Apeiron Interviews: Blockpartying with Pro Gamer DAO

Greetings godlings! Interview Sunday is BACK (for now anyway). This weekend the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) has been going on in Seoul, a…

Greetings godlings! Interview Sunday is BACK (for now anyway). This weekend the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) has been going on in Seoul, a celebratory gathering of all things related to web3, the metaverse, and the future of gamefi.

While we weren’t able to travel to Korea ourselves, we did manage to find time to talk to our awesome partners at Pro Gamer DAO. Apeiron Faithful might remember them for joining our Mini-Guild Wars, where they fell to Guild 22 in the 2nd round. Well, we have some interesting revelations about that…let’s get to the interview!

Foonie Magus: Hey guys! So could I ask you to introduce yourselves to our readers first?

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): Hey! So we actually have a few people here. We have Leo from DEUK Soteria Ventures (DSV), a crypto fund incubating Pro Gamer DAO. We also have Sean from Pro Gamer DAO, and I’m Ato, a web2 traditional gamer and non-crypto native and a Pro Gamer member. We thought it would be cool if I joined and gave a little bit of a different perspective on things.

FM: Sure, sounds awesome! Well welcome everyone and thanks for taking the time to sit down and talk with us! First things first, could you tell us about your organization? What is it that makes Pro Gamer DAO unique?

Pro Gamer DAO (Sean): Pro Gamer DAO is a user-oriented guild with a focus on and commitment to accessibility. We want to rework the ecosystem and be a guild that doesn’t just help users to play NFT games but actually go the extra step further and bring people together — regardless of skill level — as a tight-knit community. In this way our guild supports all players equitably, taking advantage of everyone’s abilities, and at the same time nurtures novices into experienced gamers.

FM: I notice that you guys call yourselves Pro Gamer DAO — that’s a bold name choice haha. Could you talk about what led you to it?

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): You know — we’re Koreans. We’re based in Korea. And Korea — well, we have a history of pro gaming. To us, gaming isn’t just about fun, you know? It’s about maximizing the game’s systems, about learning the game inside and out, about working together and protecting the homies. We play a lot of games and we’re always sharing strategies, guides, builds — everything, you know?

FM: Like trying to master the game?

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): Yeah and to understand its secrets. Like for example we were talking with Frank [Cheng, Apeiron CEO], and we were actually trying to figure out if he was giving us any secrets in what he was saying. We spent a ton of time analyzing the call we had with him haha. It goes to show how committed and passionate we are.

FM: It does haha. Speaking of Frank (kind of), how did you guys first hear about Apeiron? What did you think about it?

Pro Gamer DAO (Sean): I am a member of several crypto forums, and that’s how I found out about Apeiron. Looking at the tri-token economy you guys have built up, as well as the different Mythological galaxies — that was all really exciting to us. And then on top of that is the breeding system, which is very detailed and advanced.

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): To add to that, I think for us Apeiron checked all the boxes for us. I mean, all the boxes. The concepts and framing were really cool but more than that is the depth of it: like, the Doods, they have their own language! It’s got amazing attention to detail, and that’s something you don’t see in a lot of web3 games. We’re really excited about it! I’m really excited about it! Sorry, what was the question? Haha

FM: No worries, I think you answered it haha. So what kind of collaboration do you see Pro Gamer DAO having with Apeiron going forward?

Pro Gamer DAO (Sean): Well of course we plan to be competitive as an Alliance. And we have a strong community of gamers here in Korea, so helping to spread the word about Apeiron in our community. And I want to emphasize that we’re not just here for the short term, but committed to being around in the long term, and actually build something.

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): As a traditional web2 gamer, I’m looking to introduce Apeiron and web3 gaming to other web2 users and bring them into the space. This is the future of gaming!

FM: Great! Ok I think that’s all the big questions…um, I have a question for you about something I read in one of your articles. Is it true you call your users “Shovels”? Can you explain why? Kind of an interesting choice of term haha.

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): Oh we changed it haha. But the idea was, you know how gamers can be assholes, right? Like being jokingly mean to each other? So we thought it would be funny if instead of a cool name, our users would just be called “Shovels” haha. But it was maybe a little too much, so we changed it to War Boys, like from Mad Max.

FM: Oh ok interesting haha.

Pro Gamer DAO (Sean): Are you guys coming up here for Blockchain Week? It’s kind of like a debut for us, we’re meeting a lot of friends and partners, it should be a fun time.

FM: Unfortunately no. Covid travel restrictions are a bit of a nightmare. Next time though!

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): And by the way…about that League of Legends Mini-Guild Wars tournament…we’re crazy about losing haha. We actually had a couple of pro players on our team…including Duke!

FM: Wait…SK Telecom Duke? The one who won the World Championship??

Pro Gamer DAO (Ato): Yeah he was on our team haha. But we still lost UGH. You have to hold another tournament! We need to redeem ourselves!

FM: Lol I’ll talk to Frank about it. Anyway, that’s about all the time we have for now. Thanks for chatting with us!

Pro Gamer DAO: Thanks! Hit us up when you come to Korea!

FM: We will!

And we will! We hope you enjoyed this little chat with Pro Gamer DAO. You can read more about them HERE. They’re a passionate crew and we’re thrilled that they’re excited to jump into Apeiron.

Any thoughts about the interview? Would you like to see another Mini-Guild Wars? LET US KNOW! Join us on our Discord, Twitter, and Telegram, and talk to us!

And as always, thanks for reading, godlings. Happy Sunday!