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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
WHAT IS GAMICO? 6
PROBLEMS FACED BY GAMERS 6
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
THE SOLUTION: GAMICO 8
TOURNAMENTS 9 Type 1: Buy In Tournament 9 Type 2: Head to Head Battle/ SitNGo Battle 9 Type 3: Freeroll Tournament 9 Type 4: Sponsored Tournament 9 Type 5: Single Player Challenge 10
ACHIEVEMENT & MILESTONE BOUNTY 10
OFFICIAL RANKING & GAMER PROFILE 10
RESULT VERIFICATION BY GAMICO COMMUNITY 10
SDK & DEVELOPER PORTAL 11 Game Listing Process 11 Game Review Criteria 12 Integration 12
Single Player Games 12 Multiplayer Games 12
Platforms 12 Advantages for Developers 12
WAGERING 13 Set Up the Wager 13
STAKING 13
GAME ROADMAP AND PARTNERSHIP 14 Games Available On Launch 14
FIFA 19 14 Description 14 Notable Tournament 14 Result Verification 15 Available Platform 15
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Region Segmentation 15 Release Date on Gamico 15
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 15 Description 15
Notable Tournament 16 Result Verification 16 Available Platform & Region Segmentation 16 Release Date on Gamico 16
League of Legends 16 Description 16
Notable Tournament 17 Result Verification 17 Available Platform & Region Segmentation 17 Release Date on Gamico 17
NBA 2K19 17 Description 17
Notable Tournament 17 Result Verification 18 Available Platform 18 Region Segmentation 18 Release Date on Gamico 18
Games to be released within 6 months 18 Dota 2 18
Release Date on Gamico 18 Counter Strike: Global Offensive 18
Release Date on Gamico 18 Fortnite 18
Release Date on Gamico 18 Hearthstone 18
Release Date on Gamico 18
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 19 Components 19
dApp Client 19 Smart Contracts 19
Tournament Smart Contract 19 Buy Token Smart Contract 19 Bounty Smart Contract 20 Dispute Resolution Smart Contract 20 Wagering Smart Contract 20
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Donation Smart Contract 20 Staking Smart Contract 20
Gamico Server 20 SDK 21 Game Developer Portal 21 Token Retail Portal 21
Flow 21 Playing a Tournament 21 Buying Tokens 21 Verifying Result 21 Earning Bounty Token 22 Depositing Tokens to Gamico 22 Creating Tournament 22 Donating to a player 22 Wagering and Betting 22
BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION SCHEMA 23 Events and Properties to be submitted to the Blockchain 23
Tournament Created 23 Player Join Tournament 24 Match Result Submitted 24 Tournament Waiting For Verification 25 Tournament Prize Payout 25 Tournament Finalized 25 Match Result Disputed 25 Match Result Verdict Reached 26 Bounty Distributed 26 GMC Exchanged 26 Wager set up 27 Bet Placed 27 Donation Accepted 27 Donation Received 28 Tournament Staking Accepted 28 Tournament staked 28
MILESTONES AND TIMELINE 29
GO TO MARKET STRATEGY 30 Target Audience 30
Unique Selling Point 30 The Story and Opportunity for Gamers 30
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Sponsored Freeroll Tournaments 30 Marketing Distribution Channels 30
PR 30 Sponsorship 30 Targeted Ads 30 Influencers Marketing 30 Sponsors Marketing Presence 30
Referral Program 31
GAMICOIN (GMC): THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY FOR GAMICO 31 Basic Information 31 Supply 31
GAMICOIN (GMC) ECONOMICS 31 Simple Economics 31 Value Appreciation 31 Proxy System 32
ICO INFORMATION 32 Strategic Sale 32 Private Sale 33 Pre-Sale 33 ICO Round 1 33 ICO Round 2 34 Token Sale Information Table 35 Transfer Policy 35 Refund Policy 35 All contributors who fail to pass the Know Your Customer (KYC) process will be partially refunded. 90% of the contribution will be refunded back to their contribution wallet. Refunds for participators who failed to pass the KYC process will be commenced after ICO is finalized. If the soft-cap is not met, all contributors will be refunded manually. 35
GMC ALLOCATION 36
FUND ALLOCATION 36
OUR TEAM 36
BOARD OF ADVISORS 38
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WHAT IS GAMICO? A REVOLUTIONARY ADDITION TO THE GAMING INDUSTRY Gamico is a platform where gamers can earn a living by playing video games. Gamers and game fanatics will be able to play, compete, and more importantly monetise their skills and time spent on playing their favourite video games. Gamico players will be able to earn Gamico tokens (GMC) by playing tournaments, H2H games, unlocking game achievements, tapping into social features, and exchanging their GMC for other cryptocurrencies. The eSports market has seen significant growth in the past decade, thanks to an increased interest from fans and boosts in brand investments. In 2016, the global eSports market was valued at nearly US$493 million, and global eSports revenue is projected to reach US$1.49 billion in 2020.
PROBLEMS FACED BY GAMERS As lucrative and as tempting as it may sound for every gamer to jump on this bandwagon, the current environment poses many obstacles for the average gamer to win a slice of the pie.
