Introduction:

What is Cambria? Cambria is an MMORPG being built on the Blast L2. In it's current state, the gameplay is the equivalent to the duel arena from Runescape... only it's all on-chain and there's skill involved!

You challenge other players to duels (either free or paid) where you can earn rewards (and eth) depending on the outcome. We can dig into the skill aspect a little later. Beyond that, you can currently play-test Gold Gush which is the test-version where they're developing skilling, PVM, dungeons and more.

This is, truly, going to be the first on-chain Runescape-like game out and there are so many benefits of getting in right now...

As a disclosure, I am a play-tester but am not affiliated with the team or project in any way!

Beyond amount of sheer fun I'm having with the game, the second-hand benefits are incredible. Currently, Cambria has 224.3k gold allocated to their game. This is MASSIVE. Once you've gained enough IP (essentially volume dueling) you can steal from the Blast Gold chest to earn an allocation. At current player numbers, this is a great way to farm Gold.

Beyond the Blast Gold, you can earn Arena Tokens (AT) which you can exchange for cosmetics and items in-game. These are not currently NFTs but the speculation is that they will be down the line. That said, party hats are going for .7eth a pop and you can earn them from grinding out FREE DUELS!

As there is with Runescape, there are different attack styles and weapons that you can fight with. Right now, it's whip vs whip and axe vs axe but, I imagine, in the future there will be a more dynamic combat system. What's awesome about Cambria, though, is there is some skill to the battles. Let's flesh this out a little more:

Axe Battles: these are essentially a coin flip. You both swing your giant axes at each other until the other dies. Some people think switching between offensive attacks vs defensive help in this duel... others think it does nothing. That's for you to decide!

Whip Battles: These are a little more technical. I think it's been proven that combat styles matter with Whips. So, the strategy is, defense mode when you're getting hit, and, either, aggressive or accurate when you're attacking.

Dagger/Whip Battles: Finally, there's dragon and whip battles. These are the most technical where you have to use your special attacks paired with your whip. I've done very few of these, personally, but hey, maybe you're a l33t gamer and can smash these.

• Make sure you have a small amount of eth on the Blast L2 (for gas fees)

• Sign into https://lobby.cambria.gg (https://twitter.com/playdegenarena)

• Use my code "Oxxyy"

• Set up a character (this is purely cosmetic)

• Join everyone in the center of the map and duel away!

• Follow me on X for more in-depth guides on Cambria! https://twitter.com/Oxxyy13

Firstly, the team is going to focus on improving 3 key areas where there may have been some feedback from the community:

1) Vanguards (and Mounts)

2) Communication

3) Holder Rewards

The team is working on refining the artwork. From what I can tell, the pivot is more MMORPG style? These updates look incredible!

I didn't glean a ton on this topic, specifically. It sounds like they're going to be onboarding more folks to help spread information about the project and what the future holds. I think the artwork will speak for itself but also... this last part.

This is a DOOZY. In April, Vanguard and Mount holders will begin earning $swolrd. This is the native token that is going utilized for all things Seedworld.

- Rarer Vanguard skins and rarer Mount types will come with more daily points

- More NFTS = More Tokens

- Soft-staking will only count the unlisted NFTs that are in your wallet

- 7.7% of the $SWORLD total supply will be dedicated to NFTs

-The $SWORLD rewards for NFT holders…

Beyond this, there seems to be a lot of different campaigns and activities that we're going to be able to partake in to earn $Sworld . The article speaks to social and activation engagement campaigns.

Overall, it's really exciting to see such a prominent project recognize and pivot their attention to what matters and what's important to the space. I'm really excited to see what the team cooks up next month!

Find the full article here: https://seedworldofficial.substack.com/p/seedworld-founders-update-2

First off, what's an influencer? I'm sure your definition varies from mine and the next degen but, ultimately, it's someone that we/people look to for information, guidance, advice, or just content. It's someone who is a pillar of a community (for better or worse). But why would we want or need a couple of people "controlling the narrative" and/or being the face of the Web3 community?

If you look at other industry, sports, social media, or technology, there's always someone (or a group of people) that are teaching, guiding, and establishing best practices for the space that they're in. This is especially important for a space in its infancy. An example is Elon Musk. As funny as it is to say, Elon's an influencer. He is an influencer in the auto industry, finance, and social media platforms... He's paved the way for the mass adoption of electric cars in an industry that's been the same for over 120 years.

New technologies need influencers to be adopted. TikTok, Snapchat, and AI all have/had influencers. BUT they need to be the RIGHT influencers. They need to be reliable, factual, and trustworthy. They need to be the people that will onboard the masses the right way. That's where you and I come in. We need to be vetting and ensuring that the people becoming the pinnacle of the space have these qualities. Otherwise, Web3 will continue to have the reputation of scammers, grifters, and the like.

All of this said I don't want to give off the impression that I think there are no good eggs in Web3. That's not the case at all. I think over the last several years, there are some people who have been change agents for the positive influencers. To name a few...

Waleswoosh provides accurate, reliable, informational, and digestible content that will undoubtedly lead to adoption.

Threadguy provides enjoyable content both virtually as well as in person. Holds spaces where honest and open conversations about the space can take place.

Finally, I have to mention zachxbt who has been the crypto/web3 watchdog since I've been in the space. Providing honesty and transparency to our industry.

In conclusion, we need to do better. We need to promote the individuals who hold and present the qualities that we would like our industry to have and hold accountable those who do not. Otherwise, mass adoption will be incredibly difficult, if not, impossible.

As a for instance, let's take Doodles. Let's pretend we live in a world where VCs haven't come in and taken an equity share from a project. Austin and the team are in the process of building a Web3 brand around the art. The team estimates their cash runway is getting tight and would like to raise additional funds without:

1) diluting their NFT project by releasing a new derivative, project, sub-project, you name it.

2) selling equity to a VC (ultimately handcuffing them to a 'higher power')

3) forcing the release of a token ahead of when it's the right time to do so

In this world of extensive Web3 lending, I see a project like Doodles able to go to a lending platform and outline the amount of money they'd like to raise, what colleterial they would like to put against the loans, and maybe what rate they'd like to receive (obviously market set but could be a nice feature.) From there, these platforms can utilize blockchain data to obtain and portray REAL financial data to support/back the loan.

As an example:

1) Revenue: Doodles, over the last 3 months, have generated $ xxx,xxx in eth from secondary sales (auditable by the blockchain) and, before that, has maintained at least $ xxx,xxx in revenue generated from secondary sales every month since 2021. Tokenized future income streams has happened in the past and, I think, will continue to be utilized as we move into this new wave of DeFI.

2) Assets: The company holds and will put up as collateral 5 NFTs from their treasury which are currently valued at $ X.

3) Leins: The company is willing to tie up a percentage of revenue for the next 3 months to support the loan valuation.

I think the Web3 financial markets can mature beyond what we're seeing today. I think there is real value and progress that we can facilitate through the utilization of credit. As the legend Gmoney so eloquently put it, "We had an incredible bull run last cycle. That was with little to no credit in the system. Can you imagine what that is like with the introduction of a real credit system with natural buyers and sellers? Hint: mortgages were introduced into the US housing market in the 1930s" (see his full thread here). I think we're about to see a bull market beyond what we can currently fathom.

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