Dear Arena Testers,

these have been intense days for us all. In the past days we have tested a variety of configurations and, with your help, collected a myriad of data and received very valuable feedback. Now comes the time to analyze the learnings and use them for the new Arenas. In the next weeks we will refine our models with the collected data/input and revamp Alchemy Arena for a beta version.

Be aware that “NFT Gaming” or “Blockchain Gaming” is a very new field and has its own very specific dynamics. While blockchains have been around for years, computer games have been around for decades and card games have existed for centuries – “Blockchain Gaming” with its unique qualities is an absolutely new field. In this gaming context, PvP (Player vs Player) balances are more challenging than PvE (Player vs Environment) – and we need time to reach the optimal balances. We also do explore more broad concepts that go into the directions of “team matches”, “PvE Arenas”, etc. This is now also under intense study and consideration.

We are very thankful for your feedback and your brilliant ideas. Please be sure to share them with us on the Discord’s #ideas-channel. We got a lot of inspiration from there in the past months. We also approach key members continuously for feedback. We promise to do our best to review them and evaluate their compatibility with our current objectives, projects and long-term vision. But please, do not expect too much – not all ideas can be combined and not all of them coincide with basic ideas/principles of the GAT Network.

The current test arenas will remain open with the present configuration/rules while we work on the fundamentals and improvements of the new Arenas in the background. Please remain aware that these are alpha products. Those of you who chose to keep playing should do so responsibly and only with tokens you are prepared to lose (in the worst case). We will also use this data for our models, if possible. Meanwhile, those of you who chose to wait, can enjoy some relaxed gameplay on Alchemy Toys 😉

Please do not worry, if there are fewer updates regarding Arena in the next few weeks. Rest assured that intense work continues to bring the product to a much higher level ! On a sidenote: there is also a NFT gaming project that we will try to launch during this time – we are in talks with our partners to do it as soon as possible. This project will showcase an innovative use-case for NFTs in gaming. We are also discussing several highly interesting partnerships at the moment.