Nounsweek X Unhas Esports Students Festival
TL;DR
- Nounsweek plans to host the Nouns Esports Students Festival.
- The event will be held in Makassar, Indonesia in December 2024.
- Nounsweek Roadshow: A roadshow to schools, including qualifications for the grand final session.
- Nouns MLBB Championship: An Mobile Legends Bang Bang tournament for Unhas Students and Senior High School Students.
- Nounsweek Esports Talkshow: A talkshow with 3 experts in Nouns, Esports, and MLBB Professional Player.
- To realize this event, we are seeking $37,400 USDC in funding.
Special Collaboration Art by Silver Ark
Nouns Esports Expansion to Makassar, Indonesia
Figure 1: Compilation of MLBB Events in Indonesia & Makassar
Esports has become a major catalyst in expanding the reach of Nouns DAO. Many streamers, players, and influencers have joined the Nouns ecosystem through the esports channel. Indonesia is one of the countries with the largest esports ecosystems in Southeast Asia, especially in mobile games like Mobile Legends. This online game attracts a wide range of players, from children to adults. The developer, Moonton, actively supports student competitions such as MLBB Student Leader. Large competitions are also held twice a year, namely MPL and MDL.
Makassar, the third-largest city in Indonesia, features a vibrant gaming ecosystem. The city's dynamic gaming scene is driven by numerous local communities that frequently organize tournaments. Additionally, two of Indonesia’s most renowned esports teams, NFT Esports and Pandora Esports, are based in Makassar. These teams are pivotal in fostering the gaming community in the city. The local government also supports esports development by organizing annual tournaments and hosting the Liga Esports Nasional. This collective effort has established Makassar as one of the cities with the fastest-growing esports scenes in Indonesia.
Nounsweek X Unhas Esports
Figure 2: Nounsweek Menyapa X Unhas Esports
The collaboration on this proposal began with the Nounsweek Menyapa #01 event. This event marked the initial step for Nounsweek to engage in discussions and exchange ideas about Nouns with cross-ecosystem communities. During this session, we signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in promoting Nouns through Unhas Esports. The meeting was attended by 25 representatives (see the list of participants on this attendance list) from Unhas Esports. Included MLBB Fun Games activities, as well as discussions about Nouns and esports. In this activity we also collaborated to create a proposal for a Nouns Funds Tournament rounds on nouns.gg. As a result, we won the round and received seed funding.
Figure 3: Esports Tournaments Held by Unhas Esports
Unhas Esports is a student organization dedicated to esports, which aligns well with our vision and mission for developing sustainable projects. In the first phase, we achieved success by winning a tournament round organized by Nouns Esports. We see this as an ideal moment to expand our collaboration between Nouns and Unhas Esports. The project we propose is an esports festival specifically designed for students and university communities.
This aligns with Nouns' vision of promoting public interest. Our focus is on reaching students through esports. The aim of this festival is to introduce Nouns to students, using esports as a medium to facilitate the spread of Nouns' influence among them. Additionally, the festival seeks to support students in becoming professional esports players and provide education and guidance on the esports industry and how they can contribute to it.
The result of the MoU between Nounsweek and Unhas Esports
Event Series
Nounsweek Roadshow
Figure 4: Overview of Nounsweek Roadshow Activities
- The roadshow will be held at 3 universities and 4 high schools in Makassar, Indonesia.
- The objective of the activity is to introduce Nouns and promote the Nouns Students Festival.
- We will collaborate with Pandora Corp, which has successfully organized school roadshows during the UC Makassar Esports Tournament.
- We will also be holding MLBB Championship Offline Qualifiers during this roadshow.
- Several prizes and merchandise will be given away to attract potential participants.
- The roadshow will take place 3-4 weeks before the main event.
Nouns MLBB Championship
Figure 5: MLBB Community Event in Makassar, Indonesia
- Why MLBB? Tier 1 game in Indonesia with the most players, has rabid esports fans, and has a level of competition from amateur/school level to professional level.
- MLBB competition between high schools and between universities/faculties at Hasanuddin University.
- Target participants: 32 high schools and 16 universities/faculties.
- Qualifiers will be conducted offline up until the quarterfinals.
