Avocado Dao x BlockLords AMA Recap

Host: Chip
Guest: Lazlo

Chip:
Welcome, Everyone! Avocado × BlockLords starts now!🥑

Today we will be joined by @darleywoods, and Chip will be the host for today. Yep, that's me again.🐧

The chat is closed now, so don't be afraid if you can't send messages. Chat will be re-opened straight after AMA is over.

During the AMA, we will have a little giveaway break. If you are quick enough, you will have a chance to win some $BUSD Token, so stick around.

Lazlo:
Hello all😊

Chip:
Welcome again, Lazlo, to the @Avocadians family. Let's start by hearing a bit about yourself. What's your background, and what do you do now at BlockLords?

Lazlo:
Sure thing, came into the crypto space as an Axie manager myself

I am now acting as Head of Community at Blocklords, where I'm helping to onboard new players into our game and explain why we're poised to change the crypto gaming space at large.

Chip:
That's awesome! BlockLords must be very lucky to have you join the team, and your previous experience as Axie manager will surely help scale BlockLords forwards in terms of community managing.

Let's proceed to BlockLords. Well, what does BlockLords mean?

How did the team come up with this name, and is there any meaning attached?👀

Lazlo:
Sure thing.

So our founder David Johansson has a lengthy background (15+ years) in the gaming industry, creating a lot of different successful titles in the past, especially strategy and resource management titles — Liberators being one.

A few years ago, he began creating crypto games and founded the original Blocklords title. Still, the market was a bit immature for that, so he ended up founding the Seascape network, a crypto gaming platform for launching NFT solutions, audits, etc. (and also found a variety of other crypto games).

Chip:
Oh, I didn't know David founded Seascape! It has generated so much hype with its initial launch.

I even bought some of the NFTs myself!

Lazlo:
As a fan of medieval and strategy games, Blocklords is designed to be the world's most-loved medieval multiplayer strategy game. Allowing you to take control of a medieval hero, raise civilized communities, and build and lead armies on the battlefield as you forge your path towards victory. Your way.

Chip:
That's good to know!

Tbh the first thing that came to my mind when I saw BlockLords is that I thought maybe the team was paying tribute to Satoshi Nakamoto as well; you know, Block comes from Blockchain, and B stands for Bitcoin which is the lord of all altcoins.

Maybe I overthink🤣

Haha, anyway, I was browsing through BlockLords Twitter yesterday and saw this tweet.

And I was wondering if Lazlo, you can explain what Play-To-Own is? Like how does it work, and what's its difference from GameFi?👀

As we already know something like what more generic and viral #GameFi, or the recently super-popular #Move2Earn concept which was brought to storm thanks to STEPN, Play-To-Own is somewhat a new concept, and I believe our Avocadians here might also be wondering about the same thing🥑

Lazlo:
Great question. I just wrote an announcement on our Discord about this yesterday, and I can put that in here.

Chip:
That would be great!

Lazlo:
Blocklords focus heavily on a game-first, player-first experience — evident from the level of detail from our in-engine gameplay screenshots & the amount of capital raised from key investors (which is being poured directly into development efforts). This positions us well to take on the gaming space at large.

As a result of our ambitious game and strategic investors, we aim to help onboard the next wave of traditional gamers by delivering an experience that is overall fun. Thus, we are moving away from the hardcore ethos of "GameFi" that is still being pushed by many crypto games today and are instead going for "Play-to-Own." NFTs will undoubtedly be a core aspect of our gameplay — where all of the playable characters in the medieval universe will be represented as non-fungible tokens which can experience fantastical mechanics like death & creating new family dynasties. Because of this, the crypto-layer will provide an open economy for players to own their assets and profit IF they're able to spend their in-game time effectively and increase the value of their NFT characters.

By shifting our priority and public language towards this fun and game-first experience, we are making sure to attract a player base who can immerse themselves in a game AND extract value depending on the skill and effort that they put in, and not just a player base that leaves as soon as their expectations of becoming millionaires are not met.

This approach is the key to ensuring that the Blocklords franchise can onboard traditional players AND stand the test of time to be enjoyed adequately by people 5, 10, 15+ years from now.

Play-to-own also allows us to focus more on players being able to own all of their items instead of just earning…..

