Battle of Gurdians AMA Summary Recap with Shin Chan Community
We held a live AMA with Co-Founder, Anargya Simson and Co-Founder, Alexander Lim from Battle of Guardians on 9th December 9:00 PM (UTC+8). Here’s the recap for those who missed it.
Introduction
Mika | Shin Chan: good to have u guys here with us this very day =)
Before AMA start, can you introduce yourselves and the team background?
Alexander Lim | BOG: Certainly! Again, I’m Alexander, I am a Computer Science Major specializing in Network security, but has also done research on blockchain technology as well!
Recently I’ve spent the past 3 years as a full time streamer on twitch! Glad to be here everyone!
Anargya Simson | BOG: Sure! I have an engineering major and I’ve been in the space since 2017 when a friend of mine, who is now our advisor, taught me everything about this industry.
Since then, I’ve been following the crypto trends such as the ICO, DeFi, and this year GameFi! And I’ve been playing a lot of Axie Infinity as well.
Mika | Shin Chan: thank you for the great introduction can u tell us more about battle of guardians in general
Anargya Simson | BOG: Of course!
Battle of Guardians is a real-time multiplayer PVP arena NFT game developed in Unreal Engine and built on the Solana network. Players engage in fierce multi-realm battles in the expansive Sci-Fi game world. BOG is an all-out battle of skills where the best players are in a constant battle to beat other players to earn more rewards.
Mika | Shin Chan: Do u have any upcoming news or events that the community need to keep an eye on?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Yes! We have just launched our teaser about our NFT Character Packs. You can take a look here! https://twitter.com/BOG_Official_/status/1468624245747961862?s=20
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Q1. I read On your website you mentioned that BOG will have a dual token mechanism i.e. $BGS & $FP, can you tell us about the use of each of these tokens in the game? What are their use cases? Do I have to have both tokens to play? How and where can I buy or get both currencies?
Alexander Lim | BOG: BOG will indeed have 2 tokens, $BGS and $FP, Lets start with $FP, FP or Fighting Points is a token that also doubles as BOG’s in-game currency. FP is earned everytime you win your fights in BOG! You can use FP to purchase In-game items from the marketplace, as well as Character NFT Packs from the marketplace as well, FP is also exclusively used to pay the entrance fee for participating in Bout or Tourney mode!
$BGS or Battle of Guardian Share will be used as the primary token and it also has several functionalities, $BGS can be used to purchase NFT Character packs as well an in-game items from the marketplace, It is also used as governance tokens as well, furthermore, $BGS can also be staked as well. You can earn $BOG by winning bout/tournaments as well as purchase them from the exchanges!
You don’t need both tokens to play, although you’ll most certainly earn both during your time with BOG!
Both tokens will be listed in the exchange! You can purchase $BGS when we launch our TGE and IDO dates later next month!
Q2. what is the role of GGG in BOG? and what is the reason BOG is more focused on the SEA market than the global market?
Anargya Simson | BOG: As you may know, Battle of Guardians is the pilot project incubated by Good Games Labs or GG Labs. It is GGG’s incubation arm.
So far, we have received help such as connections to respectable parties and investors while also amending our strategies. Wilsen, one of the co-founders of BOG, has been a great help to us. And since we are incubated by them, we have access to their scholars to try out our game!
And we are currently more focused on the SEA market since we believe the market is keen of play-to-earn games. But we will expand to other parts of the world in the future!
Q3. Staking is a Key Feature of BoG. So, could you give us more details about how the Staking System of Battle of Guardians will work? What do users need to do to use your Staking system and what are the advantages of doing so? What makes this Staking a Key Feature of your project?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Certainly! Staking would be a great deal here in BOG, even from the very beginning. In order to participate to our first ever NFT sale, players will be required to stake our $BGS tokens. Later down the road, we will have the staking mechanism with a competitive APY for everyone.
Everyone who owns and stake $BGS will also have the chance to vote for the game development in the future. We will involve the communities using this method!
