GotchiCaast - GotchiBrothers Live from EthDenver 2023

Primer: Dr Wagmi is back on GotchiCaast! In this episode, he discusses the Aavegotchi Forge, the first and largest community-built project in the Aavegotchi ecosystem. Read on and find out the exciting things he has in store for the community!

Is Dr Wagmi Still Buying FAKE Gotchis?

• Have hundreds of FAKE Gotchis, but they are copies of the same ones

• His goal for 2023 is to get more FAKE Gotchis

• Need to learn from Grim and his FAKE Gotchi gallery

What’s It Like To Be Dr Wagmi In The Aavegotchi Community?

• Had a talk with Aragon about what a better voting process would look like and how to make it easier for people to be engaged

• There’s a huge gap between people who are in Aavegotchi full-time vs the casual users

• Need a central place for the community to learn instead of tons of different websites for people to go to

• Hardest part is the loss of good faith and people assuming he is up to something nefarious

The Forge

Its Impact

• The first community-built protocol upgrade

• Has seen asset appreciation across the board

• Have burnt over 350,000 alloy

• Extremely values his team members, Oliver Spoon and Mikey Jay

The Design Process

• The big challenge is having 2 teams: (1) Pixelcraft, (2) Forge team

• The Forge team is responsible for creating the Forge UI

• Pixelcraft has to get the auctions process ready

• In the future, he will push Pixelcraft to let his team take over the UX

On The Complexity Of Aavegotchi

• Need better UI/UX to educate in a quick and intuitive way

• Will be bringing in Diddly’s dressing room to the Forge to help suggest wearables for your gotchis and for one-click purchases

• Have a long-term vision for the Forge

Being A Proposal Writer

“There's a pretty intense vulnerability to putting it [proposals] up there. Like you put yourself out there with a Sig Prop, right, and people come at you.”

- Dr Wagmi

• Need to work on assuming the best in each other and having good intentions

• A great example is the amazing work that Gotchiverse Media International (GMI) is doing

• Felt that GMI was underfunded and has put up a prop to double or triple their budget

• Have to recognize talent

• It’s easier to keep existing contributors than getting new ones

“Seeing NoFutures’ hustle is unbelievable. When he busts out his kit, he's got these microphones with Aavegotchi stickers on them. I was like, oh my god, this is so legit.”

- Dr Wagmi

Collaborative Wearables

• Building a structure for the community to collaborate with other projects and design wearables together

• Creating a pathway for wearable skins — Taking the exact same pixel design but just changing the colours

Dr Wagmi And Goobz’ Weekly Show

• Trying to get Goobz on stage

• Interested in developing community talent

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