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On 10/01/2022 at 2:00 p.m. (PST), an AMA session was held on Avalaunch Telegram with Battle for Giostone Co-Founder, Mile Gramatikov. The focus of this AMA will be the business development, vision, road map, and post-IDO plans.

Below we present to you an excerpt from AMA with questions and answers.

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Dave | Avalaunch

Hello again and welcome everyone to, not the first, but the second AMA with the venerable Battle For Giostone. They are a game with big plans and have an assembled a team they feel is up to the challenge.

Today we have none other than @milegramatikov ready to take on all comers and answer all questions. @milegramatikov how are you doing?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Hey, I’m feeling awesome. Thanks for inviting me!

Dave | Avalaunch

Good to have you here today. Let’s get right into it…

Let’s start with a brief introduction about yourself: your background, career path, and how did you end up where you are today?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

First of all, I’d like to start with my background as a gamer. I played DotA when it came out, and I was instantly hooked. That was everything that I wanted to do in life. Then, Dota 2 came along, and it was even better. Because of my love for the game, I started connecting with other like-minded people, and that’s how I met most of my friends. We played the game in internet cafes, at home, and I even organized 20+ esports events related to Dota2. I was a massive enthusiast and competitive player.

When I finished high school, I completed a backend developer course and started working in a programming company. I worked as a backend developer for 2+ years and decided to switch to marketing. It’s a drastic jump from one niche to another, but something pushed me to try out marketing, and after 2 years of being a marketer, I started my own company. For the last 3 years, I’ve been the CEO of M-Tech Entertainment, and our company is responsible for handling the Discord security of the Axie Infinity server of Sky Mavis. That’s how I got into crypto, and an idea clicked into my head. That idea was Battle For Giostone.

Dave | Avalaunch

Well it’s safe to say you got off to an early start. Very impressive.

As the ultimate, first MOBA game, what’s the range of experience that the team holds collectively? How many in-house developers are working on the project? Are there future team expansion plans?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Most of the team has been with me in M-Tech ever since the company came to life. Their skills have been battle-tested on numerous freelance projects that we completed. Even though we are based in Macedonia, we’ve worked with a myriad of international clients to gain the necessary skills and experience to make the peak of MOBA gaming.

Currently, 40+ developers and designers are working on the project. We’ve been steadily increasing the number of people that work with us. Since we’re about the launch the Closed Alpha of the game, we’ll push even harder. Of course, that means that the team will expand, and we’re always looking for passionate people to start working with us.

Of course, there’s also Theeban, our Co-Founder, who works as the game’s main balancer. His experience and know-how are irreplaceable since he’s the only person in the world to have so much Web2 and Web3 experience.

Dave | Avalaunch

That long history and working chemistry is a great thing to have when venturing into crypto. It will test all your relationships 😁

Battle of Giostone is a concept that was in development for over 1 year now. How many iterations did it take the team to prepare for the pre-alpha phase? Also are there any highlights about this major milestone you’d like to share with us?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Many people think that making a game is easy. You just create a plan, follow it, and you end up with a product a year later. That’s not true at all. There are plenty of roadblocks along the way, especially when you’re dealing with complex game mechanics. Ten people will be clicking at the same time, and the program needs to respond to every click, every press of the button, combine video effects, and voice effects, and change the parameters of each character. All of that takes an inside amount of coding experience to make it work well together.

This explanation is to make it clearer for the people who think games are simple. At the moment, the Pre-Alpha is the 17th version of the game. The 18th version is on the way with a spectator mode that will allow us to host tournaments and cast them online. The first tournaments we made didn’t have this feature, so players needed to stream on Discord, and we broadcasted their streams on Twitch. We’re incredibly serious about esports, which is why we’re focusing on making the game work first, and then streaming it to the public to show what we’re building and how we’re progressing.

Dave | Avalaunch

I have news for you — after all that’s happened in Web3 gaming, no one thinks it’s easy any more.

As with most games built on the Web3, NFTs are intrinsic to this game dynamic. Can you give us a top-level overview of these NFTs?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

The main NFTs in Battle For Giostone will be the heroes. There are 6 hero combinations: Gogmangog, Auri, Akuma, Lucius, Ranvir, and Gurluk. Every NFT will have one of these heroes as the base, with equipment on their bodies. The equipment is responsible for the skills that each hero will be able to use inside the game, and you will not be able to change it. There will be skins that work like cosmetics upgrades, and they will only change how the hero or the equipment looks like, but they won’t be able to change the main design.

