Vagobond NFT
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1/23/2022 – Weekend Edition
GM! If you are like me, you want a way to see whatever is new (I realize there is a fair amount of repeated information on this sheet for things that are coming up or ongoing) – so I’ve started marking new items with a ‘*’ on the left side. That way you can scan through the sheet even faster. As always there is a lot happening in the NFT space and if I’ve missed anything or you would like to see something else covered – reach out to me via DMs on Twitter (@vagobond) or in the Vagobond Discord at https://discord.gg/2nBRJJvyeR.
News
*- https://twitter.com/TheTodayShow/status/1484661825723641856
*- Pretty much every crypto is in the red for the year. The 2018-2020 bear market killed a lot of enthusiasm and projects. The key to surviving a bear is to build and identify projects that are building. Projects that sit still are going to disappear unless they are extraordinary in some other way. This could last for a while. Be patient, be careful of trying to catch falling knives, and try not to take out your stress on others in the space. Salt sucks.
* – https://twitter.com/PhABCD/status/1478006068685021191
New Acquisitions
*https://twitter.com/vagobond/status/1484590358747037696
*https://opensea.io/collection/wemint-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii – free mint, see below
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You can find my NFT buying methodology and more on the NFT 101 page on Vagobond.com
Influencer Projects
Gary Vee Projects –
Rug Radio – Farokh project -No new news
Creatures – Danny Cole’s project. Rumored to have land and token announcement coming soon.
Nate Alexander Projects – Arena battles continue.
– A major aesthetic upgrade by a professional illustrator is coming to the entire chainfaces universe (including fallen faces), and will be preserving the rarities both randomly drawn from the mint as well as earned from the arena. These will be free to claim, except for gas costs.
Impact Theory / Tom Bileyu Projects – Huge burn event.
– The Pulse – a Weekly IT update https://impactnews.substack.com/p/the-pulse-20220121
NFT Games
Cat and Mouse Game – Almost 100% going to be a rug.
* – I’ve removed the link on this one. CATastrophic meltdown and failure in the Discord on Friday. Gas and mint issues, contract exploited and left running for hours and hours after a 27 day delay. This is a total shit show. I’ve lost on gas and mints with this one – it was definitely the worst birthday present I ever bought for myself. I’ll most likely be moving this one to the graveyard and pissing on the grave a few times but will wait to see if the devs actually do something to fix it.
Pixelglyphs – P2E game, ships, innovative and fun community.
* – https://twitter.com/PixelGlyphs/status/1484989095600287744
Doctor Who, Worlds Apart P2E Game and NFT Marketplace – Founders Token sale continues (part 3 is well under way), tokens $1000 each. Gameplay continues in Beta among founders only. https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/r/2909/
Influence Asteroids – https://discord.gg/Y3UsdRXvMQ Everything about the game:https://wiki.influenceth.io/en/community/content-creators
* – https://twitter.com/influenceth/status/1484942838114648065?s=21
Nifty League Degens – Games, avatars, comics, $NFTL
*-https://twitter.com/NiftyLeague/status/1484947827876773889
One Day Bae – Game and token coming.
Raini Lords of Light – p2e game. Rumor has it that the beta game will launch in a few weeks. Already has great cross chain assets, card staking, and more. https://discord.gg/2TbrB7mk5F
Danger Islands / Lazer Defi – $xBMF token live and can earn by owning Lazer Soda, Bloot, or BlootMF. One of my favorite projects. Danger Islands game and land sale coming in 10 days. https://discord.gg/FksWeDWFxe
* – https://twitter.com/LazerDeFi/status/1485091679245897732
World of Cryptoids. – Interesting game and concept.
Music Oriented NFTs
Warp Sound – Generative Art + AI composed music. https://www.warpsound.ai/
Moons of Mars – Fashion/music facing game/story/project. https://www.moonsofmars.xyz/
Arpeggi.io – On-chain music studio. Create it, then mint it. https://arpeggi.io/
Spottie Wifi – The #1 DJ in the Metaverse https://www.spottiewifi.com/
Tiki Festival – No New News https://tikifestival.io/
Bitlectro Labs/Dreamers/DreamLoops – https://bitlectrolabs.com/
Literary NFTs
Nuclear Nerds – Interactive storytelling and more. https://www.nuclearnerds.io/story/
Page Dao – $PAGE token is in play. Book minter is live. https://discord.gg/pm24RDKEb4
Jenkins the Valet – No new news
Watching:
Dead Handz – Interesting story oriented NFT https://www.deadhandz.com/
Token Literary (agency) – interesting project that may well help shape the future of books in the NFTverse https://discord.gg/gM2TXQ3D9t
$LIT – New art drop from that Medici fella.
