ICO Spotlight | Lordmancer II - The First MMORPG That Gamers Will Be Able To Mine Cryptocurrencies

When I was younger, a considerable amount of my time was monopolized playing video games. That was a time before I was married and three kids. Naturally, my time is prioritized differently now.

These days I wonder if I’ll have another re-prioritization of time when the kids are older, or when I’m in retirement, that will put gaming near the top. I know, I know, it’s a pipe-dream, but stranger things have occurred.

I still have some gaming blood flowing through me. Yes, I yearn for glory. So, when I came across the news that Active Games, LLC MMORPG Lordmancer II, was doing an ICO, my heart skipped a beat. Here are two things I love: gaming and cryptocurrencies and Active Games was combining them!

What a great way to make gaming….um….a more productive endeavor! I can see a new generation of teenagers telling Mom and Dad that they don’t to get a summer job because they just completed an epic crypto farming set.

Social impacts aside, Lordmancer II is entering in what might become the new standard for mobile gaming.

GAME OVERVIEW

Lordmancer II is a multiplayer free-to-play online role playing game on Android and iOS.

Key features of the game include:

• Open world setting
• Turn based battle combat
• Real-time multiplayer
• In-game economy
• Guilds and guild battles

IN-GAME CURRENCY DETAILS

Lordmancer II will offer the following three (3) in-game currencies:

1. GOLD & GEMS AND OTHER GAME RESOURCES (Soft Currency)

WHERE TO PURCHASE	ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPE	DETAILS
In-game	Crystals	Items/resources that can be captured or traded

2. CRYSTALS (Hard Currency)

WHERE TO PURCHASE	ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPE	DETAILS
App Store or Google Play in-app purchases	Fiat	Crystals can be used to buy LC Tokens (see 3C Table below)

3A. LORD COIN (LC) (Hard Currency)

WHERE TO PURCHASE	ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPE	DETAILS
Cryptocurrency Exchange	Other cryptocurrencies	For players that are unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies, Active Games will provide a special proxy mechanism to assist LC exchange transactions

3B. LORD COIN (Hard Currency)

WHERE TO PURCHASE	ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPE	In-game
Lordmancer II website	Fiat, Paypal, Credit card	50% more than current LC exchange rate price to compensate for conversion fees

3C. LORD COIN (Hard Currency)

LCs can be used to trade with other players or for purchase of the following items:

• Unique player skins
• Legendary weapons and items
• In-game islands and lands

Lord Coin Storage

Every LC token is either stored in a user's Ethereum wallet, or is in the game and therefore is mapped to a player account. All LCs that are currently in the game will be "parked" in a special Ethereum wallet called Lordmancer Wallet.

Lord Coin Burning

Active Games wants to introduce artificial deflation to put bullish pressure and value on the price of remaining LCs.

The following table illustrates the circumstances under which LCs will be burned.

WHERE TO PURCHASE	ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPE	DATE
In-game using App Store or Google Play	Crystals	4x (400%) more than current LC exchange rate since both app stores and active games will take a share of the payment

CIRCUMSTANCE	BURN DETAILS
Game-to-player Trades	If a player buys something from the game (not another player), e.g. weapon or a boost, the game will burn 0% of spent LCs, and move the remaining 10% to a special account called Game Funds
Player-to-player	If a player buys something from another player, tokens remain in Lordmancer Wallet. The game only changes states of inlvolved players' game accounts. With each trade, the game takes a 20% commision. Half of it is burned and the other half moves to the Game Funds special account.

Active Games will use Game Funds to cover server costs, player support, marketing activities etc.

In the event that LCs are depleted to the point where they are not usable for the game, Active Games has a plan to introduce a new token. LC holders will be able to trade in for the new token (see example image below). This process will repeat as necessary.

ICO DISTRIBUTION DETAILS

TOKEN: Lord Coin (LC)

CIRCULATION: 13,000,000 at ICO

TOTAL CIRCULATION: 20,000,000

TOKEN TYPE: ERC-20

ACCEPTED CURRENCY: ETH

RESTRICTIONS?: N/A

ICO PHASE	BONUS	FIXED RATE
Pre-ICO [Complete]	FIXED	1 LC = $0.05
ICO (Nov 07-11 [Complete])	20%	1 LC = $0.10
ICO (Nov 12-16 [Complete])	12%	1 LC = $0.11
ICO (Nov 17-Dec 20 [In process])	0%	1 LC = $0.125

PROCEED DISTRIBUTION

AREA	PERCENT
Marketing	50%
Development	30%
Operations	20%

ROADMAP

DATE	MILESTONE
Q4 2017	ICO/Commercial Launch in Russia/Content Updates: Units, lands, quests/Game Packs available for purchase using Lord Coins
Q1 2018	Unique lands available for purchase using Lord Coins/Dwarven Race added/SEA & South America Launch/iOS launch in all currently launch regions
Q2 2018	Global Launch/Undead Race added
Q4 2018	2018 Content Refresh Named Update/New Race/Vast new lands/New central quest lines

FINAL THOUGHTS

Introducing the possibility to profit in gaming isn't new, and video games has had a history of experimentation with the concept (e.g. Team Fortress 2, DOTA 2, Second Life, Diablo III) with mixed results.

A lot of the criticism is that wealthy gamers could buy their way to glory instead of using skill. In other words, its not an equal playing field. It's a valid point, but I think gamers these days know that equality is largely a fantasy. Someone might have more skill, time, money, cheat, and buy items on gaming black markets.

Overall, I see the introduction of cryptocurrency gaming economies as an natural evolution to the gaming market, and I expect more gaming companies to copy Lordmancer II.

REFERENCE LINKS

Lordmancer II Website
ICO Details
Whitepaper
FAQ

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