All of that was from the design aspect. When it comes to functionality, each NFT hero will have 4 ability slots. You can pick 4 out of the 72 abilities in total and forge a hero based on your play style. That could be a Melee Warrior, Ranged Warrior, Melee Assassin, Ranged Assassin, Melee Wizard, and Ranged Wizard. By matching the hero class and the ability class, you could create a tank, assassin, jungler, mage, support, fighter, or marksman. The style of play depends on you alone, as well as your team. More than 6 million hero combinations are possible, making the game incredibly competitive, and you’ll always be looking for the ideal champion.

Apart from the heroes, there will be skin NFTs that work like cosmetics for the heroes and abilities and revenue-sharing NFTs that allow you to lock BFG tokens.

Dave | Avalaunch

The heroes do look cool. Ranvir reminds me of a guy I know. Appreciate the comprehensive answers.

According to the roadmap, the plan is to hold an NFT pre-sale shortly after the token launch. Are you able to elaborate on this plan, how many NFTs will be available, the price range, and where the pre-sale will take place?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

We haven’t decided about the final number of the Heroes that will be minted or their price yet. But what I can say is that every one of those NFT’s that will be on pre-sale will be called Genesis and will be very rare. They will be only obtainable through the pre-sale. Let’s say Auri with Golden Wings. Everyone else will have the normal wings but your hero will be with Golden wings because it’s Genesis. Later, people can sell those heroes for profit if they decide, because everyone wants to have different and cooler stuff than the others.

Dave | Avalaunch

Nicely answered. Among the range of cool features that come with the game is an NFT marketplace. Can you talk about its use and how its integration relates to the vision of the project?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

I remember when I was little, my friends that played Metin2 or World of Warcraft were making money by selling accounts on shady websites. The game companies that made these games didn’t allow trading, and people became creative and created platforms specifically designed for exchanging characters.

We believe that the essence of gaming is to give power back to gamers. That’s why we’re choosing the blockchain and making the marketplace on our own website. Everyone will be able to come and buy or sell heroes, skins, modifiers, and even revenue-sharing NFTs on our site. Instead of us selling pre-made heroes through a game shop, gamers will have the power to create new characters themselves and trade on an open market. We won’t set the prices, which will make the gamers in charge. That way, the game is truly made for the players.

Dave | Avalaunch

With each Hero it seems that the user is able to combine their preferred abilities to create a Hero in their vision. For the audience that’s not aware, can you please briefly tell us how this process works?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Sure. In MOBA games, the playable character usually has 4 abilities that can be either passive or active. Passive abilities give a general boost in stats or work under specific conditions. Active abilities, on the other hand, need to be clicked to work. They deal damage, heal the character or the allies, provide shields, or crowd control the enemy such as stunning, silencing, or disarming.

Based on your gameplay style, you can create a hero NFT that has the abilities you want to play. You can forge a warrior that does magical damage with their abilities. You can forge an assassin that has healing abilities. However, picking abilities from the same class makes the hero stronger since it boosts the base stats such as strength, agility, or intelligence.

Because the game will be free to play, gamers will be able to try out several versions of heroes that we will provide an update on a weekly basis. That way, they can learn how the abilities work, and what they want to see in their own hero, and then choose to forge something of their own or buy a hero that someone else already made on the Marketplace.

Dave | Avalaunch

One of the main features that I think will be extremely popular among the players of Battle For Giostone is the Esports tournaments which according to the roadmap is around the corner. Can you give us a comprehensive outline of how this will kick-start; what the players are to expect when this feature becomes available in Q4 of 2022, what the prize pools will be etc?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Security is a massive concern. Axie Infinity is the biggest game in the space, and yet they suffered a 600 million dollar breach.No one wants that to happen, but there are cybercriminals whose goal is to ruin the experience of other people. We’ve included several security mechanisms to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen to us.

One thing that we’re still working on is to have a manual review of bigger transactions to ensure they’re legitimate and not a hack. Additionally, every internet project is only as secure as the people working on it, which is why everyone on the team is using an antivirus program, a VPN, and we don’t click on any links or download files that are unsafe. Socially engineered attacks are on the rise, which is why we’re incredibly careful and constantly upskilling ourselves in terms of cybersecurity and the latest scam or phishing attacks.

