Metaverse property in Queens New York selling out! Monopoly-like real estate trading game heat maps!

Hey friends. I have always loved real estate and the Upland Metaverse is a great place to have fun in this regard.

Like Monopoly on the #Blockchain with smart people doing some interesting things in the space. 

You can get enough free in-game currency for to buy your first property in Queens or Detroit, or maybe elsewhere for starting to play - no investment required.

Do I think The Upland game has potential to become like an actual metaverse of sorts as people might hope it does? Yea, I kind of do, but I would say a very business oriented one. It's pretty early guys, don't forget that on both sides. And, there's no real clear direction on what a "metaverse" is supposed to be, can be, or will become.

With respect to doing business, some think that having a property in Upland will essentially be like the chance to have a digital storefront, with the best areas that people really want to be in, like downtowns, being a hub for that kind of activity. In such a scenario, your property would be where your NFTs or other digital stuff are essentially housed for sale. People would come visit there to see and so forth.  

Already in Upland you are beginning to see clusters of such things in the forms of "Metaventures" which are shops on "built" properties in Upland that have things that can be bought and sold (including albeit somewhat generic, licensed Tom Brady, the undisputed Goat, souvenirs).

Other interesting things are emerging too. For example, I was invited to a poker tournament inside of a built property in Upland. You can win a property and otter stuff in the tournament. And that's done by a player in the game, not Upland. Upland will get a cut on the send fees to get there to the property and such, but, this person is building a business and brand that has potential. 

And there are player-built services that cost money, fiat, or in-game currency (UPX) built around the Upland space by the players that are quite innovative and useful. Like notification-based services for when a property you might be interested goes on the market for cheaper than expected. I have a lot of concerns about the long-term potential of the game, and ROI, but anyone should - this is smart investing.

The most important thing in the game is city-releases and research. Research and a game plan for launches. If you snag an incredible property when a new city launches, you can create a source of income - I have no doubts. If you like competition and research, and rea estate, and have a good computer and fast internet connection - you can succeed in city launches. They are very competitive, but you can win essentially. The main thing is research, and having a back up plan. If what you want is taken by others, what's the game plan? 

None the less, this game is a blast. You should give it a try and check out my article on how to navigate around if you want to start to play, and if you you want to start in Queens here's something very helpfull:  https://www.publish0x.com/jglonder/upland-metaverse-queens-new-york-helpful-map-and-streets-and-xznkwgk  

Someone new asked about treasure hunting, so here is an informative clip showing how the arrow hints indicate distance measure. You have to know how to measure distance using the arrow hints. Right now might be a good time to learn treasure hunting because it’s something called spark week with special spark treasures that can be hunted. That means people will be less focused on regular treasures and hunting them will be less competitive. Once you understand arrows and distance you should be able to get the free one every day. You don’t compete against others for that, just the clock. Once you can do that, then go for the competitive purple ones. Then, during spark weeks, you can can really get something valuable by getting a spark chest. Once you get spark, you can stake that for people’s building projects get UPX for it, and it's very easy. DON'T WASTE UPX until you know how these work. Even begin to understand actual distances from your home base in Upland. Go to Google maps and measure it. Is the area on a city block system where distances are standardized easy to gauge? Make sure you do the once a week login too while you are still a visitor.

And, maybe the most important thing is to get in the Discords.

New players can ask people to visit their property - then you can move from visitor to Uplander and get some UPX so you can treasure hunt a little more. The Discords is where the good information is really. Here's an invite for the official one: https://discord.gg/qGAKyg2z There is even a dedicated spot to ask for sends to your property to level up in that Discord.

What I mainly wanted to share today was the cool looking heat map below. All credit to the Analytic Assassins Discord Server and the guys in there that put this and the additionaal maps together

You are looking at the different Queens neighborhoods, and what percentages of the properties have sold out.

Black and red colors mean there are no properties left to mint essentially. Greens less, etc. The city launched with 20% of all available properties designated as beginner properties, or "FSA" properties and there may still be a few of these in the more sought after neighborhoods. 

All credit to the Analytic Assassins Discord Server and the guys in there that put this and the additional maps together

The good stuff in Queens that people are most highly speculating will be valuable went pretty fast. Over the first few hours of launch some good stuff was out there. There's still good beginner-only properties available that more experienced players can't get at so easily.  The giant red blob in the bottom is the airport no one has properties there. As you can see, there are a still a good percentage of properties left to mint an many areas.

This is the way it will go for Queens. Over the next coupe weeks more and more stuff will mint out, but some will probably remain non-minted. Once they get ready to announce collections, they will "lock" minting of any new properties. Then they will do another mini-city release where everyone can have a chance to be there first and mint those highly desirable properties in those areas.

A LOT of speculation and reselling in the secondary market right now that will continue through collection announcements. 

I know some of you may also be in Nashville, and Detroit. Here are a couple of the same useful maps for those cities too (again all credit to the Discord linked above). 

Upland is pretty cool. It is a great platform for a Metaverse.

 What's great are the communities of people, creators, and business-oriented endeavors emerging around the space. 

Happy Friday everyone.