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Sugartown, XTZ, Block Games... Gaming NFTs are heating up 🔥 Here is an alpha you don't want to miss MapleStory is the renown IP created by NEXON; it was first released back in 2003. Today, it has become an ecosystem full of resources, content, community and much more. In 20 years, MapleStory has achieved milestones that other games dream of achieving •180M+ Cumulative Global User •4B+ USD Lifetime Value •16,400 Cosmetics, 9,000 Weapons, and more •Continuous Revenue Growth Recently, NEXON took a chance in Web3 Gaming and founded NEXPACE, a Web3 parent company for their upcoming title - @MaplestoryU. In Token2049, NEXPACE took over by becoming one of the 3 main title sponsors of the event. They sponsored a whole area for booths and secondary stage for panels/keynotes. Let's dive in to the juice now 🤝 The team invited me to catch the keynote session shared by SunYoung Hwang, the Executive Director of MapleStory Universe (MSU). He is also the game director for the OG PC Version of MapleStory backed in April 2007. We all know that MSU will be a MMORPG building on Polygon. But the real ALPHA is how are they gonna make MSU a successful Web3 MMORPG. 1/ Opening IP Assets to Community Creators For many years, the team have been making in-game assets such as heroes, weapons, cosmetics, pets, and many more. It is about to change The team is currently developing MapleStory N World, which is their UGC platform, similar to what Fortnite and Roblox have. This platform will be implementing blockchain technology to allow creators to use MapleStory IP assets to support Dapp (Decentralized App) creation 🤯 2/ Distributing Item Creating Ability to Contributors In order to shift the power of creating items to contributing creators. They have set up a "Contributor Evaluation System," which evaluate one's contribution level of community activities for IP reinforcement and expansion. Community activities examples are fan art, cosplay, content creation, music, merchandise and more. The team truly believes that Passionate Creators and Contributors are the ones that will be driving the future of MSU, and not the team themselves. Here is what I know about the Item Creation Ability •The types and quantities of every item are pre-fixed in the MSU item base •A set of items is unlocked periodically •Items in the pool are ready and waiting to be released to the Universe •Contributors use their item creating ability to release items from the pool into MSU as rewards for their activities Does this piece of content count as a contribution to MSU activities? It better count @_@ Here is a picture of me at MSU room and they even gave me take home gifts 😭 Ultimately, MSU wants to align creators and participating contributors to the IP. Given the power of MapleStory IP and strength of the community, I personally think that this is a very sustainable way to run a successful Web3 MMORPG. My hands are tired, but there are A LOT more insights that I can share on MapleStory Universe. Watch out for coming posts, that's all for now. Thank you so much for reading this piece of content. I hope you can share and bookmark this if you find some valuable insights. It keeps me going as a creator. YellowPanther out 🫡

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