Of course, if you level up your knight to a high level or are skilled/lucky enough to obtain a sword with good attributes, your NFT asset will be more valuable.

But it's the ownership part of the asset that is what makes crypto in the game important

I hope you guys brought your reading glasses

Chip:
That's a lot to read, but it's super exciting info!

I love how BlockLords are trying to break the barrier between GameFi and Non-GameFi and the implications that this can bring to traditional gaming🔥

Speaking of which, @Avocadians, if you're eager to know BlockLords' first-hand news, here's their socials link aggregator: https://linktr.ee/blocklords.

I can't agree more on this.

Ownership is what differentiates between web 2 and web 3 gaming, where all web 2 data are stored on a centralized server.

Meanwhile, web 3 data is stored on a permissionless, trustless, and decentralized blockchain.

Lazlo:
GameFi has made much focus solely on earning money, and while this is amazing and we want to be able to bring this to everyone, it has created many forget the real reason we are all gamers in the first place: fun.

This is why I'm so excited to help bring Blocklords to the masses!

Chip:
Love it!

Okay, without further ado, let's jump straight to the question asked by our @Avocadians!

The first question is from @A.G | ✨ G.L. ✨ | Atom. What are the successful events that have occurred thus far that have helped enormously in the development of this incredible game "Blocklords"?

Lazlo:
The biggest one is just having David on board. The success he's had in the past through building successful projects in both traditional gaming and crypto gaming is what has carried us to this point today.

After that, David's founding Seascape was paramount to helping us build out the NFT solutions and tooling that Blocklords will utilize as we launch.

And then third, our successful raise in the past few months brought on several quality strategic investors. I'm sure you all may recognize some:)

Chip:
The next question is from @Cj#3815:
I am a huge fan of traditional strategy games. Players who have not previously been involved in the GameFi industry will also be drawn to this game due to its unique features not found in other games. Could you tell us about its notable features?

Lazlo:
Players will have four very different playstyles available to them, with tasks that rely upon and take advantage of other players' choices. While our game will be pretty different, some of our inspiration came from legendary strategy games like Age of Empires, Total War, Crusader Kings, and Mount & Blade. For a better idea of visuals, see our website for more gameplay screenshots.

We have taken the best of Age of Empires (developing civilization), Total War (Battle), and Crusader Kings (Political strategy/intrigue) to bring the best strategy game experience ever to everyone.

Imagine you're a farmer, earning extra in-game resources from the high-tech barn that the lord of your land provided, and then that lord conducts a successful raid on someone else's land, and you get some bonus rewards because your lord attacked the right player.

Chip:
That's very intriguing with all the game modes, and I can't wait for the game to release🚀

Does that mean I don't have to pay the rent?

Since my rent will be canceled out with the rewards I get

Lazlo:
Haha, you will pay some rent to your lord😄

Chip:
Haha I see

Lazlo:
it depends on how good of a farmer you are and which lord you choose to work under…..👀

and certainly a lot of other decisions

Maybe you guys can better understand why we use the term "play-to-own"

Chip:
That makes sense.

Interesting logic

Before proceeding to the following questions from @Avocadians, let's spice things up and move to the task first, shall we, Lazlo?

Lazlo:
🔥🔥

Chip:
Task ended. Now let us proceed to the following questions.

We have seen web3 games generating hype for quite some time now, but some games didn't succeed due to technical limitations, game economy, scaling issues, etc.

This brings us to @A.G. Mikeeel's question as follows: What are your future ideas and innovations to help this game sustain its economy and achieve its goal?

For those who didn't win, cheer up! We will have another round of open-ended questions!

Lazlo:
As much as this sounds like a cliche, I think much of it comes down to our emphasis on a fun, player-first experience. There are very few games in the crypto space pushing a high-fidelity game experience where tokens+NFT can act as a value-add to the game and the economy. Blocklords is a game created by players for players — and features an immersive multiplayer experience that enables players to craft their unique adventure within a shared universe.

By participating in different engaging playstyles such as farming, fighting, and ruling, where the results of decision-making and skill all revolve around the same open economy, every player is given both the opportunity and risk to shape their own story in an expansive, ownable, medieval world — to the highest degree — making it a first of its kind for web3.