*If you would like to see a more detailed breakdown, please see the Executive Summary on page 6
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gamico is a platform where gamers can earn a living by playing video games. From hyper casual mobile games to multiplayer online battle arena games. Gamers and game fanatics will be able to play, compete, and more importantly monetize their skills and time spent on playing their favourite video games. The eSports market has been growing exponentially over the past decade, due to the increasing interest of fans and the subsequent boost in brand investments, In 2016, the global eSports market was valued at nearly 493 million U.S. dollars. According to the source's estimates, global eSports market revenue will reach 1.49 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. As the industry matures, and incorporates an increasing number of events, leagues and media right deals, the average revenue per fan is anticipated to grow from $3.67 in 2017 to $5.20 by 2020. Despite the growth, this is still a factor 3 lower than a popular sports such as basketball, and a factor 12 lower than the most commercial league in the world, the NFL. Furthermore, a deeper examination of the market reveals that the eSports market is skewed, and that the top 3% of the players of the gaming community receives 90% of investment and prize money in eSports. Additionally, most of the eSports revenue goes to only a handful of games, such as DOTA, League of Legends, Counter-Strike and FIFA. This means that only a limited number of gamers will be able to support themselves financially, and even fewer will be able to have a lucrative career being an eSports gamer. Right now, one of the main ways in which gamers can make a living playing games is by sharing gaming content online. The top gaming‐related video star is PewDiePie, with 40 million subscribers, and number two is VanossGaming, with 15 million subscribers. They may be the biggest stars, but collectively gaming videos make up more than 10 percent of YouTube’s top performing channels. However, we would argue that there’s no direct correlation from the popularity of the content, and eSports, as most channels are built for entertainment purposes. So far, much of the online gaming audience is more comparable to fans of the Harlem Globetrotters (people who are entertainers, who happen to play basketball) rather than to fans of a successful pro basketball team who plays to win a championship. With the current environment, it’s hard to be a professional eSports gamer. Gamico is going to change that. Gamico is here to revolutize the gaming industry. With the introduction of Gamico, gamers can play any games they want, and solely focus on their gaming skill, while fulfilling their dream of having a lucrative career playing their favourite games.
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THE SOLUTION: GAMICO
With Gamico, players all around the world will be able to make a good living playing their favourite games. The Gamico platform will also introduce a groundbreaking feat for gamers worldwide: game result verification via blockchain technology. Gamers will be able to compete in high level, high stake tournaments or challenge other players in H2H matches. Most importantly, winners on Gamico will be awarded GMC tokens that can be traded for high-value cryptocurrencies, thus enabling them to monetise their skills and time spent playing video games. In order to meet the demands of all types of gamers, we will work to integrate the Gamico ecosystem with the widest possible variety of games - with anything from eSports to casual games and mobile console games - so that gamers from all walks of life will be able to enjoy the benefits of playing games to make a living. Furthermore, our platform’s features will allow them to attract new fans/followers, acquire the exposure needed for new sponsorships and endorsements, and open new doors to take their careers further.
Disclaimer: No games are included with the install of Gamico.
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TOURNAMENTS As mentioned above, we believe that the lack of tournaments and prize money is the biggest problem for eSports. This is why tournaments will be the point of emphasis for the Gamico platform. Gamico will host many tournaments on a daily basis, to ensure that players on different levels, playing different games will have a place to compete and earn GMC. There will be different type of tournaments on Gamico where user will be able to compete. Type 1: Buy In Tournament Players will pay a fee upfront, which then would make up for a majority of the prize pool. This format is completely peer-to-peer and hence these tournaments can be set up frequently, allowing gamers at different levels to compete at a higher rate. Tournament will run in different formats such as single elimination, double elimination, round-robin and round-robin split. 95% of the buy-in will be distributed to the prize pool, while 3% and 2% will be distributed to the platform, and the game developer respectively. Type 2: Head to Head Battle/ SitNGo Battle Designed for people who is looking for a quick game, head to head battle (H2H) and SitNGo is projected to be the most popular option. Instead of waiting for others to complete their matches, all you need to do in a H2H Battle or a SnG Battle, is to get matched up against opponent(s) who are willing to play at the same stake, win the match, and get instantly paid off. Type 3: Freeroll Tournament Freeroll tournament does not require any entry fee. On Gamico, we will run freeroll tournaments regularly for all games on offer. All players especially beginners and newbies will be able to compete, and have a first taste of the tournament experience, while also taking home some prize GMC, of course. We will also run a number of big prize pool freeroll tournaments, at our platform launch. We may also run these tournaments when we launch a new game, all of this with the effort to attract new players, and allowing them to realize their eSports fantasies. Type 4: Sponsored Tournament In these tournaments, our brand sponsors will contribute to the prize pool with GMC Tokens, along with products and services. Instead of buying in with GMC tokens, players may need to complete one/more advertising CTA for the brand (e.g. sharing their website to their Facebook), in order to register their spot for the tournament.
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Type 5: Single Player Challenge This is most suitable for single-player games such as puzzle and arcade games. In this type of tournaments, user will not compete with other players. Instead, user will play offline, after the user completes the game, Gamico will compare his/her scores, to all scores stored on our blockchain submitted by all other players prior. The smart contract on blockchain will then reward the users based on their performance in the game. A simple payout algorithm would be using %tile to reward the user. E.g. If the user’s score is better than 90% of all players who played the game, he/she will earn a certain amount of GMC.
ACHIEVEMENT & MILESTONE BOUNTY Tournaments will not be the only way players are able to earn GMC. Gamico will also offer bounties for various game achievements and milestones. Some serious, some causal, some funny. We believe that this feature will be a fun additional to our gamers’ experience. It could be “Scoring the most headers” in FIFA 18 to “Unlocking access to the Outlander Hero” in Fortnite. We want to increase the thrill of gaming, and we believe that rewarding gamers with achievements bounty is the way to go.
OFFICIAL RANKING & GAMER PROFILE Ranking is an important part of Gamico, and all games offer on Gamico will have an official ranking, which is a direct indication on the player’s skills and performance. After participating in a tournaments, user will receive not only GMC tokens, but also ranking points which would contribute to the game’s player ranking. This ranking is essential as there are exclusive tournaments would require a certain ranking for entry. All gamers on Gamico will have an exclusive gamer profile, which would store and present the user’s game records, achievements, ranking, all other relevant information across all our partnered games. Furthermore, we will integrate their video contents from platform such as Youtube and Twitch to their official gamer profile, and allowing them to use Gamico as their central hub when it comes to their gaming career. The above mentioned features could help our gamers significantly when it comes to attracting new fans and followers, who could offer donations for their appreciation. In addition, players could take advantage of these social features to attract brands and companies to offer sponsorships and other business opportunity, which could enable them to take their gaming career to another level.
