The official introduction of blockchain technology via the emergence of Bitcoin came alongside other goodies that have taken the front pages of global media coverage. Blockchain came in first as cryptocurrency and then smart contracts got in the way with Ethereum .
A few years after that, we saw the introduction of NFTs which so many still feel are scams. While waiting for that to get clearer, NFTs got us more engrossed with the Metaverse, making virtual activities like gaming more fun.
Also remember that last year, Facebook changed her name to Meta from Facebook. That alone gave a signal that something big was already breeding in the world of the Metaverse. Checking Google trends, the word Metaverse was not visible until the Meta announcement.
And then some major household names came up like Decentraland, SandBox, and Axie Infinity giving us a new experience in the world of gaming. DeFi structures also made it more enticing because cryptocurrencies had to be part of these innovations making people want to play and earn, learn and earn and create and earn.
For sports, the excitement is more for both fans who participate in physical sporting activities and gaming gurus. CyBall , a new lad in the block, has something for these two groups, with a Metaverse mix which can be enjoyed by newbies as well. What is Cyball and Why Blockchain?
According to the website, “it is a futuristic football-themed (US: soccer), NFT-based game where users can collect and form a team of CyBlocs and face off against other teams online, or trade and mentor new CyBlocs within the CyBall’s ecosystem”.
The exploits done from the Axie Infinity project was part of the inspiration for CyBall started by a group of business gurus, which we’ll see next, with skills in the traditional marketplace and a true thirst for blockchain knowledge and opportunities to create.
In CyBall, you have an ecosystem that is built with traditional elements of sports but uses the advantages of the blockchain technology. The major element of this game is the CyBloc which is a CyBorg, represented as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token).
Gamers or users, as the case may be, come into the ecosystem to use these CyBlocs, in different designs as elements for playing football games, trading in the marketplace with other gamers, mentoring other CyBlocs, and getting into training for readiness to battle other teams. It’s a total immersion of what happens in the real world of football. The difference is that this is in a virtual world of its own. The Team Behind CyBall
One of the most important aspects of any project is the team behind the wheel of the project. From research, this is one aspect that should be considered before investing in any project because as the team goes, so will the project as well. Don’t you love Satoshi?
Aaron Yee is the first on our list and he’s one of the Co-Founders of CyBall. He started with helping to design Frozen, the Disney game and later on joined Aminoca as Product Manager. With 10 years plus experience in game development, he understands the movement of such products from conceptualization to market launch. Aaron spent a short time at SoftBank before coming back to his zone – gaming – but this time with a touch of blockchain technology.
If you’re conversant with TomoChain, RomoZ, and TomoMaster, you would have heard of Long Vuong . He’s a Co-Founding Advisor in CyBall, CEO, and Founder of TomoChain. His extensive insight in Economics and blockchain technology has been part of the building blocks of Cyball’s projects. Some of the products he is leading at TomoChain as a Product and Ecosystem Strategist include TomoMaster, a governance dApp, TomoX, exchange platform, and the token, TomoZ.
Here’s another smart personality who is also a Co-Founder at CyBall. Tin Tran has spent more than ten years working with great names such as Discovery Channel, Nat Geo, Ubisoft, DirecTV, NBA, NFL, IBM, NBC… He has a background in Engineering, got involved in blockchain in 2017, and has been a DeFi researcher since 2020. Tim’s love for design and collaboration led him to start TRAN LA, a branding agency and he is also Dota 2 a gamer.
Kevin Bui is another Co-Founder at CyBall. He has a good depth of marketing and branding with greater experience from his Australian startup, Athleisure wear. He is the Head of Design at CyBall and sure a combination of design and marketing is so super because it’s an intersection between human behavior and machine production. Kevin […]
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