Dave | Avalaunch

As a first of its kind Esports MOBA on Avalanche, what were some of the challenges encountered while building the game, and how did you circumvent these challenges?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

The biggest challenge is making a game that’s actually fun to play. When you’re playing a game, it’s always the little things that make you angry at the developer, such as pressing a button and the ability casting half a second later than when you clicked. The user end needs to be seamless, and for that to be possible, many components need to work together without breaking. We circumvented these challenges by working relentlessly and using bots to play the game to see where it breaks to fix it before we actually launch it to the public.

Dave | Avalaunch

What were the reasons behind choosing to build on the Avalanche blockchain over the other options?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Avalanche is one of the fastest networks in the entire blockchain space. The people that work on this project are some of the greatest we’ve seen, and they’re true to their mission and vision. We’re a part of the Avalance Builders program, and they saw the potential in us, which is why they invested in Battle For Giostone. They’re one of the top growing platforms, have a big name without any incidents, and their working environment is incredible. Last but not least, we’re going to have a subchain, which makes this partnership even better!

Dave | Avalaunch

Before we move on one final question Sir

Are there any lasting thoughts you’d like to share with our community before concluding this AMA?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Battle For Giostone is a game that aims to reward players for their time, effort, and skills. Our goal is for every person in the ecosystem to find their place. People from different backgrounds will join our universe, and we want to have something for everyone. If you’re a good player, you’ll climb the leaderboards and earn rewards. If you’ve got a few friends, you can try to be the best in the group. If you’ve been a massive player of MOBAs and want to come back to the space, there will be new friends waiting for you. If you’re lucky, you’ll get modifiers to sell to investors.

If you’re somebody who doesn’t know how to play the game, but you want to be a part of it, you will be able to lock your tokens in a revenue-sharing program. If you’re a creator, you will be able to create content, build a community of your own, and get rewarded for being a part of our ecosystem. The opportunities are endless, but for all of this to work, the game needs to be fun to play. With the people we have at the moment, we’re sure that we can deliver. Stay tuned and see how we reinvent gaming!

Dave | Avalaunch

Congratulations Mile. You have fared in your journey through Avalaunch-land. Now you must stare down the twitterati, the forces that conspire to ask difficult questions. Are you ready for Part II?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Yess!

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Twitter Questions

@Xenada01 — How fast and secure is BFGiostone platform? If the number of users spikes, will transactions on your token get congested?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

We decided to work with Avalanche because their network is really fast and secure and offers great scalability solution with their Subnets. The ability to create your own rules on a subnet and use your token for gas fees is a great utility and it also provides instant finality. It’s an amazing opportunity.

@KleinVars — Many games today set high costs to start the game & therefore start with a small player base. Does Battle For Giostone only an entrance fee or starting conditions & if so,what are they?Do I need to hold an NFT or hold a certain amount of tokens in order to enjoy & play the game?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Everyone will be able to play the game for free with one of our weekly free heroes. However, the free users will not be able to earn GIOS after each match but they can still reach leaderboards and earn BFG after each season.

We want to keep hero prices reasonable so the game is accessible for everyone.

@leonardo_mark11 — Which is the most proudest milestone BFGiostone has achieved so far?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Having a balanced, cool and playable game!

Dave | Avalaunch

Great answer. Short, sweet and tells us everything. Well done.

@sentluciya — To what extent does your focus on the entertaining aspects of the game?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

The fun is based on complex gameplay, outplaying your opponents and collecting heroes & skins. Playing competitive for tournaments will be also fun and entertaining.

@Rozina_Kazin — There is a large audience that does not understand the English language at all but is interested in crypto. Have you created or planned to create local communities to include this audience in your project?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

We are working on creating local based communities, but everything should come at the right time and that is why we are not rushing with that. However, we have local communities in our discord and have separate chats for many different languages.

Dave | Avalaunch

Congratulations @milegramatikov you’ve navigated the treacherous waters of our questions and the inimitable peeps over on twitter.