RESULT VERIFICATION BY GAMICO COMMUNITY While we are partnering with many different games, many games we offer still does not direct integration with our platform. Because of this, we expect to roll out a community feature, which allows the community to get rewarded for verifying match results in the event of a dispute. Gamers are required to record/stream the match to Youtube or Twitch, and submit the link of the video along with the game result as an evidence of the result.
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If there is a dispute regarding the final result of the game, we would create a job ticket for the community. Members of the community can then watch the clips, and submit their version of the result. After a specific results is submitted to the point where it reaches statistical significance, then we will use the result as a final score, and those who submitted the statistical significant result will receive a reward of GMC tokens. Here’s an example:
● Johnny and Tom starts a 100 GMC Stake H2H Battle for FIFA 18 ● They play, and stream the match on Twitch ● After match is over, they submit their score, and the video link to Gamico ● Johnny reported the score of “2-1 Johnny”, and Tom reported the score of “3-0 Tom” ● A job of match verification is created, and is pushed to the Gamico platform ● Mary, a gamer looking to earn free GMC, watches the videos, and submit a score of “2-1 Johnny” ● Mary, along with 7 others also agree to the score of “2-1 Johnny” ● Mary, and those who submitted the score of “2-1 Johnny” will then receive a reward of 1 GMC each. Those who
submitted other score will not receive any GMC There will also be an integrity score on the gamer’s profile. This score indicates, how often the player has been on the wrong side of the dispute, and it’s an indication on the user’s integrity and respect for fair play. The score will be important, as our platform may restrict some users’ participation to the platform due to their low integrity score.
SDK & DEVELOPER PORTAL In addition to introducing new eSports games to our ecosystem. We will release our official software development kit (SDK), and developer portal for mobile game developers and publishers, to integrate their games with Gamico, thus allowing more people to enter eSports, and have a chance to earn a living playing their favourite games. Game Listing Process
1) Sign Up on the Development Portal 2) Submit the Game for Review 3) Submit Game Details for Review (Regions, Servers) 4) Submit SNG Battle Modes for Approval 5) Once approved, game will be listed on Gamico.
Game Review needs to be occured at launch, and will occur periodically.
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Game Review Criteria Before a game is listed on the Gamico platform, the review team will ensure that the game passes our game approval criteria. The criteria includes but not limited the following:
1. Performance 2. eSports capability & SNG Battle Modes 3. Security & Integrity 4. Integrations
Integration Single Player Games Developer needs to:
- Implement Gamico SDK - Allow Players to create session with backlink & password - Submit Verified Session Result to the Tournament Smart Contract
Multiplayer Games Developer needs to:
- Implement Gamico SDK - Allow Gamico to create room when a match is created - Allow Players to join room with backlink and password - Submit Verified Session Result to Tournament Smart Contract
Platforms
● C++ ● Unity ● JavaScript ● iOS ● Android
Advantages for Developers
- Acquire new users by leveraging the Gamico audience - Acquire new users who are looking to play for extrinsic value - Increase user retention - Earn more revenue via tournament buy-in commission
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WAGERING Wagering is a feature that allows the spectualars to bet on or against a player. Unlike traditional betting sites, every user can set up a wager that he thinks it is fair/profitable for other users to bet on. This changes the economy of wagering and allows everyone to set up a fair market of bet. The Wagering Smart Contract ensures the winner get paid accurately and instantaneously when result is available. Users can be confident to bet on the wagers on Gamico platform. Set Up the Wager
- Odds - Result of Match - Maximum Bet Accepted
Once the wager is set up, users will be able to view all available wagers, and can make a decision on which wager to bet on.
STAKING This feature allows our users to support players on Gamico financially, and at the same time, get a profitable return on their investment. Instead of playing, watching, and wagering on Gamico, users can now also stake a player or invest in a player, in exchange for a percentage of their winnings. This is extremely helpful for players who can only afford to play at lower stakes, as the opportunity to play at a higher stake, would allow to players to make more GMC. Backers can also enjoy a nice return on investment, if the player succeed and wins. In this type of deal, the backer will pay for a part or all of the player’s entry fee to the tournament, in exchange for a player’s profit in the tournament. For example. Backer A pays the entry fee of 10,000 GMC for Player A, in exchange for 50% of prize money Player A wins in that tournament.
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GAME ROADMAP AND PARTNERSHIP Gamico can’t exist without games and gamers. In this section, we will outline the games that will be available for our platform upon our launch in October, and more. Games Available On Launch FIFA 19
Description FIFA, also known as FIFA Football or FIFA Soccer, is a series of association football video games or football simulator, released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. Peak Concurrent Players for FIFA 18: 1.6M Notable Tournament
● Daily High Stake FIFA Challenge ● FIFA World Cup Weekly - National Team Only ● FUT Showdown Series ● Road to the FUT Champions Cup ● Annual FIFA World Championship - Offline Invitation Event for Top Players ● Super Bounty Tournaments - Win Money when you score a goal
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Result Verification ● No direct API Integration ● Game result to be submitted by players, and Community Result Verification will take place in the event of a dispute
Available Platform PS4, Xbox-One, Microsoft Windows (PC) Region Segmentation Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, North America Release Date on Gamico At Platform Launch (December 2018) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Description PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is a multiplayer online battle royale game developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of publisher Bluehole. The game is based on previous mods that were created by Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene for other games using the 2000 film Battle Royale for inspiration, and expanded into a standalone game under Greene's creative direction. In the game, up to one hundred players parachute onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed themselves. The available safe area of the game's map decreases in size over time, directing surviving players into tighter areas to force encounters. The last player or team standing wins the round. Peak Concurrent Players: 3.2M
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Notable Tournament ● Survival Sweepstake: The only player who survive will take the whole prize pool ● Kill Bounty Solo Challenge ● Kill Bounty Duo Challenge ● Kill Bounty Team Challenge - Pre-existing Teams ● Kill Bounty Team Draft Challenge - Team to be drafted ● Annual PUBG World Championship - Offline Invitation Event for Top Players
Result Verification
● Direct Integrations via PUBG’s official API Available Platform & Region Segmentation Xbox-One
- AS, EU, NA, OC PC
- KRJP, NA, EU, OC, KAKAO, SEA, SA, AS Release Date on Gamico At Platform Launch (December 2018) League of Legends
Description League of Legends (abbreviated LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and macOS. The game follows a freemium model and is supported by microtransactions, and was inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod, Defense of the Ancients.
