00 - Intro 0:11 - OpenGuild 2:08 - Why Guilds Use It? 13:15 - Why Investors Use It? 18:30 - Liquidity Issue 23:15 - Repaying Back the Investment 25:50 - Next Steps Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f OpenGuild - https://openguild.io/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

0:00 - Intro 1:07 - PathDAO 4:01 - Investment Decisions 08:12 - What Made Pegaxy Take Off? 11:48 - Influencers 12:45 - Tier 1 VCs 15:52 - Guilds' Value Extraction 21:28 - Why PathDAO sold their Pegas? 25:01 - Dashboard & Treasury Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-gu... The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-... PathDAO - https://www.pathdao.io/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/de...

0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Background 03:20 - Scholars 10:05 - Tournaments 19:10 - Economics of Running a Tournament 23:20 - How Hooga Makes Money 26:24 - Tools and Software 30:21 - Previous Tournaments and Hosting 34:30 - Problems 37:40 - Other Tournament Organizers 39:00 - Internal Tools 40:30 - Next Steps Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f Hooga Gaming - https://hooga.gg/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Felix 4:11 - Salad 7:15 - Scholar Selection 13:00 - Salad Products 14:25 - Importance of Scholar Quality 18:54 - Udemy of GameFi 26:20 - Game Partnerships/Investments 34:23 - Guild OS (Dashboard) 36:04 - Salad Summary 41:44 - Why Multicoin Invested? 47:08 - Series A 51:31 - Guilds in the Long Term 55:30 - IDO and Token Listing Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f Salad Ventures - https://www.salad.ventures/ Salad Academy - https://salad.academy/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

0:00 - Intro 0:32 - GGG 3:44 - P2E in Indonesia 6:39 - Scholar Count 7:25 - Axie Exposure 7:50 - Game Investment Decision Process 11:05 - Scholar Education 11:31 - Pegaxy 14:38 - Games Invested 16:19 - Asset Management 19:06 - Launchpad 22:00 - GameFi & Guilds Landscape 24:20 - Axie's Economy 26:30 - Halted New Axie Purchases 28:20 - Wonder Hero 29:20 - GGG Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f Good Games Guild - https://goodgamesguild.com/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

Khaled from Illuvium, Will from Department of Fun, Emily from eGirl Capital are joined to discuss the weekly news and updates in blockchain gaming. Introduction (0:00) Worms NFTs (2:22) Gamestop dumps granted IMX tokens (7:22) Gucci enters the Metaverse (11:58) Lessons from Second Life (17:15) Lessons from MMOs (21:05) Animoca to raise $500m round led by KRR (22:39) VCs will dump unlocked tokens this year (26:36) Zynga plans to launch an NFT game this year (28:12) Should Zynga acquire a web3 game? (33:07) Philip La joins Axie Infinity & Season 20 Updates (39:57) SLP is up 4x in 4 days! (42:42) Pegaxy Update (50:19) Pixelmon raises $70m from primary NFT sale (51:42) Gala Games to invest $5bn in NFT games, movies, music (56:19) Disney to hire an NFT business developer (1:01:01) … Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Khaled's Twitter - https://twitter.com/KAlroumi_ Will's Twitter - https://twitter.com/will_luton Emily's Twitter - https://twitter.com/AutomataEmily Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

Pegaxy has been pretty popular among the blockchain gaming community in recent weeks as the Pega NFT supply almost tripled in the last 40 days and PGX is up 4x since year-to-date. Ethan Levy from N3twork, Rich Cabrera from Ready Player DAO, NFT Guru from MTTM and tokenomics expert Josh are joined to discuss Pegaxy and its economy. ... Intro: (0:00) Pegaxy's Economy: (4:48) Gameplay & Ponzinomics: (7:02) Building Momentum/Pace (14:39) Internal Scholarship Tool (16:12) Do Guilds Dump? (21:25) What Pegaxy Learned from Axie's Mistakes? (26:22) Core Team (29:53) Designing a Sustainable Web3 Game (30:37) Governance & Community (36:03) Why Pegaxy Won Over Other P2E Games? (43:45) Scholarship Split (46:45) Pegaxy's Longevity (49:22) PGX Treasury & Vesting Schedule (54:44) Recommendations to the Core Team (1:00:00) ... Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Deconstructing Pegaxy's Economy - https://defivader.medium.com/deconstructing-pegaxys-economy-e7dfd0bf50ff Ethan Levy's Twitter - https://twitter.com/FamousAspect NFT Guru's Twitter - https://twitter.com/NFT_Guru Rich Cabrer's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ReadyPlayerRich Josh's Twitter - https://twitter.com/JDHyper

