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This newsletter will be your weekly dose of NBA Top Shot news and updates. It will also include updates on what we at Here For The Moments are working on.
Hallo, it’s Steve and this is the seventh edition of the “Here For The Moments Report”.
Packrip Media
@PackripEwing on Twitter, Top Shot collector and writer recently launched Packrip Media. Packrip Media is a community-driven NBA Top Shot and NFT publication and podcast network. This was launched on July 18th and there was a call for more content creators to reach out to Packrip and join. We reached out, he liked our podcast and we are happy to announce that we are now members of the Packrip Media family. There will be a more formal announcement in the future from @PackripMedia but we’re happy to be a part of this.
The current lineup of Packrip Media contributors (excluding us) is:
@joeswam
@topshotswickie
@OtisTopShot
@jwilliamsnft
@keepfischin
@PackripEwing
We look forward to creating content with these great creators and taking our podcast and newsletter to new heights.
With this announcement comes a change of schedule for the podcast and Substack as well. The podcast is now being uploaded on Wednesday’s, taking place of the Here For The Moments Report. The Here For The Moments Report is now being published on Sunday’s, this week’s edition will be the first on the new schedule. Office Hours Report is not getting touched, it will continue to be uploaded every Friday.
Playoff Pack Drop
This past week we had two pack drops, the first of which being the final Playoff pack. None of us were able to get our hands on one, so congratulations to everyone who did.
Here are the stats regarding this pack drop:
Time: Friday, July 30 starting at 10:00 AM EST
Pack Cost: $14
Packs Per Collector: 1
Total Packs: 40,000*
Rebound Packs: 0
*2,000 packs will be reserved for customer service, promotional purposes and giveaways.
This Playoff pack used the priority queue system, with the general queue only requiring a Collector Score of 100+. This queue opened two hours after the priority queue, with all 40,000 packs being available to priority queue members. The priority queue had a required Collector Score of 8,000. So, if your Collector Score was 8,000 and you wanted a pack you were going to get one because there are only 20,000 users with a Collector Score that high. The other 20,000 had to fight it out in the general queue.
Don’t get us wrong, we like the idea of having more than one queue but the disparity between Collector Score’s is huge. The general queue only needs a score of 100+ but the priority queue needs more than 8,000? In what world does that even begin to make sense, even 1500/2000 seems high for the average collector. Common packs should have require a Collector Score that represents the average user. Going into Series 2 Summer and Series 3, new users are going to be turned off by the great requirements necessary to queue for packs.
Podcast #22
HFTM Episode #22: 7/28/2021
Here For The Moments, The NBA Top Shot podcast of the everyman.
Wednesdays are the new home for the Here For The Moments podcast. NBA Top Shot is sending eight lucky winners to the NBA Draft and if that’s not utility we don’t know what is. Series 2 has been coming to an end for a little while now, only two drops remain. But fret not, Series 2 Summer is right around the corner. The off-season is about to be here and who knows what surprises Top Shot will throw at us.
Thanks for listening, appreciate ya!
Series 2 Summer
Series 2 is coming to an end, we are almost in the age of Series 2 Summer. We can only speculate what Top Shot will throw at us in the off-season but we are more than ready to experience it and share it with you all. The Top Shot team has been fairly tight-lipped about Series 2 Summer but one thing we do know for certain is that there will be another Run it Back pack so that is very exciting and something we should all look forward to.
Who knows what else we’ll see, maybe our presences will be graced by the release of Hardcourt. Maybe the Rakeback will hit and our Dapper balances will be be credited with a nice chunk of change, who knows?
Snapshot-Based Utility
Two days ago, the Top Shot Economist posted an article on the Top Shot blog titled “Snapshot-Based Utility” where he talks about the recent in-person experiences and the utility we have seen displayed over the past couple of weeks. It’s short so in addition to linking it, I will post it here in its entirety.
As you have no doubt seen in the past few weeks, we are focused on introducing more robust utility to the ownership of Moments.
We explored physical utility by sending 8 fans and their guests to the NBA Finals and sending 8 more collectors to the NBA Draft. Then we quickly turned to on-platform utility by distributing 499 LaMelo Ball Metallic Gold LE Moments to collectors of other LaMelo or MGLE Moments.
While we hear the calls for a formal staking process, we have taken steps to test a snapshot-based utility system that requires no action from the collector other than holding key Moments at the right time. And we plan to test this more in the coming weeks and months.
Here’s why.
We believe that this is both approachable for collectors new to NFTs and flexible enough to allow us to find lanes that reward collectors with customized experiences or airdrops pertaining to their own collection.
The best part: this system doesn’t require any commitment from you, the collector, beyond buying and holding the Moments that best express your fandom. As always, we want to incentivize collecting what you love.
So take a look at the Marketplace today because you never know what tomorrow has in store...
It’s a short read and it only has us even more excited for the future of Top Shot. To read this article and more from the Top Shot Blog, head here.
Wrapping It Up
Series 2 Summer is coming any day now, expect an announcement very shortly and we will have you covered with all the information when that does happen. Series 2 has been a wild ride, it’s the whole reason why I’m here now typing this up. It’s sad to see it go but we can’t wait to see what’s around the corner. Here For The Moments is officially part of the Packrip Media family, we couldn’t be happier about this partnership and there are lots of big things to come in the near future. Podcast #22 is available on all platforms, episode #23 will drop on the podcast’s new air date of Wednesday. The next “Office Hours Report” will come on Friday at its regular time.
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You can find us on Twitter @HFTM_TopShot and listen to our podcast 'Here For The Moments' wherever podcasts can be heard. You can find us individually at the following:
Mike - @hftm_mike on Twitter and streetz_racer_00 on Top Shot.
Nick - @NickWilson2448 on Twitter and EMVPIID on Top Shot.
Stephen - @privites on Twitter and stephenprivitera on Top Shot.