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Peak Concurrent Players: 7.5M Notable Tournament
● Daily High Stake Single Challenge - 1v1 Howling Abyss ● Daily High Stake Team Challenge - 5v5 Summoner’s Rift ● Weekend 3v3 Twisted Treeline Cup ● Annual World Championship - Offline Invitation Event for Top Players ● 5v5 Blind Pick Friday Night Challenge ● Monthly Pro Random Pick 5v5 Summoner’s Rift
Result Verification
● Direct Integrations via Lol’s official API Available Platform & Region Segmentation PC only
- North America, Europe, South Korea, China, Brazil, Latin America North, Latin America South, Japan, Turkey, CIS, Oceania, Southeast Asia, TW/HK/MO
Release Date on Gamico At Platform Launch (December 2018) NBA 2K19
Description NBA 2K19 is a basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports annually. Peak Concurrent Players for NBA 2K18: 22K Notable Tournament
● Daily High Stake Regular Match ● Weekly Playoff Challenge ● All-Star Weekend Cup ● Monthly All Time Team Playoff
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● Monthly Classic Team Playoff ● Annual 2K World Championship - Offline Invitation Event for Top Players
Result Verification
● No direct API Integration ● Game result to be submitted by players, and Community Result Verification will take place in the event of a dispute
Available Platform PS4, Xbox-One, Microsoft Windows (PC) Region Segmentation Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, North America Release Date on Gamico At Platform Launch (December 2018) Games to be released within 6 months Dota 2 Release Date on Gamico March 2019 Counter Strike: Global Offensive Release Date on Gamico March 2019 Fortnite Release Date on Gamico March 2019 Hearthstone Release Date on Gamico March 2019 We will look to implement new and exciting eSports game monthly, to attract new audience, widen our reach and fulfill the dreams of gamers everywhere.
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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Gamico platform is a decentralized app running on the blockchain. It makes use of the smart contracts deployed on the blockchain to perform transactions involving transfer of GMC. Non-transactional, informative functions (e.g. viewing gamer profile, listing tournaments) will be served by Gamico Server. Components dApp Client A decentralized app client (dApp client) provides a GUI for users to interact with the smart contracts and the Gamico Server to access all features stated in previous section. It is responsible for:
● Account creation ● Sign in ● Account management ● Wallet management ● Game list ● Chat ● Ranking ● Tournament participation ● Dispute resolution ● Future Features
Smart Contracts Smart contacts enable Gamico platform to actualize our core value, public escrow and data integrity. By using these smart contracts, the transfer of GMC is auditable and undisputable. The smart contracts are open source and deployed on the blockchain upon release of Gamico platform. Tournament Smart Contract Tournament Smart Contract defines the framework of a tournament. It is designed in an extensible pattern to allow future development on new tournament structure. It enables users to
● Create tournament ● View tournament ● Join tournament ● Assign bracket ● Submit match result ● Receive payout
Buy Token Smart Contract Buy Token Smart Contract allows users to buy GMC without having account in specific cryptocurrency exchange. It detects the payments from credit card payment gateway and calculates the corresponding amount of GMC. It will immediately send the GMC to the user from our wallet. At the same time, it will buy GMC from the exchange so as to even out the surplus.