Q4. What is the purpose of “NFT synthesis”? Is NFT Synthesis open to creative and skilled game developers or will the Battle of Guardians team develop the games and NFT itself?
Alexander Lim | BOG: We’ve covered the difference between $BGS and $FP in an earlier question so I’ll explain about NFT Synthesis in BOG!
To explain NFT synthesis, lets revise on BOG’s NFT Fighter Tier List, BOG has 3 tier list, from Bottom to top they are
- Elite Fighter (Tier 3)
- Legendary Warrior (Tier 2)
- God of War (Tier 1)
The higher tier NFT fighter you own, the more moves/abilities are available to you and the higher you can earn
NFT Synthesis works in the scenario, say you have a number elite fighters and you want a higher tier character so you can earn better. You can synthesize by collecting 3 of the same NFT fighter and “Synthesize” them. Through Synthesis, you create a Random NFT Fighter one tier higher, so you will receive a “Legendary Warrior” Tier in return
Our talented in-house game development studio Miracle Gate Entertainment are personally developing the game and its NFT’s!
Q5. One of the things that sometimes are not taken into account is the balance between the difficulty of characters, so I ask, the game will seek to match the battles with people of equal level ? and this mode will also be taken to the tournaments or in tournaments will be different?
Alexander Lim | BOG: As we explained earlier, the Fighters in BOG is comprised of 3 Tiers, from Bottom to top they are
- Elite Fighter (Tier 3)
- Legendary Warrior (Tier 2)
- God of War (Tier 1)
The higher tier NFT fighter you own, the more moves/abilities are available to you and the higher you can earn
However, one of the principles we’ve set out in BOG in the interest of balance is that “Fighters can not be paired up against fighters from a different tier” What this means is that If you own a God of War Tier fighter, then when you use that character, you will always be paired up against fighters of the same tier!
Overall, players in BOG will be matched up against players of the same skill level as we will implement an MMR system to ensure balance, each Tier level will have its own MMR rating for its fighters. This system will also apply for Tournament mode as well!
Telegram Live AMA Begins:
Q6. How affordable and easy is it for us to start playing BOG? Will the fighters be given to players for free or do they have to buy them? I think making daily gifts is enough to help increase fans, so do you make daily gifts?
Anargya Simson | BOG: To start playing BOG, you will need one NFT Character. However, we will be dropping them first through NFT Character Genesis Packs. In each pack, there will be three characters. You will be required to purchase them.
And yes! We will offer daily rewards for playing the game. The daily rewards will push the players to the limit, allowing them to have more fun playing rather than just earning :)
Q7. I noticed that Battle of Guardians (BOG) is currently giving an unique NFT Characters Pack as a bridge towards your own metaverse. Could you educate us a little bit something about the NFT Packs? Where could we get these and how much will it cost? What types of characters could we expect to find among these collections?
Alexander Lim | BOG: In the beginning during launch, you can earn BOG fighters by purchasing our Genesis Pack from our Marketplace with $BGS! Each Genesis pack will contain 3 random BOG Fighter of a randomized tier list!
There are 3 Genesis Packs, Common, Rare and Ultra Rare! The higher tier packs will give better chances of dropping a higher tier Fighter
We are currently tweaking the costs of the packs itself atm so it is affordable for everyone to purchase during launch!
Q8. The only game that I have seen that incorporates the scholarship system is Axie, but if it has really been successful, why not all games have it? or is it that they have a considerable limitation, that Battle Guardian has managed to solve? or is it the same scholarship system?
Anargya Simson | BOG: The scholarship system is built inside of our smart contract. That is our competitive advantage compared to Axie’s. The reward distribution inside of the game can be specified at the beginning and then as the player plays, the reward will be automatically split when withdrawn.
This helps both guilds and scholars who are putting their time trying to get better at the game!
Q9. It is known that the vast majority of games are creating their own metaverses, thus bringing their themes to the highest technology, therefore, does Battle Guardian plan to create its own Metaverse? or are they really not interested in creating it for now?
