Key native and worldwide specialists to guide conversations on the way forward for Web3 gaming and esports
MANILA, Philippines, November 22, 2023 — PBA legend and champion Jared ‘Daredevil’ Dillinger brings alongside his fellow PBA gamers within the week-long YGG Web3 Games Summit on the Bonifacio World Metropolis in Taguig, Yield Guild Games (YGG) introduced.
Dillinger can be joined by his former Gilas Pilipinas teammate and reigning PBA Governor’s Cup Finest Participant of the Convention Christian Standhardinger and up to date Gin Kings import Tony Bishop, Jr. in a reside gameplay demo of Riftstorm by Mythic Protocol. This reside demo, slated through the convention on November 22 on the Shangri-La The Fort, will see these skilled basketball gamers face to face with an expert eSports athlete—YGG Esports Elite Captain Disi.
Other than being a participant for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, “Daredevil” Dillinger can also be the co-host of the CNN Philippines present “The Future” and a key opinion chief for Tier-One Alliance and Cash.ph. With the latter, he launched Courtside Crypto, a content material sequence educating followers on the fundamentals of NFTs and cryptocurrency.
Famend cosplayers Gelo Grayson, Kang Dupet, and Leny Ming may even be part of the occasion as judges of the summit’s Cosplay Competitors. The competitors will see 30 Filipino cosplayers give you their greatest costumes and partake within the P60,000 prize pool, together with different thrilling prizes reminiscent of unique merchandise and sponsored freebies.
They be part of the beforehand introduced lineup of Web3 specialists who will lead a sequence of thought-provoking conversations on the way forward for Web3 gaming through the two-day convention on November 21 and 22 on the Shangri-La The Fort. Through the convention, key opinion leaders and Web3 specialists will focus on all points of Web3 gaming, esports, content material creation, and participant adoption.
Main these conversations are Sky Mavis Co-founder and Axie Infinity Development Lead Jeffrey “Jihoz” Zirlin, Animoca Manufacturers Co-founder and Govt Chairman Yat Siu, NYXL Co-founder Rohit Gupta, Kyu Lee of Com2Us, and YGG Co-founder Gabby Dizon. Becoming a member of these Web3 specialists are executives from famend firms, together with Cash.ph CEO Wei Zhou and Globe Telecom Subcultures Supervisor Andrew Lim. Safety and Change Fee Philippines Commissioner Atty. Kelvin Lester Ok. Lee may even converse through the convention to offer the federal government’s perspective on regulating Web3 applied sciences for innovation.
For Mench Dizon, Nation Head of YGG Pilipinas, the YGG Web3 Games Summit is poised to be the world’s premier Web3 gaming occasion to collect the “best thinkers in Web3” within the epicenter of Web3 adoption. Particularly, the occasion will discover how Web3 is reimagining how elite avid gamers, athletes, artists, and content material creators have interaction with their followers whereas uncovering new income streams.
“For example, digital collectibles and memorabilia can be created as verifiably rare and exclusive NFTs. It’s even possible to tokenize a sports team, an athlete, or an artist, so that fans can own a direct stake, granting them voting rights, access to special events, and other unique experiences,” Dizon defined.
“Another way that web3 is advancing the competitive gaming and esports industries is by using the blockchain to ensure instant, transparent and fair compensation for payment of cash prizes earned by tournament winners. Increasingly, even the trophies and awards are being issued to esports athletes as non-transferable NFTs, known as Soulbound Tokens, or SBTs, as proof of the competitor’s accomplishments,” Dizon added, mentioning that YGG additionally points SBTs in recognition of its personal guild members’ achievements.
The YGG Web3 Games Summit is poised to strengthen the Philippine’s place because the epicenter of Web3 adoption, in keeping with Dizon. “The fact that global leaders from the Web3 gaming industry are coming all the way to Manila for the Web3 Games Summit shows that the world recognizes us as one of the leading countries in Web3 adoption and home to a thriving market for new and upcoming Web3 games,” she defined.
A two-day Web3 Sport Jam was held earlier than the convention on November 18 and 19 at STI World Metropolis, the place greater than 30 skilled and scholar builders will battle it out in a recreation jam-style hackathon.
Greater than 40 Web3 video games and initiatives may even be showcased through the YGG Web3 Games Summit’s three-day expo, together with Ragnarok Landverse, Pixelmon, PROJECT XENO, Parallel, HyperPlay, AuraNFT, Mighty Motion Heroes, Anito Legends, MetaCene, Star Atlas, Axie Infinity: Origins, Cryptopia, CardsAhoy!, 9 Chronicles, Brilliantcrypto, Riftstorm, and Sunflower Land.
Content material creators and esports athletes will give attendees a sneak peek into their gameplay and compete in a three-day match for an opportunity to win money prizes.
Tickets to the Web3 Games Summit can be found at ygg.events, with packages providing entry to totally different experiences through the occasion. Observe YGG Web3 Games Summit on Facebook and X for the most recent updates and different thrilling promos resulting in the week-long occasion.
About Yield Guild Games
Yield Guild Games (YGG) is the world’s first and largest web3 gaming guild, the place gamers can enrich themselves as they discover their group, uncover video games, and develop important abilities for web3. As a decentralized community of guilds with a concentrate on taking part in blockchain video games and onboarding folks into web3 ecosystems, YGG is dedicated to offering alternatives for its members to attain success within the open Metaverse.
About Web3 Games Summit
The Web3 Games Summit will discover the intersection of gaming and the rising Web3 ecosystem, that includes a recreation jam hackathon, a convention, a recreation expo, and esports tournaments. It should additionally characteristic a number of different alternatives for attendees to attach and supply priceless insights into the way forward for gaming, digital possession, and the highest initiatives of web3 on the planet.
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