Let’s talk about Gala Gold, the exclusive lifetime membership VIP club of the Gala Games community.

If you’re already a member of Gala Gold and have been for some time, then you already know. You’re in the special Discord channels with all the action (and occasional leaks). You personally know how packed with perks this little-known club actually is.

If you have not yet upgraded your account to Gala Gold status, then you probably just don’t know yet. That’s on us. We honestly don’t talk about Gala Gold that much. Why? The short version is that we want it to stay exclusive. You can read the long version below.

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Why Don’t We Talk More About Gala Gold?

It’s true, when you start getting down to the specific over-time benefits that come with Gala Gold membership, it’s a wonder we’re not shouting it from the rooftops 24/7

• Gala Games VIP status
• Town Star Express Depot
• Special Discord community & role
• Enhanced team access
• Early sale notices
• Exclusive whitelist opportunities
• Early playtest chances
• Occasional “gold” in-game items delivered to your Gala Games wallet

…and those are just some of the ones we’ve thought of so far.

Here’s the deal. Gala Gold is not for everyone. We needed a good way for our strongest supporters and most enthusiastic community members to stand out, so the Gala Gold club was born. We benefit from Gold members’ experience and valuable feedback, and they benefit from the many various ways that we like to reward Gala Gold members. It’s one of those win-win situations we love to create at Gala Games.

As some of you older community members know, we have raised the price of your lifetime Gala Gold upgrade before, and we’ll probably do it again. What once was a mere $10 is now $50, and who knows where it will go next? We don’t have any plans to reduce the perks and benefits.

Your Voice Can be Heard

The people we appreciate most in the Gala Games Ecosystem are those community members who choose to be the most involved with our community. The Gala Games community was essentially born in Discord, and even with all the growth, Discord is still our most thriving and core community today.

At a glance, you may underestimate the empowerment that can come from accessing a simple exclusive Discord area like Gala Gold. You may think that one Discord area is pretty much the same as any other, and in many ways, you would be correct. But Gala Gold is pretty special.

At Gala Games, we’re not like a lot of video game platform teams you’ve known before. We’re not distant, we’re not aloof, and we’re not pulling the strings from some corporate board room whose comfy-chaired loafers have no idea what’s actually on the community’s mind. We do things differently.

With Discord, we can simply be part of the crowd. We can all spend free time as members of the community we’re building together. We can connect personally with people in the Gala Gold channels even more freely, because we know that every single member of that channel is a loyal member of the Gala Games community.

Let’s take a look at a recent example of an interaction in the Gala Gold channel between Sarah “Bux” Buxton and a couple members of the community. While this is only a joke, it effectively illustrates the way you are listened to as a member of the Gala Gold community: As a peer, as an equal, and as a friend.

How Gala Gold Item Rewards Work

In the past, items have been distributed as rewards to Gala Gold members, like the Superior Plasma Rifle Gold Skin, the Spider Tanks Sentinel Skin, an Echoes of Empire PfP and more. The way these rewards work is simple: Every wallet with Gala Gold unlocked at the time of the distribution receives the reward.

Items distributed to Gala Gold members have never been retroactive. This means you cannot get a Gala Gold reward that was distributed last week when you only upgraded your account yesterday (unless you were to go shopping on the secondary market).

Here’s the kicker: We rarely give you more than a couple day’s notice for these reward items.

Periodic game item rewards are one of the greatest benefits of Gala Gold membership, but the longer you wait, the more items you may miss out on.

Still Not Gold?

Consider this your periodic warning that if you’re still missing out on Gala Gold, then you’re missing out on some cool stuff.

A $50 one-time upgrade makes you a member for life. That means you get all the future Gala Gold stuff, all the exclusive access and news, and a lifetime of satisfaction knowing that you’re a Gala Games VIP.

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Community is everything in the world of Web3.

This is more than just another sound off about how community is important to us. This time, we’ll try to help you understand why.