Anargya Simson | BOG: I agree! We know that BOG is our first game project but it won’t be our last. We will start by working with other GameFi projects to possibly have NFT crossovers. Later down the road, we’ll launch more games inside the BOG IP.
Q10. congratulations Battle Of Guardians being number one most popular NFT game.
what do you think about this?
and why did you choose the solana network? are there many competitors in this network?
Alexander Lim | BOG: Thank you! To be honest we weren’t expecting such great praise when we were developing it! We’re just a bunch of fighting game lovers who want to put our project up on the GameFi Space!
We are using Solana for 2 reasons!
1. Low Transaction Costs! — No one wants to pay an extra $150 on top of the NFT’s they just purchased, Solana offers transaction costs that are a fraction of what other blockchains cost!
2. High bandwidth for transactions — Under Solana your transactions will be processed faster than under any blockchain!
Q11. Could you please tell us how we can participate in the first NFT sale ? and is there a limit on how many NFTs we can buy ??
Alexander Lim | BOG: There is a special pre-requisite to take part in BOG’s first NFT sale! When we conduct our TGE and IDO launchpad events next january and you purchase and receive your $BGS tokens, you will need to Stake your $BGS Tokens in order to be Eligible to take part in the NFT Sale! Don’t forget!
And yes, there will be a limit on the amount of NFT Genesis packs for fighters on launch day!
Q12. Battle of Guardians (BOG) is a real-time multiplayer NFT fighting game. Well, let’s talk about the unique features that we can only find on their platform. Why a developed player should start in BOG? What are the methods of playing? Play Store on Android and IOS? or only by website?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Currently the play-to-earn games are only focused on earning instead of playing. In BOG, we don’t want that scenario to happen. We want players to develop skills, putting their time and effort to be accustomed to the in-game characters. With all that efforts pushed into the game, we will give them rewards in return.
So, players would need to try and get the hang of the game and the characters. Everyone will start at the same point, even the developed players.
You can play the game through a client download on PC. We will be working on mobile versions as soon as the PC version is stable!
Q13. BOG’s NFT Rental and NFT Scholarship are for the most part the same, both allow their NFT fighters’ owners to loan them so they can passively win. What is NFT Rental and NFT Sholarship? What are the main differences between Rental and Scholarship?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Good eye! Both have the same concept but in short:
Rental, fixed rate set by the owner,
Scholarship, percentage rate set by a guild
Q14. I found that BOG has done partnership with GGG, Miracle gates entertainment, and BIG fire studio.What does BOG expect from these partnerships? What advantage or feature does BOG intend to take advantage of in these partnerships And are you giving retail investors a chance to benefit from the project?
Alexander Lim | BOG: Great Question!
Miracle Gates Entertainment and Big Fire Studios are both our in-house game studio who are making the arts and gameplay of BOG. They are owned by our other co-founder, Orlando. They have a dedicated team of 30 people currently working on the game and soon we’ll add more!
Our relationship with GGG has been a great one! Wilsen, one of the co-founders of GGG has connected us to many reliable partners and has given us many advice so far. By becoming the pilot project for their Good Games Labs (GG Labs), we will also have access to GGG’s scholars in their guild!
Q15. I see that your Road Map is divided into 4 phases, but it doesn’t specify any kind of date or time period. Could you tell us a little more about what stage of development you are currently in? And what are the objectives that you have accomplished in this phase and which ones are still in development?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Yes! We divide the road map into four phases:
Phase 1: Fundraising, TGE/IDO listing, Game trailer release
Phase 2: V1 Game Launch (PvE), Marketplace Launch, FP Rewards, 1st NFT Sale
Phase 3: V2 Game Launch (PvP), Start of BOG Season 1 event
Phase 4: V3 Game Launch w/ [NFT Renting/Synthesis/Staking], 2nd NFT Sale
Phase 1 / TGE: 1st Week of January
Phase 1 -> Phase 2: 3 months
Phase 2 -> Phase 3: 3 months
Phase 3 -> Phase 4: 6–8 months
Q16. As we know that Some of Play to Earn games experienced bad connection, not to mention the frequency of game system maintenance or error. The bad experiences lead into players upset. What Battle of Guardian plan to encounter the issues at the game platform and enhance game quality? And Can players rent//sell and auction their NFTs in your market place?Players are also given the chance to learn,but first, how’s your learning system?,are instructional materials in form of videos by which players can watch and understand Strategies of the game?
