So, I know Steem Monsters is cool, but I didn't expect this level of reaction in the first week on the alpha. I barely mentioned it last week on Minnow Mayor Town Hall last Sunday and in this past week the community has purchased 1.3k of SBD worth of monsters and 710 Steem of Monsters! Y'all are Monster crazy!!! I think we're going to hit $4000 USD sold in the first week before the show goes live. It's awesome.
@yabapmatt and I are really excited about this game, and honestly only more so because the Steem community seems to get our vision and where we're going with it. We're both witnesses that believe in Steem and to echo many of the other top 20 witnesses on the Steem blockchain that came on the Forum yesterday the goal is to add value to the Steem Blockchain. We want to entertain people. We want to enrich people. We want people to have fun with this. So far so good.
It's funny. I was just nudging Andrarchy about getting product out there, and already I'm feeling it. Folks are wondering when the guilds start, when trading starts, when the fighting starts, how combinations start, we've had 1-2 missed purchases and we're looking into it. The best part though is that over and over you guys keep saying "this is awesome" "I love Steem" "this is soooo coooool!" I'm stoked that you're stoked.
What's up next?
We're working on combining cards to level them faster, a couple of UI changes, we're setting some of the skill points and abilities, we're going to get the trading functional, we have a Discord and we'll get some informal teams started in there, and of course the fighting.
I'm been asked about a couple different promotional opportunities, I've been asked about coding work, I've been asked about price breaks for large purchases, I've been asked about Whitepapers and investments. Honestly, it's been a bit of a hectic day!!!
The short answer is I'm not entirely sure. I figured we'd mosey along with this and that eventually it would pick up steam. I didn't expect it to be a hit overnight. We don't have a plan in place for this level of success just yet!
So... the goal is to talk about Steem Monsters. See what you all want, give out some packs, and hopefully have @yabapmatt join us for a discussion about it too.
Investment
At the moment we're not looking for investors in the project. That may be subject to change later, but we have an income stream already in excess of our bills. So, honestly right now we don't need it.
White paper
I'm not sure what to do about this. I've been asked for it a few times. I tend to think it's an investment thing... I'll be putting some posts together that dive into the math of how the game will play, but I don't think we're going to white paper this baby. Again, we have income in excess of our needs. I don't think we need a white paper as much as some nerdy documents on the @steemmonsters account.
Giveaway
I'm planning on giving away packs. Technically I'll be giving away SBD from the @steemmonsters, but hopefully you'll turn around and use it to buy Steem Monster booster packs. I'm planning on giving away 5 sets of 10 SBD on the show. Some to brand new users, some to people that can show legendaries, some that have written a post or blogged about it. I don't know. I'll come up with ideas as we go. I think Steem monsters meets Dice Bitches will be epic.
If you win and don't want the monsters I'm happy to give you SBD, but would only provide half as much.
Supporting the chain
My plan is also to donate 25-50 SBD to the open mic prize pool. I'm also planning on sending some weekly donations to @suzi3d. That lady is hard as nails and seems to be in a bind. She's worth it!
Other guests- YOU
As per normal people are welcome onto the Minnow Mayor Town Hall to shoot the shit, ask some questions, try to promote something, perform, introduce themselves or whatever. Ask me stuff as a witness, I can interview you as a guest. I don't care. It's a townhall and I'll change what I do to meet whatever your needs are.
Two rules. Make sure sounds from the speakers don't go into the mic.
If you're gonna hit me, the community, Steemit, or MSP with some griefing please do it respectfully.
Logistics
Show occurs in the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network Discord Channel
Show starts at 9pm EDT that's 2 hours from when this post goes live.
You can also listen through mspwaves.com/listen. Please follow the account @msp-waves for show details.
Make sure you have earbuds or a headset and please make sure to be on push to talk (unless you're performing).
Should be a fun show and I can't wait to see you there!
If you haven't checked out steemmonsters.com take a look and please follow @steemmonsters. You are welcome to join the Discord community https://discord.gg/CAFJRjY
Looking forward with this amazing game to happen, this game will be fun and helps us stress out. Thank you for sharing this, Im a fan of your blogs, wish you good luck on upcoming posts!
I am going to learn about steemmonsters soon, meanwhile, I will be following @steemmonsters and find out for more...thank you sir @aggroed I know this project will really boost Steem and the community!
Updates: I've already purchased my first Collections of Cards, and I'm so excited with the game...
I wrote a blog about my experience in steemmonsters. I am really excited about this game live and tournaments. you monsters are awesome
very good work. just going to ask question,is this steem monster game available for ios on appstore?
#justasking
Honestly this is such an awesome idea, and so much better an investment of my time than playing a similar game on my phone etc. Especially since I won't be spammed with adds. As soon as I get some liquid steem (2ish days) I'm getting in :D... Thanks so much for your continued commitment to the platform and for such persistent pursuit of innovative ideas and projects!!
Is the steem monster game downloadable on play store?
No it is web based currently. Visit https://steemmonsters.com to find out more as well as @steemmonsters
This is a great idea! I'm a sucker for trading card games and best if they are RPG like, and we can pay with steem dollar. Thanks for doing this, I will support
We are all very excited about this game, I am sure that it will unite many communities and together we will spend a pleasant time giving life to the Blockchain, I would like to ask for something (I know I am nobody to ask) but it would be good to include some kind of event or missions that by completing them you could get a free envelope, this would encourage people who maybe do not have money to invest and buy enough envelopes to build a good deck, opening envelopes is exciting is part of the experience in this type of games, but not It would be good if the one who can open more envelopes (those with lots of money) are the ones who can win battles and not for being good players, greetings friends and see you soon in the battles of Steem Monsters.
We'll figure out good daily quests that will be fair to users who want to play consistantly but don't want to pay to win.
Excellent, this will put us at the same level of play to all
This will be the first town hall I am attending! I’m excited!
Having trouble following this link https://minnowpond.org/ everything ok? good post btw and I appreciate what you're doing ;) I'm on discord as silverlining1 could I get an invite to the channel instead?
Hey!
It will be a good idea to add a single game where there is a chance to get ordinary cards and you will be able to test your skills on bots. You have already mentioned everyday tasks, missions or events. The game is aimed on rivalry but you can add an event where all players have to join forces to defeat a cataclysm or a giant monster. For saving the world each person would get something from the prize pool or boosters. What do you and others think about it?
Hey @aggroed! you seem like a steemit power user. Any chance you'd like to try our new cross platform mobile app? We've added things missing from steemit like push notifications, user mentions, and chatting with other users. We’re also giving away free STEEM if you invite new users to the app. You can download the app here for iOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vapor-a-steem-app/id1359525246
or here for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vapor
We're always looking ways to improve the app, so if you have any feedback we'd love to hear it!
Very goods @aggroed
Everyone is going crazy for monsters, what have you done!! Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈
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