Now comes the final leg of this great journey you’ve embarked on and that is the community. Normally we unmute the chat and allow it to populate with question but today we have a new twist. We have had our community weigh in…

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Telegram Questions

@mrallaw — There are a lot of characters in the gameplay — what are they inspired from?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Every character in the game is based on the lore which was created by our Art Director. Each character has their own backstory based on the lore. For everyone out there that wanna read the lore, you can do it at https://battleforgiostone.com/lore

@Ray699 — What are your plans for building a Subnet and how important do you think that is?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Avalanche’s tech is generally superior to any other chain but subnets make it an easy decision. A sub-network with a strong set of validators is decentralized but it’s like having your own blockchain where you can make your own rules and function independently. Having your own token act as gas on the network is also a strong utility and encourages people to participate.

@birdie_johansen — Projects often overlook the utility of the tokens — can your tokens deliver value from the game?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

BFG is designed to do exactly that. Deliver value. It is the driver of all things in the ecosystem from gaming to passive holding. Transactions in the game translate to BFG. Rewards are in BFG. It is truly an apex token that all activity runs through. It is what makes the Web3 great.

The dynamic interface of a token with players is exciting, it’s just gotten so screwed up in the wave of games. A token that can earn rewards, be used as a currency, act as gas of a network, be bought and sold, used to purchase anything from skins to modifiers is so much more interesting than the web2 to me. It’s time to take advantage of that.

@naKohl1996 — What is the plan to ensure sufficient liquidity on exchanges to fill market orders, especially as adoption increases and clients begin multiplying year-over-year for your project?

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

Listing liquidity is very important. Projects don’t consider this. When you have a token that has an FDV of say 40M and they put 200k in liquidity, it is basically .25% of the supply. That’s nothing and is not going to allow people to buy or sell without a lot of volatility. In a bull market no one notices. It all goes crazy.

We want people to discover us and be able to trade the token so our diluted cap is low so our liquidity could actually absorb what’s circulating. I wish we could buy the whole supply at IDO prices. Over time, the fundamental progress is what matters and then we will look to create more exposure for the token across exchanges.

Dave | Avalaunch

A tough but fair question. Mile was toiling. Fire answer though Sir.

and the final one is perhaps the toughest of all. Hope you’re ready for this —

@gksml1104 — As we saw with Axie’s downfall, the problem with current P2E is that it’s not sustainable. I believe that for a sustainable ecosystem, the focus should be on Play, not Earn. In this respect, I think BFG’s focus on esports is a good direction.

But can you really onboard a large number of players and host esports on a large scale? It seems that BFG’s backers are only Ava labs and Avalaunch, and there doesn’t seem to be any partnerships with YGG or other big gaming guilds.

If BFG has the capacity to host large-scale esports, why don’t VCs and gaming guilds approach BFG? Please tell me BFG’s vision for esports.

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

This is a great question. To begin, I believe we can host on a large scale or I wouldn’t be here. Our background is in Web2 gaming on a professional level so we have strong ties to a number of large players in the space. We kept our cap table small for strategic reasons and you can’t get stronger investment partners than Avalabs and Avalaunch.

It’s like partnering with the whole ecosystem and we did not want to get into the VC game with 20 VCs on our cap table because this is a community project. We’re starting out with a very low market cap so people who learn about us can go for the ride. We weren’t going to sell it all to VCs and let them own it and play that game. As part of our rollout, we have been in touch with numerous guilds, both very large and more boutique.

Our vision for Esports and overall vision for the game has been spelled out in detail over the last few weeks. There are tons of videos and articles we put out with Avalaunch that are really worth having a look at. When people really see how devoted we are and the progress we’ve already made, they’re going to wish they paid more attention.

Dave | Avalaunch

Excellent work. That was a tough question. The last two especially.

Appreciate your time here today and your occasional presence in our chat. I appreciate you moving forward in these uncertain times and having the confidence in the game to drive things forward.

Mile Gramatikov | Giostone

It was great to be here, thanks for inviting me over. I hope that the community learned a lot from this AMA and if someone got more questions feel free to ask anything here

Dave | Avalaunch

Thanks again. Pleasure having you. Have a good weekend.

On 9/26/2022 at 2:00 p.m. (PST), an AMA session was held on Avalaunch Telegram with Battle for Giostone Co-Founder, Theeban Siva. The focus of this AMA will be the business development, vision, road map, and post-IDO plans.

Below we present to you an excerpt from AMA with questions and answers.