Alexander Lim | BOG: One of the great benefit of a fighting game is that it is essentially only requires a 1on1 P2P Connection, the quality of your game is dependent on both you and your opponents network quality! Fighting Games have long tackled this issue developing and updating their Netcodes in order for both players to have a smooth fighting experience!
BOG will use Rollback netcode in its development, Rollback netcode is being used in more recent fighting games and is proven to be excellent in addressing discrepancies in network quality between players!
Q17. Why did you select #Solana chain? Why not other chains like #bsc #heco #polygon ?
Alexander Lim | BOG: Actually, although our initial design and plans were to launch on SOLANA, we are now also considering launching on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) as well! Cross chain is great implementation as we want to reach as many people as we can!
Q18. What exclusive rights $BGS Governance token holders will have? How can players earn the $BGS token? Do the token holders have right to the participate in the governance of the project? On what kind of decisions can they vote on about the project?
Alexander Lim | BOG: we plan to support BOG long past its launch date, and to do that we need the support of the community!
Every one of our community member who holds our $BGS token will also automatically have the power of Governance! Governance allows community member to leverage their opinion and vote on how they want BOG to develop moving forward! An example of one of our community governance for BOG is choosing/debating what kind of fighter they want to see next in BOG!
Q19. Can you tell us about BOG’s ecosystem and revenue model? How can your revenue strategies offer an advantageous model for both BOG and users?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Nice one! As a business, we got to have revenue streams, am I right?
However, we don’t want to receive them without giving value in return. So we’ll try to retrieve revenues through our features such as NFT synthesis, marketplace, and our tournament game mode
Q20. On BoG, I noticed that there would be three separate game modes: Story & Training, Battle Arena, and Bout. Could you elaborate on these Game Modes? What should users do in each mode? What are the advantages of each mode? Is it necessary to pay money to play any of these modes?
Alexander Lim | BOG: The Differences between PvE/PvP/Bout mode are as follows
1. PvE is a mode where you will play against a CPU fighter, everytime you win a fight, you’ll be pit against a stronger CPU fighter, if you’ve played Fighting Games before, this would be arcade mode, its a good mode for you to practice and get familiar with your fighter before tackling PvP modes!
2. PvP is very straight forward, you will be paired up against other players of the same skill level as you are!
3. Bout/Tourney is a little special, you will have to pay a tournament fee using $FP. Tournament mode will put you and other players in brackets of 8/16/32 and players will have to fight and knock everyone out to become the number one Fighter! Winners of Tournament will earn $BGS as their main reward
In terms of earning power the structure is as follows, PvE > PvP > Bout where bout will give you the best earnings for your wins but you will also have to spend $FP as entrance fee to take part in bouts!
Q21. Southeast Asia is a very vibrant market and there are many new platforms under development. So what do you think about Southeast Asia and do you have plans to grow there?
Anargya Simson | BOG: Yes! We are starting our marketing in SEA actually! We find that SEA countries have high demand for play-to-earn games. We will start here and then grow to other countries as well!
Q22. Do you have any plans to attract non-crypto investors to join your project? Because the success of a project attracts more investors who haven’t yet entered the crypto world. What are the plans to raise awareness about your project in the non-crypto space.
Anargya Simson | BOG: Yes! We will be collaborating with one of the bigger e-sports team in Indonesia, called MorpID. In fact, @AlexLim07721 here is a close friend to their founder.
This way, we can get the game to a wider market. Not just crypto investors!
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