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Originally Posted by
Gondorian
Overall, I like the idea but I have some questions:
1) How are blockchain cards actually purchased initially? Via new section of Merchant?
I think blockchain packs can be listed alongside the sc packs for higher visability. If somebody clicks on it without SHDW in their account then they can be sent to a help section explaining it.
Similarily for card buying/selling, it can be as simple as having a filter checkbox for blockchain cards. The zoomed view for blockchain cards would show more info though, such as maybe avg 7 day price, buy vs sell price etc
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2) If I buy a Token representing blockchain Jasmine on the DEX (from another player or from unsold pool owned by the game), does that show up in my online Shadow Era account when I'm logged in within a few minutes?
On the Waves blockchain, it is within 1 minute after buying that the transaction is confirmed.
After that, assuming the game is still open for some reason, when the server sends the login refresh data within 5 minutes it will know that your linked Waves account has 1 Jasmine token and so add this blockchain card to your library data that it sends the game client. Same when you sell it through the dex or xfer it to another Waves address, it will be removed from your game library within 5 minutes with the login refresh, and you can't use it anymore.
If you use the in-game GUI to buy the card, you will get to play with it in about 1 minute.
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3) What is the expected impact on foil pack sales and PAC sales with these new blockchain cards effectively reducing standard foils to 2nd class?
I believe that they are in a different group of players entirely, in that whales who buy foil packs and PAC have $ to spend but not necessarily know anything about crypto or are interested in it. Similarily, new incomming crypto players might have plenty of crypto but no easy way to buy with $ from their country. It's hard to say that crypto cards are "better bling" but if so they should be priced accordingly.
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4) What kind of price are we thinking of being starting price in SHDW ($ equivalent)?
The prices in SHDW will be updated hourly (or whatever) to match a fixed $ equivalent. Decision on price per pack is deferred until later, will need some more thought. For example 1.5x or 2x the sc equivalent $ price of a foil pack? I don't know... Anyways once that price is set, then the starting price of each card can be set relative to that in terms of rarity, much like the gold merchant prices.
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5) All proceeds of initially selling the created blockchain cards goes into Operating Pool of the game, they will all be created for free by Kyle and added into the game ready to be bought?
That's correct