Published: 21 Jan 2022 › Updated: 21 Jan 2022
Splinterlands Town Hall Summary - January 21st, 2022 - 10AM Eastern!
Town Hall Summary
- Speakers:
- Aggroed (Co-Founder)
- Yabapmatt (Chief Product Officer)
- Hardpoint (Chief Technology Officer)
- Chatter (Director of Growth)
- Nateaguila (Creative Director)
- Xembre (Executive Admin)
- Lilyfire (KYC Specialist)
- Chiclet (VP of Product Design)
- Soyboyroy (UI/UX Designer)
- Alfred (Graphic Designer)
- WeirdBeard (ESports Manager)
- Main Topics:
- New Team Member Introductions ⚡️
- Two More Chaos Legion Airdrops Reveals (Eye Candy) 👀
- AMA Summary 💥
- Recording:
Timestamps:
- 01:45 - Intro
- 4:15 - Hardpoint Update (Dev)
- 9:20 - Yabapmatt Update (Dev)
- 14:00 - Chatter Update (Marketing)
- 15:10 - Nateaguila Update (Creative)
- 25:50 - Xembre Introduction
- 30:35 - Lilyfire Introduction
- 37:05 - Chiclet Introduction
- 47:30 - Soyboyroy Introduction
- 53:45 - Alfred Introduction
- 1:00:00 - WeirdBeard Introduction
- 1:11:50 - Q&A
- 1:53:15 - Closing Remarks
💥 Company Updates 💥
Dev Updates:
- Chaos Legion General Sale ultimately went well (See Recent Updates)
- The systems we thought would break, didn't break
- The systems that were overlooked did have a hard time
- Credit purchases were overloaded and were delayed
- Perfect room for improvement!
- Three additional airdrops were just released yesterday: Iza, Lira, & Grum
- Dev Roadmap:
- SPS Validators
- Modern/Wild Ranked Formats
- Land Expansion
- Quality of Life enhancements
Support Updates:
- Support team received a large amount of tickets during the Chaos Legion General Sale
- Resolved majority of them during the first 24 hours!
- Team has a KYC specialist - Lilyfire!
- Common issues with KYC:
- Not filling in the same name as shown on the Government ID
- Quality of selfies - glares or shadows
- Common issues with KYC:
- Xembre has been helping communicate issues between Support and Dev team
Marketing Updates:
- Cotinuing to build subdomains for Google, YouTube, Instagram, & Facebook Ads
- Received approval from Snapchat to advertise on their platform
- Just waiting for legal documentation to go through
- StackAdapt ads are live
- StackAdapt is a native advertising platform
- Just hired a new ESports Marketing Manager (WeirdBeard) & Graphic Designer (Alfred)
- Zipmex partnership launched
- Multiple conferences coming up for Aggroed and Chatter to attend
Creative Updates:
- Working with the Top 6 pre-sale buyers to design the Legendary Summoners
- Will make up six of the eight remaining airdrops
- Next two airdrops are designed and waiting for the stats (See Eye Candy)
- Will be a Neutral & Dragon Legendary Monsters
- Creative Roadmap:
- Designing Legendary Summoners
- Modern/Wild Format
- Land Expansion
- Team is still accepting submissions for SplinterBites
- If yours is chosen, you will have your game name featured with the SplinterBite
- Submit your SplinterBite here!
General Team Updates:
- KYC is absolutely necessary in order to prevent fraudulent purchases with PayPal
- PayPal is a great gateway for beginners to get immensed into "frictionless crypto"
- Team should be releasing new options for users to buy DEC & SPS directly with fiat
⚡️ AMA Summary ⚡️
Chaos Legion Airdrops:
- All airdrops were determined to be Legendaries
- Next two are already designed and can be seen in Eye Candy
- Then there will be the six Legendary designed summoners
- Legendaries are the hardest rarity to get so it is more of a reward for those who buy packs and receive these airdrops
Land:
- Team has been working on land economics and design decisions, but can't leak any just yet
- Totems will be able to mined/harvested from land
- Overall totems will be scarce and limited
Vouchers:
- Next use-case will be for Riftwatchers
- Other use-cases would be for promotions that the team is in the works of spinning up
- "We want to see vouchers be integrated into everything we put out there" - Aggroed
Tournaments:
- Tournaments will probably see a big revamp in the future
- WeirdBeard is going to enhance these in a huge way!
- If you want to leave feedback for how Tournaments are created and planned, throw it in the #tournament-planning Discord channel
NFT Gaming:
- NFT's are receiving harsh criticism from the general population
- Splinterlands is targetting the percent of people who are open-minded and understanding the advtanges of NFT's and NFT gaming
- Splinterlands is going to be building upon their brand recognition to help go mainstream
Skins:
- Not a huge priority, but everyone wants to see something happen with skins
- Needs to be a balance between fan art, animations, analyzing the battle field, etc..
- Want a seamless, stylized artwork throughout the game
DYGYCON:
- DYGYCON 7 is live - Jan 21-23, 2022!
- Free to Attend @ https://tinyurl.com/dygycon7
- Follow on Twitter for latest updates: https://twitter.com/dygycon
- Info @ https://dygycon.com/
- Blog @ https://www.splintertalk.io/@dygycon/
- Promo video:
- DYGYCON 7 is open every day this weekend with:
✅ Crypto Community Fun
✅ Exclusive Talks and Events
✅ SWAG, Achievement NFTs, NFT Auction, and Scavenger Hunt
🔥 EYE CANDY 🔥
Yabapmatt's Business Card
Spirit Porter - Next Neutral Legendary Airdrop
Carnage Titan - Next Dragon Legendary Airdrop
Wallpapers
Recent Updates
Chaos Legion General Sale Stats & Airdrop Updates
- 2,109,682 packs sold
- 231,746 bonus packs awarded
- 27,249 separate purchase transactions
Iza The Fanged Lore Spotlight
- The Splinterlands team has released another amazing new lore video, spotlighting Iza the Fanged. Check it out!
Past AMA Summaries
- Friday, January 14th, 2022
- Chaos Legion General Sale 💥
- Next Chaos Legion Airdrops 👀
- More Team Member Introductions ⚡️
- Friday, January 7th, 2022
- Company Updates 💥
- Eye Candy 👀
- AMA Summary ⚡️
- Friday, December 31st, 2021
- 2021 Company Achievements 🎄
- Team's Year End Review ❄️
- AMA Summary ☃️
Next AMA - Friday, January 28th, 2PM Eastern (7PM UTC)
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