Dave | Avalaunch

Once again it’s on. Today is a special AMA for us.

And I’d like to welcome any and all who might be present to see a little science get dropped by none other than @theebansiva our resident Battle For Giostone co-founder and gamer extraordinaire.

@theebansiva welcome. how are you?

Ready to do this like we always knew this?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Hey guys! Thank you for having me here, and I am ready!

Dave | Avalaunch

Excellente. Let’s kickstart this AMA session with a brief introduction about yourself. How did you get involved in crypto and how did the events transpire to your current position?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Sure thing! I’m Theeban or otherwise known as 1437! I got into crypto when I retired from Dota 2 and decided to pick up Axie Infinity. I met Mile and the team through Axie and Dota 2 actually!

Dave | Avalaunch

A legit world champion Axie player and a pro gamer. I know you want to be modest but I’m free to brag about you.

How did the team come together, and what was the turning point to building the Battle of Giostone?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

The team is made out of people that have known each other for a long time, and have a couple of successful projects behind their back. The trust was already there because the core team has literally grown up together ever since they were kids, and they’ve upskilled and become better constantly. I feel like I was the missing piece, and I really felt that when I came to the office in Macedonia and they treated me like a part of their family. Virtual bonds form even stronger friendships, especially when you’re working on a vision that will unite gamers and rewards them for their time, effort, and skills.

Dave | Avalaunch

Yeah, this is a long time in the making.

Got it. Moving on — For our audience that are not yet aware, can you tell us a little bit more about the Battle for Giostone? What is it and how did the idea of creating this game come about?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Battle for Giostone is a MOBA game. The style was inspired by Dota2 but the gameplay is different and unique compared to Dota and League of Legends alike. Our game uses uniquely forged heroes that can be tailored to the preference of the player. Unlike the other popular MOBA games right now, we have a secondary win condition apart from destroying the enemy’s base.

Dave | Avalaunch

As an Esports MOBA there are different ways of ensuring victory, based on each player, their skills, the dynamic between the team and so on. Can you give us a high-level overview of the game mechanics at play?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

The typical MOBA has a pretty basic victory condition. You need to make way to the enemy base and destroy it. You can use any strategy in the world to do that, and that’s the main objective. If both teams are evenly matched in Dota 2 for example, a game can last for an hour or more. Sometimes it can last 15 minutes, if there is a massive difference in skill or strategy. An hour is too long for a single match in our opinion, which is why we implemented something completely novel.

We wanted to take things a bit further. Instead of having a single victory condition, we added another one to ensure that all games are completed in 30 minutes max. So, players will have 25 minutes to destroy the enemy base. If they don’t do that by then, the dragon Gio summons all of them to a deathmatch field on the map, where they have to battle it out to the death.

That adds even more complexity to the game because some teams will want to wait out the entire match and wreck their opponents in the final battle. Others would want to finish things as quickly as possible. This adds incredible depth to the game since you won’t know what your opponent’s tactics are going to be.

Dave | Avalaunch

And this is one of the places where balancing must be quite a consideration. I know you’ve got your share of experience with that. — With several Web3 games already available on the blockchain, how does Battle of Giostone aim to remain competitive and increase its user base? What makes this game unique?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

The entire blockchain space has been thirsty for a MOBA game. On top of being a Free to Play game, the competitiveness makes it different from everything that’s already available on the market. The token is deflationary, the designs are going to look insane. The game is literally a bridge between the Web2 and Web3 worlds.

There are a lot of variables in the game and ways to get the custom hero that you want that only you may know how to pilot. This will be a game that will be unmatched in terms of uniqueness overall and even on a match to match basis. No two matches will be the same.

Last but not least, the game will be fun to play and watch, which is a breath of fresh air compared to some of the games that came to the space as pale copies of others or simply looking for a cash grab.

Dave | Avalaunch

This is true. MOBA’s absence to date is conspicuous. This is filling a need and I’m confident you all are more than capable of making it special.

The economy of the game is run by two tokens: BFG is the driver but also GIOS. Can you tell us what they are, how they differ and how they work to maintain the game ecosystem?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

The BFG token is the main currency of the game and players will be able to use it for pretty much everything in the gaming universe. First of all, players will need BFG to be able to buy Heroes. It will also be used for buying skins, Compendium purchases (similar to Battle Passes), as leaderboard rewards, and investors will lock up a quantity of BFG to participate in revenue sharing from inside the game.