Food and Travel NFT Projects (new section)
SuperLocal – NFT gated travel app where users can mint locations as NFTs
Watching:
Travel Toucans – Minting 2/22/22 – https://www.traveltoucans.com
Bald Jesus – 1st NFT/crypto native religion born in the Metaverse
– Bald Jesus is Your Bro https://www.baldjesus.com
– Minting for Bald Jesus Drinking Club – .05 ETH https://www.baldjesusdrinkingclub.com
– Holy Bjble – AB version – https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x931204fb8cea7f7068995dce924f0d76d571df99/3
* – https://twitter.com/BjbleQuotes/status/1485291129763295233
Bored Apes/ Huxley / 10KTF/ BYO-verse
BAYC/MAYC – $APE token. The Apes vs. Mutants competition is live. Download the game on your phone in the app stores, register, and play. I’m enjoying it. It’s harder than it seems and the competition is insane. I’m currently ranked at about 1700, but am enjoying playing even so.
Huxley – 1,000 unique Robot Avatars will be available Tuesday, January 25th!
– https://twitter.com/huxleysaga/status/1484754271539118082?s=21
10KTF – $NTD token.
BYO – Ships coming, game coming, token coming.
Pixel Vault/ Punks Comic/ Metahero $PUNKS/$POW
– Origin Story #1: Courtney – 5902 origin stories – PVFD holders snapshot prior to Feb 1 claim on a 1-to-1 basis with how many FD you own. Any that go unclaimed will open up to punks comic #1 and #2 until all are sold out.
– Adidas (into the metaverse) getting ready for first partner drop- moved to separate server.
– Each planet holder will be eligible for sidekick claim. Sidekicks will be stakable. TBA
– Elite Apes Covers to be released using Metahero/Ape Token in early Feb – unique gamification of mint using a coin that has future utility. Available now on PunksComic.com and OS.
– Free Planet Drop #3 happening until next Friday
– Physical comic will release soon – logistical issues with cases and covers holding it up
– https://twitter.com/vagobond/status/1484213225482690565
Free $$$ – New platforms and tokens/ airdrops
* The Meta Reserve – Free mint (+ gas) of 1 GBP note (first 500) https://www.wemint.cash/
*Tokenify – No clue if this is safe. I claimed it. Looking like a serious token. DYOR.
*- Now on CoinGecko https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/tokenfy & https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tokenfy/
https://twitter.com/tokenfy_/status/1484983124010352650
Fee.io – – DYOR – Reportedly was live, then wasn’t. I’m watching but won’t rush in on this one.
Gas.wtf – another airdrop for those who have paid gas on Eth. No new news. DYOR.
Tokens, Staking, Defi
– $TIME and $OHM prices continue downward. Devs and holders seem confident in future.
The 100M $BSGG airdrop has not happened yet. https://docs.wonderland.money/basics/faq
$WTF – You can still claim here:
https://fees.wtf/claim?ref=0x9346f1d460cbc0fca01997f1e5940fd55675173d
https://twitter.com/feeswtf/status/1485234966531174401
$LOOKS Token – Looks Rare platform is gaining traction. Daily rewards for staking unmatched.
$GAS token –
$SOS token – Still going. Staking is in place.
Other Projects I Like – Fashion, Games, Comics
On Chain Monkeys – One of the most positive ‘do good’ projects out there.
*- https://twitter.com/vagobond/status/1484946269189513219
Peace Void/ Peaceful Groupies – $PEACE token, PeaceDAO, partnerships with other projects and festivals (IRL and MV). So much happening in this community right now. Super exciting.
Creature Toadz – Mashup of Creatures + Cryptoadz . $FLYZ https://swampdao.finance/
The Land Dao – A unique metaverse land development project. $RENT https://www.thelanddao.io/
* – https://twitter.com/TheLandDAO/status/1485099993673383937
Non-Fungible Heroes/Bored Bananas – Land and token coming soon.
