It has been quite some time since I played a digital deck-building card game. I was on Blizzard's Hearthstone for a while but did not continue with it. After that, the closest I get to a digital card game, was Supercell's Clash Royale. I am always of the opinion that card games are better off playing them in physical form. It is more fun and you get to own the cards physically and can potentially trade them off for a profit.
Recently an interesting news caught my eyes. A Hong Kong professional eSport player, Ng Wai Chung, was banned from participating in Blizzard's Hearthstone competition for a year just because he spoke in support of the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. In addition, he was also ordered to return the $10,000 prize money he won from the popular Blizzard's card game.
This sparked controversy and many online condemned Blizzard's move. Among them, "Gods Unchained" took the opportunity to promote themselves by offering to pay Wai Chung his lost winnings plus a free ticket to "Gods Unchained" tournament with over $500,000 to be won.
While I do not pick sides on the ongoing HK protest, I think gaming should be permissionless. I do not think a centralized entity should be banning someone from playing a game just because he/she expressed a political view. That is why I applaud what "Gods Unchained" did.
"Gods Unchained" is a decentralized competitive card game similar to Hearthstone. The key difference is their use of Ethereum blockchain to allow players to truly own the cards they have. This enables users to trade and sell their cards freely, with the same level of ownership as if they were real, tangible cards.
I started following "Gods Unchained" when it was still in its very early days. Back then, the game was not ready yet and there was just a roadmap. So what I did was to subscribe to their newsletter and waited on the sideline.
Late last year, they started their closed Beta registration and I participated. However, I did not really went on further to play the game when the actual closed Beta started. I downloaded the game and played a little but it was too buggy and I did not play it any further.
It was until recently, when they announced they received $15 million funding from private investors, that I started to look at the game again. Since they opened up their beta, the gameplay had improved significantly. Below is a beta gameplay video for your reference.
With that level of improvement, I decided to give it a shot and may consider purchasing a pack before the Genesis sale is over. During the Genesis sale, players can purchase first edition cards (380 of them) before the game is officially released. These cards will only be produced during this sale, which will end upon the game's launch at the end of the year, or until $15 million in sales is reached.
Hence, if the game does get popular in the future, there might be a lot of demand for these limited edition cards. Which potentially make them a viable investment.
On top of being able to trade these cards in the future, "Gods Unchained" also announced 2 months ago that players will be able to earn Genesis Raffle Tokens by winning multiplayer games during the beta. What is interesting is the fact that the tokens are ERC20 tokens and there is a market for them. This means that you can play the game for free and if you win a multiplayer game, you will be able to sell the Genesis Raffle Tokens in exchange for ETH!
To summarize, "Gods Unchained" is a trading card game which enables you to fully own the cards you have and trade them later. Between now to 17 October, the game is also a Play-to-Earn game where you gain tokens by winning multiplayer matches and trade them for ETH. So if you are interested, do use my invitation link to join the Beta now.
It seems that I am a little late to this announcement and I should really go and play the game now. Will be publishing more about this game in my future posts, especially if I ever buy a Genesis Sale pack. :)
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