Splinterlands Town Hall Summary - June 6th, 2022 - 10AM Eastern!

Town Hall Summary

• Speakers:
  • Aggroed (CEO)
  • Yabapmatt (Chief Product Officer)
  • Chatter (Head of Marketing)
  • Nateaguila (Creative Director)
  • WeirdBeard (Tournaments/ESports)
  • Atanvardo (Creative Team)
  • Lary (Character Art)
  • BlauDisS (Sound Engineer)
  • Starlight (Human Resources)
  • Nodes101 (Head of Security)
  • r0nd0n (Splinterlands TV)
• Main Topics:
  • Development Updates 👀
  • Q&A 💥
  • New Team Introductions ⚡️
• Recording:

• Timestamps:

  • 00:45 - General Intro
  • 04:50 - Chatter Update (Marketing Updates)
  • 07:50 - WeirdBeard Update (Tournaments/ESports)
  • 11:20 - Nateaguila Update (Creative Director)
  • 17:40 - Yabapmatt (Development)
  • 35:30 - Atanvardo Intro/Update (Creative Team)
  • 43:10 - Lary Intro/Update (Character Art)
  • 54:00 - BlauDisS Intro/Update (Sound Engineer)
  • 1:05:00 - Starlight Intro/Update (Human Resources)
  • 1:12:25 - Nodes101 Intro/Update (Head of Security)
  • 1:28:50 - r0nd0n (Splinterlands TV)
  • 1:33:45 - Q&A
  • 1:58:30 - Closing Remarks

💥 Company Updates 💥

Development Updates:

• Development teams have been releasing some very smooth updates recently
  • License sale went exactly as planned without any issues
  • Ranked Reward changes rolled out super smoothly as well
• Ranked Reward affects
  • Primary objective was to limit the amount of reward farming without having to own any in-game assets
    • Starter cards reduce the amount of Focus Points & DEC earned
  • Additional goal was to reward the higher leagues
    • Incentivizes players to create high level decks over spreading cards across multiple accounts
  • Team plans on releasing more, new Daily Focuses in the near-future
• Modern/Wild updates
  • Modern/Wild will go hand-in-hand with the new Ranked Reward changes
  • Will benefit guilds that run scholarships and allow them to bring new players into the game

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Creative Updates:

• In progress items:
  • Splinterfest designs
  • Polishing up Ranked Rewards items
  • Modern/Wild concept art
  • SPS spinner (not just the monster teeth)
  • Ton of other Quality of Life items
  • Land!
    • Phase 0 wireframes have been created and forwarded to rest of the team
• Creative team is creating on Monster Quips
  • When selected to be on your team, their quip may go off

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Marketing Updates:

• Byzatine Kitty and Yodin Zaku plushies go on sale today! (See Announcements)
• Splinterfest is still being planned in terms of ticket prices and travel guides
  • Panels and other hosted events are still TBD for the weekend
• More partnerships still coming down the pipeline
  • Big names for upcoming tournaments

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Tournaments/ESports

• About to pass $6M in tournament prizes
• Looking to organize a mini townhall next week for those who want to talk about Brawls/Guilds
• There is a known bug with non-Splinterlands tokens not being distributed properly with tournaments
  • Should be fixed after tomorrow's update

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General Team Updates:

• Splinterlands TV is almost going to cross over the 1000 subscriber threshold
  • Subscribe here if not already: https://www.twitch.tv/splinterlandstv
  • Streamer spotlight includes select streamers to give away packs to viewers

⚡️ Q&A Summary ⚡️

SPS Validator Nodes:

• Voucher rewards for License holders should begin soon (See Announcements)
  • Team decided these rewards would start sooner than originally planned due to investor uncertainty
  • Overall goal is to incentivize new people and players into the ecosystem

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Ranked Rewards:

• New Ranked Rewards is being worked on to be compatible with the Mobile App as we speak
• Team is going to analyze the new reward changes over the next few seasons before making changes
  • They are listening to community feedback as well, but aren't going to make any changes until fully analyzed
• New Daily Focus selections will be introduced soon
• Bronze rewards are ultimately down after the new changes
  • Diamond & Champion rewards have drastically increased as intended
  • Overall inflation is down while player owned card rewards are up

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ECR Potion:

• Potential new potion that could be introduced in the Voucher store
• Potion would boost a players ECR
  • Would most likely be different per league

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Vouchers:

• Even with the increase in voucher distribution, price should be set by Node License sales
• Vouchers will continue to also be necessary for every single promotion going forward as well
  • Splinterfest
  • Rift Watchers
  • New Promo Cards
  • etc...

🔥 EYE CANDY 🔥

Icon/Badges Design Process

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Death Battle Mage (Created by Atanvardo)

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Legendary Water Summoner Colored (Created by Lary)

Recent Announcements

Validator Node License Rewards

• Voucher distribution for License holders may happen by end of the week
• SPS Rewards for License holders estimated to be around August

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Plushy Sale

• Byzantine Kitty and Yodin Zaku plushies go on sale starting today at 5PM PST/ 8PM EDT
• Plushies will be limited edition so make sure you grab one before it is too late!
• 200 of each need to be purchased in order to start the production of them
• Visit the campaign links below to learn more about each one

Yodin Zaku Plushy | Byzantine Kitty Plushy

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Insurrection - Tome of Chaos Story

• This tale dives into the background of the mysterious Jared Scar

Past AMA Summaries

• Monday, May 23rd, 2022
  • Company Updates 👀
  • Q&A 💥
  • Eye Candy ⚡️

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• Monday, May 16th, 2022
  • Ranked Reward Changes 💥
  • Roadmap V2 👀
  • Company Updates ⚡️

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• Monday, May 9th, 2022
  • Eye Candy 👀
  • Company Updates ⚡️
  • Q&A Summary 💥

Next AMA - Monday, June 13th, 1PM Eastern (5PM UTC)