Khaled from Illuvium, Eric from Superlayer, Leo from Fief Guild and Asobs from Champion NFT Gaming and are joined to discuss the weekly news and updates in blockchain gaming. Introduction: (0:00) Axie Infinity: (2:07) RON Token: (6:34) The Rise of Pegaxy: (13:00) Sandbox's LAND problem: (25:28) Warner Music and Carrefour enters the Sandbox Metaverse: (43:35) Reddit NFT PFP: (46:51) YT Head of Gaming joins Polygon: (48:35) Mechanism Capital raised $100m P2E fund: (55:26) Acquiring Whales through P2E: (57:08) P2E Genres: (1:01:53) … Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Khaled's Twitter - https://twitter.com/KAlroumi_ Asobs's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Asobs_CNG Leo's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Best_coder_NA Eric's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-guan-6b122875/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994

Earn Guild is one of the most promising guilds with 1500+ scholars and innovative plans to onboard unbanked scholars to P2E through providing their Earn Guild branded Mastercard cards. Earn Guild's founder Darren Olney-Fraser is joined to discuss: What problems do scholars have when converting from crypto to fiat? What is the idea behind Earn Guild Mastercard? How they plan to onboard the unbanked to P2E? What ROI they're looking for in-game NFT investments? What earnings target do they set for new scholars? How did they scale scholars from 10 to 1000? Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-guild-games-101-92771117f04d The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-of-guilds-375f9905287f Earn Guild - https://www.earnguild.io/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/defi-vader/id1608016994 ... Intro: (0:00) Earn Guild: (0:46) Scholars: (3:53) Growth: (4:55) Scholar Selection (8:09) Funding: (11:50) Game NFT Investments: (12:57) Earn Guild Mastercard: (26:00) Crypto to Fiat Flow: (27:58) Banking the Unbanked Scholars: (32:25) Fintech Opportunities: (35:38) Physical Card: (37:17) Onboarding the Unbanked to P2E: (39:40) Credit Scoring for Scholars: (42:25) Future of the Guilds Landscape: (46:00) Token Sale: (50:04)

Thetan Arena has been one of the most popular P2E games after Axie Infinity, reporting 20m+ players and THG trading at $1+ FD market cap. Khaled Alroumi from Illuvium, Karan Gaikwad from Nukebox and Asobs from Champion NFT Gaming are joined us to discuss Thetan Arena's economy. • How is Thetan Arena's economy different from Axie Infinity's? • What are some of the design and sustainability problems with Thetan Arena's economy? • Thoughts on Thetan Arena NFTs with max battle limit • Why THC isn't being burnt? • The motivation behind the discounted box sales? • What is the real DAU count and what % are represented by bots? ... Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Thread on Thetan Arena - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader/status/1473679361303887878 Khaled Alroumi's Twitter - https://twitter.com/KAlroumi_ Asobs's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ChampionNFTGaming Karan Gaikwad's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanrgaikwad/ Thetan Arena's Website - https://thetanarena.com/ Thetan Arena Buyback Program - https://medium.com/@ThetanArena/thc-burning-and-converting-program-1-2eedc5d75f16 ... Intro: (0:00) Thetan Arena: (1:50) Gameplay: (3:24) Hero ROI: (7:15) MMR: (11:00) Expired Heroes: (16:15) Box Sales: (29:10) THC Burn: (32:28) Binance Hot Wallet: (56:18) Discounted Box Sales: (59:17) Player Count & Bots: (1:06:52) Recommendations for Thetan Arena: (1:17:56)