GIOS on the other hand will function as in-game currency. Players that own NFT heroes will receive a few GIOS tokens after every victory and will be able to forge new heroes. That’s the primary purpose of the token. Of course, they could also be able to convert it to BFG, but the rates will be purposefully kept low to stimulate more forges.

Dave | Avalaunch

Gotcha. Good to see a single token really drive the ecosystem while GIOS lives off chain and is just there for hero forging. It makes more sense than most. For those wondering how do you strategize to maintain a stable price following the launch, what can you tell us about your plans to ensure a successful token launch and long-term price sustainability of the token?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Since people have wanted a Web3 MOBA ever since the space started to exist, they see the long term potential of the game. Everyone knows we’re in a bear market, but the thing that makes or breaks a crypto game is the community and how fun the game is.

We believe that the people who invest in our token see the long term benefits that come from holding it, mainly because of the revenue sharing model.

Locking up your BFG tokens as an NFT makes it gain value and adds real utility. The NFT bubble popped a while ago, and nobody is going to invest in something that doesn’t have real utility. Since investors will be getting a percentage of the revenue all the time, there’s no selling pressure, and I think we’ll have a pretty stable launch with people holding their investments until the next bull cycle.

Dave | Avalaunch

Rock on. With arguably one of the strongest backers in the Avalanche ecosystem already secured, what are your plans for further strengthening The Battle of Giostone partner ecosystem? Are you working on any exciting collaborations you can tell us about?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

The Battle For Giostone ecosystem is strong at the moment, but of course, we’re still working on a few new potential collaborations. However, the thing that we’re most excited about are guild collaborations. The game is made by the players, and they’re the crucial component of the masterpiece we’re building.

Guilds like METAT8, Real Deal Guild, Mad Lads, and others are already playing the game, and we’ve got a massive Tournament with 16 teams already signed up in our Pre-Alpha mode. That’s 80 competitive players and many who support them that already love the game and want to play.

Dave | Avalaunch

Looking at the roadmap there’s a lot of interesting events lined up for the next few months following the launch, including the Heroes NFT pre-sale (which someone asked about earlier), launch of the marketplace, and of course the grand opening of Esports. Are you able to divulge any insights on any of these to our community right now?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

For the last part, as I mentioned before, we’re already making the grand opening of Esports competitions. We’re building with that as the foundation, and we think that hosting Tournaments before the final version of the game cements our place in the Web3 space as true visionaries of how progress needs to look like.

Of course, there are massive balancing changes at the moment, and the game is still under heavy development, but what we’re seeing from people is that they’re here for it. They want to be a part of the corrections and they want to see how the meta evolves to train for the real deal. There’s nothing better than that.

Dave | Avalaunch

Your experience in the Web2 esports space is invaluable, seeing how it all gets built out. Good work. Let’s move into the final part of this section with a few more basic questions. What is the long-term vision, the end goal of the Battle of Giostone?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

The long-term vision is to have a sustainable ecosystem where everyone can have fun and enjoy being a part of our community and game. In a way that’s also the end goal. The road will be bumpy but we believe we will make it happen.

Dave | Avalaunch

Looking to the future, what are you most excited about?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Tournaments. Since I love competition and watching it, I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of competitors will be participating in our game. The talent and entertainment these players will be able to showcase with the amount of variables involved in our game will be unmatched. Our large scale tournaments are going to attract the best competitors and countless hours of entertainment.

Dave | Avalaunch

I should have been able to guess this answer. You and @milegramatikov have big plans here.

Now, before we move on to the twitter portion of your program, one final question. Are there any points you’d like to discuss or touch upon, or perhaps share with the Avalaunch community?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

One thing that I would like to mention is that the game is going to be made for PC first. We’re trying to get a handle of the mechanics as per our Roadmap, but a mobile version of the game will be in the works as soon as we finish building the initial one. So for everyone that’s waiting for the game to come out for mobile, they’re going to wait a while, but it’s going to be well worth it!

Dave | Avalaunch

You have fared well to this point Ser.

Twitter Questions

@AdcDavidtai1999 who asks — For the moba games, are you planning to hold some national competition?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Yes, we will have many large scale events throughout the year. We are very much Esports focused and that is our main goal.

