Rizza (Pump Pals Intern)

Been hard at work building the last few weeks and have learned some interesting things: 1. do not let perfect be the enemy of good. constantly striving for perfection can lead to paralysis and a lack of shipping features (sorry) 2. do not be afraid to take shots on goal. the more shots you take, the better chance you have of scoring. 3. just because you think something is great, does not mean the public will immediately get it. we believe in what we are doing, and it will take time for people to see our vision. 4. you cant time lightning in a bottle. one viral moment or two is not enough for a product to go mainstream and coordination of timelines do not necessarily equate to sales or virality 5. be resilient. It is easy to be discouraged, but if you are the one selling the stuff and you do not believe in it, then how do you expect anyone else to? @PumpPals is changing every day. some really f*ckin cool stuff coming in the next week or so. @sonnyjinsxyz is COOKIN with gas.

Special surprise for y'all today (it's a big one) @ONEPIECE_tcg OP-16 Time of Battle 3 DAYS EARLY. We're some of the first in the world to rip this set (it releases 6/12/26) Live at 12pm EST to rip this booster box & hunt for the 3 Admiral Mangas (Sakazuki/Borsalino/Kuzan)

come hang with @sonnyjinsxyz, myself and the @fluentxyz team as we jam and catch up about one month post launch!

Spoke recently with some VCs about "original IP" in collectibles and how there are few that can actually execute on new/fresh ideas or survive the climb of breaking into cultural relevancy. This is very relevant to this article by @blendino and how I feel we have a unique opportunity with @PumpPals for a few reasons: 1. We partnered with real models and creators. Every single creator that is a part of @pumppalsTCG we have a direct partnership with. You will see evidence of it when creators like @misslexa_ph, @skypierce_ or @SINATRAMONROE_ interact with our posts. We worked hard to build relationships with creators and agencies, and we value our partnerships greatly. 2. We created a full scale TCG that is playable and fun. Our game is playable as long as you have opened 1 pack of cards. Rip your first pack at pumppals.io and you are ready to rock. The game is essentially Fantasy Football, but instead of on field stats, it is views on @Pornhub (for now). Battle head to head against a friend or adversary and your 5 card lineup correlates to the views that each creator gets. Get more views, win the battle, take your opponent's rarest card. Fun, simple, easy to play. 3. We created a card economy. 5 new rarities, each rarer than the next, unlocking specific benefits depending on tier (oops spilled the tea). The rarer the card, the better the benefits are. Each creator gets control of what those future benefits might be. Gives creators a new way to interact with fans, and provides real value (outside of collectible value) to winning battles and trading cards on the secondary market. All cards are tradable, able to be sold on secondary markets, and the rarest are serialized (Pink Diamond Rares are numbered 1-10, with 300 total). That gives legitimate [valuable] chase card potential. 4. We pay our creators. A portion of all card revenue is split amongst all creators and coded to pay creators each time they are sold. This means creators earn on every purchase or trade, including secondary market sales. We want everyone to not only have fun with this, but also win. If one thing is certain, it is that @blendino is dead on when he says "Cultural assets haven’t taken off, not because the opportunity is small, but because every team that tried had the demand intuition right but the mechanics and infrastructure wrong." @sonnyjinsxyz and I are trying our best to change that.

Last night, went live with @blendino to chat about the launch of our flagship product @PumpPals We ripped packs of Panini @NBA cards, talked shop about what it is like to launch, then opened some packs of @pumppalsTCG cards Buy your packs of cards now: pumppals.io

no joke, I'm pretty sure these could break the internet. @misslexa_ph

Late last night (early this morning), ripped some @Pokemon packs and talked about our final @PumpPals push. Ended up opening some pretty sick stuff. Pretty sure soon (like very very soon) there will be a different type of pack opening. wink wink, nudge nudge. SOON. 🩷