join the
resistance
welcome to the
BADLANDs
This small faction of the forgotten are forced into solitude and reside in one last human city underground. Unbeknownst to the robotic overlords, a resistance is starting to form…
Join us as we catapult NFTs and gaming into an unimaginable future, the likes of which has never been seen before.
Our mission with Blockchain Badlands is three-fold:
1. Create an engaging gaming community with cash prizes for gaming tournaments, and awards for skill improvement.
2. Assemble a community-sourced eSports team from our NFT-holders to represent Blockchain Badlands in professional gaming tournaments.
3. Connect casual gamers with other gamers to build a network of friends for our NFT-holders to game with.
history of the
badlands
Two gaming-dads decide they are going to create the ultimate gamer-focused NFT that spends more money on amateur players than ever before, fosters young talent, and assembles a community-sourced professional esports team to bring home a title they never could…
badlands story
It all started with two neighbors playing Halo…
Co-founders Taylor and Tyler lived down the street from one another and shared an unrelenting fascination for gaming. Together, they conquered Gannon, saved Princess Peach, and racked up more stars while escaping the police than you would ever believe.
But the age of Internet gaming had not yet dawned, so they concocted a plan to change gaming for them forever…
It’s often argued who’s idea it was first, but the pair bought 500 yards of Ethernet cable, and ran an above-ground wire from Tyler’s bedroom window across the yard and into Taylor’s house. Friends from neighborhoods all around gathered to play the first of innumerable Halo tournaments that summer for the first time from house to house.
Since then, the pair have grown up to pursue careers in Project Management & Marketing, even starting families of their own, but the impact gaming had on their lives never faded.
While bantering in COD, they often looked on enviously at the developing world of professional esports and Twitch streaming. Together, they imagined what their lives may have been like if the opportunity or path to establish a career in gaming would have actually existed.
ENTER BLOCKCHAIN BADLANDS
Two NFT-addicted gaming junkies decide they are going to make a visually stunning NFT with real-world plans to empower the gaming community while bringing NFTs onto the professional esports stage.
Our mission is two-fold: give back more to the gaming community than has ever been seen before, and send a community-sourced professional esports team to represent the Blockchain Badlands in order to win a title we never could.
Community input
Community Benefits
- Monthly gaming tournaments with cash prizes
- Progress awards for improving your skill in gaming
- Twitch & Gaming mentorship programs
- Monthly giveaways for equipment upgrades of Blockchain Badlanders
- Access to a life coach focusing on improving physical and mental health
- Big brother gaming program to nurture younger Badlanders
- Game Design Scholarship Fund
- Art Contests that PAY
- A $50,000 investment into our community to build a Professional Esports Blockchain Badlander team.
The Elite Badlanders
Through community vote, our best and brightest members will join the “Elite Badlander Squad” to improve the gaming skillsets and success of other Badlanders. They will be generously rewarded for their positive impacts on the community.
Enter The badlands
Meet the
creators
Powder (Taylor)
art director - Cofounder
Taylor considers himself a student of the gaming, crypto and NFT space. Though he’s gotten by working as a leader in project management, he’s also spent time off the grid as a real life badlander.
veritas (tyler)
Director of Engagement - Cofounder
Tyler works in marketing automation for a Fortune 300 company by day, and hides his NFT-addiction from his wife by night. He’s a goofy girl-dad survival enthusiast with a passion for hot sauces, gaming and all things tech.
The Irish Pickle (kyle)
community director
A strange hybrid of outdoorsy adventurer and video game enthusiast. You never know if Kyle is up late playing DOTA2 or heading out for a sunrise hike in the swamp… his latest career pays him to play with lightning as a high voltage electrician.
get the
Faqs
What is the Blockchain Badlands?
Our mission is to empower the gaming community more than has ever been seen before, and cultivate a Blockchain Badlander Professional Esports Team to bring our NFT family glory on the esports world stage.
Our roadmap outlines our commitment to spending more than $100,000 in order to build the the ultimate NFT gaming community.
Mint cost?
Join the resistance to play in our monthly gaming tournaments, enter insane giveaways and mint your own Badlander for .045 ETH .
How do I join the Blackchain Badlands?
To join the Badlands, you will need one Badlander. On October 11 at 12 pm EST, the 10,000 Badlanders will be available to purchase right here on our website.
How were Badlanders created?
Badlanders were programmatically generated by a random combination of over 220 variances (hair, hats, weapons, clothes, etc) each with varying rarities. The style consists of various articles of clothing/weapons/accessories found in the ruins/rubble of the old world.
badlands
roadmap
When 60% are sold, we will spend $6,000 to hire a remote life and fitness coach for a year to provide our Badlanders monthly access to health & wellness services. We want our Badlanders to be constantly improving their physical and mental health!
Each week, our Badlanders can sign up for a time slot they are free to game, and we will connect two Badlanders who want to game at the same time. As a bonus for signing up for the program, we’ll send each member $25 to grab a pizza while they game!
When 90% of Badlanders are sold, we will invest $6,000 into a Badlander Art Assassin Award. Each month, our community will vote on the best Badlander-themed artwork to represent our community in promotional materials or merchandise. The artist will receive a $500 prize.
When 100% sells out, we will begin scheduling one-hour weekly fireside chats to hear directly from our Badlanders about the progress of our community.
We want to hear directly from you about what’s working and not working within our community. We’ll take down your suggestions and ideas, and vote together on the best idea, problem or solution for us to focus on.
If you bring us the best idea, problem, or solution we’re going to give you $100…and continue to pay our Badlanders for telling us how to improve each week!
In total, we are committing more than $100,000 from our initial IPO to strengthen and empower our Badlander community for years to come. And we’re only getting started!