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Now, NFT and sports competitions are becoming increasingly closely linked. Some sports projects have begun to launch NFTs related to events or teams, and some NFT games have begun to hold e-sports events. This symbiotic development is changing the ecology of sports competition.
The author interviewed the relevant person in charge of the Bridge Championship project to discuss the potential of integrating NFT games with traditional sports competitions. Bridge Champion recently successfully held a human-machine battle event, further verifying the model of combining NFT games with e-sports.
International Bridge Federation partners with Crypto Bridge to launch commemorative cards
Bridge, as a traditional intellectual competition, has also begun to get involved in the NFT field. In 2022, the International Bridge Federation (WBF) reached a cooperation with the encrypted collectibles platform Crypto Bridge to issue a series of commemorative card NFTs to bridge fans around the world. These digital collectibles mark the first time bridge has been digitized, attracting the attention of many bridge players.
Jonathan, co-founder of the Crypto Bridge platform, said that bridge has a huge global player base, and digital transformation and development of NFT is an important way for bridge to continue to attract the younger generation of players. This also made many bridge enthusiasts come into contact with the concept of NFT for the first time.
In addition to static commemorative card collection NFT, some bridge game developers are also trying to enrich the experience through in-game NFT. Bridge Champ is a typical case.
Bridge champion successfully held the first human-machine battle challenge
Bridge Champion is a bridge game where you can earn NFT by playing it. The game is based on blockchain technology and uses built-in tokens and NFT systems to encourage players to compete online.
Bridge Champion recently launched version 1.1.0, which adds a new human-machine battle function. Immediately after this version went online, Bridge Champion held its first human-machine battle challenge. This challenge allows players to compete with Bridge Champion project consultant and bridge master Madala for free, and the ranking is calculated based on the IMP score ranking.
This challenge attracted many bridge enthusiasts to sign up for the competition. The game's man-machine battle system was verified through battles with top players, and it also gave players the opportunity to win more rewards through the game. The bridge champion said that he will continue to hold more similar challenge events.
Lucas, the person in charge of Bridge Champions, said that this challenge combines the characteristics of artificial intelligence battles and ranked competitions to bring players a new gaming experience. In the future, they also plan to hold more official online and offline competitive events to further explore the potential of combining NFT games and e-sports.
NFT empowers traditional sports and expands the ecosystem
It can be seen that traditional sports projects are also actively embracing NFT and blockchain technology. This injects fresh ecological elements into sports competitions.
On the one hand, sports NFT provides fans with a new digital collection and interaction method. On the other hand, e-sports events combined with NFT will also attract more new players interested in traditional sports.
With the advent of the 5G era and the rise of the concept of the metaverse, NFT is expected to have a profound impact on the sports competition industry, connect online and offline resources, and bring new transformation opportunities to relevant project participants.