In this issue:

• This Week in Neo Tokyo: Let the Games Begin! (by PhoenixxDown)

• The Whisperer 5th Hand Competition: All You Need To Know (by Flower83)

69 is a very important number today. This is Issue #69 of the Neo Tokyo News newsletter. Please bow your heads and join us in a collective “nice” in the comments of our X post to celebrate this joyous milestone.

Now, onto business.

Citizens & Meatbags Set to Compete For Half a Million!

The main event this week is the impending commencement of our 5th Hand competition, starting tomorrow. Flower’s got you covered with all the last-minute preparations and info you need in the article just below TWINT, but here’s a teaser before you get to that.

There will be $500,000 in prizes and exclusive whitelist spots for a future [redacted] collectible mint up for grabs. Sponsored by Seedworld, OPEN, and NT Plays, Whisperer is PvP, but in the spirit of Neo Tokyo’s roots and how we got here initially—collaborative efforts will surely be key to success.

In light of that, 8 Partner Communities have joined the arena:

Lizard Labs, Monad, The Kingdom, Goat Gaming, Seedify Gaming, This Thing of Ours, Wayfinders, ExtraOrdinals.

If you’re in one of those tribes, make sure you’re working with your people to try and get ahead as best you can.

Don’t miss the VC kickoff on October 26th when it all begins!

Claim Your $SWORLD Tokens

Following Wednesday’s $SWORLD TGE, it was announced Citizens will be receiving .5% of the supply — that’s 100,000,000 $SWORLD tokens, currently valued at over $450,000!

Rewards:

• S1 Citizens: 130,026 $SWORLD (~$600)

• S2 Citizens: 43,283 $SWORLD (~$200)

Terms: Eligible Citizens (937 staked for 2 years by the October 20 snapshot) get 20% unlocked at TGE, with the remaining distributed over 8 months after a 1-month cliff.

Ready to claim? Head here!

This is how things shaped up with the NT content:

Meet Your Citizens - Neo Tokyo News’ own beloved Flower83 is the focus of this week's episode, joining Block Editor to discuss what brought him to The Citadel, his work on the NT Lore Team, and his passions, such as gaming, trading, and, of course, writing. Some say his journey into NT is a more horrific tale than OGs going through the riddles!

Market Monday - Bullish rantings! That’s what the people want and so that’s what the people shall get. The 60K saga has come to an end with the confirmation it has held, some Twitter drama (normal week) and a dive into the AI drama that has been dominating attention lately. Listen back here.

Interlinked #53 - Ben, Nick, and Jared return for a discussion about the hottest topics currently, including: is DOGE the BTC of memecoins? The news that we now have an AI millionaire (yes, an AI has more in its wallet than 99.9% of CT), and is OTG dead?! Surely not!? Watch to find out.

CREO AMA - Catch up on the discussion with Darrel Wijaya, Co-Founder and CTO of Creo Engine, the Web3 gaming hub with a studio looking to lead the Asian crypto and gaming markets. Listen back here.

Seedworld AMA - In light of the massive $150K airdrop campaign that Citizens reaped the benefits from this week, founder Meta Alchemist joined the AMA team to discuss Seedworld and the $SWORLD token. Listen back here.

Short Scoops

Well, well, well…

….look who’s back. I swear, this guy only shows up for the big events. The Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson of Neo Tokyo.

All the same, it’s good to have him back because Mark will be helping smoothbrains with the riddle speak and likely dropping some hints where needed. It will be needed. Cheers in advance, Mark.

NT merch being worn out at Citizen meetups. We love to see it!

How have gaming communities changed your life? In a few hours, this will be discussed with some esteemed guests, starting at 4 PM UTC.

Until next week, citizens. Let the games begin!

You seriously DO NOT want to miss out. But you might, if you don't register ASAP at neotokyo.codes. You have 1 day left. You have been warned.

An opportunity as such only comes across once every few years. This will be one of the biggest events The Citadel has ever witnessed. Win or lose; participate, you must - it is a fleeting opportunity to be part of NeoTokyo’s history.

So what is it about?

Well, first of all, check out this dope trailer.

In short: it is an online hunt for the 5th Hand of The Citadel - a 1 of 1 NFT that has all stats maxed. Two were given to NeoTokyo’s creators, Becker and Elliot, two more were won in competitions such as this one.

Now is time for another round of games to begin.

Prepare for many sleepless nights, fierce competition and tough challenges to solve on your way to the top. This will not be an easy task, but the rewards will be well worth it.

Potential Rewards

There is an estimated $500,000 prize pool up for grabs with rewards ranging from NeoTokyo NFTs, monetary rewards in $BYTES as well as tokens and whitelists from partnering communities.

There will be more than 100 people rewarded with valuable assets and the first 500 people will get whitelists for [redacted]. The higher you place on the leaderboard the bigger the reward. You can view the full breakdown here:

Many partners (RekTech, Atrium & Music Mainnet) and sponsors (Seedworld, OPEN Game & NT Plays) have contributed to our growing prize pool, and many prominent web3 communities are joining in on the hunt for this prestigious legendary NFT.

How do you join the event?

• You must first register on our official website: https://neotokyo.codes/ 

• Then, you have to connect your eMail, wallet, Discord and Twitter.

• When you get the following message, all is done:

You can do it alone and keep your secrets and revelations to yourself, or you can choose to join the hunt for clues with others.

• On Saturday 26th you should join a public Discord kickoff event, here. 

• If you are an S1 or an S2 citizen, you can participate in token-gated chat inside our Discord, here. 

• If you are a filthy meatbag (you do not own a NeoTokyo NFT) that has high hopes and aspirations to ascend into our ranks, you can participate in channels that are open to everyone, here.

Keep an eye on further announcements and progress updates during the event. Also, beware of scammers and impostors.

Do not click on links coming from accounts other than https://x.com/NeoTokyoCode. We will not DM you first.

Do you have what it takes to win?

The Citadel Is Watching.

All content from Neo Tokyo News is for entertainment purposes only, and not financial advice.

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