Chip:
It will surely be fun to farm, fight and rule in the medieval Metaverse. Lazlo just sent me some pics of gameplay, and honestly, I'm intrigued by the high-quality design of the gameplay.

Look at the details of the grass and barn and everything.

Lazlo:
Make sure to participate in our gleam to be a part of building the Blocklords universe from the start!

WAGMI

Chip:
WAGMI

And this brings us to @capcosmos's question, which I think Lazlo will nail with ease: One of the significant weaknesses of Blockchain-Base games is that they are not gamer-friendly. It usually lacks gameplay and storytelling. What kind of gameplay and gaming experience will Blocklords bring to us?

Lazlo:
As I mentioned, there are a few different medieval playstyles for you to participate in, ranging from farmers, knights, lords, raiders, etc.

These playstyles rely on each other in different ways, both through game mechanics and the economy.

This makes it unique in that the players will be the ones who are in charge of crafting the majority of the Blocklords' story, from the peasants' story of becoming a wealthy landlords to the raider who conquered a tyrant, or the landowner who built a long dynasty of successful lineage, this universe is crafted your way

Chip:
From reading your answers, Lazlo, let me tell you that I'm confident your project is future-proof. There is much uncertainty about GameFi and NFT, but you seem well prepared. Love it.❤️

Lazlo:
Thank You❤️

Chip:
The last question is from @A.G | ✨ G.L. ✨ | Atom, and it is a simple one: When will the game's official whitepaper be released?

Lazlo:
The whitepaper is coming soon. Trust that we're finalizing v1.0 right now for public viewing. Stick around in our Discord or Twitter, and you'll hear about it very soon :)

Chip:
And I believe the whitepaper release will surely enhance the understanding of BlockLord-ians towards BlockLords and gameplay!

Thanks, Lazlo, for providing us a clear picture of BlockLords and answering all the questions from @Avocadians.

Before ending the AMA, let's have another task, shall we?

Two winners with 20 $BUSD each, and you're allowed to ask one question.

The chat will be open for three minutes for the questions and then closed right after.

@Lazlo will then choose two from the questions to answer.

Lazlo:
🔥🔥

Chip:
Let's go!

Three minutes passed, and the chat was closed now.

@Lazlo, kindly choose two questions from the above to answer.

Lazlo:
wow so many

Chip:
I'm sure you won't run out of questions to answer🤣

Lazlo:
Yeah, no kidding. You guys have a great community❤️

Question from A.G. humblegod:
Seeing the number of web3 games with bad tokenomics and price going down, what are your unique strategies for the tokenomics?

Lazlo:
What makes our tokenomics so interesting is that all the different playstyles rely on each other, as I mentioned earlier. Depending on which playstyle is most beneficial at the time, our players (by choice in-game) will have to choose which decisions they make to re-balance the economy.

Further, the results of whichever playstyle you choose will affect the success of other playstyles as well, making the economy much more robust because of the countless different ways to play.

Question from A.G. | 💖 CM 💖 | Maxinnamon:
Is BlockLords beginner friendly?

Lazlo:
As we progress further towards the full version of the game (which will be released in tiers), our goal is that any player will be able to enter the game for free. The value that they're able to "earn" from spending their time and energy will be directly affected by the skill and intelligence of their choices in-game. So yes, it is undoubtedly beginner-friendly, but you can't expect to earn a ton if you don't put some thought into it.

Chip:
Great explanation, Lazlo!

Well, we got our last two winners.🥳

The AMA is coming to an end too, and thank you, Lazlo, for coming to chat with the @Avocadians today. Nice having you here!

I'm going to announce the winner before opening the chat.

Congratulations to @A.G | ✨ G.L. ✨ | Atom, @capcosmos, @AG. Cj, @A.G. Mikeeel, @A.G | 📚 C.E. 📚 | Ren°2x, @A.G Spiffy, @A.G humblegod and @A.G | 💖 CM 💖 | Maxinnamon

You won 20 $BUSD during Avocado Dao × BlockLords AMA. Please PM me your BSC address.

Lazlo:
Thanks everyone for joining, and I hope to see you on the Blocklords Discord! We have an in-chat farming game where you can try out a barebones version of what the Blocklords game will be like, and we're always planning to reward our most active members💖

Thanks, Avocadians!

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