Learning about Gods Unchained
I have been quite active in following developments in the crypto and NFT space in 2021. Especially in the second half of the year is went I really started looking into NFTs. I mainly focused on Ethereum related projects and browsed marketplaces such as OpenSea and different discord servers. However, the Ethereum gas fees were starting to get ridiculously high, so it was harder to justify going in and buying random NFTs. Around October, I got into another big NFT project by Impact Theory with their Founders Keys. There were conversations about layer 2 solutions and gaming that particularly interested me. Two noteworthy options that I started looking into were Polygon and Immutable X. $IMX in particular became a buzz in my Telegram groups as it got listed on an exchange (FTX), and shortly thereafter $GODS. I also came across a Gods Unchained at while listening to a crypto podcast. That's when I decided to give it a shot. It reminded me of Blizzard's Hearthstone, and it was a chance for me to give play to earn gaming on the blockchain a shot again. Combining my interests of NFTs, crypto, gaming and earning some pocket change all the while :D.
Blessings of the Gods and Weekend Ranked
The timing was most fortuitous, as the Blessings of the Gods (BotG) campaign was about to start the week I signed up. In this campaign you could win weekly $GODS tokens for just playing the game and ending in a certain rank. And the weekend event going on where players can earn packs based on the amount of wins they get in the first 25 ranked matches was a chance to earn cards as well. Free to play (f2p) players can earn new cards for their collection. In the first week I started there were less than 20.000 active players. Six weeks later the active player base is already over 50.000 players. This is a good sign for me for the longevity of the game.
5 weeks in, I've earned around ~45 $GODS tokens. This is around $300 with the current rate that $GODS is going for on exchanges.
The GU Community
With the rise in active players and amazing content creators, the GU community is one of the best I've encountered online. Be it here on HIVE or in their Discord Server, it is full of amazing people who enjoy gaming and the crypto world. The developers care very much about the game. One of the developers came into one of our friends' stream when we were live on Twitch for a casual 1v1 matchup and the game director himself, Chris Clay, was briefly in one of our stream to check how things were after a maintenance update. Lastly, I want to give a shoutout to all the content creators I got to know here on HIVE and on Twitch such as: 
I'm looking forward to creating more content and enjoy the game with everyone :D. My GU username is Dcypher and on Twitch you'll find me at damcypher. Feel free drop in the streams to say Hi and don't go easy with me if you encounter me in-game! ⚔
Weekend Event results so far:
- Week 6: 15/25 [Mythic]
- Week 5: 18/25 [Mythic]
- Week 4: 21/25
- Week 3: 15/25
- Week 2: 9/25
- Week 1: 14/25
Twitch
I'm also streaming almost daily in the evenings on Twitch. Feel free to give a follow and get notified when I go live next.
If you're looking for a fun TCG to play, Gods Unchained is a great game that you should check out. Feel free to use my referral code: KmyhccMYuS on the website:
https://godsunchained.com/account/register?referral=KmyhccMYuS
~Cheers 😎