Two Bit Bears – No new news.
Bloot – Bloot is being redefined.
MyPfpLand/Bloot Elves – No new news.
Bulls on the Block/Bears on the Block – No new news.
Lucky Maneki – This project keeps working and trying
Satoshiverse – No new news.
Peaceful Toadz – No new news. Might have to move this one to the graveyard.
Buzzed Bear Hideout
Heaven Computer
Useful Info
– How to safely use a verified NFT on Twitter
https://twitter.com/tropoFarmer/status/1484265271678361600?s=20
– How to Approach Influencers
https://twitter.com/Zeneca_33/status/1484568339976499202
Rumors
The biggest rumor is that the Coinbase NFT platform is imminent. Also worthwhile to take a look at this sheet and attempt to use all the platforms. The free airdrops last year brought some people over a hundred thousand dollars. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f_9c8P28dXG5K6DXlHGeTQUww5K8Ft6GgCKYZ8scjb0/edit#gid=2061257832
Watchlist:
Rebel Planet Motor Club – https://twitter.com/vagobond/status/1484965615504740354
Gnomenclature – https://discord.gg/vJD94smbnZ
Metroverse – https://discord.gg/metroverse
Apex Wolves – https://discord.gg/apexwolves
– Twitter suspended and Discord temporarily closed
Hype Bears – https://discord.gg/hypebears
Look Labs – https://discord.gg/kscScVhq
Fishy Fam – https://discord.gg/fishyfam
The Graveyard
These are projects that I wanted to believe in that simply seem like they are dead. I sincerely hope that they resurrect – but when I put them here, it means that I’ve stopped believing and looking. I hope to someday have a section at the top called ‘Resurrections’ for when projects in the Graveyard manage to rise up again. As time goes on, I have no doubt this will be the biggest section of this newsletter and I will let it keep growing so that those who care to look can understand that the majority of projects fail and investors lose money. Pick wisely, my friends, and good luck!
– cMyKatz – I really like the dev on this and the community rallied around him but it just didn’t happen, a combination of bad timing on market sentiment and high gas fees. I have cMyKatz, cMyGravez, and ZombieKatz – they are all worthless now.
– Good Guys – One of the rare projects I drew a rare on. Dev got sick and it all just seems to have died.
– Invariant Labs/Monkey Bets – I hold two full sets here. I hope it recovers but with the Beanie mess, just doesn’t seem very likely.
– aiVatar – This project from Trey Ratcliffe was really cool. Totally unique. No one cared.
– CubeVerse – An MIT program turned avatar that seemed cool but then just sort of fizzled. I have several and derivatives – worthless
– Bear Market Bears and Doadz – I really really really want these to succeed. I love the art. Hamm is a cool guy that does cool stuff. It’s just that nothing happens with these and you can’t even give them away (but I won’t)
– Hobo Beards – One of my all time favorite projects and communities. The devs are still working, still making things, still trying to resurrect – but for the moment, it’s in the graveyard.
– The MTA/Metahelmet – I have no idea what happened here. Not a rug, but they just died on the vine.
– Template – I was so excited to buy this one, so excited for the amazing innovation and ideas behind the project but it just seems to have gone nowhere
– Madame Sofia’s Oracle of Wisdom – It seemed like such a good idea, but so quickly dropped to zero
– The Miners Club – Floor price cratering. No news. No announcements. Nothing since the mint. Bummer. Had high hopes for this one.
– Arcade NFTs – These are so cool. Fully playable arcade games on OpenSea. Floor has dropped to zero (or below). RIP ToadRunnerz. I hope I’m premature on calling this one dead – it really deserves to resurrect.
– Invaders –Neil Strauss loves them, arguably the most attractive artist in crypto, cool art and funny characteristics, fun community. Should have worked but just hasn’t. Missing something – but what?
– The Awakening – This was an almost free comic book drop. Didn’t expect much. Community largely dead. Needs a good awakening itself.
– Lofi Skylines – these and other stuff from Crown Ghoul were so cool, but that wasn’t enough I guess.
– Emily Lazar’s September Monsters – this is a pretty cool female artist, music oriented NFT with some nice attachments of comic and music -but – it just go no traction.