@chimponzi_jam — How might your Revenue Model assist both the investor and your project in a win-win situation?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

We can’t talk about the investor and the project without talking about the players. They are the foundation that the game will be built on, and we must keep a player-centric model to keep everyone satisfied. The investors bring in fresh capital to the game yes, but the players bring in the entertainment, which then brings in the sponsorships, which then rewards the investors too.

@sentluciya — What are your long term marketing plans and do you have any partnerships that you plan on utilizing?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Marketing in the Web3 space is quite difficult because there were a lot of unfortunate events or scams that has happened in the past year. Think of what happened with the Squid Game token and all of the dog-like tokens that popped up out of nowhere. Our long-term marketing strategy is to make a fun game that people will enjoy playing.

There’s nothing better than organic growth, and if people are really having fun and immerse themselves into the matches and the gameplay, the marketing will come naturally. Of course, we’ve got a lot of partnerships with influences in the crypto sector to get the word out, but ultimately it will depend on the quality of the game and the happiness and emotions the game evokes in the players.

@cryptotrung — Before a great project comes to fruition, great inspiration must precede it. How did you get the inspiration for the project?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

First of all, we’ve been gamers our whole lives. I’ve played Dota2 for 15+ years, and Mile has been playing it for that long too, even though not professionally. He’s organized esports events in his own country, and when the Web3 space started becoming popular, we both felt that something was missing.

We both love MOBAs, that’s the type of game we’ve played for our entire lives, and there was nothing like it being built. We decided to take matters in our own hands and create the first authentic MOBA on the blockchain. That’s how the idea for Battle For Giostone was born, and now we’re turning it into reality.

Dave | Avalaunch

This is exceptionally important imo and great to see.

Now, moving on…As ringworn veteran of marathon games, you must know we are not finished with you yet. There’s a gauntlet that is yet to be run and that is none other than the community question. For this, our very own @shahi297 will unmute the chat for a few minutes, the chat will populate with questions and we will mute once more. At this point, you will choose your 5 faves and please directly link to the question when you answer because prizes are on the line.

Telegram Questions

Lucas — Do you guys feel satisfied by seeing your progresses and achievements till now, when you look back to the day when you have started this project?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Sometimes I look back at our older builds and I am amazed by what our team has done in this time frame. It has been such a pleasure to work with such hard working individuals and I;m even more pleased to say that we have been ahead of schedule and our roadmap.

Melanie Dalton — IS your project only for elite investors, what about others with small funds, is it open to everyone?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Crypto is very inclusive and so are we. We want this game to be accessible to everyone so there are no minimum requirements to get started. In fact, it’s free for anyone to play and even earn your way to a new hero. You can play for free and climb the leaderboard with your skill only and claim great prizes. There is a place for everyone in our ecosystem.

Crypto🔺 MindB — What’s your main focus right now, are you focused on the community or market/Exchange or the products?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

I don’t think you can take your eye off any of this. This is all part of running a successful project. It is possible to have more than one “main focus” and, in our case, these are all priorities. What we do know is, creating a great fun game will set us on the natural course to come out ahead.

Cobe Raelynn — What is your strongest advantage that you think will make your team leading the market?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

This is an easy one. I believe in our team. We are made up professional gamers and software developers. All the skills we need to make this go are inhouse. We’ve all had a successful working relationships and are ready to put our heart and soul into making this work.

De Ngo — How much does it cost to play any game on the Game platform? Can we experience Game for free?

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Yes!!! Battle for Giostone will be FREE to Play. You can compete with free to play heroes and claim leaderboard rewards! If you want to partake in the token economy then you will need to purchase an NFT hero from the marketplace. Also the NFT heroes are yours to keep, as free to play heroes will cycle out for other ones. So if you want to have the hero that best suits your playstyle or want to participate in the token economy, then eventually you will need to purchase or forge a hero. But of course, anyone can play the game!

Dave | Avalaunch

You’ve done it!

Theeban Siva | Giostone

Thank you for having me! It was a pleasure to answer all the great questions 🙂

Dave | Avalaunch

@theebansiva you’ve been an absolutely epic guest and guess what? This is the first of two AMAs with Battle For Giostone. Whoever is our next guest has a tough act to follow.

Good to have a rock star visit our chat.