TL;DR

• As a member of our community, you are our favorite.
• You are even more important than you know.
• Our best people, ideas and resources come from your world.
• Thank you.

Web3 is a Small World

Not to sound like a broken record here*, but y’all are early to this party.

*a record was a primitive but technologically impressive vinyl disc that was used in ancient history to store and reproduce sounds by scratching a needle across its spinning, grooved surface. Sometimes the needle or the record would malfunction, resulting in a small repeated portion of sound… kind of like a Tik Tok.

Out of 7.75 billion people in the world, only about 17 million own a blockchain wallet, which is about 0.219%. Source

If you feel like all you see is Web3, it’s only because that’s your world. For every person like you, there are over 450 more people who are still oblivious to the ways blockchain tech is beginning to transform their lives.

Web2 Doesn’t always Love Web3

This is an important point that isn’t often considered by those asking themselves what’s taking so long with mass adoption.

Without going into too much gritty detail…

Large Web2 social media companies have worked hard to cultivate an internet where they’re the ones who benefit from your attention, your spending, and your support. They didn’t want you to discover that your time and energy can have real value, and that value can sometimes be converted into rewards.

Basically, Web2 is afraid of Web3 because those calling the Web2 shots will lose profits as more consumers become empowered by Web3. They’re interested in keeping the lid on that Pandora’s Box as long as they can. This is why communities are so powerful (and so crucial) in the Web3 world.

Our community proves that, even while mainstream media advertisers are often stacked against us, the word of player empowerment will always spread. That’s the easiest way to tell that we’re onto something huge here.

What is a Movement without a Community?

Have you ever noticed that people rarely rally behind and build communities in support of bad ideas? The ideas that tend to effectively grow communities are those that have real world-changing potential.

Web3 is a huge paradigm shift that will leave no industry unaffected. It’s bringing power and control back to regular people everywhere. When we stop to consider the limitless future extensions of this empowerment, it’s easy to see why Gala Games has grown into one of the most solid and sincere communities on the planet.

Rewarding Our Community

At Gala Games, we believe that in the past, communities have rarely been cultivated and cared for as they deserve, especially in the gaming industry. This is why it’s so important to us to do things differently.

We have an open Discord community in which people are encouraged to express themselves (for better or worse), and many members of the Gala Games teams are readily reachable there anytime. We hope you realize how strikingly rare this is for a gaming community of our size and scope. You still must be polite and follow the rules of course, but unpopular opinions are always welcome.

We even have a special VIP lifetime membership club called Gala Gold. Membership gets you access to a smaller, more exclusive Discord area with easier access to the team, frequent leaks, AMA opportunities, and more. We’re not here today to talk about the multitude of benefits to Gala Gold membership, but trust us: Becoming a member is a good decision.

We think that communities should be rewarded not only with attention and engagement, but also with literal rewards. As a member of the Gala Games community, you’ll usually find a plethora of opportunities to receive rewards for participating in the community.

The earlier you’re here, the more grateful we are for your support of the Gala Games Ecosystem. You’ll also find that early adopters have even more reward opportunities than those who discover us later.

If you haven’t gotten to know the Gala Games community yet, you’re still early. Join us in Discord!

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In the empowering Web3 world, you must take your destiny into your own hands

This is the future of gaming, where ownership is real and the physicality of an object, idea, or asset is less important than what it represents.

At Gala Games, we empower people to own their gameplay by introducing them to Web3 tech. The idea that thanks to cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens, players can truly own their gaming assets is so revolutionary that it’s catching all over the world like wildfire. Vast amounts of money are already flowing through Web3 ecosystems, and this is just the beginning. Still, many newcomers underestimate the risks of the space, as well as the enhanced security that true responsibility for one’s assets demands.

Welcome to the Guardian Papers

From our staunch desire to both protect and empower members of our beloved community, the Guardian Papers were born. Through this series of articles on the responsibility of ownership, security guidelines and red flags, we hope to empower our community in a different way: Education.

