This week's Splinterlands Social Media Challenge will focus on the new era of scholarships in Splinterlands. A few days ago, the Splinterlands team announced a new style of tournament, called Scholar Showcase Tournament, which will revolutionize the way new scholarships are found in Splinterlands. With that in mind, let's learn more about the subject, understanding where the idea of Scholarship came from, its importance, and delve deeper into the issue of Scholarships in Splinterlands. Come and find out everything now!
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How did Scholarships in NFT Games start?
The origin of the term scholarship comes from studies, in which financial aid is given to students to help pay for their education. This aid is usually based on the student's academic merit and financial need. In Web3 Games, Scholarships emerged more as a partnership bringing together users who had the money to buy NFTs and Tokens, but didn't have the time or didn't want to play, with players who had time available and were interested in playing.
In addition to the issue of time, several Web3 games have some requirements for in-game items such as NFT characters, Lands, Items to access the play-to-earn ecosystem, which can become a barrier for players. In this scenario, scholarships come to solve the problem. In the boom of NFT games, the price of the requirements to enter the games increased exponentially due to the high demand from players, which is normal. The more people want a product, the more it tends to increase in price if there are no ways to increase supply. In this sense, scholarships are a way to access these projects through a partnership between players with resources and those who do not.
Splinterlands was one of the first NFT games to have this Scholarship system, but if I'm not mistaken, play-to-earn scholarships started with Axie Infinity. In it, players needed a team of 3 axies to start playing, so the owners of some extra axies let another player play with their NFTs and they split the winnings. The model then caught the attention of other web3 games and became widely used in the environment. In Splinterlands, for example, the requirement is to have a good deck, which can often be expensive and encourages partnerships via scholarships.
Tournaments to choose Scholars!
Source: Splinterlands Scholar Showcase
Thanks to a tool created by a member of the Splinterlands community, Beaker, it was possible to create what is being called the Scholar Showcase Tournament Series. This will be a new tournament model in which players will have access to the same cards, with the outcome being determined by the skill and strategy of each participating player. The goal of this tournament and the platform is to allow Splinterlands Deck/Card owners to learn more about Scholars.
In the same way that traditional scholarships help students who stand out based on their academic performance, the idea of having a tournament system is quite similar to this format. In the case of Splinterlands, I believe the best name to use would be Partnership, because both parties win, since in traditional scholarships the aid amount may not be returned, but here both parties decide on a percentage to share the winnings.
These Scholar Showcase Tournaments are an opportunity for players who are interested in the game to show off their skills by participating in events and earning points, to attract the attention of users who own a deck but don't have the time to play. Thus, Scholars provide their contact information, league, and how much they intend to receive from the rewards division, while deck owners have access to all performance data from the tournament results and can get in touch. Interestingly, the announcement post says that you can expect leaderboards, spotlights and future collaborations created using this system.
