Thread by @JACL_e9

#P2O Cheat Code! 🎮

Social gaming is going to see huge growth over the next couple of yrs.

#web3 games that reduce friction & nail distribution are positioned for success.

1 such #BlockchainGame u do NOT want to sleep on is @tatsumeeko

A thread 🧵 w/ all u need to know

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@tatsumeeko Quietly building in the background for multiple years.

Their first NFT collection @meekolony launched in Nov 2021.

I won't just copy the whitepaper bt instead outline wht separates this project from the many others & the challenges still ahead of them.
tatsumeeko.com/whitepaper

@tatsumeeko @meekolony We will cover:

- The Team

- The Important Basics

- Why Bullish

- The Potential Problems

- Thoughts for Gamers. Guilds, & Investors

@tatsumeeko @meekolony 1/ The Team:

CEO/Co-Founder - @Jigenator
CTO/Co-Founder - Benson Chua
Software Dev/Co-Founder - @MarkersDuh
Tokenomics/Prod Strategy - @iandaog

Developed by @tatsuworks
-> 40+ members on the team

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks 2/ Raised $7.5mil in seed round led by @Delphi_Digital, @DeFianceCapital, & @BitkraftVC.

Other investors included: @animocabrands, @BinanceLabs, @GuildFiGlobal, & more.

- A ton of great advisors & Angel investors from Magic Eden, Twitch, Riot, Crunchy Roll, Nansen, & more.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 3/ Important Basics:

Built a Discord game bot that went live in 2017 & grew to:
- 65mil users in 1.4mil discord servers
- 4.7mil in-game items traded
- Currently >50k MAU

This proof of concept gave the team the confidence to move into web3 in 2019.
bit.ly/3yKoSCa

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 3/ The game is #F2P cross-platform (Discord/Mobile/Web)
- W/ Plans to move into more social apps (WeChat/TG/etc)

Includes all the popular MMORPG systems:
- Community hubs
- Personal land/homes
- PvE/PvP
- Customization
- Classes/skills
- Deep lore

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 4/ Blockchain elements complement the game w/:

- P2O
- Additional utility
- Trading
- Governance
- Earning potential

Meekolony Pass (NFT) launched in Nov 2021 & sold out in 7mins.

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@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 5/ A 10k collection on SOL that gives holders:

- Token drops
- NFT drops
- Avatar cosmetics
- wl/discounts

Current fp = 4SOL w/ 250 listed

Dropping a new collection, Ethereal Parcels (Deets TBA).

These will give holders:
- Weekly Rewards/Loot
- Buffs/Boosts w/ Artifact NFTs

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 6/ So why should this be on ur radar?

❗️Social online gaming is valued at >$160bn globally❗️

❗️Mobile MMORPGs made $8.4bn in 2021 (up 17% from 2020)❗️

Humans are social creatures & studies have shown that 25% of gamers play MMOs because of the social features alone.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 7/ Fortnite’s Travis Scott concert received 12.3mil viewers & thousands of people went to Animal crossing to attend BD parties & weddings.

What about communities/Guilds?

World of Tanks saw a 57% increase in revenue in the first week after introducing its clan missions system.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 8/ In Tatsumeeko, there will be social areas, homes, & content for Guilds/groups:
- Playable instances
- Social events
- Guild banks/rentals

Also...

The in-game utility token ($IGS) has a nice ratio between skill-based rewards & incentivized sinks.
- Rewards given in $sIGS.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 9/ Players don’t have to spend $sIGS, there are 2 other off-chain tokens used in the marketplace.

Bt $sIGS offers players:
- Faster progression
- Quality of life purchases
- Gamble w/ gachas
- Gain access to more gameplay features

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 10/ The huge growth of hyper-casual mobile games bodes well for Tatsumeeko's idle gameplay.

Action hypercasual games alone had 4bn downloads in 2021, up 45% from 2020.

This freshman team is looking to tap into the 83bn mobile & web gamers as well as the 2.5bn social app users.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 11/ They know how to engage players & have delivered in the past.

- Have over 100k discord members across several of their personal servers.

& a competitive advantage regarding distribution.
- This is where a lot of other web3 games struggle the most

U can create a fun game bt

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 12/ It's still v hard to attract & onboard a sizable player base, which is crucial for social-focused games.

Via soft onboarding into web3, they plan to slowly introduce the idea of crypto & NFTs to players.

This will make the transition from 0 to 1 much more manageable.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 13/ Bt it’s not all perfect.

They are struggling to onboard their existing web2 player base.

This is to be expected bt it would have been encouraging if they were able to convert more than just ~1%.

More work is needed bt this is a marathon, not a sprint.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 14/ $MKLN (governance token) could do w/ more utility.

I understand creating an “equity” token is a gud way to raise funding.

Bt as it stands, NFT holders/investors will dump tokens faster than u can say “DAO governance”.

There are staking rewards bt nowhere to use them.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 15/ On the + side, the team is looking at ways to improve this.

No fiat onramps for $IGS (preventing free money printing) so there is the added challenge of teaching web2 spenders how to jump thru the web3 hoops.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 16/ A lot of work needs to be put into designing the $sIGS -> $IGS exchange mechanics.

How to incentivize play & in-game spending w/out pissing off those that want to earn a lil?

Hard task to accomplish bt the head of tokenomics has some interesting ideas.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 17/ Splitting their 2 NFT collections between SOL & ETH does increase chain exposure.

Bt cross-chain functionality is a ways away & the added hassle for players might not be worth it in the short term.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 18/ Overall, Tatsumeeko has huge potential for growth.

It isn’t trying to be the next AAA hit.

They took a proven concept & ran with it.

Adding more enjoyable experiences for an existing player base.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 19/ They saw existing players turn to black markets for trading items.

NFTs make peer-2-peer transactions both safe & secure.

Earners will always exist & crypto makes it easier for games to introduce trustless extraction.

Bt the blockchain elements aren’t pushed onto players.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 20/ It may not be my type of game bt there is a huge market for it.

The game attracts many female gamers who:
- Play more mobile games than men
- Play more hyper-casual games than men
- Have increased in-game spending (2020-2021) compared to men

These are just statistics bt...

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal 21/ Nice to know there are games looking at a wider audience than just crypto bros.

If they increase onboarding, the combination of hypercasual gameplay, social focus, & lots of customization is a recipe for success.

🤍 to @iandaog & @CryptoBurdenz for answering my questions!

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal @CryptoBurdenz For Gamers:

If you like lore-driven idle MMORPGs with an emphasis on customization then you could like this a lot.

Picking up a Meekolony pass gives you exclusive cosmetics (stunting rights), lifetime subscription, & $sIGS to be used in-game so not a bad buy/not a bad price.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal @CryptoBurdenz For Guilds:

Nice way to gamify your discord server.

Community spaces are customizable spaces to hang out in.

Unique gameplay features are offered to Guilds.

Bt still unclear about the earning potential, better to go into it as an engagement tool.

@tatsumeeko @meekolony @jigenator @MarkersDuh @iandaog @tatsuworks @Delphi_Digital @DeFianceCapital @BitkraftVC @animocabrands @BinanceLabs @GuildFiGlobal @CryptoBurdenz For Investors:

If popular, then Meekolony passes are a good buy -> highest utility plus bragging rights.
- The more you own, the more tokens u get.

Need to wait for the price of land parcels.

Fairly cheap entry so the potential upside is big.

Just to be transparent, I do not hold any Meekolony passes bt I will be keeping a close 👀 on this one.

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