Yamzu - Play eSports Tournaments on the Blockchain

in #yamzu6 years ago

What is Yamzu?

Yamzu is designed as a fully operational, browser-based eSports tournament platform. The Yamzu platform makes eSports competitions available to any gamer in any location on Earth. The platform is the only one of its kind, being entirely browser-based.

The Platform

The platform is designed to suit the needs of:

  • Players and teams battling for prizes and rewards.
  • Brands, influencers, and organizations that wish to set up tournaments.
  • Advertisers and sponsors targeting eSports audiences.

Currently Yamzu supports CS:GO and LoL, two of the most popular eSports games in the world. The platform is ready to integrate many more popular games such as DOTA2, Call of Duty, Battlefield, and PUBG.

Why Yamzu is Better Than Its Competitors?

  • Established Swedish company earning revenue for the past 2 years

  • 300% revenue growth rate experienced in the first 2 years of activity

  • Worldwide browser-based platform

  • The platform is already active and functioning

  • An active user base of 10k players

How does Yamzu Token work?

The YMZ tokens will be obtainable by winning tournaments, completing daily/weekly/monthly quests or by ransfer among players (e.g. Donations).To estimate the optimal number of tokens to be issued aiming to maintain a sufficient level of liquidity inside a self-sustaining ecosystem, the tokens have been divided into three categories:

  • Outflow – Tokens.
  • Inflow – Tokens.
  • Retained – Tokens.

Outflow - Tokens

This category refers to the tokens that will flow from Yamzu’s reserve of YMZ to the users of the platform. In particular, it includes tokens that will be utilized for tournament organisation and for rewards system.

Inflow - Tokens

This category refers to the tokens that will flow from the users into Yamzu’s reserve. It concerns tokens purchased ith the distinct purpose of completing the three specific actions stated in the following paragraph. This category of tokens has been designed to insure a satisfactory level of liquidity in the ecosystem.

Retained - Tokens

This category refers to the tokens that will be freely exchanged among players.

Reasons why Yamzu would have a success

  1. The eSports sector is experiencing surging growth rates of ca. 38%.
  2. The number of players is expected to increase form 300M to 500M by 2020.
  3. The global market capitalization of the industry is likely to increment from $650M to $1.5B by 2020.
  4. Currently more than 130 companies are active in the sector.
  5. Asia is the continent with the highest number of active players, followed by North America and Europe.
  6. It has been estimated that in the coming years, brands will invest around $700M in sponsorship deals related to eSports.
  7. The number of players joining this emerging market is steadily increasing by 15% on an annual basis.

Roadmap

What they already have done:

  • Q1 2016
    Yamzu constitution
    Yamzu’s first “closed beta” is launched for League of Legends.
    Yamzu starts generating revenue.

  • Q4 2016
    Yamzu ends its first operational year with revenue higher than 800k SEK.

  • Q1 2017
    Yamzu launches CS:GO in “closed beta”.

  • Q2 2017
    CS: GO launches in “open beta” alongside League of Legends.

  • Q4 2017
    The Yamzu engine is ready to support mobile games.
    It was the second and best year of the platform in terms of revenue. The platform generated more than 2.7 Million SEK for a roughly 300% growth in revenue generated in 2016.

Upcoming milestones:

  • Q3 2018
    Token Sale

  • Q4 2018
    Full implementation of YMZ Tokens into the platform.
    Yamzu opens the platform to sponsors, influencers and partners
    Launch of Yamzu merchandise line for gamers.
    The YMZ will be quoted on trading platforms
    Internal exchange implementation.

  • Q1 2019
    The first mobile eSports games will be implemented in the platform.
    More PC eSports titles will be available, including DOTA 2, PUBG, Call of Duty, and Battlefield.

  • Q2 2019
    Yamzu will hold its first global eSports events.

  • Q4 2019
    By this point in time, Yamzu will have more than 20 eSports titles available on its platform, ranging from AAA to indie games.

  • Q2 2020
    Yamzu will hold annual eSports championships for top ten countries with the most users.

Useful links

Website: https://yamzu.io/
WhitePaper: https://yamzu.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Yamzu-whitepaper.pdf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamYamzu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yamzuesport/
Ann: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4457997.new#new


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