We want each of you to have the tools to effectively avoid the scams and thieves that can unfortunately be easily found lurking in the corners of the Web3 world. We utilize blockchain systems for their unmatched security potential, but there will always be people who make it their life’s work to prey on the under informed, the gullible, or worst of all, the generous.

Understanding and staying ahead of the bad actors is an important part of doing your own research, a phrase you’ll hear over and over in the crypto world. In this world, your money is no safer than your wallet, your wallet is as safe as your private keys, and your private keys are nothing short of sacred to you. Lose your firm, secure grasp on any of these things, and your assets may be as good as gone. This is decentralization. There is no big bank ready to protect you and replace funds that were taken fraudulently. It’s all on you. The power is with the players.

Almost anyone can enjoy all the empowerment of the Web3 space as long as they also understand and accept the responsibilities.

Trust Yourself

Do not let these warnings make you afraid, but rise to the challenge of practicing basic security measures to keep your money and assets safe. You are more capable of protecting yourself than any corporate bank, but you will have to spend some time and energy taking this power and responsibility into your own hands.

Through the years we have been encouraged to focus on simplicity and trust in the financial world. The convenience of cash transfer apps, debit cards and anytime/anywhere banking have taught us that money can move quickly and smoothly behind the scenes with little effort on our part. While highly convenient, it is easy to forget that this system requires trust of countless entities who are essentially strangers to you. With Web3 tech, we are rapidly moving toward eliminating the need for financial trust. When trust is removed from the equation, a scammer’s power of its victims is vastly reduced.

Owning crypto may not require you to trust a bank, but you must always trust yourself. You must trust yourself to never lose your seed or recovery phrase. You must trust yourself to take careful and deliberate actions when trading, transferring, purchasing, staking, or bidding. You must trust yourself to follow the income tax laws of your country, realizing that while only you can hold yourself responsible, others will certainly hold you accountable.

Be a Watchdog

We understand that there will always be those who take advantage of anything with value. Become vigilant. Pay attention to the actions of those around you. Help your early adopter peers by watching their backs. These impersonators, imposters, fishers, and frauds will always pollute the most successful blockchain communities, but their power will be continually reduced as Web3 evolves toward its true potential. There is a constant battle between those here to earn rewards in the correct, established ways and those here to earn by taking from others.

Reacting to Dishonesty

Try not to harshly judge the ones who would steal from you. It is impossible to know enough about their lives and situations to pass such judgment. Instead, accept their existence as a reality of this industry and do everything in your power to keep yourself and those you care about from being tricked.

The most successful movers in the Web3 space are those who can always persevere, even in the face of risks and scams.

Instead of ganging up on swindlers in a way that gives them more of our attention than they deserve, focus on protecting yourself and your fellow community members through open communication. If you can master this practice, frustrations over which you have no control will roll easily off your back, and every attempted trick will turn into a positive learning experience. That’s making sweet and delicious lemonade out of some bitter lemons.

Scammers and cheaters are not going anywhere, but the more players we can empower throughout the world, the fewer people will be driven to these types of malicious activities. Doesn’t it feel good to be part of the solution for deception?

Within the Gala Games team, there are ongoing and passionate conversations about the importance of building a road for our growing community that is always safer and straighter than the one before.

Upcoming Papers

This article is merely an introduction to the Guardian Papers series, which will be published over the coming weeks and months to ensure the information is available to all newcomers to the Gala Games community. Each relatively short article will have the intention of raising awareness to a specific security concern, but these articles are far from the whole story. We encourage every one of you to always stay vigilant and informed, and please, do your own research.

We’ll even have an issue about what it means to “do your own research.” Stay tuned.

Our mission of player empowerment is becoming a reality, and as any friendly neighborhood Gala Games community moderator would tell you, with great power comes great responsibility.

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