- The high school qualifiers will be held at the same time as the Roadshow in 4 schools, then for the University, it will also be held in 3 universities during the roadshow and 1 team will be taken from the favorite team during the rounds on nouns.gg.
- The four qualifying teams from high schools and universities will head to the Semifinals to be held offline at the JK Arenatorium (GOR Unhas) over the course of one day.
- The tournament's prize pool will be $8K USDC.
- Professional coaching and training will be provided to the semifinalists in collaboration with the Esports Academy ID.
- To attract spectators, there will be a special prize for the best "Nounish" supporter.
Nounsweek Esports Talkshow
Figure 6: Overview of Nounsweek Conference Activities
- Talkshow with the theme “Introduction to Nouns and Its Impact on Esports in Indonesia”.
- The main purpose of this talk show is to provide an initial introduction to the esports community about Blockchain, Crypto and of course how to contribute to Nouns DAO through Esports.
- We will invite 4 influential MLBB communities to attend this talkshow, namely Hasanuddin Community, Community Hero ID, ESI Sulsel, and MLBB Student Leader
- Speakers will include 3 experts in their respective fields:
- The talkshow will be held as the opening of the Main Event.
- We will collaborate with Pandora Corp as the Event Organizer.
- Attendees will receive various exciting merchandise and e-certificate.
Nounish Utility
Figure 7: Exclusive Merch like Bali Nounsweek
$ETH Prizepool
- To introduce Crypto & Nouns, we will collaborate on the prize pool by combining $Rupiah with $ETH as the prize for the MLBB Tournament.
- We will provide a brief explanation to the winners on how to use $ETH to buy NFTs (Ex: Lil Nouns) and how the $ETH can be exchanged for $Rupiah.
- We will also offer attractive merchandise for those interested in purchasing $ETH.
nouns.gg Rounds
- Use nouns.gg as a platform to introduce Nouns to the Esports community.
- Host a special round to select the favorite MLBB team.
- Create a round for Nounsweek Ambassadors who will be invited to the main event.
Exclusive Merch
- Special merchandise of the same quality as the merch from Bali Nounsweek.
- Details of the merchandise to be created: coach jackets, t-shirts, lanyards, caps, and special limited edition items.
- Merchandise will be sold and distributed to winners, as well as used for giveaways.
Key Performance Indicator
Influence and Local Impact
- Number of MLBB registrants: 32 high schools and 16 departments/faculties/universities.
- Number of high schools and universities visited during the roadshow: 8 schools/universities.
- Number of participants in the Nounsweek Roadshow: 240+ participants.
- Number of attendees at the Nounsweek Esports Talkshow: 100+ participants.
- Number of spectators at the main event: 200+ people.
Collaboration and Partnerships
- Collaborate with at least 2 local MLBB communities to promote the event.
- Partner with at least 5 esports media outlets to spread the word about the event
- Partner with at least 2 sponsors to organize the main event.
Visibility and Awareness
- Build the Indonesian Nouns Esports community with 1K+ followers on social media.
- Number of participants in the rounds at nouns.gg: 25+ participants.
Funding Request
We will be requesting funding in the amount of $37,400 USDC to carry out this Nouns Students Festival, with the following details:
Signers 2/3: 0xishal as Lead Team, Claw as VR artist based in Indonesia, Sebastien as 3D Multimedia Artist based in Indonesia
Multisig Address: 0xB7Ba7Ace0395aB76d954D86597B1ea0bc4b7ae9a
Our Team
This project will be Lead by 0xishal which also as the General Manager later on and Noun 1208 holder. I've contributing builders to the Nouns DAO since 2021. Starting from small proposals like Nouns Holidays, Nouns Education and Entertainment and Lil Nouns Trans Bag. Then successfully became Co-Director of Three Bronouns until finally ventured to become a Director of Prop 483: Bali Nouns Week 2024.
As stated in the Memorandum of Understanding that we have made. Unhas Esports is a student organization that has more than 300 active students. With various esports activities that we have done over the past 3 years. Such as the implementation of PMCC 2022 and PMCC 2023, We believe that with our existing capabilities, we can organize this Nouns Students Festival event in a lively, interesting way, and bring many students and gamers to Nouns.