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Bounty Smart Contract Bounty Smart Contract is a generic extensible framework to determine the community work done and pay out the bounty. It enables users to
● Create bounty ● Submit work proof ● Receive payout
Dispute Resolution Smart Contract Dispute Resolution Smart Contract handles the dispute resolution process triggered by the inconsistency in results submitted by the players of a match. This smart contract
● Reserves part of the prize pool as reward ● Resolves dispute when 7 users give unanimous approval to one of the result submitted by the players ● Rewards the users who helped to resolve dispute ● Deducts the integrity score of the player who submitted the wrong result
Wagering Smart Contract Wagering Smart Contract allows non-players to set up and bet on a wager. This allows everyone to set up a fair market of wager. It ensures the winner get paid accurately and instantaneously when result is available. Donation Smart Contract Donation Smart Contract allows gamers to raise fund from other users so that he has enough GMC to join a certain tournament. Staking Smart Contract Staking Smart Contract enables users to support players to participate tournament and share the prize pool. It provides a way for players to choose to receive support from other users by promising them a reward upon victory. It defines the
● Tournament to be participated ● Maximum stake accepted ● Reward structure
It automatically reward the supporters upon the confirmation of result. Gamico Server Gamico Server will be responsible for storing and providing information about gamers, teams, tournaments and results. It acts as a complementary database to the transactions on blockchain. For instance, the timestamp, user IDs, transaction amount, tournament ID and match ID (crucial data) are hashed as “keyHash”. The other details like match statistics, tournament rules, user profiles are hashed as “detailHash”. The raw data of all information are stored in the Gamico Server while the crucial data, “keyHash” and “detailHash” are stored on the Blockchain. It decreases the payload in blockchain and latency in retrieving data. When a user views the history of a tournament, he could be confident the match data is genuine and unaltered. keyHash = hash(tournament ID + user IDs + timestamp + match ID)
detailHash = hash(match statistics + tournament rules + user profiles +
keyHash)
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Blockchain stores: tournament ID, user IDs, timestamp, match ID, keyHash,
detailHash
SDK SDK allows game developers to deeply integrate with Gamico platform to add eSports competition capability to their games seamlessly. It is responsible for
● Relate game account to Gamico account ● Submit in-depth result to Gamico platform
Game Developer Portal Game Developer Portal allows game developers to create a namespace to integrate our API to their games. The developers can submit theirs games for review in order to be listed on Gamico platform. Token Retail Portal Token Retail Portal allows users to buy GMC with credit cards. It eliminates the difficulties and obstacles of purchasing GMC without having an account in cryptocurrency exchange. Flow Playing a Tournament
1. User views a list of available tournaments in the blockchain. 2. User finds desired tournament according to the preference. 3. User joins the tournament by sending entry fee to smart contract for escrow. 4. User plays with the opponent after sufficient players joined the tournament 5. All players submit game result to smart contract 6. The Tournament Smart Contract pays out to the winner
Buying Tokens Every newly registered Gamico account is associated with a newly generated GMC wallet. The user can buy GMC by following steps:
1. The user pays by credit card via our token retail system 2. Buy Token Smart Contract emits event of receiving payment from user 3. Our core blockchain node send GMC to the user’s GMC wallet 4. The user receives the GMC
Verifying Result Tournament participants and observers can dispute against the result submitted by participants within certain period.
1. Participants and observers deposit a dispute right fee into Dispute Resolution Smart Contract 2. The participants submitted result 3. One or more users with dispute right request to dispute the result 4. Several gamico users are randomly invited to be verifier of this case.
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5. The verifier independently observes the result and evidence 6. The verifier submits the result 7. The verifier reach a verdict when supermajority of vote occurs 8. The game result is finalised 9. The related Smart Contract continues to proceed
Earning Bounty Token Given that gamer achieved a task in the game that has integrated to our platform and bounty program is offered, the game server can then trigger the bounty smart contract to distribute bounty to the gamer accordingly. Depositing Tokens to Gamico
1. User views the GMC wallet address on Gamico dApp 2. User initiates a transfer from his private wallet or exchange wallet with the address 3. The blockchain network network confirms the transaction 4. User sees the GMC in the GMC wallet
Creating Tournament Users can organise tournament using the Tournament Smart Contract.
1. A user (the creator) browse and choose tournament model 2. The creator specifies the variables of tournament including dates, entry fee and rules 3. The creator provides name, description and cover photo 4. The creator submits these information to Tournament Smart Contract. 5. The Smart Contract records the crucial data and hash of details 6. The Gamico Server detects the event of “Creating Tournament” and store details. 7. Other users can see this newly created tournament using the dApp client.
Donating to a player Gamer could trigger this smart contract to announce that he accepts donation from supporters. Gamico platform will list all these announcements in gamer’s profile and a consolidated list. Supporters can view the current backing progress to determine how much they want to donate. This enables gamers to leverage the support from fans to earn more in tournaments. Wagering and Betting For example, a user “A” sets up a wager to bet on team “X” to win a certain tournament with 3 to 1 odds and accepts up to 300 GMC bet.
1. “A” sets the expected result, payout odds and maximum bet 2. “A” submits the wager data to Wagering Smart Contract 3. “B” sees this wager 4. “B” bets 100 GMC against “A”. 5. The bets from “A” and “B” are escrowed by the Wagering Smart Contract 6. The result comes out 7. The Wagering Smart Contract paid out to the winner according to the result
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BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION SCHEMA Data Integrity and security of tokens are key to Gamico’s operation and success. Thus, as mentioned above, all key functions, such as tournaments, bounty, are ran on Smart Concerts, and all key data are recorded, and emitted by the blockchain. In order for our dApp client to work, the Gamico server will subscribe to the blockchain transactions, emitted events, announcements, and would record and map critical data from our database. This way, all key Gamco activities are recorded, and all token transactions are traced and accounted for. Events and Properties to be submitted to the Blockchain The following is a list of events and properties that will be emitted to the Blockchain by the smart contract. Tournament Created This event will be emitted if a tournament is created by client. Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233
startTime Integer Unix time
gameId String 3 3 map to “League of legends”.
gamePlatform String “PS4”, “Xbox One”
tournamentType String Single Elimination
amountOfStake Integer 100e18 The value represents “100 GMC” as our token support 18 decimal place.
tournamentDeadline Integer 1523598260 Unix time. If tournament deadline is reached, and bguthere is not enough participants or no match result is submitted, the tournament is forfeited.
maximumNumberOfSeat Integer 32
tournamentMaximumDuration
Integer 3600 Maximum number of seconds that is allowed for
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this tournament to get started..
schedule Object Schedule contains multiple match inside.
ruletHash String 0xee18374910038a
awardStructure Object AwardStructure contains the payout algorithm.
externalContentHashes String array [“aa132423”, “bb324324”] Each hash represent a content in the gamico platform. For example, the hashed object may be a photo or a video.
Player Join Tournament This event is emitted if someone participates in a tournament.
Field Name Type Example Value Remark
participantAddress String 0x3e5601Feb8b44737008A2769ded6699F22c3C99E
Participant account address
tournamentId Integer 233
amountOfStake Integer 50e18 The value represents “50 GMC” as our token support 18 decimal place.
participantId Integer 555 Unique id of the participant Match Result Submitted Multiple match results can be submitted for a single tournament.
Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233
matchId Integer
matchResult String 1 - 0
winnerId String 566 Unique id of the winner
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evidenceHashes String Array [“aa132423”, “bb324324”] Each hash represent a content in the gamico platform. For example, the hashed object may be a photo or a video.
Tournament Waiting For Verification During verification period, all parties can dispute the match result. After receiving this event, Gamico server will notify client app of this update. Participants of this tournament can check the consistency of the result thereafter.
Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233
verificationDeadline Integer 1523698260 Unix time. If no result is submitted before this deadline, the tournament is forfeited.
Tournament Prize Payout After the tournament is finalized, prize will be payout according to the reward structure.
Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233
payeeId Integer 88
payeeAddress String 0x3e5601Feb8b44737008A2769ded6699F22c3C99E
Tournament Finalized After this tournament is announced, all match result inside the tournament is consider to be final, and no one can change the result thereafter.
Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233 Match Result Disputed After someone submit the dispute, this event will be emitted.
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Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233
matchId Integer 24
disputerId Integer 44
evidenceHashes String array [“aa132423”, “bb324324”] Hash of the evidence. The content is stored in Gamico server.
disputeId Integer 43982 This id of this dispute. Match Result Verdict Reached This event will emit after verdict Reached for a match.
Field Name Type Example Value Remark
tournamentId Integer 233
matchId Integer 24
newMatchResult String 2 - 0
newWinnerId Integer 55
disputeId Integer 999 Bounty Distributed This event is emitted after some bounty distributed by our smart contract.
Field Name Type Example Remark
bountyId Integer 88 Bounty content in Gamico website is referenced by this id.
bountyAmount Integer 99e18 The value represents “99 GMC” as our token support 18 decimal place.
GMC Exchanged This event is triggered as someone exchange other cryptocurrency for GMC.
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Field Name Type Example Remark
fromCurrency String Icx
exchangeRate Float 888.8
amountOfGmc Integer 33e18 The value represents “33 GMC” as our token support 18 decimal place.
beneficiaryAddress String 0x3e5601Feb8b44737008A2769ded6699F22c3C99E
Wager set up When user can set up a wager for a match, this event is emitted.
Field Name Type Example Remark
wagerId Integer 888
odds Float 3.5
matchResult String Team A wins. Rules to determined who win the wager.
maximumBet Integer 888.3 GMC Bet Placed When a bet a placed, this event is emitted
Field Name Type Example Remark
wagerId Inteer 888
amount Integer 134.88e18 The value represents “134.88 GMC” as our token support 18 decimal place.
Donation Accepted This event is emitted when a gamer decided to receive donation.
Field Name Type Example Remark
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gamerId Integer 999 The gamer id that accept donation.
Donation Received
Field Name Type Example Remark
donationReceiver String 0x3e5601Feb8b44737008A2769ded6699F22c3C99E
donor String 0x3e5601Feb8b44737008A2888ded6699F22c3C99E
amount Integer 100 GMC Tournament Staking Accepted This event is emitted when a gamer announced that he accept staking for his future tournament.
Field Name Type Example Remark
tournamentId String 888 The tournament that the gamer accept staking.
maximumNumberOfStake Integer 9247.3e18 The value represents “9247.3 GMC” as our token support 18 decimal place. The maximum number of GMC that can be staked.
rewardSchemeId Integer 333 The reward scheme id on the blockchain.
tournamentStakingId Integer 134 A unique id Tournament staked When GMC is staked for a gamer, this event is emitted.
Field Name Type Example Remark
tournamentId Integer 133
stakeAmount Integer 6788e18 The value represents “6788 GMC” as our token support
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18 decimal place.
backerId Integer 8344 The gamer id that stake GMC.
receiverId Integer 855 The gamer that receive staking.
Other Events includes:
- Bounty Added - Match result submitted by verifier - Wagger settled
MILESTONES AND TIMELINE December 2017 The Idea of Gamico is born!
January 2018 Game Partnership Outreach Started
March 2018 Token Private Sale Started
September 2018 Public Offering of Token Started
November 2018 Token Listed on Exchange
December 2018 Gamico Beta Launched: GAMES & FREEROLL TOURNAMENTS
January 2019 Official Launch of Gamico: PROFILES & CHAT INTRODUCED
March 2019 MORE GAMES & FREEROLL TOURNAMENTS (See Games Section Above)
May 2019 Gamico Mobile App Launched
July 2019 Gamico SDK and Developer Portal Launched
November 2019 DONATION, WAGERING AND STAKING Introduced to Gamico
December 2019 Gamico’s First Annual Championship Hosted
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GO TO MARKET STRATEGY Target Audience Passionate eSport Gamers
Unique Selling Point The Story and Opportunity for Gamers It’s a great opportunity for gamers. Gamers are now able to make a living playing their favourite games. Sponsored Freeroll Tournaments
- Reserved 4 Million Tokens for Freeroll Tournaments - Sponsored by Reputable Brands - Gamers around the world will have a chance to compete for a huge amount of free tokens - Play their favourite game, Win free tokens, how can you say no?
Marketing Distribution Channels PR The press is a great channel for us to introduce our product to the general public, and gaming fanatics. We have built and maintain good relationships with journalist and media in the Gaming, Tech and Crypto space, and will work with them closely to publish compelling stories. Sponsorship
- Sponsoring Offline Events, and tournaments - Introduce our products to passionate esports viewers and players
Targeted Ads
- Facebook, Google Ads - Targeted to Gamers and Game Fanatics - High Conversion Rate to Join Gamico Platform
Influencers Marketing
- Work with Youtubers, Twitch Streamers - Spread the message to their passionate viewers and subscribers
Sponsors Marketing Presence
- Freeroll tournaments sponsored by big brands - Brands to share tournaments to their social media fans/followers
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Referral Program Since the gaming community is extremely tight knit, and passionate, we believe that our referral program will be a integral part of our marketing mix. Our referral program will reward our users for:
- Sharing the Gamico Platform - Inviting their friends to Sign Up - Inviting their friends to Join/Play Tournaments
GAMICOIN (GMC): THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY FOR GAMICO Gamicoin (GMC) is the official, exclusive currency for Gamico. Player will use and win this currency when they are on Gamico. Basic Information GMC is an ERC20 token issued on Ethereum, the name is "Gamicoin", and the symbol is "GMC". GMC will support 18 decimal places, and will be developed using solidity with version 0.4.19. Supply There will be total 100,000,000 GMC issued, 60,000,000 GMC will be up for sale during the ICO, any unsold GMC will be burned after ICO, amd no more GMC will be issued after ICO.
