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The dreams of the past, the light of the future.

Web3 games and traditional MMO games complement each other. The high degree of community autonomy in Web3 games has gradually awakened the original intentions of traditional MMO game creators — giving players a voice. In fact, the origins of early MMO games are closely linked to the emergence of blockchain. Today, practitioners deeply involved in the blockchain field, especially in the realm of blockchain games, are almost the same group as the early pioneers of MMO games. They have all been influenced by legendary works such as Snow Crash, but MMO games started earlier than blockchain, with games like Ultima Online and EverQuest becoming pioneers in the development of online gaming. As the market for MMO games expanded, their models became increasingly commercialized, and player freedom gradually became limited, with the power of discourse gradually shifting to the hands of developers. The emergence of blockchain has given MMO games a new opportunity: to return to their entrepreneurial roots and imagine games as a social practice, where players can communicate, collaborate, and compete to create a new virtual society.

Blockchain games and MMO games perfectly complement each other's advantages. In form, MMOs, with their model of "game guilds organizing players on a large scale and high trading volume of in-game items," truly approach the concept of Web3 games. The advantage of Web3 games lies in the use of blockchain technology, which ensures that in-game assets and economic systems are more secure, while also seamlessly integrating and circulating in-game assets with those outside the game. In other words, incorporating Web3 concepts and elements, supplemented by blockchain technology, is a natural course of evolution for traditional MMO games.

Conversely, MMO games can address some of the issues present in current Web3 games. For example, how to attract "whale users," how to achieve a balance between different players' in-game consumption and long-term benefits, and how to increase user stickiness, thereby greatly extending the lifespan of the game. For example, MMO games like The Legend of MIR, World of Warcraft, and Fantasy Westward Journey have all been operating successfully for over 20 years and are still active today. The two core elements of long-term successful operation for these games are social interaction and sustainable revenue. Players can find their own position in the virtual world, gain recognition in the virtual world, and also earn economic benefits in the virtual world. The experiences of these games can be drawn upon in Web3 games.

Based on these principles, MetaCene was born.