With a weekly chance at $GALA prizes, EGS is the new prize chance everyone in the Galasphere is talking about.
The newest update brings the utility tokens from both Gala Music ($MUSIC) and Gala Film ($FILM) into the excitement, giving users of those platforms a chance to get $GALA in the weekly drawing.
Additionally, users can now choose to burn tokens (NFTs or $GALA) from their GalaChain inventory to receive free tickets (or use the other alternative method of entry). More details below đ
December Prize Infusion
The Gala Games team has announced the addition of 1M $GALA into the prize pot every single day of December. This special prize infusion is in addition to the already growing prize pot that consists of a portion of all burnt $GALA and any prizes that are not won in the previous drawing.
So far, the prize infusion is making up for an incredibly exciting finish for 2024 with $GALA prize drawings that keep getting bigger and better. đ
The Latest Drawing
Epic Gala Sweepstakes drawing 3 happened yesterday, Wednesday 12/11 at 12pm PT, with a record-breaking amount of $GALA. With 19 more days of December, 19 Million additional $GALA will still enter the prize pot before the end of the year. Thereâs no telling how high these prizes will go, and itâs only a matter of time before we get some BIG winners.
If you have prior transactions on GalaChain that have caused $GALA to be burned, thereâs a good chance you have FREE TICKETS in your account.
Log in to check your ticket status at Sweepstakes.gala.com. Activate your tickets and pick your numbers anytime before the drawing, or let it ride in hopes that the prize pot will continue to grow. đ Your unused tickets will carry over to the next drawing!
Burn $MUSIC or $FILM for Free Tickets
Previously, only $GALA-ecosystem supporting activities (purchases of select Gala Games items, transactional fees, $TREZ tapper activity, or the alternative method of entry) were eligible for free ticket accumulation. Now, the team is inviting anyone who engages in ecosystem supporting activities for $FILM or $MUSIC (which includes a burn) to collect free tickets as well.
Now you have additional options with both $MUSIC and $FILM.
$FILM
When $FILM is spent on the transaction fee required to mint new $FILM from a GalaChain allowance, 100% of that $FILM is burned. You will collect a free Epic Gala Sweepstakes ticket for every 1 $FILM used in this way. When $FILM (GalaChain) is added as a payment option for certain Gala Film purchases, these purchases will also qualify.
$MUSIC
Whenever you spend GalaChain $MUSIC on Gala Music, 100% of that $MUSIC will count toward your free EGS ticket haul. This includes purchases of NFT tracks, experiences, Mystery Boxes and Jukebox Nodes, whenever GalaChain $MUSIC is used. You will collect a free Epic Gala Sweepstakes ticket for every 200 $MUSIC used.
Burn NFTs
Another new way to collect free EGS tickets is taking advantage of the new Burn option for NFTs from your GalaChain inventory.
Locate the NFT in your GalaChain inventory when logged into GalaConnect.
Select Burn from the dropdown menu
Pay the 1 $GALA Burn fee and confirm with your transfer code
Note that tokens (fungible and nonfungible) must be burned from GalaChain inventory â If held as a GalaChain allowance, tokens will first need to be minted onto GalaChain. If held in your Ethereum inventory, they must first be bridged to GalaChain from Ethereum, then burned.
Direct $GALA Burn (New Feature)
Through your token inventory on GalaConnect, you can now directly burn $GALA. Each $GALA burn of any quantity is subject to the standard 1 $GALA fee, and you will receive a free EGS ticket for every 100 $GALA burned using this feature.
Enter for Free
In addition to collecting free EGS tickets from GalaChain transactions and new burning options, anyone can take advantage of the no-purchase-necessary mail-in entry option as described in the Terms and Conditions.
Prize Drawings are each Wednesday at 12pm PT â Good luck in the Epic Gala Sweepstakes!
Get ready for a great Town Hall live stream with members of the team from The Walking Dead: Empires, the survival MMO set in the treacherous world of AMCâs The Walking Dead.
The action starts in just 3 hours, at 11am PT. Set a notification and give an early shout in the comments at the link below and weâll look forward to seeing you there!
Early Access Public Dev Build
Have you started playing TWDE yet through Gala Games? The game is still in development, but the team has opened it up to anyone with a Gala Games account, absolutely free.
Fight off walkers and do your best to scrape survival out of the hellish ruined world of AMC Networksâ hit TV series. You can even play as some of your favorite characters from the show!
Download The Walking Dead: Empires and start playing now on PC or Mac đ
A series of recent NFT sales in the Gala Games store has made it possible to play as some of the most iconic and beloved characters from AMCâs The Walking Dead. Each Hero Card is available in the standard 6 different rarities (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Ancient), only while supplies last.
All Heroes are sold in increasing price tiersâ When each batch sells out, that item will only return at a higher price.
Youâll find more details about the sale and price structure in THIS RECENT BLOG.
NFT collector-players, take your pick from any of the following awesome Heroes:
Glenn
Abraham
Jesus (Paul Rovia)
Prepare for Survival
This game is your chance to collect, craft and survive your way to high status in the chaotic world of The Walking Dead. Play now and youâll be ready when the real chaos begins!
True empowerment of artists, fans and collectors means revolution in the music industry, and it goes beyond blockchain tech. It exceeds the innovative capabilities of digital assets made possible by web3 advances. It surpasses the expectations of todayâs major record labels, whose executives care more about the bottom line than the relationship between artists and their fans.
