P5.6 Million Prize Money At Stake in Web3 Game Tournament Coming to Manila
A web3 tournament with a $100,000 (about P5.6 million) cash prize is coming to the Philippines later this year. Yield Guild Games (YGG), the web3 guild protocol, is partnering with Parallel trading card game (TCG) to bring the award-winning web3 title to the YGG Play Summit (YPS) happening from November 19 to 23, 2024 in Manila.
Global online qualifiers for the tournament will determine the players who will compete during the week-long finals event at YPS. Parallel TCG partnered with YGG to leverage the latter’s campaigns, community, and questing platforms and onboard more people to the game. YGG has a proven track record of success in driving user acquisition and retention for its game partners, with its Guild Advancement Program (GAP) questing platform seeing 77 percent growth in enrollees during Season 5.
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Parallel is a sci-fi franchise TCG that empowers collectors to truly own their cards and other game items. The cards can be used to build a deck and play in an online PC game is currently in Open Beta. In the game, five factions battle for supremacy over a future Earth. Inspired by mechanics from popular TCGs, Parallel TCG has won numerous awards since 2021 and has put up a $500,000 prize pool for its 2024 competitive season. Among Parallel’s ambassadors are prominent creators from popular card games such as Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering.
“TCG players have always been passionate about the games they play, and many look for opportunities to test their skill at a high-stakes competitive level,” said Gabby Dizon, co-founder of YGG. “Parallel is in a very good position to be able to cater to these players, with many of its mechanics inspired by competitive TCGs such as Magic: the Gathering and Hearthstone. With YGG organizing these events, many players can have a chance at earning their share of the $100,000 prize pool at YPS.”
Along with the tournament, the YGG Play Summit will also feature the first-ever IRL GAM3 Awards ceremony, a cosplay competition, a one-day conference, as well as live demos and high-octane show matches of the hottest web3 games.
At YPS, YGG key opinion leaders (KOLs) will host Parallel giveaways and posting promotional content on social platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Discord. The YGG-community-managed Facebook group “Everything Parallel” will be hosting contests and posting content designed to engage and attract people to the web3 game. Several educational videos, such as a series of deck guides, are also posted on the guild protocol’s YouTube channel.
“When YGG approached us for this partnership, we saw an opportunity to bring a unique experience to current players and newcomers,” said Kalos, Co-Founder of Parallel TCG. “We will be able to emulate that feeling of playing with other people in a card shop while also showing them the advantages that web3 offers through Parallel TCG. We are expecting a lot of competitive play in the weeks leading to the YGG Play Summit.”
Parallel TCG players can expect regular events weekly up until the November YGG Play Summit, which will be held at Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