GAMICOIN (GMC) ECONOMICS Simple Economics It’s very simple.
● Players buy GMC when they want to play in Gamico ● Players sell GMC when they want to cash out, and exchange GMC to other cryptocurrencies or fiat money
1 GET GAMICO TOKENS Buy them on Gamico, refer friends, participate in promotions, or receive from other
wallets
2 USE TOKENS TO BUY IN AND PLAY Choose from 4 game modes: buy in tournaments, freeroll tournaments, sponsored tournaments, and single-player mode
3 WIN MORE TOKENS The more practice you get, the better your skills, and the more tokens you can earn
4 EXCHANGE FOR OTHER CRYPTOS Acquire other cryptocurrencies from the exchange market with little to no risk, even if you are a crypto-novice
Value Appreciation Holders of GMC post ICO will benefit from an increase in the price of GMC, as demands for the token increase. The only way for any player to play on Gamico is to buy tokens, so as Gamico acquires more users, and integrate with more games, we will expect the price of GMC to appreciate, giving early adopters more playing power on Gamico.
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Proxy System One of the main concern that we have when we are building Gamico, is that we believe the barrier of entry for people to acquire our tokens from the crypto-exchanges, and then send it to the Gamico App Wallet, is too high, and it would not convert a lot of players who are not already experienced in the cryptocurrency world. Hence, we are going to have a proxy system which will lower the barrier of entry of crypto-novice, and allow anyone who likes the concept of playing on Gamico to have a chance to try, and succeed. We are going allow people to buy GMC on Gamico using credit cards (using market rate), and then we will work with our partnered exchanges, to proportionately buy GMC back from players who are looking to cash out from Gamico. This system will sustain the economics of GMC (avoiding any surplus in the system), while converting more users, hence increasing the demand of GMC. We will allocate 5,000,000 GMC for this proxy system, and to ensure that everyone has a chance to succeed as a professional gamer.
ICO INFORMATION There will be 60,000,000 GMC allocated for public during sales with soft-cap of USD 5,000,000. GMC Purchasers who participate early will receive additional bonus GMC. Any unsold GMC will be automatically burned via a smart contract by the end the ICO Round 2. The smart contract accepts ETH as contribution for Public Sale. The price of ETH will be locked 2 days before the Pre Sale or ICO round starts. Strategic Sale
For Sale 10,000,000 GMC
Minimum Entry USD 100,000
Conversion Rate (in GMC) 1 USD to 3.85 GMC (1.72 GMC + 2.12 Bonus GMC)
Conversion Rate (in USD) USD 0.26 / GMC (after 55.2% discount)
Lockup Period 150 days after ICO ends (only applicable to Bonus GMC; no lockup period for purchased GMC)
Issuance GMC will be issued to contributor’s ERC20 Wallet by 2018-08-15 00:00:00, Bonus GMC will not be available for transfer or withdrawal from their wallet until 150 days after the ICO closes
Private Sale
For Sale 30,000,000 GMC
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Minimum Entry USD 100,000
Conversion Rate (in GMC) 1 USD to 2.50 GMC (1.72 GMC + 0.78 Bonus GMC)
Conversion Rate (in USD) USD 0.40 / GMC (after 31.0% discount)
Lockup Period 120 days after ICO ends (only applicable to Bonus GMC; no lockup period for purchased GMC)
Issuance GMC will be issued to contributor’s ERC20 Wallet by 2018-08-15 00:00:00, Bonus GMC will not be available for transfer or withdrawal from their wallet until 120 days after the ICO closes
Pre-Sale
Start 2018-09-01 00:00:00+00:00
End 2018-09-15 23:59:59+00:00
For Sale 10,000,000 GMC
Minimum Entry USD 100
Conversion Rate (in GMC) 1 USD to 2.08 GMC (1.72 GMC + 0.36 Bonus GMC)
Conversion Rate (in USD) USD 0.48 / GMC (after 17.2% discount)
Lockup Period 90 days after ICO ends (only applicable to Bonus GMC; no lockup period for purchased GMC)
Issuance GMC will be issued to contributor’s ERC20 Wallet once KYC is passed, Bonus GMC will not be available for transfer or withdrawal from their wallet until 90 days after the ICO closes.
ICO Round 1
Start 2018-09-16 00:00:00+00:00
End 2018-09-30 23:59:59+00:00
For Sale 5,000,000 GMC
Minimum Entry USD 1
Conversion Rate (in GMC) 1 USD to 1.85 GMC (1.72 GMC + 0.13 Bonus GMC)
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Conversion Rate (in USD) USD 0.54 / GMC (after 6.9% discount)
Lockup Period 60 days after ICO ends (only applicable to Bonus GMC; no lockup period for purchased GMC)
Issuance GMC will be issued to contributor’s ERC20 Wallet once KYC is passed, Bonus GMC will not be available for transfer or withdrawal from their wallet until 60 days after the ICO closes.