At Gala Music, we understand that while artists make the music, fans make the music possible. This is why weâve basically thrown out the traditional music industryâs playbook and created a new system that returns power to the artists and their fans.
One of the most important results of our rapidly growing web3 music revolution is the rise of our All Access Store, where we blur the lines between digital and IRL to bring you All Access Experiences.
Music is Meant to be Experienced
Directly supporting your favorite artists on Gala Music makes it possible for them to make music for a livingâ Thatâs the dawn of the new music world. Itâs a world that breaks down the barriers separating artists from their craft, rather than building them up. Itâs a world that rewards fans for encouraging the most deserving musicians, with multiple layers of incentives. Perhaps most importantly, itâs a world where music goes beyond listening, into the immersive realm of experience.
When you listen to a passionate musicianâs track, you can step for a few minutes into their shoes to share both turmoil and triumph. By encouraging our artists to create and sell All Access Experiences, weâre giving you a chance to go even deeper, to immerse yourself in the passion that flows from your favorite sounds.
Check out some of the latest Experiences available in the All Access store, only available for a limited time and while supplies last!
All Access Experiences are limited supply, VIP items offered by artists through the Gala Music platform. So when you find an All Access Experience you like, youâll want to secure yours as quickly as possible by purchasing the NFT in the All Access Store.
As an exclusive utility sink for Gala Musicâs official token, All Access Experiences can exclusively be purchased for $MUSIC on GalaChain. When you generate $MUSIC rewards for owning and hosting tracks or for operating a Jukebox Node, your rewards are awarded as a GalaChain Mint Allowance, allowing you to mint directly to your GalaChain wallet at no additional cost whenever is convenient for you.
Once you spend your $MUSIC on the All Access Experience, youâll receive a token that is redeemable for the actual experience or item offered. Youâll find your collected All Access Experiences in the âExperiencesâ area of your Collection page.
If the experience youâre redeeming involves a physical item, youâll be prompted for additional information such as recipient name and mailing address at the time of redemption.
When physical items are involved, pay attention to the specific item details before purchasing. Some items are restricted by location, and not all physical items are available all over the world.
Itâs almost time for an important update to the Gala Node ecosystem that will enhance rewards for the most active operators.
As the Gala ecosystem was building its infrastructure and first proving viability, Founderâs Node operators were rewarded for operation based on their ability to meet the minimum 6-hour uptime requirement during each 24 hour distribution period. This system should be familiar to all Founderâs Node operators today, as it is the system we have used for several years.
In this current system, 1 point is awarded to each Founderâs Node that has met its minimum uptime requirement for the day. Then the $GALA generated for the day is distributed proportionally to the allocation of the points. This straightforward system provides no incentive for Node operators to support the network by operating their Nodes for longer than 6 hours each day.
Weâre looking for node operators who support our vision of building the largest decentralized network in the world, so we devised a solution that would a) remove the minimum uptime requirement,and b) reward those who run their Nodes around the clock.
The Long Term Plan
In 2021, it was first announced HERE (and decided through a decentralized governance vote) that the network would eventually shift to such a system. Amid the excitement of opening GalaChain to external development via tools like the GalaChain SDK and the Gala Creator Portal, as well as the web3 buzz surrounding the March 20-21 GalaChain Hackathon GDC competition, weâre thrilled to announce that the time has come.
These updates will go live soon, switching to the new distribution system and rewarding node operators based on a new point system, described in more detail below.
The Point System
The original point system was âpass or failâ with the operator receiving either 0 points for not meeting the requirements or 1 point for meeting the requirements.
The new point system allows operators to earn partial points, creating a more accurate reward structure based on actual operation time.
Every 6 hour period equals 1 point. Therefore the max points for a 24 hour day is 4.
Another way of phrasing this is through the following formula:
Points = (Seconds Online Ă· 3600) x (4 Ă· 24)
While this point structure is changing, the total amount of $GALA available in the daily distribution will not change, except when a dynamic supply event occurs as described in the Gala Ecosystem Blueprint.
The founders distribution still follows the same formula:
Point Value = Distribution $GALA Amount / Total Points
Reward = Points * Point Reward Value
Founderâs Nodes and Common Ground World Nodes
This change will initially only affect the distribution of $GALA from Founderâs Nodes and $DIRT from Common Ground World Nodes.
For Common Ground World Nodes, the 1 $DIRT received per day for an active node will now be the maximum that a Common Ground World Node will generate when active for 24 hours in a day. A Common Ground World Node that is active for 6 hours will receive .25 $DIRT, and so on.
Next Steps
This update is an important step in the process toward making tokenized licenses called Node Workload NFTs, which will allow Node operators to transfer their Node licenses to other users. Shortly after the start of this new distribution structure, we will convert Common Ground World Node licenses to the ecosystemâs first Node Workload NFTs. The tokenization of Founderâs Node licenses will follow shortly after.
Running the Newest Client
With a future update to this system, modifiers will be implemented that reward additional points to operators who run the newest version of the Node client or reduce points for running a deprecated version of the Node client. These details are still being fine tuned and we will share updates as they become available.
Thank you for supporting the decentralized Gala ecosystem, and we look forward to many more years of building and innovating through the power of GalaChain!