BAYZ is the largest guild in Brazil and raised a $4m seed round led by YGG with the participation from Delphi, Bitkraft, Fabric and Arca. BAYZ' co-founder Joao Borges is joined us to discuss: • How to find the first 10-50 scholars? • How content creators help improve blockchain gaming awareness? • The details of the YGG partnership • How BAYZ makes game and NFT investment decisions? • The tradeoffs between social-focused guilds and profit-focused esports teams? • Which blockchain games are most suited for esports? ... Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-gu The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era- BAYZ Twitter - https://twitter.com/bayzgg BAYZ Seed Round - https://medium.com/@bayzgg/bayz-close... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z ... Intro: (0:00) BAYZ: (0:30) Mobile Esports: (1:15) Scholar Count: (4:42) Seed Round: (5:10) Content Creators: (6:24) First 50 Scholars: (8:13) Influencer Channels: (13:55) YGG Partnership: (14:48) BAYZ Earnings Share & Team Structure: (17:22) Internal Game Investment Team: (18:29) Game Investment Due Diligence: (20:56) NFT Investment Decision: (24:26) Games Invested: (25:46) Blockchain Gaming Esports: (27:15) Value Add to Games: (29:50) Esports Teams vs Guilds: (31:35) Scholar Performance Management: (37:07) Lifestyle Brand: (38:30) Advice to Upcoming Guilds: (40:14) BAYZ Roadmap: (41:25) End: (44:00)

Blockchain Space is one of the most popular guild tool providers with almost 4k guilds using their core Discord bot product. They previously raised a private round led by Animoca and Spartan. Blockchain Space's founder and CEO Peter Ing is joined to discuss: • What the future of the guilds landscape looks like • What the drawbacks are for asset-heavy guilds models • What the appetite is for guild M&As • Why there won't be only 1 guild tool provider • Why there will be different guilds in different jurisdictions • Why Blockchain Space targets micro guilds … Intro: (0:00) Background: (0:15) Blockchain Space (14:20) Asset-Heavy Guild Model (18:38) Future of the Guilds Landscape (20:28) Guild M&A (23:47) Local Guilds (27:12) Discord Bot (29:22) Other Products (33:00) Micro Guilds vs Macro Guilds (43:51) Guild Tools (45:55) Competition (48:27) Roadmap: (53:29)

GuildFi is one of the largest guilds and recently raised an $140m through an IDO. GuildFi's founder and CEO Jarindr Thitadilaka is joined to discuss • How GuildFi aims to become a base layer for all guilds • How the Guild as a Service product works • What criteria are considered when making new game NFT investments • What are the plans to diversify their treasury • The competitive landscape and international growth strategy Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 - https://defivader.medium.com/yield-gu... The Era of Guilds - https://defivader.medium.com/the-era-... GuildFi's Twitter - https://twitter.com/GuildFiGlobal GuildFi's Litepaper - https://whitepaper.guildfi.com/ $140m fundraising - https://medium.com/guildfi/thank-you-to-all-our-contributors-now-whats-next-8bde1549496f Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgKa3Z... Intro: (0:00) Background: (0:43) Guild 2.0: (4:37) Guild as a Service: (11:45) Players vs Scholars: (21:25) Growth & Strategy: (25:47) International Expansion:: (27:55) NFT/Game Investments: (31:50) Player Scoring: (36:40) Launchpad: (38:27) Treasury Diversification: (39:22) Competition: (41:23) Roadmap: (42:20) Conclusion: (43:45)

Avocado Guild has almost 10k Axie scholars and recently raised an $18m Series A round led by Animoca and QCP. Avocado Guild's founder and CEO Brendon Wong is joined to discuss • How Avocado Guild manages its community and scholars • What criteria are considered when making new game NFT investments • What criteria are considered when hiring, promoting new scholars • Whether they plan to tokenize • The competitive landscape Useful Resources: DeFi Vader Guild 101 The Era of Guilds Avocado Guild's Website