ICO Round 2
Start 2018-10-01 00:00:00+00:00
End 2018-10-15 23:59:59+00:00
For Sale 5,000,000 GMC
Minimum Entry USD 1
Conversion Rate (in GMC) 1 USD to 1.72 GMC
Conversion Rate (in USD) USD 0.58 / GMC
Lockup Period None
Issuance GMC will be issued to contributor’s ERC20 Wallet once KYC is passed
Unsold Token All unsold GMC will be burned.
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Token Sale Information Table USD
SOFT CAP 5,000,000
HARD CAP 25,000,,000
ROUND START DATE END DATE TOTAL # OF TOKENS
PRICE (USD) BONUS TOKEN IN %
Strategic Sales Started - 10,000,000 0.26 123.1%
Private Sales Started - 30,000,000 0.40 45.0%
Pre-Sales 01/09/18 15/09/18 10,000,000 0.48 20.8%
ICO Round 1 16/09/18 30/09/18 5,000,000 0.54 7.4%
ICO Round 2 01/10/18 15/10/18 5,000,000 0.58 -
TOTAL 60,000,000
Transfer Policy All GMC can be transferred after the contributor passed their KYC validation. Refund Policy All contributors who fail to pass the Know Your Customer (KYC) process will be partially refunded. 90% of the contribution will be refunded back to their contribution wallet. Refunds for participators who failed to pass the KYC process will be commenced after ICO is finalized. If the soft-cap is not met, all contributors will be refunded manually.
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GMC ALLOCATION AMOUNT USAGE
60,000,000 GMC (60%) Initial Token Sales: Including Strategic Sale, Private Sale, Pre-sale, ICO Round 1 and Round 2
20,000,000 GMC (20%) Gamico Reserve - Freeroll Tournaments - Bounty for Marketing/ User Referral - Bounty for Dispute Resolution and Result Verification - Bounty for Game Achievements and Milestones
8,000,000 GMC (8%) Gamico’s Founders and Team
5,000,000 GMC (5%) Reserved for Approaching Exchanges and Proxy System
4,000,000 GMC (4%) Reserve for Bounty Programs for ICO
3,000,000 GMC (3%) Reserved for Advisors
FUND ALLOCATION AMOUNT USAGE
60% Development - Gamico dApp Development - Smart Contracts Development - Gamico SDK Development - Integration with Games
20% Marketing - User Acquisitions - Brand Marketing - Online/Offline Promotion - Development of Referral Campaigns - Customer Support
10% Partnership and Business Development - Building Partnership with Key Game Publishers
10% Legal and Security - Ensure Legal Operations
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OUR TEAM
PAK HOU CHAU Founder & CEO Don’t be fooled by his sweatpants and shirts - Pak’s a serial entrepreneur with 4 successfully exited startups, with more on the way. He craves organisation, logic, and efficiency, and continually steers our business in the right direction to create products and to make the world better.
PATRICK CHAN Lead Developer Patrick heads up our backend development and hardware integration. Ask him all about programming, blockchain and business - he can tell you all about it and break it down for you as if it’s as easy as a lunch menu.
CHAM WONG Software Engineer Cham is responsible for all the technical coding behind our blockchain and android applications. Quietly brilliant, he takes on every challenge with composure, and you’ll be surprised at how quickly he can deliver his work.
SAMANTHA CHEUNG Financial Officer If there’s anyone who knows numbers best, it’s Sam - she works our numbers, and does it well. She single-handedly raised US$4-5B for prominent financial institutions. Sam’s backed by 8+ years of experience in the industry and several degrees in math, economics, and marketing.
PADDY FONG Operations Officer Paddy wears so many hats, they’re nearly impossible to count. He knows our business inside out and always breaks it down for us in crystal clear vocabulary about our work. He takes care of our business administration, human resources, legal documentation, project management, schedules, finances, accounting, and more.
CHRISTABEL LUM Creative Strategist If there’s a marketing and design person for every startup, we’ve found her. Bel develops our brand identities and leads our user acquisition campaigns, but she can do nearly everything from video editing, copywriting, graphic/print design, social media management, marketing strategy, email marketing, and front-end web development.
FRANCIS CALINA Business Development Francis is the man who gets us in touch with the big players - his 10+ years of experience in C-level campaigns, B2B/B2C sales and marketing, business development, operations, and talent-spotting across US/UK/AU/Asia continues to connect us with the best partners, top talents and investment opportunities available.
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BOARD OF ADVISORS
HILTON YUEN Founder, MoneyKOL Hilton is the founder of MoneyKOL and hosts prominent programmes in Hong Kong, such as Secrets of Double-up (Meme.hk) and DoubleUp Pulse (Breadradio). Hilton has also authored a top-selling book, Hea Rich, and is currently also a columnist at prominent financial publications in Hong Kong, namely Stocksparty and Quamnet.
RYAN CHOW Founder, CGA Ryan is the founder of Cyber Games Arena (CGA) and chairman of the Hong Kong eSports Association (set up in 2015). He is also the leader and advocate behind hundreds of gaming events and tournaments in Hong Kong, and actively facilitates the development of Hong Kong’s gaming and eSports industry.
KIRK YIP Executive Director, Fosun Kirk (previously with Value Partner, Mirae Asset, and CIMB) has +10 years of asset management, corporate finance and private equity experience in Asia, with market expertise in the Greater China region. He has solid business development experience in the region and extensive transactional track records with multi-family offices, listed companies, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, as well as high net-worth individuals on fund raising, pre-IPO/IPO advisory, deal sourcing and bank financing.
LAWRENCE HUI CTO, Cove Lawrence is serial entrepreneur with experience in building scalable tech businesses. Prior to that worked as a derivative structurer at Standard Chartered. With strong development background, Lawrence contributes to open-source blockchain projects like ZenSystem and cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet development. He often gives lectures to corporates and universities on blockchain technologies as well as mining and development. Currently working on projects in mobility and autonomous driving space.
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